Exploration, at the vanguard of a golden new ageA ship the size of a small planet.A century-long voyage between galaxies.A crew that will grow from five thousand to five million.A renegade group determined to ensure the mission fails.Sera Logan helped design the ship and assemble the crew. Finally, they are set to embark on the next great phase of science and exploration. Under the leadership of the woman who spearheaded the program and now captains ...

This book is a real mother.To celebrate bad-ass moms everywhere, Crazy 8 Press has assembled a fantastic line-up of authors to create stories spanning numerous genres, including sci-fi, contemporary, historical, and fantasy. Since moms and badassery come in infinite forms, the authors were given only one criteria: that their story be about a bad-ass mother or mother figure, whatever that meant to them.From grandmas to new moms, biological moms to adoptive moms to mom figure...

The founder of the Anillan Project--the program responsible for the entire fleet from conception through construction, crewing to launch--is attending the intergalactic gathering of all three hundred Core Ships. One of the many scientists involved, all Kaelin needs to do is give speeches. Fifty of them. If only she had the slightnest clue what to say. Fortunately, her silver tabby Adhara knows just how to help.

Feline Aryn takes good care of her human. Dru had given her her wings, after all, but Aryn would have liked her anyway. Dru does her best to help people, and creates a great deal of trouble for a bunch of nasty fae at the same time. When those fae attack, Aryn dives in to have Dru's back.

Angel Cats: At home regardless of where: on an intergalactic Core Ship in the 35th century, in the White House or on a megayacht in the 21st century, in a hacienda in the 16th, or in a pirates' lair in the 8th century.Always defending their turf and helping their family—feline or otherwise. Sometimes magical; sometimes messing with magic. Sometimes magnificently mundane.Always perpetual mischief makers!Twelve stories collected in one volume:In t...

Archeologist and former Earth Military Force officer Luke Parillo finds thousand-year-old wreckage all the time. But this ancient ship came from hundreds of years in the future

Captain of her own ship and daughter of the Queen of the Fleet, Danell never ran into an enemy she couldn't chase away or elude. Until now.

Technology: the best—if not the only measure—by which to judge a planet? If not, what other criteria apply? And how much weight should they carry when a new world petitions to join the interplanetary union?

A captain willing to take any steps to protect his homeworld. A doctor who believes innocent offworlders deserve protection as well. The two men: not just close friends, but shipmates as well. Can either convince the other to relent?

Volcanoes shattering entire continents. Tsunami deluging an entire world. A desperate call for help from an unexplored planet. Two ships speed to the rescue.

Respect is earned, not given.But so is disrespect—Dannell believes.Not everyone aboard her new ship agrees, and the crew gives its new commander a decidedly cold welcome. A brutal attack forces them to put aside their differences and work together. Fast. Before millions die.

Facing excitement and myriad dangers, intrepid crews sail among the stars. Planets explode, or come to life! Shipmates fight off enemy invaders, or sometimes battle each other instead. Challenges abound, from political turmoil to good intentions run amok.