The Curse of Charron is now finished and will be released in February 2009! This is the first book in H.J. Ralles' new Galaxy Patrol Series for YA 12 years and up.

Under mysterious circumstances, the Ferrosian spacecraft Encounter has crashed on Charron. Its important passengers are presumed dead. But Nadia and Cooper, two fourteen year olds who were on board survived, now prisoners of the Charonnese. Tommy Harker, a seventeen-year-old Ferrosian lieutenant, is part of the mission by the spacecraft Intrepid to locate the Encounter and seven other missing Ferrosian spacecraft. But when Intrepid also crashes on Charron, Harker is ordered by Commander James Lang to destroy their severely damaged craft before the crew of four sets out on foot across the desert. Lang and Major Price are captured within hours, leaving Harker and sixteen-year-old Pilot Officer Annie Reeves to continue on their own. For the two teens, survival in the Red Desert becomes not only a battle against the elements, but also a battle of wits and ingenuity against Colonel Swick and the Charronese military. Can they unravel the mystery of the missing Ferrosian spacecraft and rescue Nadia and Cooper from Oberon Jail?