Mind-Blocked! Ambushed by unknown assailants, cut off from her escort, and on the run with no memory of who she was, what she was doing on the world known as Auord, or why she was driven by a compulsion to find a specific ship and head for an unknown destination, she was forced to accept the...  more

Mind-Blocked! Ambushed by unknown assailants, cut off from her escort, and on the run with no memory of who she was, what she was doing on the world known as Auord, or why she was driven by a compulsion to find a specific ship and head for an unknown destination, she was forced to accept the help of a space trader named Morgan. Captain Morgan gave her the name of Sira and a berth on his spaceship, but there was something about him she could not quite trust, something that he was hiding from her. Yet, sought by the Enforcers of the interstellar Trade Pact, by representatives of the Clan of which Sira herself was a member, and by a mysterious pursuer determined to use Sira for his own ends, she had no choice but to ally herself with Morgan -- even though each might well prove the other's doom...

On the planet Barious, war has become a national pass time. During one of these conflicts Taralin Zarco, Queen of Barious, was abducted by the Barion's mortal enemies the Locheds. When the story starts the war has ended, the Barions have won and the queen has just been found on a distant planet....  more

On the planet Barious, war has become a national pass time. During one of these conflicts Taralin Zarco, Queen of Barious, was abducted by the Barion's mortal enemies the Locheds. When the story starts the war has ended, the Barions have won and the queen has just been found on a distant planet. Enter Drewcilia Qwah, a rough-and-tumble salvager, who drinks too much, smokes too much, and has a mouth you wouldn't kiss your mother with. Drewcilia (Drew) and her partner, a huge hair-covered alien named Van Gar, have been hired by the king's emissaries to take the confused queen to meet her husband. Only two real problems with this plan. Drewcilia hates royalty, and the queen has no memory of being queen or of her husband. Meet a strange world filled with palace intrigue, rebel plots, assassination attempts, civil unrest, economic depression, trash, and the unscrupulous salvager who wants to change it all to suit her own needs. Queen of Denial is a book with one mission, to entertain. It is a fast-paced, hard-hitting, action-packed, science fiction comedy, with a little mystery thrown in for good measure.

In all the universe, no species has ever reached for the stars without the guidance of a patron -- except perhaps mankind. Did some mysterious race begin the uplift of humanity aeons ago? And if so, why did they abandon us? Circling the sun, under the caverns of Mercury, Expedition Sundiver...  more

In all the universe, no species has ever reached for the stars without the guidance of a patron -- except perhaps mankind. Did some mysterious race begin the uplift of humanity aeons ago? And if so, why did they abandon us? Circling the sun, under the caverns of Mercury, Expedition Sundiver prepares for the most momentous voyage in our history. A journey into the boiling inferno of the sun -- to seek our destiny in the cosmic order of life.

Celadon, a poor nation on a poor planet, engaged in civil war and a haven for every type of villainy in space, is ripe for cleanup. The military could pacify it handily, but it would take a statesman to fix it.But some statesmen have ethics, which politicians and megacorps find inconvenient....  more

Celadon, a poor nation on a poor planet, engaged in civil war and a haven for every type of villainy in space, is ripe for cleanup. The military could pacify it handily, but it would take a statesman to fix it.But some statesmen have ethics, which politicians and megacorps find inconvenient. President Bishwanath compounded the sin by being astute, ambitious and capable. Something had to be done, because a working nation isn't much use for pork and graft.When the word comes down that he is dead, the politicians move on with a new plan, re-allocating resources, and finding a new, more pliable president to put in place.There are three problems with this solution. Bishwanath is not dead. His mercenary bodyguards are more loyal than the politicians. And if they're not on contract, there are no rules.

In the year 2061, two children support themselves in a city dump and are pressed into the service of the criminal underworld until their unique talents foster their escape.

The brass called it a by-the-book mission. Lt. Nicole Shea was too green to know that, in space, there's no such thing.... "YOU BLEW IT SHEA. YOU FAILED THE SIMULATION TEST. BUT THE COMMANDER OVERRULED THE BOARD -- YOU GOT A SECOND CHANCE." Lt. Shea's second chance was to...  more

The brass called it a by-the-book mission. Lt. Nicole Shea was too green to know that, in space, there's no such thing.... "YOU BLEW IT SHEA. YOU FAILED THE SIMULATION TEST. BUT THE COMMANDER OVERRULED THE BOARD -- YOU GOT A SECOND CHANCE." Lt. Shea's second chance was to play pilot to a minimal-hassle scientific mission, mapping a chunk of the solar system. Then the Wolfpack struck, and the space pirates left her defenseless ship a blasted wreckage, stripped of anything of value. Now Shea and a handful of survivors drift in an interstellar tomb, farther and farther from any hope of rescue. Until a ship appears. But as it approaches, the survivors realize that no human could have constructed it. Nicole's second chance is about to become mankind's first contact with alien life....

