Bill is out of options. Unemployed, alone and returning to the raucous seas of Northern California, the only home he knows, he takes a loan out at the bank and pours his last cent into his final chance for redemption: a tired old boat without a name. Although "pitted with rust" with "the cancer of salt corrosion gnawing at the copper engine parts" Bill purchases the WWII craft, warts and all, hoping he can eventually turn her into a solid charter. After encountering his old friend Ike, an ...

A collection of three science fiction novels by Scott Michael Decker, now in one volume!Edifice Abandoned: Studying ancient sites on a backwater planet, Archaeologist Nosuma Okande finds more of them than The Institute has on record. On her first day, she digs up an odd statuette. After receiving death threats, the Institute sends Nosuma to another excavation site. Later the same night, she stumbles upon a strange ceremony in the village square. Undeterred, Nosuma ...

Tired of lying in wait, the exiled Noble Bandit seizes his chance at revenge. Meanwhile, as the birth of the Royal Twins nears, Peasant General Guarding Bear is repatriated by the Emperor.Fearing for the safety of his heirs, the emperor orders the general to lay siege to his enemy’s fortress. In preparation, the general recruits the aid of a powerful wizard and a skilled young healer – but none of them suspects a traitor in their midst.As loyalties are tested and new allian...

Studying ancient sites on a backwater planet, Archaeologist Nosuma Okande finds more of them than The Institute has on record.On her first day, she digs up an odd statuette. After receiving death threats, the Institute sends Nosuma to another excavation site. Later the same night, she stumbles upon a strange ceremony in the village square.Undeterred, Nosuma decides to unearth the mysteries the planet holds. But can she untangle the enigmatic past of an Edifice Aband...

Under Guardian William's rule, the people of Alsace huddle in castles, dreading the next attack of the Gemstone Wyverns.After one of the wyverns steals a valueable diamond, Josh Wyrmherd is accused of helping the drake and exiled. With his friend Alyson, they search for the diamond and make their way to a mountaintop eyrie, where thousands of wyverns nest.There, they discover a secret that will change their lives and shape the future of the whole kingdom.

Murderous nanobots are on the loose, and detective Maris Peterson is going to find out why.After a young woman plunges to her death from a penthouse and the vicious bots eat another victim from the soles up, surly city detective Maris gets on the case. Digging deep into the steamy world of reproduction, he discovers the dark secrets of mega-companies whose donors are less than willing, and factories that are growing something that they shouldn't.After the Coalition takes ov...

Following a civil war, an empire grapples with the devastating fallout.His conscience heavy, Peasant General Guarding Bear wants to usurp the tyrannical emperor's throne. But the general's rivals continue to play games, seeking to avenge their name and reclaim the Northern Imperial Sword.With his reign threatened and no progeny to his name, the Emperor plots to conceive an heir by stealth. Soon, Guarding Bear enters a world of deception, smoke and mirrors, and must decide w...

All four books in 'Galactic Adventures', a series of science fiction novels by Scott Michael Decker, now in one volume!Bawdy Double: The Premier's adult daughter begins behaving with an utter absence of wherewithal and insight. Meanwhile, an Admiral's dreamboat son engages in five years of profligate behavior after his sterling, top-of-his-class Academy graduation. A doctor called in to examine both scions determines they're mutaclones. Her wife kidnapped and her c...

One by one, three ancient and heavily-guarded talismans disappear.Columba Riverford has just been inducted into the Hall of Swords. But during his swearing-in ceremony, the sacred sword Genesyx is stolen, and Columba accused of its theft.Meanwhile, Aridisia Myric is about to be granted membership to the Crypt of Scrolls when the One Scroll Canodex vanishes. Soon after, the One Stone Luxullian disappears and Baron Marl Gneiss is denied induction into the Vault of Stones....

The Federation is on the verge of collapse. After three people disappear into the mysterious portals that hold the empire together, Culann Penrose is called in to investigate.After he discovers that the ancient gate system is crumbling, he orders them to be shut down. The druids oppose Penrose's plans, and soon, Culann discovers that something is out to destroy him, and plunge the Empire into an age of darkness.Can Culann's Science save Magic before it destroys him, or will...

A collection of three science fiction novels by Scott Michael Decker, now available in one volume!Cube Rube: Salvager Jack Carson discovers a ghost cube on Canis Dogma Five that tells him he's the chosen one to become the next Emperor. Together with an orphan girl who claims to be the Princess of Circia, Jack navigates the capital of the Torgassan Empire while evading debt collectors from his past. Amidst his personal struggles, Jack embarks on a journey that force...

After salvager Jack Carson lands on Canis Dogma Five - capital of the long-dead Circian Empire - he finds a ghost cube that tells him he's been chosen to become the next Emperor.Even though he finds this ludicrous, Jack heads to the capital of the Torgassan Empire with an orphan girl, who claims to be the Princess of Circia.Troubled by three divorces, four bankruptcies and his constant search for smoke-induced oblivion, Jack tries to reach his destination while avoiding deb...