This berg has balls and they bite.Spaceberg arrives without warning. As big as Jupiter and oh-so-deadly, it tears through the outer solar system, obliterating ships, colonies, and hope.Orbital Rescue Squad 51 is first on the scene, led by the Sol System's most decorated first responder, Nikili Echols. She's determined to save lives, protect worlds, and rescue her daughter before time runs out.Unfortunately, she has to team up with her ex-husband. Hi...

In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. This is the third book in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure.To realize his dream, to build Pardeep Station into a top world, a destination all Backworlders want to come to, Craze makes the best use of a weapon left behind by the Foreworlders. The dastardly technology helps him to forge advantageous trades, which improves his situation on th...

The last soldier's last stand.Alone. Leda is the last living member of the brigade, the sole defender of her world. War took everyone she knew, leaving her in the company of memories and ghosts. Or is it madness? The siren blares. The enemy is coming. Or is it? The approaching vessel isn’t a friendly design, but it answers with the correct code. Leda must figure out whether the arrival is reinforcements or the final assault. In an aging flyer, she ventures out to meet her world’s f...

With the rift closed for the season and no more monsters to fight, Daelin Long gets bored as librarian in the podunk town of Settler, Oregon. A job interview and her brother's arrival present a tempting opportunity to escape, until her brother and her best friend, a ghost, disappear.While Daelin searches for them, more mysteries pile up: dead people coming back to life, portraits of the town founders replaced with strange white trees, and people on the other side of the rift return...

Some truths are better left unfound.In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. This is the fourth book in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure.For two years Craze's dear friend, Lepsi, has been missing. The murmurings of a haunted spaceship might be a message and may mean his old pal isn't dead. The possibility spurs Craze and Captain Talos into space to uncharted worlds. Searc...

The Backworlds Books 1, 2, and 3: The Backworlds, Stopover at the Backworlds' Edge, and Boomtown Craze.In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. This set contains the first 3 novels in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure.The BackworldsAfter the war with the Foreworlders, Backworlders scatter across the remaining planets. Competition i...

Interstellar journeys. Epic battles. Articial Intelligence longing for meaning. Life as we know it, ending...Sci-Fi Bridge is thrilled to present its first collection from bestselling authors and newly emerging writers. These stories span the near and far future. They transport you to worlds unknown. They examine today's fears amid tomorrow's technologies. From the far corners of the galaxy to the inner reaches of the human heart, the exciting stories in At the Helm will thrill, in...

Nothing sane travels the starway. Today it brings disaster.In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. This is the second book in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure.Revenge is on Craze's mind. He chews on it every day along with the relentless dust on Pardeep Station. He dreams of grander wealth, enough to make his father choke.That's the dream consuming him when the i...

Rogue versus world. Who will win? New planets, hidden lands, and places no one would dare dream of arise from the elements of earth, air, fire, and water. Visions of the future where we verge on extinction and only daring can forge hope. Alternative realms on Earth lead to darkness. The Rogue Element is: “Patchworker 2.0”, “Corrosive”, “The Vagaries of Eloise Stanton”, and “The Wallows.”Patchworker 2.0: Humanity is forced to live in domed cities as foul as...

A junction erupts between the worlds in Settler, Oregon, a rift from which horrors attack our world. The Rifters defend us.To trust unquestioningly is the first lesson Daelin Long must learn as the newest Initiate of the Rifters.Her first day is a disaster. She stands on a deserted street in a town smaller than a city district, courting killer rocks from another world with her ancestor from the Revolutionary War. Normal no longer exists.While she struggles, Earl Bla...

A science fiction novella by the best-selling author of the Backworlds series.In a hidden lab on the icy moon of Triton, Mahda and the Montags prepare to wage war against Bowman, the AI that rules over Earth. Bowman controls humanity's every move, dictating their lives under the guise of restoring the planet and ensuring survival. But for Mahda, it's personal—her baby brother died because of Bowman's cold directives, and now she's out for revenge.As Mahda races to ...

The journey into adulthood is stranger than she expects.Graduating from community college, Hetty Locklear hopes for a new life. Her diploma doesn't change anything. She delves deeper into her nerd-girl fantasy where she's the savior of a dying ancient galactic race. When she's not role playing in the game world she created, she's still stuck working at the convenience store and doused in coffee stains. Her parents didn't bother to come home but manage to send her an invitation to j...