Heretics of Thran

It was supposed to be a simple job: Nab the deviants and drag them home to Planetia. But Commandant Edrich Dekker soon discovers that there is nothing ordinary about the mission. Not the deviants, not the planet they were hiding in and certainly not the "god" they supposedly worship.

 A 15,000-word prequel novella set in the space opera series, Distant Stars saga.