The surprise attack within the Auriga Star System was worse than brutal; it was heinous, leaving the US Navy's 3rd Fleet decimated.Thousands of crew are reported dead, including the ship's captain. Reluctantly, the young XO, Galvin Quintos, will be taking command of the fleet's crippled dreadnaught, the USS Hamilton, while doing his best to bring fleet survivors back to Earth. To make matters worse, there's a murderer running loose on board the ship, criti...

Kyle Washaki "Wash" Williams thought his life couldn’t get any more complicated. Then the aliens showed up …After his mom died from cancer, Wash gave up his girlfriend and his dream of being a career Army officer to stay home and take care of his father, a former Special Forces soldier stricken with PTSD. Wash works three jobs just to pay thebills, and one of them is at the ranch of the man who’s engaged to his exgirlfriend, Jimmy Bonner.Sound rough? He thought so to...

Warning: Foul-mouthed cat aheadProf Croft here and, yes, I trapped a murderous succubus in a kitten’s body and made her my pet. The alternative was to behead her, and as wizards go, I’m just not that callous.Do you think Tabitha shows any appreciation? Two years old now, her speech has grown along with her girth, and when not insulting me, she’s plotting ways to devour my soul.But that’s the least of my problems. An early winter storm has plunged ou...

Abandon ship, or go down in a blaze of glory.Commander Predaxes, former Marine in the Lazaab military, has been recommissioned to Prison Station 12, known colloquially as Purgatory. On the outskirts of the Centridium, PS12 relies solely on a wormhole for contact with the government—not to mention supplies.His newest inmate, Samea Malik, is more than a bit of trouble. Son to the Minister of Justice, Malik is the target of both assassination and recovery. When the station is ...

Go West, Prof Croft!When my magical order assigns me to Grimstone, Colorado on a case, I’m in no hurry to pack my staff and spell books.The outlaw county is a far cry from my academic calling in New York City. And I’m being paired with junior wizard James Wesson. A hustler, womanizer, and wannabe cowboy, he’s exactly why I prefer working alone.But something sinister is snatching blondes on the full moon. The local werewolf gang? The six-hundred poun...

We were watching the sky. They were already here.The pulse hits without warningIn one harrowingly destructive instant, a mysterious seismic pulse in the Scottish Highlands rips away all semblance of global security.Complacency grew in the years since Dan McCarthy brought humanity into contact with intelligent aliens, but those days are gone.When peace is shattered, fear takes over.The stakes rise without me...

First contact gone wrong …It was every starship captain’s nightmare, and for Travis Miller, it was his own personal hell.He’d done everything by the book, but when the Tahni had attacked him and his crew, there was no choice but to return fire and destroy the first alien vessel humans had ever encountered.Excoriated in the press, his career in shambles, Travis is exiled to a long patrol of the outer colony worlds. Forgotten, except as a bad example ...

Every wizard's story has a beginning…Let’s go back to the night I turned thirteen, the night Grandpa sliced my finger with his cane sword.I can’t say what terrified me more, the cold anger in his eyes or the crazy things in his locked study. A talking trunk. Squirming coats. A bookshelf whose titles shifted before my eyes. And one chilling title in particular: Book of Souls.Ten years later and I’m en route to a Romanian monastery in search ...

Titus sought glory in the Free States Infantry. He ended up in the Engineers. When the chance came to prove himself, he grabbed it with both hands.And caught the eye of the Intelligence service. How could a boot enlisted engineer transform into a soldier who works behind the scenes to root out corruption in the ranks as easily as providing combat intel to the front lines?Titus thought life was dangerous as a ground pounder where he could hold duty and honor...

Contains books one and two of the Rise of Mankind series.Behemoth, Book 1: Three years ago, Earth was attacked by an invading force so devastating, only one ship in the fleet survived. Their hard won victory came from the aid of an alliance of aliens long at war with an aggressive force. With the aid of advanced technology, humanity retrofitted their surviving vessel. The Behemoth became a shield against any future incursions....

What’s worse than being a broke wizard? Having a gluttonous fiend for a pet.When scholar and spell-caster Professor Croft trapped a succubus in a kitten’s body, he believed he was being merciful. His reward two years on? A morbidly obese cat with a lethal attitude.When Tabitha isn’t busy lounging, gorging on delicacies, or honing her insults, she’s devising ways to devour his well-meaning soul.But as supernatural mysteries pop up in the city—from a ...

Three occult mysteries. One wild ride.The complete Croft & Wesson saga, now in one spell-slinging tome!Welcome to Grimstone, Colorado, famed for its mesas, mining … and supernatural mysteries. Enter the wizard duo of Croft and Wesson. That’s Professor Everson Croft, the bookish spellcaster from New York City, and James Wesson, the smooth-talking, skirt-chasing, wannabe cowboy. Confronted with everything from werewolf outlaws to ancient evil...