First in a series of four.Kidnapped as a child and bonded to the Sun Father of the West, Shem seeks redemption. While drowning his lost love in ale and wine, he pledges to the new Central Lands goddess, Tierra, who accepts him as her Hero. To save himself and the Central Lands, Shem must raise the Hjerte, the heartstone, before the western goddess, Mieze, achieves her Ascendency and the power to prevent Tierra's awakening.Distrusted as a lush, the Hero is anchored by a quir...

The Most High Federation of Planets did not spring into being overnight. It grew one civilization at a time. Come, explore a few of them. Includes prequels for Hard Kill and Shem's Quest, plus an excerpt from Cadet Adam.

RoboCop meets the Great Escape. Its a race to the surface and Freedom. The transhumanist Royals of Eris have activated hard kill measures to eliminate their now useless Fleshie population. Not all the Fleshies are ready to die. One family, the Henry's, plan to live. To win they must convince the cyborgs to aid their escape to the surface and reach the Planetary Peacekeepers.

War rages in the Central Lands to prevent the rising of Tierra, their sleeping goddess. She touches a troubled warrior, Shem, already bonded to the Sun Father of the West, to be her hero.His quest - raise the Hjerte, the heartstone of Tierra, before the West overruns the Central Lands. But his biggest enemy could be himself.An epic fantasy filled with mythical creatures and burgeoning magic.

What do you do when you outlive your usefulness on the dwarf planet Eris? Institute Hard Kill measures.Injured while inspecting a cargo pod, Customs Inspector, Brock Henry is involuntarily converted into a cyborg. He wakens, not only with a new and enhanced body, but to discover he is the subject of an intense search. Both sides of the divided Royal Council (transhuman) want him, or the parts he's made of, as does the Emigration Society, led by Brock's family (Fleshies), who have l...

There is usually a reason for everything. That is not to say that at times random events do not occur, but this was not one of those times. While the following events may seem unrelated, they are all pieces of a puzzle, cogs in a mechanism, or steps along a path.Let us take a few steps. We shall begin, appropriately enough, in the middle, for it seems a good enough place to start. After all, who really knows the beginning?An eclectic mix of short stories centering around al...

A who's who of space opera and military science fiction contribute brand new stories set in the universes of their most famous series. Space Opera and Military Science Fiction are cut from the same cloth, so this anthology merges the two to create a once-in-a-lifetime collection that includes:A new Honor Harrington Universe tale by David WeberA new Dune story by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set within the time frame of the original novel DuneA new Ender's Ga...

A COST IS ALWAYS PAID…Nikolai Reed is a trader on a Lyran JumpShip plying the space lanes…Chloe Mason is a hot-shot tech with the Hsien Hotheads mercenaries…Leaving the Northwind Highlanders, MechWarrior Ryana Nikol fills a billet with the Eridani Light Horse…Disparate lives, but a unified dream that will bring them all together on a fateful course that will span decades, cover hundreds of light years, and involve love, friendship, and loss ...

Life is not going well for archaeologist Sam Bellamy. She’s stuck in the middle of the ocean on a salvage boat with people who want her dead. It wasn’t her gift for being able to sense objects of power that got her here, rather her need to make a secret society called the Knights of the Dragon pay for killing her mentor. Sam doesn’t believe in dragons, but the Knights do, and if she can get one of the sacred artifacts they’re searching for away from them, she’ll consider it payback.

The thrilling prequel to the award-winning video game from BioWareEvery advanced society in the galaxy relies on the technology of the Protheans, an ancient species that vanished fifty thousand years ago. After discovering a cache of Prothean technology on Mars in 2148, humanity is spreading to the stars; the newest interstellar species, struggling to carve out its place in the greater galactic community.On the edge of colonized space, ship commander and Al...

A rift in space that shouldn’t exist. A secret that can unite humanity, or ignite its destruction.Alex Solovy is a lone wolf starship pilot with a talent for uncovering the hidden secrets of uncharted space. When she follows a hunch into a forbidden nebula and encounters a mysterious rift tearing the fabric of space itself, Alex stumbles onto a conspiracy powerful enough to rewrite humanity’s place in the universe—or erase it entirely.Across the galaxy, Cal...

Mede is a strong-willed dragon shifter who refuses to marry. Prince Llyr wants her for himself — but with enemies gathering and time running out, can he persuade her to become his queen?The original Dragon Lords series by NY Times and USA TODAY Bestselling Author, Michelle M. Pillow.Mede knows three things for a fact:As the only female dragon-shifter of her people, she is special.She can kick the backside of...