# The Ark / Her Majesty's Starship

**Author(s):** Ben Jeapes
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**Genres:** sci-fi, first-contact, childrens
**Pages:** 459
**Publisher:** Scholastic Paperbacks
**Published:** Sat Jan 01 2000 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780439219174
**ISBN-10:** 0439219175
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-ark-her-majestys-starship

## Description

Michael Gilmore, Captain of the HMSS Ark Royal is part of Earth’s first interstellar delegation to visit an alien planet. His passengers are an ill-tempered prince and an inscrutable quadruped alien. His First Officer is on the brink of mutiny, the ship’s A.I. seems to have turned renegade, and the neighbouring vessel harbours a genocidal maniac.

What should be an prestigious honor is turning into a treacherous journey whose true purpose has yet to be revealed by their mysterious alien hosts…

## SageChimp reader verdict

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**Themes:** First Contact, Space Travel