The Boy Who Had Nobody: Inner Universe Series: Short Story 0.1

Drowning a traumatic past in hard liquor, Adrien has no friends except the ghosts of his memories. But then the captain he works for takes on a foster son.

This story is set 18 years before the events of River in the Galaxy: Inner Universe: Book 1. It can be read as a standalone or a companion to the River in the Galaxy duology.