Tri-Galactic Trek Books

To boldly go where no cat or dog has gone before…

Join Captain Pierre Jacques and the intrepid crew of the Starship Initiativeon their grand journey through the universe. In addition to the loyal dogs and clever cats onboard, meet an Ursine exchange officer and a photosynthetic green otteroid from the planet Cetazed, not to mention the only android in the fleet—an androgynous arctic fox.

In this episodic novel, you will encounter alien races, strange worlds, technological malfunctions, and an all powerful trickster in the form of a Cheshire cat. Get ready for a ride of discovery, awe, and wonder from the Ursa Major Award-winning author of the Otters In Space trilogy.

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By Mary E. Lowd. Published by Deep Sky Anchor Press (December 2019).

Meet Lieutenant Natalie Vonn. She’s the chief security officer on the starship Initiative and a very good dog, but that doesn’t stop things from going wrong.

Join her on two exciting, danger-filled missions! First, explore an alien jungle filled with savage gerbils and ruled by an ancient, arcane world-computer in “The Arsenal of Obsolescence.”

Then wrestle with the nature of identity itself in “Crystal Fusion.” While studying a geode asteroid, a teleporter accident blends the canine security officer with the ship’s engineer — an orange tabby cat! — truly giving her the chance to go…

…where no dog has gone before!

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By Mary E. Lowd. Published by Deep Sky Anchor Press (September 2024).

Journey to the stars and beneath the waves…

Join Commander Bill Wilker, first officer of the starship Initiative, as he splashes his way into the alien societies of two faraway worlds.

Cmdr. Wilker is a dog who likes the water, but he may find himself in over his head when sent on a mission to rescue a lost science vessel from a world of alien decorator crabs who are hiding secrets under their ornate shells. Then accompany him to a sacred ceremony on the watery world of Cetazed, populated by photosynthetic, telepathic otteroids and covered with two different oceans in “The Grafting.”

Who’s a good dog ready for a deep dive into hidden truths and cultural revelations? This collie!

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By Mary E. Lowd. Published by Deep Sky Anchor Press (November 2024).

Deep space, nine lives… Or maybe nine-hundred?

When a calico cat with a computer chip in her head — full of lifetimes worth of memories — sets out to uncover the mysteries of her distant past, she finds herself on a space station in a recently war-torn star system.  Will her best friend from one of her previous lives as a dog still accept her?  Can she make new friends with the local bird-like aliens, and how does her own past entangle with the history of a strange shape-changing insect seeking answers of zir own? As Mazel Rheun studies the local deep space anomaly, it becomes increasingly clear…

The answers lie on the other side of… NEXUS NINE.

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By Mary E. Lowd. Published by Deep Sky Anchor Press (July 2019).

Unexpectedly thrown to the far side of the universe, can a cat and a squirrel convince their warring crews to work together long enough to survive the voyage home?

When Janessa Carroway finally gets her long-overdue promotion to captain, it comes with unfortunate strings attached. She’s sent on a suicide mission with a barebones crew to commit a war crime. Why, it’s almost a relief for the Norwegian Forest cat captain when everything goes completely wrong, and she finds herself on the far side of the cosmos, trying to befriend her enemy, so they can all get home together.

Follow a crew that includes cats, dogs, squirrels, cyborg rabbits, and even a sentient mushroom as they wrestle with their predicament and try not to wrestle with each other.

Join them as they face impossible odds, the perils of space, the failures of technology, ethical quandaries, and a fleet of attacking Zakonraptors!

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Ebook available from Amazon (Kindle), Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Kobo, Smashwords, and other ebook retailers.By Mary E. Lowd. Published by Deep Sky Anchor Press (May 2024).