Series Introduction
Welcome to the GALCOM Universe—a place where ghosts, aliens, and ordinary people collide
This series grew one story at a time, following my muse rather than a master plan. Crying Planet began as a short story then became a novel. That novel became a universe. Hope Delgado’s ability to see ghosts opened the door, and Colonel Graul’s battles expanded the world far beyond her first steps.
Here you’ll find novels and short stories, all character‑driven adventures. Some are quiet. Some are terrifying. Some deeply personal. All of them explore what happens when the unknown refuses to stay in the dark.
Whether you’re here for Hope’s ghost‑tech missions, Graul’s military disasters, or the mysteries that tie them together, you’re in the right place.
Choose a story. Explore a world. The S.C. Kangjun is ready for launch.
First‑Contact & Diplomacy
Book 1: Crying Planet
Hope Delgado’s first mission into space becomes a fight for survival when alien ghosts infest a planet and threaten to destroy everything she’s sworn to protect.
Series: GALCOM Universe
Length: Novel
Genre: Space Opera
Subgenre: Ghost‑Tech / First‑Contact SF / Planetary Adventure
Main characters: Hope Delgado, Colonel Graul, Kangjun crew, alien ghosts
Themes: belonging, fear, trust, communication, cultural conflict, survival
Setting: S.C. Kangjun + Crying Planet (alien world)
Timeline placement: Book 1 — Hope’s first mission into space
Link: https://books2read.com/u/38rEkB
Hope Delgado joins GALCOM for her first mission into space, discovering the planet they’ve been sent to investigate is infested with alien ghosts unlike any she’s ever encountered. As tensions rise between the Kangjun crew and the planet’s inhabitants, Hope must learn to communicate across species and dimensions before the ghosts unleash catastrophic destruction. With her new team doubting her abilities and danger escalating, Hope faces a trial by fire that will define her future in GALCOM.
Mystery & Investigation SF
Book 2: Ghost Ship
When a vanishing spaceship defies all known physics, Hope Delgado must uncover whether it’s a ghost, a threat, or something far more dangerous before the Kangjun becomes its next victim.
Series: GALCOM Universe
Length: Novel
Genre: Space Opera
Subgenre: Ghost‑Tech / Mystery SF / Planetary Adventure / Thriller
Main characters: Hope Delgado, Colonel Graul, Kangjun crew, ghost‑ship entity
Themes: identity, perception, truth, danger, trust, the unknown
Setting: S.C. Kangjun + ghost‑ship encounter + planet below
Timeline placement: Book 2 — Hope’s second major mission
Link: https://books2read.com/u/478XnE
Description: A mysterious spaceship appears and vanishes without explanation, leaving Hope Delgado and the Kangjun crew scrambling to understand if it’s a ghost or a new kind of threat. As Hope follows cryptic clues to the planet below, she uncovers a deadly secret that ties the ghost‑ship to a danger capable of destroying the Kangjun. With time running out and the crew’s lives at stake, Hope must confront the impossible and redefine what ghosts in space truly are.
Frontier & Planetary Missions
Book 3: Cursed Planet
On a heavy‑gravity frontier world, Hope Delgado must uncover the truth behind a deadly alien secret before the 49ers turn their wrath and their ghosts on the Kangjun crew.
Series: GALCOM Universe
Length: Novel Genre: Space Opera
Subgenre: Ghost‑Tech / First‑Contact SF / Frontier Thriller / Mystery
Main characters: Hope Delgado, Colonel Graul, Marotta, Mel Hagen, Orson, the 49ers
Themes: cultural misunderstanding, survival, colonial history, buried secrets, trust, danger
Setting: S.C. Kangjun + Planet 1849 (heavy‑gravity alien world)
Timeline placement: Book 3 — Hope’s most dangerous frontier mission
Link: https://books2read.com/u/mqZLO8
Description: Hope Delgado’s latest mission takes her to Planet 1849, a heavy‑gravity world where even standing upright is a challenge. The local aliens, the 49ers, blame humans for a ghost that threatens their survival. As Hope investigates, she uncovers a deadly secret buried in the planet’s history: an entire alien race wiped out, and the 49ers willing to kill to keep the truth hidden. With a coronal explosion racing toward the planet, Hope must navigate hostile terrain, hostile aliens, and hostile ghosts before her crew and the planet are destroyed.
