It is a time of peace... The quiet before the storm... War is coming, and nobody can prevent it... Following a successful rebellion against a ruthless despot, Martians struggle to rebuild their world. On Earth, the unification wars have finally ended and Terra is united under one supreme leader. But the planet is no longer capable of supporting humanity's exploding population, and covetous eyes have fallen on the newly terraformed Mars, perceived as weak and ripe for the picking. Melanie Destin heralded as the Mother of Mars wants to disappear. After the death of her lover, she is lost, and bereft of any desire to go on. Though she's chosen to honor her promise to be a symbol of hope for the recovering Martian populace, she longs to leave Mars forever. Fate has other plans for her. When the entire Martian governing council is assassinated, Mel is conscripted to lead the people in defense of...

In space, helping a stranger can get you killed, or worse... Armstrong Station is the busiest spaceport in the system where you can buy almost anything. Even a runaway slave. Doctor Melanie Destin left Earth, desperate to make a new life for herself. Now after finding a job as ship's surgeon aboard the interplanetary freighter, Requiem, her life is starting to look up for the first time in years. But something unexpected happens on a routine stop at Luna's Armstrong Station which threatens to upend Mel's new life and put her and her crew mates in mortal peril. When she chooses to help a runaway slave, Mel discovers that the young woman has a secret; one that will endanger anyone who encounters her. Hunted by a corrupt government official intent on silencing them, Mel must find a way to get them off Luna and away from danger, all without drawing the unwanted attention of a powerful interplanetary crime czar....

The Galaxy needs its greatest hero...Unfortunately, it has Ignatz Bauer. Ignatz Bauer is a conman and a thief. He also has a stolen ship's AI living in his brain, and the intelligence likes it there; he can't get rid of it. But a bigger problem for him is that the original owner of the AI has placed a hefty bounty on his head—just his head, which Ignatz is keen to keep attached to his shoulders. Amanda Frey is a novice bounty hunter with something to prove. When she learns of the enormous reward for Ignatz's capture, he becomes the means to save her failing career. But everything changes for them both when a malevolent entity seeks to eliminate anyone who might learn the secret the AI keeps—one that threatens every living thing in the galaxy. The Galactic Misadventures of Ignatz Bauer: Brain for Rent (Hardly Used) is a sci-fi comedy that will keep you turning every page to learn if fate has made a fatal mistake by...

An oppressive dictator... A mysterious orphan... A reluctant heroine... It is the twenty-third century and Mars is being terraformed into a new garden of Eden. But all is not well in this soon-to-be paradise. A ruthless despot has seized control of the government and rules the planet with an iron fist. A rebel force struggles to oppose his regime but is near defeat. A fugitive, and living under an alias, Melanie Destin is a traveling doctor, tending to the suffering Martian population. When circumstances make her responsible for a young orphan, she soon discovers the girl comes with a terrifying past...one that binds them to each other. Pursued by a ruthless government assassin, Mel must get the girl to safety before they are both captured. If she fails, the secrets hidden within the child's genes will make a dictator unstoppable and forever change the course of human history in the solar system.

Most spacefarers avoid Phobos Station. It is hard to get to and the locals would rather shoot you than be helpful. Melanie Destin has agreed to a simple task: Identify the person who receives a container the Requiem delivers to Phobos Station. When she learns the identity of the intended recipient, things becomes far more deadly. As the body count rises, Mel must find a way to protect her shipmates from an old nemesis with vengeance on his mind. Mel Destin has a knack for getting out of the trouble that finds her, but has her luck finally run out on Phobos Station?

An empire has fallen... Civilization tears itself apart... But there is a way to restore it all... Ten years ago, the Malliac invasion was averted, but at the cost of humanity's interstellar transit network. Trapped at the edge of human occupied space, Hayden Kaine languishes in guilt and regret over his role in dooming a thousand worlds to permanent isolation. Then, after being lost for a decade, his old ship and crew mysteriously reappear, bringing with them an alien technology. Kaine seizes the opportunity to rejoin his companions in the hope they can repair the damage that has been done, and restore the empire. But Scimitar holds the key to an even more valuable secret... One which is coveted by many powerful men... And places the lives of his companions in danger. With time running out, Kaine must decide who he can trust, otherwise, not only will his friends be...

They are coming… A scattered humanity has no defence One last hope remains, but the cost may be too high… Human civilization is in chaos. With the collapse of the interstellar jump network the empire’s scattered worlds are in no position to defend themselves from the encroaching Malliac horde. Hayden Kaine faces a terrible dilemma. He’s discovered a means to repel the invaders, but its use comes with a terrible price, and he is the only person who can make the decision. Can he doom humanity to servitude in order to save it? Find out in this gripping Sci-Fi adventure. Get it NOW! **

It's a soul-sucking job, but someone had to do it. Conman Ignatz Bauer considers himself an enterprising businessman and scrupulously avoids anything that resembles a common job. The very idea of working for someone else sends shivers up his spine. But when circumstances compel him to accept a commission to deliver an enigmatic package to an even more mysterious recipient, Ignatz discovers the true meaning of fear. With his ship in desperate need of repair and falling apart around his ears, he has five days to make a two-week journey across the galaxy if he wants to keep breathing. To make matters worse, someone with a score to settle has taken out a contract on him, putting the most notorious killer in twelve star systems hot on his trail. With death dogging his steps and little to no chance of successfully completing his task, Ignatz once again does what he always does and trusts that Lady Luck will bail him out one last time....

Dark terrors await on the frontier of space Hayden Kaine, a brash young cadet, thinks his family's influence has guaranteed his destiny as a future leader of the Earth Confederation. But falling on the wrong side of an Admiral is never a good idea, and he soon finds himself posted to an outdated starship at the farthest reaches of the galaxy. What at first appears to be a routine mission turns south when an unforeseen disaster traps Kaine and the crew of the Scimitar at the edge of charted space, with no means to return home. Little do they appreciate the dangers that lurk in the dead system, and soon they find themselves fighting, not only for their survival, but for the future of the empire itself.