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The Space Drain is a sequel to the novel MK121 by the same author
and is a tale of a small group of space faring individuals who,
having survived a major space conflagration, find themselves
involved with a phenomenon which had been only a theory but which
now is very real. Time is not on their side in more ways than they
could have imagined as they endeavour to find a way out of their
predicament. The story revolves around three people in particular;
Rachenda Lindberg, Gideon Bearman and Teri Soniba, who are the last
remaining crew members of the Space Force cruiser MK121 which has
been involved in a desperate attempt to halt an alien invasion of
Earth. Trapped in an area of space that nobody has ever returned
from before, their only hope of salvation comes from a most
unlikely quarter. How they manage to escape from the clutches of
the phenomenon and what impact it has on the rest of their lives
and the lives of others that they come into contact with is told in
some detail. The survival chances for the group swing between
despair and elation as the story unfolds and the futures of all
concerned are irrevocably changed. The final outcome is not what
could be foreseen.
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