Survival SF
Book 4: Last Stand
When a catastrophic attack wipes out the station’s leadership, a quarantined and sick Colonel Graul must save the remaining crew before environmental systems collapse kills them all.
Series: GALCOM Universe
Length: Novel Genre: Space Opera
Subgenre: Military SF / Survival Thriller / Disaster SF
Main characters: Colonel Eric Graul, Mel Hagen, Jackman, Alvarez, station crew
Themes: leadership, sacrifice, survival, trust, resilience, crisis management
Setting: Space station (decommissioned) + GALCOM ships
Timeline placement: Book 4 — Graul‑centric novel; Hope is not the protagonist
Link: https://books2read.com/u/mdGg8O
Description: A surprise attack devastates a decommissioned space station, killing most of the officers and leaving the survivors trapped as environmental systems fail. Colonel Eric Graul, quarantined with a dangerous illness, becomes their only hope. But even he may not survive long enough to help. Last Stand is a tense, character‑driven military thriller that pushes Graul to his limits.
Mystery & Investigation SF
Book 5: Space Dutchman
When the Kangjun discovers the legendary Space Dutchman drifting abandoned, Hope Delgado must uncover the truth behind its vanished crew before the same fate overtakes her own.
Series: GALCOM Universe
Length: Novel
Genre: Space Opera
Subgenre: Ghost‑Tech / Mystery SF / Space Thriller / Exploration
Main characters: Hope Delgado, Colonel Graul, Kangjun crew, Dutchman crew (missing)
Themes: myth vs. truth, fear, abandonment, cosmic danger, survival
Setting: S.C. Kangjun + derelict Space Dutchman + nearby planetary system
Timeline placement: Book 5 — late‑arc Hope; major escalation in supernatural and cosmic stakes
Link: https://books2read.com/u/4D6NOQ
Description: The S.C. Kangjun encounters the Space Dutchman, a legendary derelict whose crew vanished without a trace. Hope Delgado boards the ghostly vessel and uncovers evidence of a catastrophic threat that forced the crew to flee, leaving behind only fragments of their final moments. As the same danger begins to encroach on the Kangjun, Hope must decipher the Dutchman’s secrets before history repeats itself. The truth behind the legend is far more terrifying than anyone expected.
Short Fiction for this world
Frontier & Planetary Missions
Short Fiction: Ghost’s Gambit
A civilian ghost expert must defeat six armed pirates on a remote training planet using only a devil blaster, her wits, and the help of an opinionated ghost.
Series: GALCOM
Length: Short story
Genre: Space Opera
Subgenre: Military SF / Exploration / Character‑driven
Main characters: Hope Delgado, Colonel Eric Graul
Themes: loyalty, survival, frontier ethics
Setting: Planet‑side GALCOM firing range + surrounding alien forest
Timeline placement: Early Hope‑era stories; pre‑major fleet arcs
Link: https://books2read.com/u/bWE99Y
Short Description: During routine training on a planet, ghost expert Hope Delgado is the only crew member who escapes when pirates ambush the GALCOM team. Armed only with a devil blaster and aided by a ghost, Hope must improvise a rescue before dawn. As the pirates prepare to steal the shuttle and kill the crew, she turns superstition into a weapon.
First‑Contact Tension
Short Fiction: Sentry Ghost
A ghost haunting a vital Koraxian beach forces Hope Delgado to uncover the truth behind its terrifying behavior before more lives are lost.
Series: GALCOM
Length: Short story
Genre: Space Opera
Subgenre: Ghost‑Tech / Planetary Mystery / First‑Contact Diplomacy
Main characters: Hope Delgado, Sergeant Brooks, Colonel Graul, Temerai, Mama Ghost
Themes: protection, misunderstanding, cultural conflict, survival, ethics
Setting: Koxara Prime — beach, Koraxian village, GALCOM shuttle
Timeline placement: Mid‑Hope arc; after Places, before later Kangjun missions
Link: https://books2read.com/u/bwvYKZ
Description: Hope Delgado is dispatched to Koxara Prime to investigate a ghost that has driven the Koraxians away from their only surviving beach. When a villager dies of fright, Hope must uncover why the ghost is attacking. With a local commander demanding results and the Koraxians terrified, Hope races to prevent further tragedy.
