With her homesystem at a critical turning point in an all-or-nothing battle against alien invaders, a combat-weary platoon leader finds herself merged with an alien lifeforce. Making her condition known to authorities is mandatory. Rett has to learn fast to adapt, coexist, or risk losing everything.Can Rett and her visitor find a balance, stay alive, and keep their unusual situation a secret?Part One of Three.

Sergeant Rett is yet unaware of the motivating forces behind the long war in the Nyorfian system, much less her role as a Player in a game of gods. All she knows is that once she and F-troop arrive on Epnoce with the rest of the 2023rd, a harsh climate and heavier gravity are the least of her concerns. Pam is gone--just when she could use the support the most. Jaq wants a transfer. Ariam is acting evasive. Her longtime best friend Evetez seems to be doing all he could to get her in serious...

In the wake of the enemy's masterfully executed surprise attack on Aurora Base, Easy Force endures a perilous march through a life-threatening storm. Sgt. "Killer" Rett can take on any physical challenge -- but can she survive close combat with an alien superbeing on the battleground of her own mind?This is the conclusion to the story started in Convergence - Journey to Nyorfias Book 1, and continued in Gravity - Journey to Nyorfias Book 2

She awakens in a strange place, among frightening strangers. She can't understand the language. She can't remember what happened exactly. But all too soon she realizes she's a prisoner of the Yixolryn Coalition, the same invaders she was fighting before...before this. More than a prisoner, she is a slave and expected to perform her duties or be severely punished. Her name is even taken away, and the aliens call her Girl, or Kyarta Girl. The officer to whom she is assigned soon becomes her ...

NOTE: This is not a standalone novella, but a companion piece to the JTN trilogy. It is highly recommended that you have read at least through the end of Gravity, Journey to Nyorfias, Book 2 if not the entire trilogy before reading this novella.* * * *When a mission goes terribly wrong, leaving most of her unit incapacitated and vulnerable, the task of damage control falls upon the shoulders of a new arrival to Sergeant Rett's platoon: a shy, brilliant, night-blind, and small...

2003 EPIC Award Finalist for Best Sci-Fi/Paranormal RomanceHe helps his E.T. to call home...but can he let her go?Following a horrendous breakup with his two (and three) timing fiancee, Oregon naturalist Dr. Kent Xavier has sworn off women, all women. He heads out into the Deschutes wilderness to brood, alone, but his solitary trip turns into a midnight rescue mission for a damsel in distress.Lured by the beauty of planet Earth, Povre disob...

In 2013, the Colorado Avalanche announced that Joe Sakic, a franchise legend and Hall of Fame center, would be promoted to become the new executive VP of hockey operations. Soon, Sakic was instrumental in the hiring of Patrick Roy, the greatest goaltender in NHL history, a man crucial to the Avalanche’s Stanley Cup victories in 1996 and 2001, as Colorado’s new coach. This book, a collaborative effort between seasoned sportswriters and authors Terry Frei and Adrian Dater, is an opinionated,...

Over the last fifty years, tourism has become firmly established as a development option around the world. Commensurate with this, the study of tourism's developmental role has also expanded significantly. There now exists a broad understanding of the policies and processes, opportunities and challenges that apply to tourism's potential contributions to development. As the tourism environment now faces numerous challenges and transformations, it is timely to reflect on contemporary underst...

What happens when the reality you face doesn't align with the narratives of "truth" you've trusted up to this point? What if the destination you thought you were headed toward is not manifesting the way you hoped, is it possible to change course without disrupting the life you have built? Maybe the life you've built isn't what you feel calling you, but it's the life you know and makes you feel safe. "Light Through a Rusty Roof" is a captivating novel about life's wonderfully complex journe...

Cornwall is quintessentially a maritime region. Almost an island, nowhere in it is further than 25 miles from the sea. Cornwall’s often distinctive history has been moulded by this omnipresent maritime environment, while its strategic position at the western approaches—jutting out into the Atlantic—has given this history a global impact.It is perhaps surprising then, that, despite the central place of the sea in Cornwall’s history, there has not yet been a full maritime history of ...

The Psychology of Decision Making provides an overview of decision making as it relates to management, organizational behavior issues, and research. This engaging book examines the way individuals make decisions as well as how they form judgments privately and in the context of the organization. It also discusses the interplay of group and institutional dynamics and their effects upon the decisions made within and on the behalf of organizations. Researchers and advanced st...

A brain at rest, random thoughts flickering through its hinterlands, nothing registering, nothing sticking.Then FLASH!A tiny spark in the darkness that begins to burn, growing with every nanosecond, swelling ever larger, impossible to ignore, impossible to push away. It pulls in on itself, condensing, forming, solidifying...A story in its infancy, trying to gather what it needs to survive. Drawing sustenance from the Imagination of the Author. Trying to mature. Tryi...