The year is 2013...a massive earthquake has left the Midwest in ruins. St. Louis is under martial law. Thousands of people are homeless. And investigative reporter Gerry Rosen is tracking the story of a lifetime. But when people around him start to die, Gerry is forced to go on the run. A...  more

The year is 2013...a massive earthquake has left the Midwest in ruins. St. Louis is under martial law. Thousands of people are homeless. And investigative reporter Gerry Rosen is tracking the story of a lifetime. But when people around him start to die, Gerry is forced to go on the run. A fugitive in the quake-ravaged ruins of his own city, Gerry is beginning to suspect that the story of a lifetime may be the death of him yet...

Chip Connolly was a conscripted grunt in trouble: stuck behind enemy lines with a bunch of cyber-uplifted rats and bats. Rats with human speech, but with rat priorities: sex, food and strong drink. And the bats were revolutionaries planning to throw off the human yoke -- with high explosive....  more

Chip Connolly was a conscripted grunt in trouble: stuck behind enemy lines with a bunch of cyber-uplifted rats and bats. Rats with human speech, but with rat priorities: sex, food and strong drink. And the bats were revolutionaries planning to throw off the human yoke -- with high explosive. Then there was the girl they'd rescued. Rich. Beautiful. With a passionate crush on her "heroic" rescuer. Her entourage was a screwball Alien tutor, and a cyber-uplifted lemurlike pet galago with delusions of being the world's greatest lover. Of course things only got worse. Seven rats, five bats, a galago, two humans, a sea-urchin-like alien and an elderly vineyard tractor without brakes...against several million inimical aliens. He was going to die. Mind you, not dying could be even more terrible. That girl might get him.

The Roadmakers left only ruins behind -- but what magnificent ruins!Their concrete highways still cross the continent. Their cups, combs and jewelry are found in every Illyrian home. They left behind a legend,too -- a hidden sanctuary called Haven, where even now the secrets of their...  more

The Roadmakers left only ruins behind -- but what magnificent ruins!Their concrete highways still cross the continent. Their cups, combs and jewelry are found in every Illyrian home. They left behind a legend,too -- a hidden sanctuary called Haven, where even now the secrets of their civilization might still be found.Chaka's brother was one of those who sought to find Haven and never returned. But now Chaka has inherited a rare Roadmaker artifact -- a book called A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court  -- which has inspired her to follow in his footsteps. Gathering an unlikely band of companions around her, Chaka embarks upon a journey where she will encounter bloodthirsty rirver pirates, electronic ghosts who mourn their lost civilization and machines that skim over the ground and air. Ultimately, the group will learn the truth about their own mysterious past.

The Company had a big problem--it was illegally exploiting a fabulously rich planet named Prism, a world where even the tiniest creatures were living jewels. But, somehow, all contact had been lost with the scientists of the survey team. The Company didn't want to draw attention to...  more

The Company had a big problem--it was illegally exploiting a fabulously rich planet named Prism, a world where even the tiniest creatures were living jewels. But, somehow, all contact had been lost with the scientists of the survey team. The Company didn't want to draw attention to itself by sending a rescue mission, so they assigned Evan Orgell, a self-confident problem-solver, to investigate. Evan was good, but he didn't understand Prism. Worse, he couldn't solve the real mystery of the mission...until it was too late.

"Montezuma Strip" is a collection of science fiction stories, set in a nightmarish future world where First World tech meets Third World wages, where gangs rule the night, and where the wealthy few lock themselves behind steel gates. On the Strip, Federale Angel Cardenas is a top cop on the...  more

"Montezuma Strip" is a collection of science fiction stories, set in a nightmarish future world where First World tech meets Third World wages, where gangs rule the night, and where the wealthy few lock themselves behind steel gates. On the Strip, Federale Angel Cardenas is a top cop on the streets of virtual reality, where talking animals are programmed to kill and even the Holy Blessed Virgin's ghost runs rackets.

Ton Davaryush had destroyed twelve utopias in the line of his duty as a Kingling of the galaxy's all-powerful Inquest: he was delivering ignorant humanity from the throes of delusion. For it was written in the Inquestral Texts that man was a fallen being and all utopias inherently false. But...  more

Ton Davaryush had destroyed twelve utopias in the line of his duty as a Kingling of the galaxy's all-powerful Inquest: he was delivering ignorant humanity from the throes of delusion. For it was written in the Inquestral Texts that man was a fallen being and all utopias inherently false. But now, simmering with rebellion, Davaryush plotted the Inquest's destruction and cursed the awesome extent of its power. Now he stood ready to wreak havok within the galactic tyranny. Now he was willing to risk the Inquest's ultimate wrath. Because he had seen a thirteenth utopia, he had known the sin of joy...and he knew he would, he must, preserve it -- at any price!