Finding himself suspended upside down from a burning tree above a pack of ravenous beasts was a bit of a surprise for Sevan.It had been one heck of a week. One minute he'd been struggling to meet his Corporation targets, the next he'd been promoted...And then he'd found himself on a stolen freighter with the Resistance, on their way to find the President of the system.But sometimes, stuff like that just happens... right?When he discovers that the President is really a ball of gas, and the Corporation is trying to destroy the presidential cruiser on which he's trapped, that's when he starts to lose his sense of humour.It couldn't possibly get worse ... or could it?If this book was the illegitimate offspring of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Star Wars, they would probably put it up for adoption.Mastery of the Stars is the first novel in the light-hearted Mastery of the Stars space opera series.

The planet Future, capital of the Republic... Ozli is the son of the ex-president of the Republic and the nephew of the current. When he receives a message pointing to his father's killer, Ozli searches for the truth. Convinced of his Uncle's guilt, Ozli plots revenge unaware that his own life is in peril. On a diplomatic mission to the Corporation, the Mastery of the Stars is attacked and crashes on a remote planet. Can he avenge his father's death, or will the President get him first? Funerals of the Presidents is the second novel in M J Dees' light-hearted space opera series

Caught up in yet another presidential assasination, the crew appear to be on the winning side this time, until they realise the victims of their new mission are to be themselves. Can they escape their death sentence, and if they do, will they spend the rest of their lives, eating weird alien eggs on the remotest planet they can find? The Citadel in Space is book eight in the light-hearted space opera series, Mastery of the Stars

Finding himself suspended upside down from a burning tree above a pack of ravenous beasts was a bit of a surprise for Sevan.It had been one heck of a week. One minute he'd been struggling to meet his Corporation targets, the next he'd been promoted...And then he'd found himself on a stolen freighter with the Resistance, on their way to find the President of the system.But sometimes, stuff like that just happens... right?When he discovers that the President is really a ball of gas, and the Corporation is trying to destroy the presidential cruiser on which he's trapped, that's when he starts to lose his sense of humour.It couldn't possibly get worse ... or could it?If this book was the illegitimate offspring of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Star Wars, they would probably put it up for adoption.The Doomed Planet is the first novella in the light-hearted Mastery of the Stars space opera series.

When Sevan's home planet is destroyed, he decides to track down and kill the perpetratorBut in his efforts to enrol the help of the last assassins he loses his ship and then his friends.Can a ball of gas claiming to be the president's nephew provide the solution?Republic fighters have a different idea and Sevan finds himself in a flight for his life.Rocket to Trinculo is the third novella in the light-hearted Mastery of the Stars space opera series.

A terrorist attack on Parliament plunges the country on to a destructive path.Jim just wants his discharge from the Army and return to his life in academia.He returns from military service to find a country in chaos and a new regime bent on blaming everything on citizens with foreign heritage like him and his wife, Annabel.She just wants to practise her music and live in a house in the country but with no-one lending to those with foreign heritage, the chance of building on the land they bought is impossible and it is confiscated by the new regime.When they are evicted they find themselves and their daughter in a struggle for survival.Can they survive long enough to witness the end of the regime or will they become victims of hatred?Hatred is the first book in M J Dees' new dystopian series, Collapse.

On Sevan's first day as the Chief Council member, he causes a riot......his best friend is arrested.......and then things go really wrong...Will Sevan be able to work out who is trying to destroy his home planet before it is too late?Shipment to Daphnis is the second novella in the light-hearted space opera series, Mastery of the Stars

Ay-ttho has a shady past which always seems to catch up with her.Hiding from the Republic, she ends up in one of the toughest systems in the galaxy trying to free a youngling from her abusive slave drivers.Things only get worse when she is recognised and transported to a remote prison asteroid.Tori is fed up of Ay-ttho getting them into trouble, having to flee Republic guards and now, on top of it all, having to rescue her from a remote prison asteroid.Together, they return to rescue the youngling but soon find that this is when their troubles really begin.The crew find themselves in a fight for survival as they flee straight into an interplanetary revolution.Inspired by Les Miserables, The Swordsmen of Angetenar is as enjoyable read as a stand-alone as it is as Book 5 of the Mastery of the Stars space opera series.   

The planet Future, capital of the Republic...Ozli is the son of the ex-president of the Republic and the nephew of the current.When he receives a message pointing to his father's killer, Ozli searches for the truth.Convinced of his Uncle's guilt, Ozli plots revenge unaware that his own life is in peril.On a diplomatic mission to the Corporation, the Mastery of the Stars is attacked and crashes on a remote planet.Can he avenge his father's death, or will the President get him first?Shipwreck on Lysithea, the fourth book in the Mastery of the Stars series, is Shakespeare`s Hamlet in space. 

Pirate was a great explorer but he had a weakness, falling in love with the Ao-jun leader's partner who would stop at nothing to recover her love.Sgniwef had her love stolen before, she had fought a war for him then, and she was quite prepared to do it again, even if that meant coming out of hiding.The conflict escalated when the Zoxans, from whom they were hiding, decided to take sides.Can the crew of the Mastery of the Stars escape with their lives for be pursued forever?Surviving the Zoxans is the fourth novel in M J Dees' light-hearted space opera series.

Living with Saci is set in the sprawling metropolis of São Paulo, Brazil. It tells the story of Teresa da Silva, an overweight, depressed, drink dependent, and her struggles in the city. Estranged from her daughter, who lives with the ex-husband in England, life seems to constantly deal Teresa a bad hand. She begins to wonder whether the mischievous character from Brazilian folklore, Saci, might have something to do with it. Events seem to be taking a turn for the positive when she meets Felipe, who asks her to marry him. But when he disappears, Teresa finds that she is the object of suspicion.