The planet Carico is short on technology and long on wide-open spaces. When Seth Reilly returns home to Under Rim, it isn’t the peaceful village he remembers. Trouble is in the wind, and the new girl in town, Annalee, is at the heart of it. Seth and Annalee cross Jerdix, an outlaw who tortures Seth with a device prohibited throughout the Interstellar Coalition. Unable to cope, Seth flees to a lonely camp where he becomes obsessed with taming a horse as damaged as he is. Annalee follows, determined to help him. But Jerdix is still out there. Can Seth and Annalee survive Jerdix’ threat ...

As the Solar Commonwealth expands into the stars, it faces critics from within and enemies from beyond. What happens when the two groups join forces? While Commonwealth Security investigates a conspiracy on the distant Ssenn world where Terrans first learned to live with aliens, the Fleet is strained to protect the new star systems humanity will one day call home.

Jerry Anderson was an astronaut faced with an impossible choice: die of asphyxiation in a few hours or see if the alien pod he was transporting really was an escape pod and find out if it could actually save him. When he enters it, he finds that the controls are unreadable, lacking anything to go on, and rapidly running out of air. He presses the blinking green button. The next thing he knows, he isn’t human anymore, and he finds himself on a seashore, next to some birds feasting on a body that looks very similar to his new body. He is alive, but staying alive will be a challenge, and he ...

Meet Lisa Hudson, a dedicated journalism student, on a beautiful, spring morning in Pittsburgh that proves to be the last ordinary day of her life. As she struggles to survive in a new reality, forged from catastrophe, Lisa confronts its mysteries and dangers with the aid of intriguing and unlikely companions. For her, the world will never be the same. For you, the journey is just beginning. Michael Shotter is a lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a lover of science, fiction, and fantasy, his works aim to push beyond the boundaries of traditional genre fiction into new and ...

When Gunnar McConnell inherits a treasure map after his uncle's death, he goes on the hunt of his life and can't believe what he finds. There isn't just gold on those mountains, but the secret of a lifetime—a starship that can take him to worlds unknown, and a universe full of life.

In space, conquest reigns supreme. The mighty prevail, but only for those with the power. The Thulu have dominated the cosmos for millennia. Grand Viceroy Zaltis should revel in the glory of defeating the Earthborn Dagan, but it only leaves him empty inside. Why won’t victory satisfy him? His master, the godlike D’raith, doesn’t understand the failings of mortals. Its purpose is to rule the universe. With a Dagan governor as captive, the D’raith orders Zaltis to discover the last Earthborn refuge. It’s where the all-powerful Genesis Stone lies. Zaltis vows to break the governor ...

Shindo Dacan is a socially awkward but gifted engineer who has made the most brilliant machines seen since before the All-Silence-machines that ruler Vibrun Magrite used in his creation of the Domain as he brought all four of the city-states within his iron grip. With the help of a friend of his, Shindo is secretly planning to provide prosthetic limbs to the many victims of the war his machines have waged.

When an invading clone army completely overwhelms and threatens total destruction on the planet Delpha, there’s only one group that can stop them. Task Force 88. A highly skilled combat team of super soldiers, the Task Force Rangers are the planet’s only hope of survival. Outnumbered and facing near impossible odds against the clone army, the Rangers must protect three airfields until the United Planet Military Command can send in reinforcements.

Roger Stenley is a permit writer extraordinaire, neat freak, and portal-jumping novice. On the planet Dutorik, Roger's life orbits around his love for order. His day job consists of crafting interstellar travel permits, and off the clock, he's busy with not-so-secretly pining after his neighbor, Olivia. But when a murder scene featuring a portal briefcase as the only clue blasts him out of his comfortable and somewhat neurotic routine, Roger finds himself partnering with a detective whose personality is as rough as sandpaper and whose methods are as unconventional as Roger's are meticulous....

Carpenter Lowell is a disgraced Marine assigned to a remote US research station on Saturn's moon Enceladus, where scientists have made an extraordinary discovery in the ocean below. A special forces team, led by Lowell’s murderous former commanding officer, shows up to investigate. Almost immediately, everything begins to unravel. Something beneath the surface has been activated.