Scout Shannon's whole family died the day the Space Farers dropped an asteroid on their domed city. Now she lives alone, out in the wild with only her dogs for company. She prefers it that way.But Scout finds herself at a crossroads. One road leads back to a quiet life snug under the protective dome of a city. The other road leads to a life in the rebellion, a life of adventure and excitement but also danger. Dare she try to find the rebels hiding in the hills?Then a chance...

For Murdina Ritchie, acceptance at the Oymyakon Foreign Service Academy means one last chance at her dream of becoming a diplomat for the Union of Free Worlds. For Shackleton Fitz IV, it represents his last chance not to fail out of military service entirely.Strange that fate should throw them together now, among the last group of students admitted after the start of the semester. They had once shared the strongest of friendships. But that all ended a long time ago.But when...

History sleeps beneath them all, but only she sees it.Lafayette Eloi grew up in a village of people who remained strangers to her. She and her mother always stood apart, separated from the others by their accent. By the secretive comings and goings of her wayward father. And by the forbidden knowledge her mother imparted to her in the dark of night.With her mother dead and her father trapped in space, Lafayette finally learned why they kept that knowledge s...

History sleeps beneath them all, and she will wake it.Lafayette Eloi stole something incredibly precious. Something she knows her government would kill to keep under their protection. No, under their control.She stole knowledge. Knowledge of the past of all her people.She got away with it, thanks to her new friends in the capital city. Tristan Carey knows more about the world than Lafayette ever knew existed. And Dieter Bohm brings the most crucial ...

From fantasy to space adventure, pirates, mystery, horror, historical fiction, romance and coming of age you'll find short, snappy reads herein. There is something for everyone in this lucky dip.19 short stories and collections from multiple authors.Table of Contents"Blown" by Diana Deverell"Socks and Pins and Aliens" by Thea Hutcheson"Tales of Blood and Ink" by Kate MacLeod"Tales of Tomorrow" by Debbie Mumford"Shaken, N...

This bundle contains the first three books in the Ritchie & Fitz Sci-Fi Murder Mysteries.Murder on the Intergalactic RailwayFor Murdina Ritchie, acceptance at the Oymyakon Foreign Service Academy means one last chance at her dream of becoming a diplomat for the Union of Free Worlds. For Shackleton Fitz IV, it represents his last chance not to fail out of military service entirely.Strange that fate should throw them together now, among the last group of students admit...

This bundle contains the final three books in the Ritchie & Fitz Sci-Fi Murder Mysteries.Death on the SummitThe cadets of the Oymyakon Foreign Service Academy know more than most about challenging environments. They experience one every day just while crossing their campus. Their planet barely ranks as habitable on the best of days. But now the third and fourth year cadets face even harsher conditions, climbing to heights nearly at the edge of space and totally within the h...

After too many decades in the heat and swampy humidity of Washington, D.C., a woman convinces her husband to move with her back to where she was born.But when they settle in rural Minnesota, she faces the worst winter anyone has known in a century. And with her husband still working in D.C., she faces it alone.Alone, except for a neighbor who doesn’t speak much, but is always willing to help out with his Bobcat.But his knowledge of the woman’s roots might be worth m...

History sleeps beneath them all, but only she sees it.Lafayette Eloi always knew her parents thought differently from others. They kept their books buried beneath her mother’s house. They spoke an old language in the dead of night, whispering behind closed doors and bolted shutters. She grew up in a village where no one was related to her, and she never knew why.Then, after her mother died, her father came to fetch her. Now she and her mother’s dog assist h...

Stranded on the far side of the moon with her friends, Scout Shannon waits for rescue from galactic central. Hunted by two sets of enemies, surrounded by an impenetrable barrier maintained by an almost alien class of humans, time runs short.Caught between two factions of a powerful trade dynasty, Scout fights to remain free and to protect her friends. But the people trying to make her their pawn barely seem human to her eyes. Fight them? She can barely understand them.With ...

After spending the last four days of her life hiding out from a deadly solar particle storm in an underground bunker, trapped with six treacherous women and a trio of girl assassins, Scout Shannon just wants to find the man who conned her mentor and leave her home world for good.Alas, the long-threatened war draws nearer and Scout finds herself caught in the middle, surrounded by rebels and bandits. Worse, she carries a pocketful of dangerous secrets with no one to entrust them to....

Vic Harper and her gang retired wealthy from their life of thievery and heists. Whether in a luxury condo overlooking the river in Minneapolis or in a modernist mansion built into the side of a mountain in Colorado, life comes easy now.Perhaps too easy.When an old friend asks for a favor his niece, Vic and her mentor Chase Woodward leap at the chance to relieve a little of the boredom. But a quick bit of B&E in a wealthy suburb of Chicago leads to an even greater challenge.