A Swarm Cycle Story
Being a volunteer in a town that hates the Confederacy is not a good thing. Being in a Mall when things boil over is much more dangerous.
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.
Cindy was the only woman who ever meant anything to Howard, but she was gone. He'd met others who reminded him of her, but things always ended the same way. Then he helps Betsy out of a tight spot and she goes home with him... but can their relationship survive? ***Warning*** This is a DARK story. It's not happy and light. It's gritty and full of not-so-nice things. Really. Trust me.
Jill's husband Jim has been using his young wife to tease their eighteen year old neighbor Jack ever since they moved in. Now Jack is going to get some of his own back!