Humanity defeated the aliens, then fell out among themselves and crashed the galaxy.Centuries later, Brother Jon makes a living as a tech-thief. Better than than a mitre and a crook, after all.A new team, new adventures, and maybe, just maybe, he can do something to keep humanity from crashing again, if he can overcome greed, stupidity, and mendacity.All in a day’s thieving.Brother Jon, a different kind of hero in a dark and unpleasant future, where all you ...

Where are the Secrets hiding?Ollie has a new ship, courtesy of the Gatekeepers themselves. And a new quest, where they can finally locate the Gonii and discover what really happened to it. They will uncover even deeper mysteries when they do, because all roads lead to Baikonur.Lord Chilikov is about to discover that such a thing wasn’t accidental.When the war among the gods comes down, all the gates will go dark.Maybe forever.All...

Commander Jessica Keller is headed for a court martial.By disobeying a direct order during a brutal starship engagement, she saved thousands of lives and prevented a massacre. Instead of commendations, she faces the judgment of the very command structure she protected.As tensions escalate between the Republic of Aquitaine Navy (RAN) and the expanding Fribourg Empire, Keller's actions draw attention from both allies and enemies. To her sup...

Two years ago, the government burned Joie Daring. Revoked, Demilitarized, Retired. All her cyberware destroyed in an instant, then she was thrown out of the military.Tonight, the man who did it shows up at her door, with more questions.More demands. More trouble.And he won’t take no for an answer.Revoked, the beginning of a new, cyberpunk trilogy, where nothing is what it seems and Captain Daring can’t trust anybody. Be sure to read the rest of the ...

The first four novellas of Blaze Ward's Science Officer series collected together for the first time!Javier lives quite happily on his long-range scout. Alone. Away from everyone, with his chickens, his fruit trees, and Suvi, an artificial intelligence who keeps him company and runs the ship.When space pirates attack Javier's ship, they get much more than they bargained for.Much more.Join Javier Aritza, a sarcastic and quirky hero, in the first four novellas...

Vo Arlo survived the destruction of Alexandria Station and RAN Auberon.In between assignments, at a small college on a back-water planet, he stumbles into a mystery when the prettiest girl on campus suddenly starts throwing herself at him.Vo, the former gutter punk from the streets.What will it cost him to understand why he attracts such attention?

Where are the Ancients hiding?Ollie demands answers, but he will not find them inside the Draiusu Republic. Clues drive him outward, but pirates and assassins lurk around every cornerWho can he trustAnd what secrets lurk at the far end of space, in an ancient library that might just be the home of the Gatekeepers themselvesThe Scholar, the second book in the Quest for the Ancients series, sets out to answer an ancient riddle: Where ...

No system on the Ohran Web claims to be the homeworld of humanity.For a xenoarchaeologist like Ollie, this presents a challenge impossible to resist.When the espionage capers get out of hand, a misunderstanding turns him into the most interesting spy in the galaxy.And the target of a lot of trouble.Seeking The Gods, the first book in the Quest for the Ancients series, sets out to answer an ancient riddle: Where did we come from? And why are people w...

After five hundred years of cryogenic sleep, Mina Teague still seeks the trail of Rama Treadwell.Five years after her rebirth, she has a long-planned date with Javier Aritza, the Science Officer.He won't be there.In his place, a courier arrives with a mission for the Last Shepherd of The Word.Mina must now decide if she again chooses the Way of the Sword.The first story following the adventures of Wilhelmina Teague, after she leaves the ship and crew...

Lost.Abandoned behind enemy lines. On a captured, enemy vessel.Ensign Ulysses Fortier must figure out how to fix the damaged freighter he has taken command of, even though his people are severely outnumbered by the existing crew.And there is the cargo. Or rather, the alien slaves being transported.Uly has his work set out for him, forging three different crews into a single entity.When the pirates capture them, his challenges only escalate.Bu...

Javier lives quite happily on his long-range scout. Alone. Away from everyone, with his chickens, his fruit trees, and Suvi, an artificial intelligence who keeps him company and runs the ship.When space pirates attack Javier's ship, they get much more than they bargained for.Much more.Join Javier Aritza, a sarcastic and quirky hero, in The Science Officer, a fast-paced, adventurous science fiction novella. The first story in The Science Officer series. Be s...

In a world where Hitler’s Legions threaten everything, the most beautiful woman in the world gives up Hollywood for a team of British commandos and a genius scientist’s clone in this alternative history spy thriller.Mad science and high stakes are merely the beginning of Agent Kiesler’s Secret War.