Devar is not the only one who may have been manipulated... Master Engineer Caelen Williams is the most sought-after contractor aboard the closed-system marathon-class vessel Endurance, a generation ship at least four hundred light years away from its destination. Captain Lakewood, leader of the space-faring city, demands she resolve a life-threatening issue--the ship is losing water. Caelen's former lover, Devar, was wrongly persecuted by Lakewood's people but for the sake of everyone aboard the Endurance, Caelen tries to solve the riddle of the draining water and learns that Devar is not the only one who may have been manipulated... This is a short science fiction romance story, for fast reading and enjoyment. ___ This book is part of The Endurance SFR series: 0.5 5,001 1.0 Greyson's Doom 2.0 Yesterday's Legacy 3.0 Promissory Note 3.1 Quiver and Crave 4.0 Xenogenesis 5.0 Junkyard Heroes 5.1 Evangeliya 6.0 Skinwalker's Bane ...and more to come! A Science Fiction Romance Short Story. ____ Praise for 5,001: Smashwords SFR Bestseller I can't wait to see where this new world takes us! It's a story about love, loss & redemption! Great read! Just fabulous given as a gift and just loved it Short, but long enough to have a surprise in it Wow! This was a short story that packed a punch. Great short that made me stop and reflect...love it when that happens. ___ Tracy Cooper-Posey is a #1 Best Selling Author. She writes science fiction and romance. She has published over 90 books since 1999, been nominated for five CAPAs including Favorite Author, and won the Emma Darcy Award. She turned to indie publishing in 2011. Her indie titles have been nominated four times for Book Of The Year and Byzantine Heartbreak was a 2012 winner. Faring Soul won a SFR Galaxy Award in 2016 for "Most Intriguing Philosophical/Social Science Questions in Galaxybuilding" She has been a national magazine editor and for a decade she taught writing at MacEwan University. She is addicted to Irish Breakfast tea and chocolate, sometimes taken together. In her spare time she enjoys history, Sherlock Holmes, reading science fiction and ignoring her treadmill. An Australian Canadian, she lives in Edmonton, Canada with her husband, a former professional wrestler, where she moved in 1996 after meeting him on-line.