Congratulations to The Galaxy Express’ Heather Massey on the news of her debut novel to be released in March 2011 by Red Sage Publishing and titled ONCE UPON A TIME IN SPACE. She describes it as “Christopher Columbus in space…with a romance.”

Here’s the official summary:

Earth is dying. Nick Venture, the last living descendant of Christopher Columbus, embarks on a dangerous mission to find a new planet and save humanity. This places him on a collision course with Raquel Donovan, the deadliest pirate in the galaxy.

The two adversaries find themselves irresistibly drawn to one another. But the conflicted pirate’s deepest secret could tear the couple apart even as humanity’s time runs out.

It’s going to be all space pirates all the time coming this March!