Sam Oliver never expected the British science consortium he worked for would ever need his skills as a former Air Force Pararescue specialist, but early one rainy December morning they call him.A science expedition to Antarctica needs someone who can climb, knows how to live and work in polar climates, and is a qualified loadmaster; he has the skills, can he take the job?He joins the Hobblestone-Thorpe 2012 Antarctic Expedition on the ice sheet at the base of the mountain, ne...

Silk In A Firesuit is an uncoventional romance set in modern times between two intelligent, action oriented young women. Opposites may not only attract, but also complement each half, and having their own dreams and pursuits keeps both halves interesting as a whole.Add in car racing (in Europe, and in American stock cars), and the action and situations cannot stay in one place for too long!

Darkeyes (2178) Book 03: Lieutenant Commander Chen.After crashing into a river during a rescue on Jade, Xiu-Li nearly drowns. "Jool" is rescued by Cara Delaridel (a Niv who has run away to join the IWG to fight the O.P.P.) who is coaxed into it by two Tau Ceti Cats. Cara is a specialist in reconaissance, and this is enemy territory – for an operation against the many missile sites like the one that shot Xiu-Li down.The two escape enemy pursuit and are soon on the Thucydides, ...

Conflict (2176) Book 02: Lieutenant ChenXiu-Li is nearly killed in a science experiment, but Wolf Lobo is along and he resets the fuse delay: she survives the test blast. It was sabotage, so staying on IWG-SS JOHN A. WHEELER is now dangerous for Xiu-Li. On a sector inspection tour, Admiral Custer Beria himself promotes her.May 2175: Conflict duty on blockade ship IWG-SS/B ISAAC NEWTON; "Jool's" 25th birthday. Friend Priti Fareyes almost dies in an intercept attempt, (as told ...

Qet Contact (2180): On PORTAL Platform diplomatic duty, Captain Xiu-Li Chen and her first officer, Commander Ecurba, foil an assassination attempt against the Qet-Qeta, the leader of seventy eight billion Qet, then escape back to SAS JAGUAR with a wounded Ecurba.This is merely the first action of a complicated Qet political process, going on in parallel to the Assembly Of Sentients negotiations about the planet below them, now known as Deepstrike.On the human side, Assemblysp...

Phase Change (2180): Commander Xiu-Li Chen, after mulling over her situation en route to a metting with Admiral Matisou, is made a captain in Space Aliance Systems Space Fleet at last.Captain Xiu-Li Chen is given command of a new COURIER Class ship, SAS JAGUAR, and an operational mission to act as a ferry captain ("a well armed ferry captain, sir!" she tells Admiral Matisou.)After taking the Admiral to Sol NORCLIP Plat, her first deep space assignment is to bring Braxton Thur...

Three novellas in one glorious volume!They're Raping Our Moon: Two weeks before America's 2017 presidential inauguration, a flash of light in the distant Kuiper Belt heralds an Object now approaching Earth, setting off a global crisis; deciphering its intent is critical, but is a response possible? Or does the world stand by even as the incoming president-elect tweets, "They're raping our Moon." The question on everyone's mind: Where will the Object go next?The Zipper Zapper:...

Somehow FIASCO'S continues serving drinks and "Italian type food" to regulars as well as less discerning customers; so do the adventures of the hapless author of the fabeled screenplay KONG FU, who keeps trying to make sense of it all. Whether it's "Karaoke Pole Dancing" or a ukulele band for St. Patrick's Day, the gaggle of the owner's ex-wives who attend "Harpy Hour" or a lecture by Dr. Cedric Homard on lobster intelligence, the "Eat Your Weight Free" advertisement typo disaster or the d...

After a helicopter flying the U.S. Secretary of State crashes in early December 2012 during a "beyond secret" mission in eastern Afghanistan, Army Lt. Michelle "Hawkdove" Paris must keep her alive and out of enemy hands until they can be rescued from hostile territory.This is not what happened, according to the brave women and men who survived it and government sources with top secret access who have denied it. None of the places where it happened in eastern Afghanistan on 11 Decemb...

Shooting a man with a police woman’s gun to save her daughter’s life reveals Thorn is living in New York City. Locals seek revenge against him as others around the globe who identify Thorn want him killed for past actions against them while he served with the US military. Thorn evades local “wannabes” looking to make names by beating him up, and then learns of more serious firepower seeking him from FBI Special Agent Bernise Cruz, who he is being investigated by. Then a team of merciless c...

Doing a friend a favor isn't supposed to risk life and limb, but that's what happens when millionaire Baxter Benton asks his old pal Leto Macellum for one. Within six hours Leto has nearly been blown up, beaten up, shot (twice), and Baxter has vanished into the Florida sunshine. Will this be a favor that costs Leto his life?Also put at risk is Baxter Benton's driver/bodyguard Cinnabar, an angry, tough, pretty, and scarred veteran who finds herself thrown in with Leto. Both of them a...

Shooting a man with a police woman’s gun to save her daughter’s life reveals Thorn is living in New York City. Locals seek revenge against him as others around the globe who identify Thorn want him killed for past actions against them while he served with the US military. Thorn evades local “wannabes” looking to make names by beating him up, and then learns of more serious firepower seeking him from FBI Special Agent Bernise Cruz, who he is being investigated by. The second team is not so ...