The Cockroach Crusade

The Cockroach Crusade

Arlene F. Marks

Arlene F. Marks

The Corvou are swarming, and they're headed for Earth. When a botched first contact at Daisy Hub results in a declaration of war against Humanity by an alien race, battle lines are drawn. Not that they're likely to be respected by an enemy determined to wipe out every Human they can find. As the Terran government scrambles to prepare for an attack they fear no one will survive, Drew Townsend and his crew of maverick geniuses set to work, trying to find a way to prevent it. Fortunately, the fiercest warriors in the galaxy will be fighting on their side. But will that be enough to save the Human race from annihilation?
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The Earthborn

The Earthborn

Arlene F. Marks

Arlene F. Marks

These aren't the vampires you know.When the Nash'terel were hunted nearly to extinction, they fled to a distant world: Earth. Using their powers of shapeshifting, they blended in with the human population, and with their thirst for life essence, the hunted became the hunters. While the older generation remain in the shadows, associating only with other Nash'terel, their Earthborn offspring are more adventurous.Young Bilyash is tired of hiding and ready to follow his dream into the film industry. He's abandoned the traditional ways of his people and trained as a makeup artist, but two things stand in his way: assassins from the former home world, and Angie Fiore. Angie is unlike any human Bilyash has met, overflowing with the purest life essence he's ever encountered. When assassins on the hunt for Nash'terel catch up with him, both their lives are put in danger, and Bilyash and Angie are forced to...
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Weekends Can Be Murder

Weekends Can Be Murder

Arlene F. Marks

Arlene F. Marks

When murder mystery theatre becomes too real for comfort...Firefighter Larry Holmes needs some time away. Out of other options, he agrees to take his cousin's place at a crime fiction convention. Larry doesn't like mystery novels, but he can enjoy the host resort's amenities and stay out of the way. That plan goes out the window, however, when he arrives at the venue with the convention's organizer, Selena Watt, and the close-knit Crime Club decides that with Holmes and Watt present, the game must be afoot.The convention concludes with a staged murder mystery weekend at stately Rafferty House. Neglected for decades, the Victorian-era summer home built on an island in Georgian Bay has been restored and upgraded... mostly. At first, everything goes according to script. Then, shots are fired, people get hurt, and Larry suddenly finds himself in the middle of a real-life murder mystery.Only a few people on the...
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The Genius Asylum: Sic Transit Terra Book 1

The Genius Asylum: Sic Transit Terra Book 1

Arlene F. Marks

Arlene F. Marks

Sent undercover to set up a covert intelligence operation on Earth's remotest space station, Drew Townsend finds himself managing a crew of brilliant mavericks, making friends with the most feared warriors in the galaxy, and feeling more at home in the controlled insanity of Daisy Hub than he ever did on Earth. Then he learns the truth about his mission there, and it's time to choose. In the coming interplanetary conflict, which side will Daisy Hub be on?
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The Relativity Bomb

The Relativity Bomb

Arlene F. Marks

Arlene F. Marks

The truth can be explosive. 

In this eagerly awaited sequel to The Genius Asylum, long buried secrets about Humanity’s ancient past begin surfacing on Earth and then coming to Daisy Hub, carried by a mysterious one-eyed man who calls himself Max Karlov. Karlov claims to have been sent by an old friend of Station Manager Drew Townsend, but Drew is skeptical.

There are things happening on the space station that need to be kept “in the family”, and too many unanswered questions about this new arrival. What is the truth about Karlov, and what is his purpose aboard the Hub? That’s what Townsend and his crew of maverick geniuses set out to discover. What they learn will shake them to their core.
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