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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Coming 3/10/2026!When space gets messy, only Squad 51 can clean it up.Fresh off the success of Spaceberg, Chief Nikili Echols is ready for her next challenge. Tasked with launching the Disaster Aversion Team on Rhea, she's determined to protect the Sol while mending her relationship with her genius daughter.Relocating to the Inner Sol comes with a few bumps, but everything goes off the rails when Rhea faces a doozy...

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...

Coming 5/12/2026!Warning: This disaster may alter your perception of reality.In the far reaches of the solar system, where the Oort Cloud meets the Kuiper Belt, humanity's first deep-space exploration vessel, the Earhart, encounters a threat it can't identify.Before her daughter boarded humanity's first deep-space mission, Nikili Echols says the one thing a mother should never say. Now Saverna is millions of miles away, fur...

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 first shot of a new war echoes through the galaxy. Craze has high hopes for what the alliance with an old enemy, the Foreworlds, will do to defeat a worse enemy, the Quassers.The test of a highly-advanced weapon, created by the efforts of the alliance, pushes tensions over the brink and kills thousands. To make it worse, the Foreworld ambassador is keeping secrets.Conventional warfare against the Quassers isn't working, and if the alliance ends, Craze has become the mos...

In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. This is the fifth book in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure.War is coming. A horde of merciless aliens poise just beyond the Edge. In a matter of weeks they will devour the worlds.Racing ahead of the apocalypse, Craze returns to the Backworlds to warn them and plan a defense. Only he can't go home. Banned from Pardeep Station, he mu...

In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. This is the sixth book in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure.The Backworlds hang by a Quantum string, a thread about to snap. Annihilation is coming if Craze can't stop it.The genocidal alien he had trapped breaks free, destroying a ship belonging to the Backworlds' oldest enemy, the Fo'wo's. The murderous alien...