Shipboard Adventures
Short Fiction: Ghost’s Obsession
A cryptic ghost delivers a warning to Hope Delgado, sending her into a race to uncover a hidden threat before the Kangjun is destroyed.
Series: GALCOM
Length: Short story
Genre: Space Opera
Subgenre: Ghost‑Tech / Mystery SF / Character‑driven
Main characters: Hope Delgado, Colonel Graul, the bridge ghost
Themes: intuition, trust, mystery, responsibility, supernatural ethics
Setting: S.C. Kangjun (space cruiser) + space bridge
Timeline placement: Mid‑Hope arc; after Eavesdropper, before major fleet arcs
Link: https://books2read.com/u/3RLVVj
Description: When a ghost crosses the space bridge to the S.C. Kangjun, Hope Delgado is left with a message she can’t decipher and a growing sense of dread. As strange anomalies ripple through the ship, Hope must unravel the ghost’s warning before disaster strikes. With time running out, she confronts a mystery that blends supernatural danger with deep‑space tension.
Psychological SF
Short Fiction: Cold Nightmares
A former soldier haunted by missing memories must confront the truth when GALCOM warns her that deadly aliens are hunting her again.
Series: GALCOM
Length: Short story
Genre: Space Opera
Subgenre: Military SF / Psychological SF / Character‑driven
Main characters: Ella McLaughlin, Colonel Lenard, Seth
Themes: trauma, memory, survival, trust, recovery
Setting: Small frontier town + spaceport + GALCOM shuttle
Timeline placement: Post‑Lysian escape; early GALCOM‑civilian era: Space Opera
Link: https://books2read.com/u/38Redr
Short description: Former GALCOM soldier Ella McLaughlin escaped the Lysians’ slave trade but remembers almost nothing of how she survived. Now living quietly on a remote planet and writing poetry to cope with her nightmares, she’s given a chilling warning: the Lysians are coming for her again. When an attack erupts at the spaceport, Ella must confront the memories she’s been running from and fight back before the past destroys her.
Diplomacy & First Contact
Short Fiction: Place of Shadows and Threads
A mysterious visitor from Vadlon’s Tail pulls Hope Delgado into a dangerous diplomatic puzzle that threatens both Kangjun and the fragile balance between worlds.
Series: GALCOM Length: Short story
Genre: Space Opera
Subgenre: Ghost‑Tech / Diplomatic SF / Mystery
Main characters: Hope Delgado, Colonel Graul, Medeyah
Themes: diplomacy, intuition, trust, cultural conflict, supernatural ethics
Setting: S.C. Kangjun + the extradimensional “thread place”
Timeline placement: Mid‑Hope arc; after Ghost’s Obsession
Link: https://books2read.com/u/bQPJqD
Description: Hope Delgado is summoned to meet Medeyah, a long‑lived and unsettling visitor from Valdon’s Tail whose ghost‑related knowledge runs deeper than anyone in GALCOM expects. When his presence pulls Hope into a strange extradimensional realm of crackling energy threads, she must decipher its meaning before Medeyah’s intentions turn deadly. Caught between diplomacy and the supernatural, Hope faces a threat that reaches beyond the physical universe—and one only she can navigate.
Disaster & Crisis Response
Short Fiction: Eavesdropper of the Stars
A ghost expert on shore leave must stop a deadly star‑ghost before it tears apart a massive trading station with forty thousand people aboard.
Series: GALCOM
Length: Short story
Genre: Space Opera
Subgenre: Exploration / Disaster SF / Ghost‑Tech / Character‑driven
Main characters: Hope Delgado, Colonel Graul, Dr. Ken Sanger
Themes: responsibility, courage, disaster prevention, trust, supernatural ethics
Setting: Seven Stars Trading Post (giant space station)
Timeline placement: Mid‑Hope arc; post‑Ghost’s Gambit, pre‑major fleet arcs
Link: https://books2read.com/u/bx1Y5k
Description: Hope Delgado’s visit to the bustling Seven Stars Trading Post turns catastrophic when a strange star‑ghost begins destabilizing the station. As tremors intensify and forty thousand lives hang in the balance, Hope must decipher cryptic clues to find the ghost’s anchor before the station collapses. With Colonel Graul and Ken Sanger at her side—and a ghost who may be more powerful than any she’s met—Hope races against time in a high‑stakes deep‑space thriller.
