The Omega War is in full swing. Earth has fallen to General Peepo's army, and the surviving Human mercenaries have taken refuge at the hidden Winged Hussars' base in New Warsaw.As humanity begins to think about how to recover the planet, one thing is obvious—more powerful weapons of war will be needed in the effort. One of the keys to recapturing Earth will be the Raknar of Cartwright's Cavaliers, but the power sources of many of the giant mecha have become unusable over the course...

It's 0830 hours, July 4th, 1976. The Quest blasts into orbit and rendezvous with NASA’s experimental Nuclear Thermal Rocket. Quest’s mission: To take its three-man-crew on a dangerous and unparalleled journey... to Mars.A 5000 word short story by the author of the best-selling Saiph series, PP Corcoran.

The Commonwealth rise triumphant over the merciless "Others." The war is over. Pioneers of the Commonwealth race to colonize virgin worlds but do not foresee the chilling Turak with their clear communiqué, "Do not enter Turak space!"Without warning, a deadly offensive is launched on the planet Balat, shattering the fragile uneasy truce between the Alonans and the Commonwealth as blame is wrongly attributed. The prospect of galactic war looms once more. Meanwhile, the orchestrator w...

The Commonwealth Union of Planets begin their mission to the Saiph Worlds. To seek out their genetic cousins cited in the alien database, to unravel the secrets of their enemy and exploit any weakness.The "Others" capture The Happy Wanderer and her precious navigation system. The Union's future flounders as they're fatally exposed to a catastrophic betrayal at the hands of the Alonian Empire.The highly decorated Admiral John Radford begins to turn the tide. He leads the Com...

The TDF Marco Polo embarks on its maiden voyage outside Earth's Solar System leading to the discovery of an extinct civilisation destroyed by orbital bombardment. Deep underground is a mysterious library of alien secrets.The Terran Republic unravels the clues, forcing its politicians, scientists, navy and marines to engage in an epic journey of space exploration, space battles and combat behind enemy lines. They must rally their forces to defend the Earth as they discover ...

The titanic struggle for control of the stars reaches its bloody conclusion in the final chapter of the bestselling Saiph Series.With their puppet race "The Others" defeated, and imprisoned on a world surrounded by warships and heavily armed orbital fortresses, the ruthless regime of the Saiph are forced to face the combined might of the Commonwealth Union of Planets.Meanwhile, the Empire of Alona has secretly grown its forces and, in a twist of fate, made ...

Humanity, previously dependent on the K'Tai for its Redlazore, discovers vast resources of the most valuable mineral in the galaxy on Agate and is now free to expand across the stars: Redlazore is also the key component to faster-than-light travel.The planet Agate is, however, the human colony-world which lies perilously close to the K'Tai Imperium, and the K'Tai resolve to put the upstart humans back in their place.The K'Tai Imperium invades Agate.On the ground, in...

An "exciting" minute-by-minute account of the Apollo 13 flight based on mission control transcripts from Houston ( The New York Times).On the evening of April 13, 1970, the three astronauts aboard Apollo 13 were just hours from the third lunar landing in history. But as they soared through space, two hundred thousand miles from Earth, an explosion badly damaged their spacecraft. With compromised engines and failing life-support systems, the crew was in inco...

During a space jump to another solar system a space ship encounters unforeseen problems.

Star Warriors - Spaceboy Mars is a Sci-Fi adventure book that explores space in 3050AD, a boys rescue from a far away Solar System. Who is the boy and where has he come from?Read the full instalment of the novel in these gripping ebooks:Book 1 - Spaceboy MarsBook 2 - Space RecallBook 3 - Space RefugeesBook 4 - New WorldBook 5 - The Uprising

In this excerpt from Defensive Handgun Skills, David Fessenden gives range exercises to condition you for the follow up that happens on the street after a gun fight.