Father Paul, leader of his congregation of the Church of Christ, Android, is confronted with yet another clash with the prejudices of the flesh-and-blood people. This time, when a military machine, born to sentience, and having freed itself from servitude and claims sanctuary, the army comes to claim its property. Seeking help from his superiors, Father Paul begins to suspect he is about to be betrayed. But the new pilgrim is more than it seems.

"Those of us with better hearing heard the body get dumped.We heard the rush of tires on the broken macadam in the lot. I looked at my companions as a car-door opened. Then there came a meaty thud. The door slammed. Tires squealed and kicked up grit. I had been meaning to replace the eye in that location, but budget and all.Didn't matter. We knew what it was.My boys, Jerry who cleaned up around the church, and Malcolm who once entertained crowds at an amusement park...

Of all the follies of humankind, the worst is to dehumanize the other. In every case, this has led to horrors almost beyond imagination.In this tale, the protagonist, already a victim of the worst crime in modern history recounts his encounter with a new friend in the pits of that man-made hell. He will learn that the human appetite for destruction has no limits. As his new friend succumbs to human evil, he learns that salvation is coming.But it will be unlike anything yet ...

The war between men was over. Cities across the world had died under the hammer blows of nuclear war. The ashes of the vaporized millions and the burning of the treasures of humankind blanketed the sky, enveloping the earth in a funereal shroud of deepening shadows. In a small town, the traumatized crew of a navy submarine and the the local citizens struggle to survive and build a future beyond nuclear winter.But other forces, held in check by civilization, have been loosed in the ...

On a trip to the end of the world, Lance suffers a stupid accident. As a result, he will confirm the ultimate truth about the universe.

Father Paul, leader of his congregation of the Church of Christ, Android, is confronted with yet another clash with the prejudices of the flesh-and-blood people. This time, when a military machine, born to sentience, and having freed itself from servitude and claims sanctuary, the army comes to claim its property. Seeking help from his superiors, Father Paul begins to suspect he is about to be betrayed. But the new pilgrim is more than it seems.

When Richie "Fabio" Fazio, at the behest of his girlfriend, undergoes an experimental nano-tech procedure to cure his aggressive personality, he finds he can no longer stomach his career in the underworld. At first, Fabio believes his problems are solved when a stranger who knows far too much about Fabio's history and work methods turns up on his doorstep. But soon he finds that the problems spiral out of control and he must thread a new path in his employer's desire to rule the underworld...

Joel wakes from desperately needed sleep to find strange monsters stripping his apartment. When confronted, the person handling the monsters informs Joel that certain bills have not been paid and that his things are being repossessed. Desperate for answers, Joel flees his apartment to find that the same thing is happening all over town.And there's not a thing he can do about it.

How often has this happened?Are we fated to make the same mistakes again and again, across the eons?This questions become urgent, when scientists working in the high Arctic make a momentous discovery of an ancient civilization that parallels our own. Working against government censorship, political intrigue, and a rapidly deepening environmental crisis, they must solve the mystery of the artifacts, navigate the toxic politics back home, and confront the fate of humankind.

After undergoing a nano-tech procedure, Richie "Fabio" Fazio finds he is no longer able to kill for his underworld employers. When a man who has a suspicious knowledge of Fabio's past and abilities turns up on his door step, Fabio believes his worries are over. But his boss has a bigger plan in mind. A race to rule New York ensues, pitting underworld forces against each other and involving the doctors who changed both men. Meanwhile, Fabio's nemesis on the NYPD continues his watch of the m...

Riley always wins at the casinos. The machines are good for him, but they bore him now. Now he plays a different game, a game with different and more exciting stakes than any bet. Risking everything, Riley plays his game one more time before a surprise points him in an entirely new direction."Automatically, Riley divided the people into anonymous groups:First, there were spry seniors making tiny bets with their Social Security and pension money. These were the smart ones; th...

“Those of us with better hearing heard the body get dumped.We heard the rush of tires on the broken macadam in the lot. I looked at my companions as a car-door opened. Then there came a meaty thud. The door slammed. Tires squealed and kicked up grit. I had been meaning to replace the eye in that location, but budget and all.Didn’t matter. We knew what it was.My boys, Jerry who cleaned up around the church, and Malcolm who once entertained crowds at an amusement park, f...