Hidden portals link Earth to numerous other planets. But why do they all contain human civilizations? And why does our nearest neighbor have its sights set on Earth?Noah Harris and Ashley Flynn are field agents for a powerful organization tasked with protecting humanity from the misuse of game-changing technology. But when they discover hidden portals that link Earth to numerous planets, put in place ages earlier by transcendent beings, they are thrust into a maze ...

All Michael Hollister wanted was death. What he got was time travel.Convicted of murder, and with nothing left to live for, Michael commits suicide in his jail cell in 1977, then opens his eyes in 1966, in his eight-year-old body, with all memories of his previous life intact.His first thoughts are of the dark intentions of his father. When the man who raised him once again tries to do the unthinkable, Michael has a chance to right his childhood's greatest ...

Well, it could be better.Jim and his literal shoulder demon have survived, so far, by the skin of their teeth.After finding a long-abandoned starter village, Jim has begun the process of rebuilding his town. Unfortunately for our favorite adventurer, the threats he now faces are far more complicated than mere monsters. The poor Noob has to deal with angry townsfolk, trade negotiations, and a talking badger.With goblins and bandits also sniffing arou...

Tom Thrush thinks basic officer training is tough - until he joins the frigate Kestrel and finds out what tough really means.The crew resents him. The first officer is actively hostile. As the ship hunts pirates in deep space, Tom struggles to fit in and wonders if things can get any worse. They can.A devastating attack leaves the ship crippled with half the crew dead or dying. The senior officers are wiped out, leaving a terrified sublieutenant in...

Camp One has one brutal rule: If you attempt to escape, you die - and three random prisoners die with you.Tom Thrush has resigned himself to dying by degrees, doing forced labor while he slowly starves. When he learns that a distant mesa holds a slim chance at freedom, he does nothing. The price of escape is too high.Then fever sweeps through the camp. Surrounded by armed guards and an unforgiving jungle, paralyzed by the threat of reprisals, Tom watches as...

Jim and his shoulder demon have survived everything the world has thrown at them. So far.However, there is an encroaching war between two great kingdoms. In between the two armies stands an ever-growing town, led by a Noob.With goblins, trolls, angry Wargs, and an expanding refugee crisis, will Jim and his companions manage to restore Windfall Valley or have they finally met their match?

A deadly ambush...Captain Tom Thrush is patrolling the Octagon Rift when his ship is attacked by a black destroyer that seems to predict his every move. Outgunned and outmaneuvered, he flees in a crippled ship to the only sanctuary he can reach—a den of thieves and spies called Lotus Station.Stranded...His ship will be broken up for scrap. Half the crew are casualties. The rest are scattering, leaving Tom stuck on Lotus. As the blac...

Two broken people in a city fueled by sin.Maddie isn't looking to be saved. She knows the only person you can count on is yourself. Her moral compass might not point true north these days - but at least she's still standing.The military taught Tyler about loyalty. Being there for your brothers is the only thing that matters - but when it mattered most, he wasn't.She's got a ticket straight to hell. He's already been there and back.She needs ...

When a training mission goes wrong, Sublieutenant Tom Thrush finds his brand-new career hanging by a thread. Desperate to redeem himself, he makes a rash wager – he'll lead a squad in a mock attack, boarding and capturing the visiting gunboat Diana in record time. He hasn't got a chance, and to make matters worse, there's a visiting admiral watching the attack from her yacht.Tom, desperate, sneaks aboard the Diana through a gun port – and stumbles into the middle of something much worse th...

It could be worse. You could be stuck with a literal shoulder demon.After dying and being reborn into a world that's built like a video game, Jim has found himself stuck in a very old-world style new-player zone for low-level adventurers. Unfortunately, the zone fell out of use centuries ago, and no one told the monsters they were supposed to take it easy on the Noobs. Even worse, the only new player around is Jim.Jim has been given an opportunity, and he'l...

The Dawn Alliance and the United Worlds are locked in a bitter war over the rich worlds of the Green Zone.The colony of New Panama is caught between the giants, and Tom Thrush has the impossible job of leading her rag-tag navy in a desperate struggle for survival.His fleet is a mix of armed freighters and salvaged warships. The crews are former pirates with no military training. His enemy has the most powerful navy the galaxy has ever seen. With no hope of ...

Sometimes angels fall.Maddie doesn't really owe drug lord Carlos Castillo money. So she hadn't taken his threats seriously. Until now. He wants it, whether she owes it or not. And if she doesn't have it in six weeks, he's gonna take her as payment instead.Tyler would save the world if he could. That's a fight that lasts forever. And if there's one thing he's good at, it's fighting. So if Maddie thinks she's gonna deal with an insane drug lord on her own, sh...