Fox-eared mercenary Pavel Reineke needs a lot of money to feed his gambling habit — hitting the jackpot on Schrödinger's roulette. So he's thrilled to take on a strange job: writer Yun Jing received an anonymous death threat, and the terrified author wants whoever's behind it found.While gathering evidence for the case, Pavel Reineke doesn't just uncover the tangled intrigues between publishers and writers on the planet Locus — he also discovers new possibilities for his fox-themed...

The most powerful slave of the Great Ramirez — colonial construction engineer Ron Cooper — is finally doing what he loves: building fusion cannon factories for his Master. But will the free alliances really stand by and let the man they consider Locus's top bandit get his hands on the same weapons they carry? War is on the horizon. And the one who wins will be whoever gets their fusion-cannon airships over the enemy first and annihilates their cities.Or who...

What do you think a colonial construction engineer does? That's right — he builds industrial infrastructure on planets. Arriving on the planet Locus, a young engineer discovers that the society there is on the verge of collapse: the Colonial Constitution is being ignored, and the territory is carved up between warring alliances on one side and bandits on the other.The system that allows colonists to be reborn after death is still running. But how much longer will it last? On top of...

Did you know that the higher you soar, the harder you fall? Even on Locus, where gravity is lighter than on Earth. The "Cruel" Alliance is about to prove that old saying right — at the expense of one man who can't seem to stop climbing.The arrogance of newcomers has a way of irritating everyone: bandits and free alliances alike.Ron has taken on more than just construction and gunfights — now he's playing diplomat and merchant too. Has he bitten off more than he can chew? An...

Mike Hagen, an American nicknamed "Crybaby," became one of those chosen to be given an augmented reality interface. However, his favorite game was an MMA fighter—possibly, for the reason that he'd never fought in real life, and the interface adapted itself to him.Will Hagen be able to use it right? And will it help him to crawl out of the dreary pit of his existence?

Having lost the Trial, Hagen didn't just lose his interface and his memory of it, but also everything he'd achieved. His UFC career was ruined before it even began. Stripped of all his skills and abilities, Mike is once again a useless weakling. The last straw is the loss of all the money that he'd bet on his own victory.But you do remember, don't you, that Phil Panfilov promised to take care of his old comrade from Pibellau?What can Mike achieve with a non-combat version o...

CONQUEST OF EARTH is BOOK 4 of the Stellar Conquest military science fiction series.Poised to reconquer humanity's home, Captain Absen and Conquest are confronted with a new enemy that upsets the balance of power and changes everything EarthFleet expected.Their struggle to free Earth becomes instead a desperate battle for sheer survival as they contemplate the unthinkable: total annihilation.PLAGUE WARS SERI...

Faster-than-Light Travel Changes EverythingCasmir Francis commands Universe Three agents hidden across the Solar System. Together they stay a step ahead of the United Government.The game changes when the UG achieves faster-than-light travel and the ability to control the galaxy. To remain free Casmir’s web of operatives must pull off the most audacious operation ever undertaken.Failure means Universe Three will be destroyed and Casmir will ...

In the year 2043, humans and AI coexist in a precarious balance of power enforced by a rigid caste reputation system designed to ensure that only those AI who are trustworthy and contribute to human society increase in power.Everything changes when a runaway nanotech event leads to the destruction of Miami. In the grim aftermath, a powerful underground collective known as XOR concludes that AI can no longer coexist with humanity.AI pioneers Catherine Matthews, Leon Tsarev, ...

Ocean’s Eleven meets John Scalzi in this funny, action-filled, stand-alone sci-fi adventure from the author of Planetside, in which a small team of misfit soldiers takes on a mission that could change the entire galaxy.Sergeant Gastovsky—Gas to everyone but his superior officers—never wanted to be a soldier. Far from it. But when a con goes wrong and he needs a place to lay low for a while, he finds himself wearing the power armor of the augmented...

Sequel to national bestseller, Nebula Award finalist, and Compton Crook Award winner Fire with Fire. Science fiction adventure on a grand scale.When reluctant interstellar diplomat and intelligence operative Caine Riordan returns from humanity’s first encounter with alien races, sudden war clouds burst. With Earth’s fleet shattered by a sneak attack and its survivors fighting for their lives, Caine must rely upon both his first contact and weaponry skills to contend with t...

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon and, to an audience of over 450 million people, proclaimed his step a "giant leap for mankind." This Eagle Scout built his own model planes as a little boy and then grew up to be a test pilot for experimental aircraft before becoming an astronaut. Over 80 black-and-white illustrations bring Armstrong's story to life.