Chapter 1 (Celeste Rising)

The gate clicked open.

This is chapter 1 of Celeste Rising, a SciFi pirate yarn. Have fun!

They stepped out of the hatch, slowly, carefully, floating to the ground in their heavy suits, like paper aeroplanes or fairground balloons. The comet's surface was stone covered by a thick layer of dirty brown ice. Soon it would begin to melt as Celeste moved closer to the sun, flaking …