Born and raised on the colony world helped to shape Drake. Losing both his parents only helped him learn more about the world. When Sara and Jen came into his life he used that to save them and bring them home.
A squad of combat soldiers are betrayed and used as bait. Years later the only survivor is still trying to find peace. The one responsible for betraying his squad is trying to come back and other senior officers need the survivor out of the way.
Rachel Spencer assumed her high school reunion would be a boring event. An encounter with an old friend and an unexpected revelation made it anything but
Six days in May, 2001, in the lives of the crew and families of the CSS (Confederate States Ship) Robert E. Lee, SSN 507. "Wives to love, children to cherish, and a future to plan and build. What more could a man desire? Life is good."
High school students Mark and Lisa, on opposite coasts of the USA, discover they read each other's minds, whether they want to or not -- but never at the same time. The inability to keep secrets causes tension. Their explorations include the subject which is never far from a teen's mind. Complications and different forms of mind-reading appear when they take real sexual partners. But they are inevitably drawn to each other in real life.
We were new constables sent to the far heliopause station. Those we replaced were suspected of being crooked. My partner looked younger than me and was very pretty. She was also a former joy girl and a very good constable. From weapon and drug smugglers to slavers it was our job to find and bring them to justice.
At almost 19 years old, Tina believes she is too old to babysit. But when her younger sister gets ill, she fills in for her and has the adventure of her life.
A father, me, and son, Barney, have to get across to daughter/sister, Midge, the dangers awaiting young girls when they want to start dating. Their warnings must be effective, because young Midge never does go out with the young man she originally fancied, preferring to stay home, where Barney and I drive home the lesson - time after time. You could say, she gets the point.