This berg has balls and they bite.Spaceberg arrives without warning. As big as Jupiter and oh-so-deadly, it tears through the outer solar system, obliterating ships, colonies, and hope.Orbital Rescue Squad 51 is first on the scene, led by the Sol System's most decorated first responder, Nikili Echols. She's determined to save lives, protect worlds, and rescue her daughter before time runs out.Unfortunately, she has to team up with her ex-husband. Hi...

The last soldier's last stand.Alone. Leda is the last living member of the brigade, the sole defender of her world. War took everyone she knew, leaving her in the company of memories and ghosts. Or is it madness? The siren blares. The enemy is coming. Or is it? The approaching vessel isn’t a friendly design, but it answers with the correct code. Leda must figure out whether the arrival is reinforcements or the final assault. In an aging flyer, she ventures out to meet her world’s f...

The Backworlds Books 1, 2, and 3: The Backworlds, Stopover at the Backworlds' Edge, and Boomtown Craze.In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. This set contains the first 3 novels in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure.The BackworldsAfter the war with the Foreworlders, Backworlders scatter across the remaining planets. Competition i...

Nothing sane travels the starway. Today it brings disaster.In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. This is the second book in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure.Revenge is on Craze's mind. He chews on it every day along with the relentless dust on Pardeep Station. He dreams of grander wealth, enough to make his father choke.That's the dream consuming him when the i...

In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. This is the third book in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure.To realize his dream, to build Pardeep Station into a top world, a destination all Backworlders want to come to, Craze makes the best use of a weapon left behind by the Foreworlders. The dastardly technology helps him to forge advantageous trades, which improves his situation on th...

A monstrous secret hides in the backwoods of a remote western town—a portal connecting our world to forty-two other universes. The visitors—most would call them terrifying—often have devastating effects. Their destruction hasn't been intentional… until lately. The usual band of protectors, The Rifters, defend us with daring and weapons built from coils, gears, and crystals, which is no longer enough. Earth's survival depends on an outlaw from 1888 and a librarian with a knack for ghosts.

Some truths are better left unfound.In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. This is the fourth book in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure.For two years Craze's dear friend, Lepsi, has been missing. The murmurings of a haunted spaceship might be a message and may mean his old pal isn't dead. The possibility spurs Craze and Captain Talos into space to uncharted worlds. Searc...

In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. This is the fifth book in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure.War is coming. A horde of merciless aliens poise just beyond the Edge. In a matter of weeks they will devour the worlds.Racing ahead of the apocalypse, Craze returns to the Backworlds to warn them and plan a defense. Only he can't go home. Banned from Pardeep Station, he mu...

The first shot of a new war echoes through the galaxy. Craze has high hopes for what the alliance with an old enemy, the Foreworlds, will do to defeat a worse enemy, the Quassers.The test of a highly-advanced weapon, created by the efforts of the alliance, pushes tensions over the brink and kills thousands. To make it worse, the Foreworld ambassador is keeping secrets.Conventional warfare against the Quassers isn't working, and if the alliance ends, Craze has become the mos...

The journey into adulthood is stranger than she expects.Graduating from community college, Hetty Locklear hopes for a new life. Her diploma doesn't change anything. She delves deeper into her nerd-girl fantasy where she's the savior of a dying ancient galactic race. When she's not role playing in the game world she created, she's still stuck working at the convenience store and doused in coffee stains. Her parents didn't bother to come home but manage to send her an invitation to j...

In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. This is the sixth book in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure.The Backworlds hang by a Quantum string, a thread about to snap. Annihilation is coming if Craze can't stop it.The genocidal alien he had trapped breaks free, destroying a ship belonging to the Backworlds' oldest enemy, the Fo'wo's. The murderous alien...

Interstellar journeys. Epic battles. Articial Intelligence longing for meaning. Life as we know it, ending...Sci-Fi Bridge is thrilled to present its first collection from bestselling authors and newly emerging writers. These stories span the near and far future. They transport you to worlds unknown. They examine today's fears amid tomorrow's technologies. From the far corners of the galaxy to the inner reaches of the human heart, the exciting stories in At the Helm will thrill, in...