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David Collins

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Ben, Chloe, Mark, and the others are off on another adventure, back where they had just stopped one interplanetary war. Now, they are searching for the mystery ship. What could it be up to?
They rescue two new beings, but things go awry as their planet doesn't even want them back.
Then they discover some more refugees, only some are not what they claim to be, and they land in the middle of another war, all while planning a wedding between Meera and Dylan.
After that, the ship finds a derelict that looks like it came out of a 1950s campy movie, only one that someone shot full of holes.
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