After the horrors of the AI War, Captain Ariana Harkins wanted a simple life running cargo aboard her transport ship Seraph. With her trusted crew, she found a brief quiet life at the edge of civilization, but always flying on the razor's edge of bankruptcy. When an old friend comes to her for help, she thinks she's finally found the big score that will settle her debts. But when their first stop leaves them facing off with pirates, giant alien spiders, and a towering Rokma known ...

With no safe harbors available to them, the crew of Seraph takes a dangerous contract out in the unexplored regions of space. Faced with boredom, unknown alien civilizations, and a group of once murderous drones in need of help, the crew finds themselves pushed to the breaking point.

With a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry, this collection serves horror that gets under your skin—and stays there.What's on the menu tonight? Something unexpected. Something forbidden.Twelve deliciously disturbing tales await your consumption in this horror anthology where dinner becomes deadly and appetite turns sinister. From Victorian steam tunnels harboring unspeakable entities to futuristic alien feasts with humanity on the...

Kali never set out to become an urban legend. She only wanted vengeance. But her time hunting criminals on the street with her magical bullet-proof shield has caught the attention of the all-powerful Church of Akzad, who view the use of all magical Relics their domain. To save herself, she must decide who she's really fighting for.

Saracasi Ocaitchi never wanted to be a warrior—yet war has made her one.Once an engineer, she only meant to support her brother's rebellion with her brilliance and skill. But when the Alliance sends legendary Admiral Sartori to crush the uprising, Saracasi finds herself commanding the experimental frigate Audacious—and the fate of the rebellion itself.As battles rage across the Kreogh Sector, Saracasi must face her deepest fear: that she's beginning...

One prison break. One stolen ship. One spark that ignites a revolution.When former Navy pilot Maarkean Ocaitchi learns his sister faces execution for treason, he must choose: remain loyal to the Alliance he once served, or save the only family he has left. Partnering with criminals and revolutionaries, he orchestrates a daring prison break that ignites rebellion across the galaxy. As colonial worlds unite against oppression, Maarkean transforms from reluctant smugg...

Serene never trusted anyone before she met Noah. He accepted her and convinced the rest of the crew of Seraph to take her in. But now Noah's dead, sacrificing himself to save her, and Serene has found herself alone among strangers. Working with people who trust, and care for each other leaves her feeling out of place. After returning to the Hub, Serene comes face to face with a nightmare; Noah might be alive and in the hands of a sadistic crime lord. Now she must decide how far sh...

The Union's fight for freedom has reached its breaking point.After the disastrous Battle of Sulas, the rebellion is shattered. Maarkean endures torture in Alliance prisons, Zeric leads desperate guerrilla raids, and Saracasi Ocaitchi takes command of the battered fleet. Once an engineer who dreaded violence, she must now become a commander ruthless enough to outwit Admiral Sartori—and bold enough to risk everything in a final battle for independence.Allianc...

One prison break. One stolen ship. One spark that ignites a revolution.When former Navy pilot Maarkean Ocaitchi learns his sister faces execution for treason, he must choose: remain loyal to the Alliance he once served, or save the only family he has left. Partnering with criminals and revolutionaries, he orchestrates a daring prison break that ignites rebellion across the galaxy. As colonial worlds unite against oppression, Maarkean transforms from reluctant smuggler to revolution...

Saracasi Ocaitchi never wanted to be a warrior—yet war has made her one.Once an engineer, she only meant to support her brother’s rebellion with her brilliance and skill. But when the Alliance sends legendary Admiral Sartori to crush the uprising, Saracasi finds herself commanding the experimental frigate Audacious—and the fate of the rebellion itself.As battles rage across the Kreogh Sector, Saracasi must face her deepest fear: that she’s beginning to enjoy the fight. To s...

Naero falls from disaster into disaster. The Spacer Mystics struggle to train her wild Cosmic abilities, to keep her from destroying them and herself. They test her self-control, forcing her to mediate an impossible local conflict on the brink of war. Then there's the enigmatic, ancient alien artifact that they forbid her to go near–until it comes after her and nearly trashes the entire planet. In the aftermath of an alien attack from another dimension, Naero's forced to flee into the Unkn...

Naero's brother Jan's still missing, and powers she can't control grow to threat status once more. Toss in Aunt Sleak's wedding, a phantom ship knocking out entire fleets, and a hyper-violent alien species invading the fringes, and Naero's life on overload just couldn't get more exciting.Wrong!After she's forced to train with the Spacer Mystics, the most impossible and demanding of all the High Masters gives her one fatal choice:Learn to control the vast powers consumi...