A novel and series of short stories featuring Rick Kennett's protagonist Cy De Gerch, a Martian woman designed to interface with the weapons systems on a spacecraft and operate as a trained killer for the Martian state.
At least one of Kennett's stories explores Cy's relationship with another woman.
In publication order, the Cy De Gerch stories are:
Presumed Dead
Australia
:
Rick Kennett
,
2016
10874940
2016
single work
novel
science fiction
'Being genetically engineered as an integral part of a starship's weaponry system for the Martian Star Corps is something Lieutenant Cy De Gerch deeply resents. When a failed war game leaves her marooned on an uninhabited planet with a monster intent on destroying her, Cy sees this as an opportunity to desert the Corps with an almost clear conscience. The ghosts of two former lovers, one male, one female, and an alien spider cross-dressing as a lobster have other ideas.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Thirty Minutes for New Hell
Australia
:
Rick Kennett
,
2016
10875041
2016
selected work
short story
science fiction
'During her space schooling on Mars, 12 year old Cy De Gerch crash lands into a gigantic dust storm. Lost and with her re-breather unit broken, she finds help coming from an unexpected quarter.'
Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 23/6/2014)
'Cy De Gerch, the 17 year old executive officer of the Martian frigate Utopia Plain, is haunted by a spectral dog during a space battle.'
Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 16/6/2014)
A Warrior's Star
Caulfield South
:
Rick Kennett
Alternative Productions
,
1982
Z1206591
1982
single work
novel
science fiction
'Captain Brown of the Martian starcruiser 109 faced two problems at the Battle of Bellatrix.
'One was Ninta, a crippled Xenoid battlecruiser lying in ambush for the Rigel convoy.
'The other was Cyleen De Gerch, his new second-in-command. She was headstrong, inexperienced, and the product of a military genetics experiment.
'She was also barely sixteen years old.'
Source: Back cover blurb.
'The Utopia Plain is assigned to destroy a damaged troop ship before it can fall into enemy hands. However, Cy is physically unable to fire on it when she mentally hears the voice of an ex-boyfriend trapped aboard.'
Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 16/6/2014)
'After a freak occurrence in subspace as they return home to Mars, the crew of the Utopia Plain find all is not as it should be. The Captain’s wife has died in an epidemic that never was; and Cy’s lover, Jos Manxman, though killed in a training accident two years before, is alive and planning a hike into the Martian desert.'
Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 16/6/2014)
'The Utopia Plain encounters the Earth survey ship St Petersburg orbiting a supposedly lifeless planet. Aboard are a parrot and a new-born baby.'
Source: Author's website.
