A cargo master accepts two crates that are paid in full. On the way to the next system pirates attack the ship but they turn the tables on them. At the next port the merchant fails to pick up the crates. Once the ships lifts he finds two girls in the crates and his life is changed.
When a thief is cornered he does not have a choice. The rogue world of Carthy is home to outlaws and pirate and he is there now. Of course outlaws and those that support them have plenty of credits.
I never knew who my father was. When my mother took me to the fancy ball I was bored. Until the mercenaries struck and I had to protect myself and my mother. I failed and she and everyone else died. I staggered out with her body and my life changed. I found out who my father was but to me that did not matter, I wanted those that had killed my mother.
Wanting to serve was how it started. Taking action and embarrassing my commanding officers was how my career ended. Of course when the federation declares war on my race and kills everyone on my planet it deserves an answer. My name is Stalker and if it is a mage war I know how that is done.
Taken and raised in a cruel and deadly clan of assassins I managed to escape. The new planet I lived on was or seemed normal. I used clan funds I had stolen and helped the constables with hard or unusual cases. When a clan master came for me it was not to kill but with an offer. I knew better but it made me... curious.
I was a full mage finally and had put a lot of thought and research into the valley of the dead kings. I knew hundred or maybe more had tried to enter and steal the treasures but I wanted golden the libraries of the kings. I would have to fight magic with magic but also use elements to protect me from it, or from special traps designed to break magical defenses.
Saving the empire was the beginning but when the one behind it is exiled he can hold a grudge. To bad he tried to continue his vendetta with the grandson. Growing up shooting weapons and running a shooting house with retired marines teaches him how to deal with threats.
A land filled with danger, with giant insects and reptiles.
A chance remark and the next thing I knew I was planning to walk around the world. The world of Mist is very dangerous and filled with amazing creatures. Of course when Candy and Megan decided to help and go with me how could I refuse. After all they were girls and very beautiful and the giant insects could only kill me once.
A young man starts a job as a constable in a city with nightly fog. Besides having to learn from his partner, they have a killer that is hunting women on their beat. The first time they meet it is with a body of a woman. The second was when he flees and he is almost caught. That is when the killer begins to stalk the constable and it is his turn to set a trap.
Just because his father was the leader of a military protectorate the others on the governing council want him dead. All his life he has been in hiding but when one finally finds him they get more than then bargained for. Now it is his turn to hunt and he has been training his whole life.
