Concordia’s mission reflects the best of the human race. Crew and scientists from both of Earth’s rival factions journey for years at relativistic speeds to reach Bravo Charlie, a life-bearing planet orbiting Alpha Centauri B, to expand the frontiers of knowledge for all.Concordia’s mission also reflects humanity at its worst. Corrupt bureaucrats and ambitious political leaders in both factions maintain a status quo backed by weapons of mass destruction. The facti...

Decades of interstellar history are a lie.One assassin will risk everything to prove it.Anara has never questioned an order. As a covert operative for the Democracy, she eliminates threats to the interstellar state. Cleanly, quietly, without hesitation. Her latest mission should be no different: encounter a man on his morning walk, poison him, jog away.But her target is a middle-aged college professor. An Incepti, like her—one of a ...

"Military science fiction concentrating on the psychology and politics of societies in conflict."---Analog, on the Confederated Worlds seriesThey gave him a soldier's skills.His war was still hell.Tomas Neumann wants off his backwater planet and away from his suffocating mother. "Taking the shilling"—joining the Confederated Worlds Ground Force—promises escape, purpose, and the father figure he's never had.T...

Five science fiction stories about Mexicans and AmericansLA RUBIAHow far will Francisca go to protect her colony of Mexican refugees from pirates roving the asteroid belt?PASE DE UN DÍAChalo could teleport to the U.S. every day and work for a better life for his family—if he kept his day pass.MIKE FINK GOES TO BIG BENDCharacters from American, Mexican, and Native folklore meet in west Texas in the 21st century.THE THIRTIETH A...

"[A] thriller-style science fiction tale that's a quick and fun read.... A good start to a promising series." - Sfreader.comOne man can make—or break—Earth's iron grip on its galactic colonies: Stone Chalmers. Spy. Assassin. Earth's top operative.On the newly-rediscovered colony world of Freeland, an Earth operative is murdered. Stone's mission: travel through an artificial wormhole to a distant planet. Find the killers. And terminate them....

Join a double agent seeking to free Earth from alien tyranny. A Red Army pursuing the retreating Germans—across Transylvania. A mission to gather helium from the photosphere of the sun. A scientist who sees the last thing she expects: Christ's empty tomb.A distinctive voice in science fiction guides you on ten voyages to the asteroid belt, the coding regions of DNA, and the complexities of the human psyche. Includes Selling Short, The Imitation of Christ, The van der Rohe Forgery, ...

Smuggle the “reborn” spiritual leader of an oppressed people past their conquerors.What could go wrong?Solitary spacejock Landry Krieger ekes out a living transporting data through the galaxy—and smuggling people past the watchful eyes of governments, in hiding places he builds in his ship.When the priests of Tao Pacem ask for his help, Landry resists. Dow patch’em? Yin-yang symbols? A plan to sneak a young boy, the “reincarnation” ...

Only a bastard can save a kingdom from chaos.A childless queen confined to the palace.A king overly enamored of male companionship.The kingdom desperately needs an heir.Who will father one?Two courtiers ask Keladon, retired battlemage and the king's bastard half-brother, to make his way in secret to the queen's bedchamber. His loyalty to the kingdom overcomes his dread of palace intrigues and his guilt in turning her, a foreign princ...

From tundra to desert, from prairies to rainforests, the trade routes of Ganelerdos converge at Sparrenfor, Enelarmos, Larpektis, and Torg-ra-Honnet—the Merchant Cities. Fair exchange offers prosperity to the creative and industrious, whether human or elemental, and unearned riches to the ambitious and greedy.Scorned by his father, mocked by his older brother, Woldirek Hansar rides with a caravan into a desolate wasteland. He emerges with a bold plan to make House Hansar the most p...

Two decades ago, a girl like Mirabella inspired one of the most famous songs of all time. A flowering of Brazilian culture during an era of military dictatorship.Now, the dictatorship has fallen. Revolutionaries have seized control. They promise a new order of liberty and prosperity.But when she encounters two leaders of the revolution, Mirabella discovers their lofty rhetoric masks personal agendas. Agendas born in chance meetings on Ipanema beach those decades ago.

From tomorrow’s Earth to distant suns, journey to worlds of wonder and adventureFive stories named as Honorable Mention or Semi-Finalist by judges of the Writers of the Future contestPASE DE UN DÍAChalo could teleport to the U.S. every day and work for a better life for his family—if he kept his day pass.AFFECTIVE DISORDERTexas PI Albert Jimenez found more than the usual when he inves...

Powercrosse. A zero-gee sport mixing the best of hockey and lacrosse. Skill moves. Big hits. All while managing your team’s limited supply of jet pack air. Jaysen Tkachenko—the best active player to never win a championship—left his long-time te am, the Miners, for the powerhouse Pterodactyls and his last good chance to win it all. But when he faces his old team in the finals, he discovers there are more important thing s than winni...