Aphrodite's Tears

Aphrodite's Tears

Andrew Vaillencourt

Science Fiction

Roland Tankowicz hates Venus.The last time he went there, he died. So, no one could really blame him if he never went back.Nevertheless, when a squad of Venusian assassins ruins date night, everybody’s least-favorite Army-surplus cyborg decides to take a trip to Earth’s sister planet and have a sit-down with an infamous group of terrorists.Perhaps it’s because he really likes date night. Maybe he just wants to keep the promise he once made to a troubled young man. It is even conceivable that he might still have a heap of unresolved issues with the separatists who blew his body apart years ago. For whatever reason, the big man and his motley crew of misfits strap on their guns and hurl themselves into the murky world of interplanetary terrorism.To his dismay, Roland discovers that Venus has changed since his last visit. The black-and-white politics of the fanatics and governments he remembers have now merged into...
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Hell Follows

Hell Follows

Andrew Vaillencourt

Science Fiction

Dockside is burning, and it’s up to everybody’s least favorite Army-surplus cyborg to fix it.It starts when somebody takes a hit out on Earth’s preeminent crime lord, and quickly spirals into a mystery that takes Roland and his hyperkinetic partner Lucia far from New Boston and into the depths of unregulated space. To save his home, Roland will need to figure out who would risk the ire of so many powerful organizations by upsetting the delicate truce in Dockside. Unfortunately for the pair of them, it could be anyone!Is it the Pirate King of frontier space? Is it the gigantic mega-corporation who is tired of the docks being harassed? Is The Combine finally falling apart?Could it be… Rodney the Dwarf?It’s probably not Rodney, but Roland will need to ask hard questions of some hard people. It’s a good thing Roland is the kind of guy who knows how to get answers. Some of them may even survive.The guns will blaze and the fists will fly as the galaxy’s least likely duo of problem-solvers hop the next ship to deep space and teach a whole new crop of mad science gone awry that wherever The Fixer goes: HELL FOLLOWS.
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Dead Man Dreaming

Dead Man Dreaming

Andrew Vaillencourt

Science Fiction

A killer stalks the streets of Dockside, and he has a bone to pick with Roland Tankowicz.Old friends, former clients, and even rivals find themselves in the sights of a murderer who loves his work a little too much and seems custom-built to take on New Boston's most famous Army-surplus cyborg. Roland and his team will have to play detective to piece together the identity of this strange assassin before all his associates end up face down in the street.It would be a full day's work for anybody, but it wouldn't be Dockside if a whole crop of other disasters didn't pop up at the same time just to make things interesting. A possessive ex-boyfriend, upheavals in the local police department, and shadowy corporate interests all choose this moment to rear their ugly heads.But far be it from the galaxy's strangest duo of problem solvers to turn away from hard work or a decent paycheck. If anybody can juggle corrupt cops, sinister corporations, and one strange killer all at once, it's everybody's least-favorite metal curmudgeon and his hyperkinetic partner. Before the gunfire fades and the dust settles, The Fixer will meet death head-on to find out if he has what it takes to face down a DEAD MAN DREAMING.
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Head Space

Head Space

Andrew Vaillencourt

Science Fiction

It takes a brave soul to mess with Dockside. Roland Tankowicz has made a career out of teaching this lesson, and the galaxy is starting to notice. Yet despite filling entire graveyards with corporate raiders, pirates, criminal organizations, and the occasional marauding cybernetic psychopath, somebody out there still thinks the lucrative district is worth harassing. Someone is funding drug dealers, pimps, smugglers, and other scumbags, then sending them to Dockside faster than everybody's least-favorite army-surplus cyborg can kick them out. Before Roland and his team can start rounding up suspects, a terrifying revelation about one of his former teammates raises the stakes higher than they've ever been.Soldiers, spies, mercenaries and pirates converge on New Boston's most famous fixer as he begins to unravel the plot the only way he knows how: With his fists. Roland must take the fight to a lawless section of deep space and challenge a strange new enemy on his own turf.  Lucia will face her darkest moment as well, as the past and future combine in a trial that will forever cement what she has become. Has Roland truly outgrown his days as a mindless war machine? Can Lucia accept the weight of leadership without the crush of fear dragging her down? Were the Golems just another super-soldier program, or is something even more sinister at play? This time it's not about money, or power, or even revenge. It's about the right to live, to grow, and to become what you were meant to be. This time, the battle is over 
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Hammers and Nails

Hammers and Nails

Andrew Vaillencourt

Science Fiction

Roland Tankowicz is fed up.He’s really trying to be a better person. Killing fewer people, talking out his issues more, and not immediately resorting to violence whenever a problem arises. But let’s face it, when you are a hammer, everything looks like a nail.It’s not like he has any shortage of nails kicking around, either. After stopping that last batch of mobsters and pirates from upsetting the delicate balance of New Boston’s seedy underworld, the list of people willing to pay hard creds for his head is even longer than usual. Worse, The Brokerage still wants Dockside, and they have called in a ringer. Who is this guy who seems to know an awful lot about Dockside’s most famous Fixer? Where did he get all this classified information? Who are these unregistered mercenaries that keep popping up at inopportune moments?Roland will need the help of all his allies if he wants to run down the answers to these questions before a...
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Rites of the Righteous

Rites of the Righteous

Andrew Vaillencourt

Science Fiction

Roland Tankowicz prefers to stay out of corporate wars; however, some battles just can't be avoided. Racing back home after the encounter with the Prospectors, Roland and his team find themselves pulled off course when an old foe resurfaces to thwart their plan for a clean getaway. Things get worse when the chase leads them to Gethsemane. Dominated by a powerful religious order that is long on profit and short on salvation, the green and wealthy planet proves to be treacherous ground for those who don't fit in. If the corporations battling for supremacy were not enough, competing factions from Gethsemane stalk the fixers as well. Some want what the corporations are fighting over, others want something altogether more unseemly. Roland and the crew find themselves at odds with secret police, knights in shining armor, and more than a few spies and assassins while navigating this strange collision of interplanetary politics and...
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