Not long from now, in our own milky way…The name's Sam Kletchka. Perhaps you've heard of me: captain of the Star Runner, military contractor for Earthfleet, and interstellar privateer. But before all that, I was a hired gun, freelancing across the galaxy one gunslinging job at a time.This, my friends, is how I went from being stranded in the armpit of the galaxy to becoming the luckiest human being in the universe. Not that it was easy, of course. I've look...

Join Sam Kletchka, freelance gunslinger and interstellar privateer, and Jane Carter, xenolinguist and alien anthropologist, on their intergalactic adventures as they travel the stars, make first (and sometimes last) contact with exotic alien races, and uncover the truth about the Immortals who secretly run our galaxy.This omnibus edition contains:Gunslinger to the StarsGunslinger to the GalaxyGunslinger to Earthand the shor...

My name is Jane Kletchka, and I'm here to set the record straight.Jane Kletchka here. By now, I'm sure you've heard how my dear husband Sam saved the Gorinal star cluster and stopped the Immortals from throwing the galaxy into chaos. Unfortunately, he didn't thwart their plans; he only accelerated them.As the galaxy fell into chaos, Earthfleet commissioned us to find out what was happening before Earth became the next planet to fall. Little did we know, it ...

Ten brutally honest and politically incorrect stories for times such as these!This is the second volume of the collected short stories of Joe Vasicek. It contains:The Paradox of ChoiceIf post-birth abortions are legal, when does life actually begin?PaydayA near future sci-fi thriller about the perils of a universal basic income.Utahraptors at DawnWhen the mem...

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil!When Captain Victor Andrecek and his crew of down-and-out smugglers respond to a deep space distress call, what they find shocks them to their very core. The victim is dead, his EVA suit nailed to a cross and launched on the head of a repurposed missile, with the words of an ancient scripture burned on a plaque at his feet. And he is not the only one.The madman behind the murders is a privateer known as Zedek...

Ten more stories to heal the divide between man and machine.This is the sixth volume of the collected short stories of Joe Vasicek. It includes:Quantum WorldsWill AI herald the death of human creativity, or its startling rebirth?Bloody Justice (by J.M. Wight)The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed…A Mother's Last GoodbyeWhen the living and the dead ...

Where were you on the day the Earth disappeared?So there I was, on an awkward first date with my secret crush, when the colonies went into revolt. They nuked the moon and hijacked half of Earthfleet—and that was just the opening salvo.Then I learned that my date was one of the terrorists (or patriots, depending on your political beliefs), and I had to make a choice: join her, or spend the next few days stuffed in an EVA suit locker. I chose the former, and ...

Eleven short stories and a poem that show us what comes after the end of all we know.This is the fourth volume of the collected short stories of Joe Vasicek. It includes:The Manchurian ParadoxWe have met our timeline's enemy and he is us.A Fatal RebirthNothing in this world should live forever—not even civilization itself.The Final TurningThis is how the worl...

An age of peace, an artifact of war, and a visit three men will never forget.The Prince of Peace rules from the New Jerusalem, but the relics of war still survive into His millennial reign. As three friends debate the ultimate destiny of mankind and how much of the past is worth preserving, an unexpected visitor gives each of them an answer that none of them will forget.

The first book in Iain M. Banks's seminal science fiction series, The Culture. Consider Phlebas introduces readers to the utopian conglomeration of human and alien races that explores the nature of war, morality, and the limitless bounds of mankind's imagination.The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fou...

The Mound rises up against the skyline — an imposing, brooding presence, dark and silentIt appears to be completely deserted. A layer of brilliant white snow dusts the top of the massive circular structure, glittering in the sunlight. Vents on the roof spew faint plumes of smoke that drift off slowly in a light breeze.I know we're going to die — all of us. But it's all right.We had seen the Omnis' crucified victims, up on metal stakes, on our way to...

Iron Dart is a tale of action and adventure in space. It is the second book in the Galaxy series, an epic story, set against the backdrop of a huge galaxy in the far future, where there are many sprawling civilizations and empires, political conflicts and intrigue. There are epic space battles, exotic locations, and a noble battle for the heart of an empire.Iron Dart tells the adventures of three friends, a man named Knave, a woman named Altia and a robot who goes by the name of Jay...