An experimental NASA flight goes horribly and the unlucky test pilot wakes up unhurt, back home. Struggling to discover what happened, Eric Morgan returns to NASA prepared to face a thousand questions. Is he still human or a new species? Eric encountered something in the dead of space which left him forever changed. Testifying at a Congressional subcommittee, he inspires fear and hope. As the danger mounts, the rest of the world won't allow him to walk away. / (Reviews)
A story in the Gabatrix Series Universe
Set after the events of Gabatrix: Wheels of Thunder, the Planet of Palora is in grave danger. Itrean Shal'rein clan warships appear en masse. Invasion is imminent. On the ground, the strength of the Shal'rein are almost unstoppable. However, there is a hint of hope. A paleontologist and his three Itrean wives are about to uncover a great artifact, one that may tip the tides in favor of the allied defenses. Story Contains: Birth, Action, Interspecies, Drama
A story in the Disunited Front Universe
Dey and Loki are back - and enjoying their vacation. But vacation for a supersoldier and her AI companion in the 22nd century involves more than laying around on the beach and getting a tan. Treasure hunts, terrorist plots, and the threat of global anhillation? All in a day's vacation.
To be human is not something that can be defined by any one individual. Rachele has her own code of ethics and views having lived in a world alongside other humans. Ghok is an alien with a culture all his own, but becomes more human than he is. Yet the question that arises is: what does it mean to be human?
A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
An ecological engineer is transferred to the war-torn Rask territory, site of the deposed Matriarch's deadly rebellion, where he's tasked with helping to restore the damaged jungles. To his surprise, he's quickly put in command of a pack of ex-soldiers who are more concerned with jockeying for status than learning how to drive a tractor. Finding his place in the hierarchy might be just as hard as greening the desert.
A Swarm Cycle Story
Set in Thinking Horndog's Swarm Cycle, this pickup story follows two very different families extracted from the same location. Jason stops to help a young girl walking home in the snow, and... Why would Bob White's Covey decline to be picked up - on multiple occasions? Readers advise me that I should let you know characters from "THE Harem Tales" and "Woody" begin to appear in Chapter 2. Having read these stories will help. A character list would not.
A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
A freighter pilot is plunged into a fight for his life when Borealan pirates board his vessel, but their sadistic captain may have more on her mind than just his cargo.
Mankind learned how to get out of Earth's gravity well for pennies per kilogram. Orbital mining changed the global culture. Then a very smart kid turned polymath discovered a star drive.
Corey Andersen is the youngest Squadron Lead in the Families Navy, the military arm of a culture that is 98% women. She is trying to learn how to defeat the Idenux, pirates that have warred on the United Families for more than 30 years, and whose attacks are increasing. She's a young fighter pilot, and she's incurred the enmity of the clerks and administrators