Author:
In another lifetime, August was a punk kid running a writing-themed e-zine in 2002 and participating in online survivor writing contests; these days, she’s a punk pseudo-adult with an office job and a studio of her own.

Meet Pitney Scolan. Pit, for short. He’s a decorated general and a venerated leader of the sprawling human race. He’s protected his species' colonies from vicious native animal populations and hostile alien life. He’s fiercely introverted, and he’s really looking forward to retiring on his personal planet in the very near future.

Except…now he has to be a dog.

A daugment, to be specific: a cybernetically enhanced canine, previously the doting pet of Pit’s biggest rival, General Tristan. It’s the only way to escape certain assassination.

So Pit grudgingly allies himself with a pair of well-meaning scoundrels and sets sail for seedier space in hopes of escaping Tristan’s clutches. What he finds instead is a galactic conspiracy to force him to make friends.

Daugment

There are two kinds of people in Chirtown: people with secrets and people who know how to keep secrets. This pleasure town's atmosphere is indescribable-and maybe that's why what happens in Chirtown stays in Chirtown.


It's not just a repurposing of an ancient Earth catchphrase, it's the absolute truth: even the author was unable to make anything meaningful of her scribbled notes about her visit. Ultimately, a stay in Chirtown is a highly-recommended once-in-a-lifetime experience...but don't take anything to Chir you aren't willing to lose.


~ Excerpt from the introduction to "Blue Guide Chir"


"Coming up on Chir's atmosphere, pups. Come on up here if you would, security needs to see who's on board. That's right, show your ugly mugs to the nice planet guard."


Chapter 22