Hayden's World Shorts — S.D. Falchetti

Trapped in the icy sky.

Jia can't breathe, her ship is minutes from breaking apart in Uranus's atmosphere, and the lifepod just burned up. Things aren't going well. When her injured engineer's solution sends them plummeting into the icy stratosphere, they find themselves trapped in a life-or-death battle against time, the elements, and unexpected visitors.

Aero One is a hard science fiction short story set in the Hayden's World universe. The story is a 9300 word short read (< 1 hour) and is the perfect size for reading on the go.