Ivan Merciant was a political convict for 20 terran-years, freed by smugglers to locate the lost Treasury of the wealthy Merciants, once Dukes of Como Prime in the days of the old Galactic Empire. Led by two murderous smugglers, financed by Lillian, a Republican courtesan, related to the dead Emperor, served by the everloving domestic help Selene, they embark to navigate a treacherous triple-sun system to find hidden treasure, knowing survival depends on the greed of their present crew mates.
A Conversations Story If a man cheats on his wife, is it always simply that old cliche that a man is just a dog walking on his hind legs? What if it isn't about sex? And how do the ramifications of that affect their closest friends who are in a similar life?
Ronald Foreman didn't know his wife cheated on him until she gave birth to a child who couldn't be his. This is the story of how his life got better, eventually...
John finds out about his supposed to be best friend, and his wife - more than he would have liked. But the end of the marriage does not mean the end of his other responsibilities. Certainly it is not the end of John's problems when he tries to be a good guy and a father, and tries to get his life together once again. Starts slow but there will be some twists before everything is settled.
He just planned to go to a matinee, but got so much more. What do you do when a woman you hardly know sits next to you in a darkened theater? What ever she wants.