One slave. One ship. One chance for freedom.To the Empire, the ship was just another derelict booby-trapped wreck. To Jess, a young slave, it was a death sentence. But the ship had other plans.When Jess takes the pilot’s seat, the ancient vessel awakens - a powerful, self-aware craft lost to legend. Seizing the moment, Jess escapes Imperial control and vanishes into the stars.Now he’s on the run in a ship that shouldn’t exist, hunted by a ruthless e...

Hunted by a powerful Imperial fleet and with his friends infected by the Taint, Jess has only one place to turn… the homeworld of his remarkable ship, the Wanderer.But his journey will reveal far more than just the Wanderer’s origins - and both the Empire and the Taint are ready to strike at any moment.Jess expects to learn how things began. What he discovers reveals how the universe may end… an end which has already begun.Wanderer - Origins...

Seventeen SciFi & Fantasy short stories packed with wonder and adventure.- Uncover the chilling consequences of breaking a Blood Debt- Unravel the secrets of FTL travel in a muddy field.- Face the terror of… trees! No, really!Prepare to be transported to realms where the ordinary becomes extraordinary, and where the boundaries of reality are shattered.If you crave exhilarating escapades and unforgettable characters, this is the...

What is left when the darkness is burnt from a vampire? Nothing but ashes normally, but if the vampire has refused to feed then something amazing remains. Something not seen in thousands of years.A chance encounter leaves Daniel in just that position. With no memories of who he once was, and powers he barely understands, can he survive in a world where all magical powers are viewed as a sign of darkness? Can he convince others that he is free from evil?And ...

Kaira isn’t dead.That’s… unexpected. She thought she’d sacrificed herself to save Tarkus - but somehow, he’s kept her alive. For now.The devices inside her are still tearing her apart, and Tarkus has only managed to slow them down.A cure exists - but the only ones who know how to deliver it are the same corporation that created the horrors now killing her.They’ll help… for a price.They need a job done - one that only a pilot with Tar...

Running saved their lives. It may doom the universe.The Wanderer’s escape has pushed the Empire too far. Now Jess and his crew are being hunted with relentless precision - and their only path to freedom leads through a narrow corridor of space under tight Imperial control.Outgunned and outnumbered, the crew must thread a deadly needle, evading overwhelming Imperial forces. But beyond the bottleneck, the stars are not as they should be. Imperial fleets are s...

She dreams of travelling the stars… but she’ll be killed if she tries!All her life Jenna has strived to reach the Tagrale, the gateway to the stars, but if she does she’ll be executed for a crime someone else committed.For hundreds of generations scientists have tried to reactivate the Tagrale and escape the Sironus system. All have failed. Since childhood Jenna dreamed of being the one to unlock the puzzle, but how can she if she can’t even go near it with...

Don't. Get. Caught.The only thing worse than fighting a Hellship, powerful starships controlled by entities of pure evil, is being captured by one!Drake’s sister was taken by the hellship Azimuth, dooming her to a life of pain followed by an agonising death. Unless Drake can save her.Tales of his quest are told across hundreds of systems, but Drake doesn’t care. All he wants is to stop the Azimuth continuing with its reign of evil and keep his promi...

A thousand years of guilt can break anyone.Stormharbour is safe. For now.PradCorp can no longer crush the rebellion with overwhelming force, so they turn to other weapons. More subtle weapons. And one truly terrible weapon.A weapon which first needs a test. One which will also flush out another thorn in the Corporation's side. A weapon the Wanderer can't stop - but that won't stop Kaira and Tarkus from trying.But not all threats come from we...

Jenna spent her entire life wanting to travel to new star systems…...now she has, and it’s likely to be the death of her.When a Tagrale activated in the Sironus system for the first time in thousands of years, Jenna sent her ship through... despite the ship being sabotaged, those who wanted her dead having just gone through, and having no idea at all where it would take her.It was an impulsive decision, one she may regret it for the...

Hunted for information he doesn’t have, Drake’s only option is to run.Drake is used to being the hunter, not the hunted. He spends his time destroying hellships, not fleeing from humans. But everything has changed now.The Phoenix Conglomerate and the most feared pirate across a thousand systems are both convinced Drake has learnt the secret of how hellships are created… and both want that prize.So, Drake and the Dagger’s crew must run, and Drake is ...

The worst has happened. Drake has failed his crew. They don’t know it yet, but they will soon… and when they find out things will get ugly!As if wrestling with the life-changing disaster he’s inflicted on his crew isn’t enough, he still has the Phoenix Conglomerate and a powerful pirate fleet both pursuing him and the Dagger.Both know the crystal in his possession is linked to bringing new hellships into existence. He would rather die than let either get th...