Athena Hera Sinistra never had any interest in finding out the truth about the DarkShips. Nevertheless, she soon finds herself hurtling away from the ship in a lifeboat, embarking on the adventure of a lifetime.

Sarah A. Hoyt, under various names, is the author of over 30 books-she gets tangled up when she tries to count them and always misses a couple-in science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, and historical fiction.

Her first published novel, Ill Met by Moonlight, was a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award. Darkship Thieves, the first novel of her popular Darkship Thieves series is a Prometheus Award Winner.

She's published over 100 short stories in magazines such as Analog, Asimov's and Weird Tales, (and others, some no longer in existence) as well as an array of science fiction, fantasy and mystery anthologies.

Sarah was born and raised in Portugal and now lives in Colorado, near her two grown sons, with her husband and a varying clowder of cats. English is her third language, but she can swear fluently in seven. When not laying down words on the latest manuscript, she can be found refinishing furniture, walking, or studying history.