Mystery & Investigation SF
Short Fiction: Ship of Dream Treasures
When a murder occurs aboard the Dream Treasures, Hope Delgado must solve the case using a silent ghost who refuses to reveal the killer.
Series: GALCOM
Length: Short story
Genre: Space Opera
Subgenre: Ghost‑Tech / Mystery SF / Detective SF
Main characters: Hope Delgado, Commander Ralston, the murdered ghost
Themes: justice, truth, stubbornness, ethics, intuition
Setting: Dream Treasures (spaceship) Timeline placement: Mid‑Hope arc; after Sentry Ghost, before later Kangjun missions.
Link: https://books2read.com/u/47Yxaa
Description: A murder aboard an alien spaceship forces Hope Delgado into the role of detective when the victim’s ghost refuses to speak. With the commander demanding answers, Hope must uncover clues the ghost won’t give her and solve the case before panic spreads. As tensions rise, she discovers the truth is buried deeper than anyone expected.
Space Station Adventures
Short Fiction: Watcher Ghost
A telepathic alien ghost struggles to warn Hope Delgado of an imminent station failure, forcing her to decode his chaotic message before Space Transfer Point 5 collapses.
Series: GALCOM
Length: Short story
Genre: Space Opera
Subgenre: Ghost‑Tech / Disaster SF / Mystery
Main characters: Hope Delgado, Colonel Graul, Major Poythress, Sergeant Brooks, Taukan watcher ghost
Themes: communication barriers, danger, intuition, teamwork, alien physiology
Setting: Space Transfer Point 5 (small, aging space station)
Timeline placement: Mid‑Hope arc; after Dream Treasures
Link: https://books2read.com/u/mVZK9Z
Description: Hope Delgado arrives at the aging Space Transfer Point 5 to investigate a haunting that has left the station on edge. The ghost, a telepathic Taukan, cannot communicate normally. His attempts to warn her trigger exploding equipment. and structural alarms. As Hope homes in on the danger, she must coordinate with Major Poythress and Colonel Graul to evacuate the station before catastrophic decompression.
Genre and Tone Tags
- Space Opera — Character‑driven missions, shipboard life, galaxy‑wide stakes.
- Supernatural Science Fiction — Ghosts in space, alien spirits, dimensional anomalies.
- Military SF — Command structure, Marines, station defense, Graul’s arc.
- Frontier & Planetary Adventure — New worlds, alien cultures, survival missions.
- Mystery & Investigation SF — Ghost clues, derelict ships, missing crews, planetary secrets.
- Disaster & Crisis Response — Station collapse, environmental failure, cosmic threats.
- Character‑Driven — Hope’s emotional arc, Graul’s leadership, personal stakes.
- Suspenseful — Rising tension, countdowns, escalating danger.
- Hopeful — Compassion, connection, ghosts as warnings rather than monsters.
- Atmospheric — Haunted planets, eerie derelicts, alien landscapes.
- Thrilling — Action sequences, survival moments, high stakes.
- Mysterious — Ghost clues, hidden histories, cosmic secrets.
- Humanistic — Empathy, ethics, cultural conflict, belonging.
Who Will Love This Series
Readers who love:
- Character‑driven sci‑fi — Stories where emotional stakes matter as much as the mission.
- Supernatural twists in space — Ghosts, alien spirits, dimensional anomalies.
- Mystery‑focused science fiction — Derelict ships, vanished crews, cryptic clues.
- Military SF with heart — Leadership under pressure, survival, moral choices.
- Frontier exploration — New worlds, alien cultures, dangerous terrain.
- Stories about connection — Ghosts as warnings, aliens as people, empathy across species.
- High‑stakes survival — Station collapse, planetary disasters, cosmic threats.
Perfect for readers who enjoy:
- Becky Chambers’ compassion‑driven sci‑fi
- Martha Wells’ Murderbot tone (character‑focused, tense, humanistic)
- Star Trek’s “strange new worlds” exploration
- Alien‑encounter mysteries
- Space‑based thrillers with emotional depth
Linda Maye Adams — Urban Fantasy, Space Opera & Superhero Fiction 