Honorable Mention (Science Fiction) at the 2011 New England Book FestivalHonorable mention (Wild Card)at the 2011 London Book Festival."The next best thing to winning is giving the other guy such a bloody nose, he wonders if beating you was worth it."When the Earth became overcrowded, the Company terra-formed the planets and the moons of the Three Systems into fifty Earths for humanity to call home. The worlds all prospered, and life was good. Until the Company decid...

After the events of The Augustine Agenda, both sides are licking their wounds and gathering resources.On the heels of Commander Straker's failure to capture Ryan and his crew at Beauregard, President Aarla has entrusted a new man, Commander Crim, with the task of bringing them to justice.Ryan tries to address his crew's needs with a salvage run to the mining asteroid XK-7. When their shuttle breaks down and almost costs them the mission, Ryan realizes that his crew needs a me...

They've escaped The Company's sights, but not its reach. Now Ryan and his crew are on their toughest mission yet!As the fourth chapter of the Vindicators series begins, life in the aftermath of the crew's escape from Treos is more complicated than before.After their desperate and brilliant deception at Treos, President Aarla and the newly-commissioned Admiral Straker are convinced that Jace Ryan and his friends are dead. This has bought them some much-needed breathing room. ...

"This doesn't end for me until Jade Ryan is here. On this ship. With us."In the third chapter of the Vindicator series, Jace Ryan and his crew are drawn further into the Company's long game, and Ryan's sister Jade has become the latest pawn on the board.After six months of chasing the elusive Ryan and his crew, Commander Straker and President Aarla are now desperate to capture them. Straker devises a new plan to not only stop Ryan, but give Aarla deniability in the process....

“Imaginative and intuitive . . . [Josh] Conviser mines and mints a nonstop stream of visual images.”—Chris Carter, creator of The X-FilesIn the time it takes to read this sentence, Echelon will intercept more than 70,000 phone calls, e-mails, and faxes.Operated by the National Security Agency, Echelon is the most pervasive global eavesdropping network in history. Today, Echelon will capture three billion electronic communications.Imagine wh...

ORDERS ARE ORDERS...Angela Bekker is a rising star in the Ghost Bear Clan. Devoted to duty and honor, relentless in the pursuit of flawless victory—a prime example of Clan excellence in both mind and body. So when she receives orders to form a new Trinary from scratch, she jumps at the chance to have her own command. Especially since they are to be stationed on the planet Toffen, at the leading edge of Ghost Bear space. But what is an honor for some is an opportunity to strike for ...

Embark on Voyages of Imagination and Wonder. Discover the new visionaries of imagination in the Writers of the Future—celebrating 25 years of showcasing the best new talent. Established in 1983 by L. Ron Hubbard expressly for the aspiring writer, Writers of the Future has become the most respected and significant forum for new talent in all aspects of speculative fiction. Never before published first-rate science fiction and fantasy stories selected by top names in the field.“Some o...

Ten classic military science fiction stories from some of the genre's best authors.Here's to the hellions and the battle hounds!From the lowest grunts to the most decorated generals, true warriors always answer duty's call. And from stone spears to cyborg starships, the materiel of battle accompanies them. In this stunning, explosive anthology, David Drake—author of the classic Hammer's Slammers and one of the foremost figures of military ...

The crew of the Triton find themselves marooned in the Rega Gain solar system. Refusing to abandon the refugees and liberated slaves who joined them along the way, Ayan Rice and her friends negotiate a deal with the Carthan Government to establish a home on a terraformed moon.Meanwhile, the fugitive, Jacob Valance and the former Samson crew work to restore their ship and continue their fight against the Order Of Eden in earnest. Little do they know, the fight will resume well befor...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BUZZFEED • A companion novel inspired by Star Wars: Battlefront, this action-packed adventure follows a squad of soldiers caught in the trenches of the ultimate galactic war between good and evil.The bravest soldiers. The toughest warriors. The ultimate survivors.Among the stars and across the vast expanses of space, the Galactic Civil War rages. On the battlefields of mu...

The starliner Pollyanna has experienced a catastrophic nav failure and is marooned in the far reaches of space. On board is Lucieus Estarion, powerfully talented member of the Psi-Corps, that was on his way home. Now, he is the only asset the stranded passengers and crew have as they experience humanity's First Contact.

A continuation of the saga begun in Right Ascension, Declination finds us in the year 3050, ten years after the dreadful Lucani Ibron have been driven from Earth. Now, the Confederation's crises are spawned from within, and one brave woman struggles against all odds to keep mankind united amidst a hailstorm of rebellion, war, and moral declination.* * * * *The Lucani Ibron have yet to return, but all is not well within the Alpha Sector. Internal strife, terrorism, and ever-...