Abandoned by their jumpspace transport crew, reluctant spy Carver Denz and a diverse passenger group must improvise to survive and navigate their way back to civilization. Threatening their plans? Mistrust, hallucination, murder and the universe's dual reality.

Bodyguard Carver Denz is forcibly separated from his clients one port in to their interstellar pilgrimmage.A mysterious attack from jumpspace against Argosy Station puts the fragile peace between Argosy Realm and the more powerful Bohr Confluence at risk. The weapon used could be alien in origin. Denz is only one victim of the hunt for the artifact. Traders, traitors, soldiers and more endeavor to advance themselves and their causes in the looming battle.Can Carver re-unite...

Clay Farina is a private investigator in Monterey, California. Most of his work comes from his father's investment firm, Farina-Black.When a socialite client of Farina-Black is anonymously accused of trying to kill an ethically-challenged real estate developer, Clay is recruited to find out who committed the shooting and who has reason to involve her.Ex-spouses, over-protective adult children and a vengeful hangover from his previous case complicate Clay's investigation. Cl...

Trapped in a dead-end job in a city he hates, Conspiratorial Investigator Jake Nourth pins his hopes on solving the mystery of the missing Sixth Helix, a device that will unlock the secrets of space and time. One big score will free him from the twisted streets of Meld. As mystery piles upon mystery, it soon becomes apparent that Jake is over his head in an ocean of astrophysical theories and a rising wave of petty crime. But when the bodies pile up, Jake realizes there is a lot more at st...

On a distant mining colony at the far reaches of known space, vast cities crawl across the surface of a desolate planet looking for valuable minerals while their citizens struggle to survive. Victor Stromboli, a professional crime scene witness, is nearly crippled by the brutal memories he can neither control nor forget.Now, he has to solve the mystery of a missing corporate executive. The only trouble is: the victim is married to the one love of Victor’s life. Stromboli has to ove...

A race for power and wealth transforms into a race to save the world in Al Onia's debut novel, Javenny. A young woman's calling may be all that stands between Earth and the dreams of a dying alien race... assuming she survives the machinations of her church and the corporate sharks who want to use her for their own ambitions!Javenny is a globe spanning adventure that asks the question: Can a single person change the world?

Crime Is Not Bound by GravityTurns out, greed and passion are universal truths, and leaving Earth does not mean leaving behind humanity. Spaceships, other planets, even Virtual Reality: all carry the taint of human desires.Androids and robots fight for equal rights. The poor struggle to survive while the rich build private paradises high above the mess of Earth. Big Brother is watching and death remains the only equalizer, but some poor sod may try to unravel the mystery be...

Jake Nourth witnesses one friend's death and another's descent into catatonia during a panic-driven riot. The madness running among Meld's citizens is recent, random and expanding. Casualties mount and the plague strikes near to Jake's heart. He enlists soulchemist Cleo Purdy, reclusive cosmologist Law Fomalhaut and the native cjbles to determine what or who is the cause. Can this alliance stop it in time and retrieve the ...

Investigator Clay Farina and his financier father are hired to assess a proposed merger between a California automotive chain and a new electric vehicle manufacturer. Clay will perform the legwork while Pops digs into the numbers.When a key player dies, the deal may be in jeopardy. Clay, and the police, soon suspect the death is murder. Clay and Pops continue their work through the uncertainty. Clay's inquiries push someone to vandalism. When the attacks take a physical turn toward...

In a secret settlement filled with rebels and outcasts, Victor Stromboli fights to establish his authority as the newly minted Sheriff of Rogue Town. Having survived the destruction of Transient City, Stromboli returns to his former home to recover vital technology, only to discover he has a murder investigation on his hands.Recent arrival Olaf Greggsun was tortured before being brutally killed - but what secrets did he have that were worth dying for, and who wanted them badly enou...

Jake Nourth hunts for a missing topologist. Finding the academic is only the beginning of the latest weird in Meld as the city holds its own deepening secrets. Supported by official sanction, the Throat Cult gains strength and purpose. A mysterious sculpture under the cult's protection may hold the key to the scientist's disappearance and the danger facing Jake's city.

The word “robot” was coined a little over a century ago, but humankind has always told stories of constructed lifeforms. From the earliest myths to the latest blockbuster, stories of artificial life have always held our attention. But what do the stories we tell about the machines we make reveal about how we see ourselves?One person risks everything for one good shot. Absolution is dispensed at the push of a button. A brother and sister disagree about a strange benefactor’s true mo...