There is a battle for Mars. A vote made it the fifty-second state, but was the vote accurate? Harlan Sanos, the state's top cop, must investigate a possible corrupt election that may involve the governor, a black market on water, and a missing miner. The biggest battle involves the Mars Liberation Army, which wants Mars to be an independent country populated and ruled by only people who were born on Mars and wants to send all the interlopers back to Earth.

Ana is past the mandatory retirement age. Her supervisors want her to retire. The Operating System on her ship ran an evaluation, and she is below normal operating parameters. After all, she is two hundred and thirty-four years old and has been on duty for over a hundred and fifty years. She will retire, but not for long. The RAC company headquarters, the place where she was born and raised, will be attacked by the Alterians for their technology. She and the other employees will do whateve...

These stories come from a remarkable blue-white planet located on the spiral arm of an unremarkable galaxy, one of billions in the universe. The alien invasion was impossible because they didn't have superior weapons, but a better idea. The government gave aliens nuclear weapons in exchange for advanced technology, and they also brought a deadly virus to Earth. His partner was almost killed investigating a human smuggling operation, so now he had to work with an ex-military robot. A meteor...

These stories come from a remarkable blue-white planet located on the spiral arm of an unremarkable galaxy, one of billions in the universe. This collection contains 10 stories about aliens who need a friend. Alien abduction. Survival after an alien invasion. Miners from Mars and Europa travel to Earth to find a dead planet. An Earth-like planet is discovered fifty light-years away, but can humans get there? Books are the most valuable thing after the Internet is destroyed in the war. It's...

Strange lights in the sky have been seen for a millennium. Aerial phenomena had been seen in the sky hovering over military bases. Now, there was a downed craft and a live alien. Was this a prelude to an invasion? Secretary Burkart had a decision to make: tell the world they were not alone in the Universe or kill the alien and cover it up. What the alien tells him is not what he expected.

A Baby Boomer's reflections and recollections about growing up in the 1950s and 1960s. It was a special time in history filled with so much promise and turmoil. Not since the Civil War and Industrial Revolution had a generation seen so many changes. Boomers had to navigate so many changes in technology and social norms. For Baby Boomers, it will be a trip down memory lane. For younger generations, it will reveal why Boomers think and act as they do.

In the Kuiper Belt, there are dwarf planets and mining operations. There are billions worth of precious metals to be mined. Once a miner, Chazz is now the only guard trying to keep the peace between a hundred miners on three platforms. An airlock malfunction caused the death of two miners. The families want an investigation. The mining board is sending Chief Inspector Alan Shepard, who loves a mystery that needs to be solved. She will learn from him that most of the time, things are not wh...

The Zante Empire's conquest of Earth was swift, complete, and diabolical. David Myers, the president's science advisor, will meet with them to try to extend their deadline. They want a fifty-mile track of land around Winslow, Arizona. All the inhabitants must be moved out of the area, and a fence must be put up to keep out the humans. It is a land full of sand, catus, and tumbleweeds, a small price to get back what most humans couldn't live without.

The planet New Hope is a new beginning for humans. It was chosen because it is within ten percent of being like Earth in the atmosphere, gravity, distance from the star, rotation, seasons, and axial tilt. In many ways, the planet is very different. These are the stories of seven individuals all going to New Hope for different reasons. They all want to start a new life and it will be a struggle to start over on a new planet with no infrastructure. Satellites and probes have scanned the surf...

Just like the song about the day the music died, we will have a definite date when democracy ended. Buckle up it's going to be a bumpy ride when the dictator wannabe gets sworn into office. His 'shock and awe' tactics will change America. There may be another great migration, but this time, people will leave the country until the dictator and his cult are satisfied. Also, America's production capacity went into overdrive to make the ships, planes, and arms to win World War II. Today, Ameri...

When you're commanding a spaceship over a mile long and armed to the teeth you don't exactly expect to be told to get the hell out …

A science fiction short story, where an ambassador from the federation of Planets is gathering data so as to establish the most effective trading method with the natives, but suddenly finds himself in deep trouble.