A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
When a shipment of weapons goes missing on a remote mining colony, Agent Boyd is sent to assess the situation. What he uncovers is a plot to take control of the planet, but during his getaway his spaceship is shot down. Stranded on the planet's moon and with only his survival suit at his disposal, he must find a way back to civilization, all while trying to deal with an unwitting alien companion.
Summer, 1990. Eric and his twin sister Abby are working at Summer Lake, a beloved but outdated lakefront resort in the North Woods. The guests are geriatric and the management is out of touch. Eric and Abby naturally gravitate toward the outcasts of the teenage staff, fellow victims of the in-crowd bullies, but they’re determined to have the best summer of their lives anyway.
The priest Meritamun spends his days performing religious duties and maintaining the temple in which he lives, content in a humble life serving the Gods. His routine is turned on its head when he receives a summons from Anput – the living Goddess of death, and the consort of Anubis. He has been chosen to become her personal attendant, but why, he cannot say. His new role will require him to unlearn many of his assumptions about the Gods, and to open himself up to serving his deity in new ways.
Thomas Cross had a number of ups and downs in his life before he met Claire Story. After he met the young woman his landings were more gentle. As in "more," which is, after all, a relative term
The company is throwing a Halloween party, but some are working late and harder than ever. It is a strange night and strange things happen especially when plants and symbiotes mix.