As a desperate measure to save humanity from extinction, Dr. Olson releases a virus into the population that makes girls go into heat -- craving a great deal of sex during their rare fertile periods. They will go to any lengths to get what they need. Men and boys can smell their condition and are nearly as single-minded in giving them what they want so much.
A colonization fleet headed for Spica IV meets with disaster. Only a few humans survive the catastrophe. One of the survivors is a Space Marine who takes charge of finding any other living people and begins to repopulate the human part of the fleet. They meet hostile humans and hostile aliens. This is how they keep going as permanent residents of space.
A mysterious woman saves a student from a mugging and kills the attacker in the process. The only clue is some equations she was writing on a tabletop. World-changing events aren't always obvious, and this is one of them.
Aerie says: click here Sammy and friends find themselves at a furs convention. Sammy finds things a bit too hot too handle after Aerie has her fitted for her own baboon-fursuit.
A Swarm Cycle Story
The Confederacy needs military experience, but it can't extract soldiers. With the Swarm advancing into Europe, a lot of potential sponsors are now Army conscripts. How do they square the circle? Terry Goddard intends to find out.