Elir son of M'iva has dreams of rising above his station in life as a wanderer. When Elir is hired as a secretary to an eccentric old man, he winds up immersed in a twisted web of half-truths and insanity. A creature that is both healer and killer roams the night.Trapped and alone on a primitive planet, with her technology failing, can Diamond protect herself from a vengeful noble, while still shielding her heart from a passionate young suitor? With no access to the Link and people dying, will she lose her sanity and become a demon of legend?
Despite his deformities, Inspector Wlady Strath is the best. But in the middle of a case, an unidentified creature kills his only suspect. Strath and his investigation are soon caught between government security forces and insurgents. Wanting to protect his family, does the Inspector dare trust a strange woman who speaks a language only he can understand? Or will she lead him to his death?Lieutenant Keil is saddled with a dysfunctional cybernetic team and sent to a dying world to retrieve the last member of the Royal family. Poisoned by the environment and hunted by the government, Keil and her team are locked in an all-or-nothing race to rescue the last heir.
The Safe Haven Reserve was supposed to be a place where the remaining tribes could live in peace. The new head of the facility has turned it into a concentration camp.When Wynd and his classmates stumble across a band of the planets displaced natives, Wynd gets ideas on how the tribes can escape the facility. As the planet rips itself apart the mischievous group of friends try to keep the adults in the dark, while the Sav'ine race against time to keep everyone safe. Convincing the warden to open the gates to a safer home becomes impossible because she has secrets of her own.
The Sav'ine are dying.The Hives are crumbling from within, and the leaders are grasping for a solution. Ale'man is part of a desperate move. He hunts his own kind. Trained to be an unemotional ghost, he must seek out and assassinate those Stricken with a disease that is slowly infesting every Sav'ine. Each kill takes a part of himself, and his sanity. One step away from his own crash into the darkness, a cure is promised. Hidden within the genetic code of a single child. Can Ale'man find the remaining family member to complete the sequence and survive? Or will the Sav'ine disappear from the universe?
The youngest child of a corporate head, and a Sav'ine assassin, Pearl leads a squad of her own.Tasked with finding her father's clones, she must deal with her overbearing sister, ruthless clans, strange aliens, and family secrets that can literally tear worlds apart. But the Link that binds all Sav'ine together has more than one glitch forcing all to guard their minds.Could Pearl's newfound ability rip apart her squad and end the Sav'ine project?
On her way to a martial arts convention, Danielle Kane's plane crashes on an island in the Bermuda Triangle with cities trapped in time. She is furious to learn that on this island teetering on the brink of civil war, women are chattel. The sixteenth century Spaniards want to lock her in a tower. The fourteenth century pirates want to enslave her. The Inca Indians would worship her as a god. The World War Two soldiers aren't sure what to make of her. None of them are ready for a modern woman.
BoxersReal Men Don't WaxCinderella's clueless. Prince charming, he is not. But that's not going to keep one devil of a cat from having his happy ending.Join Mephistopheles as he tries to convince two people that their stars are well and truly crossed.Bast FantasyAn ancient race lives among us. They hide in the shadows. Some are benevolent, others not. For Edwin Cole, an ordinary college teacher, a chance encounter reveals both on the same night. Will a whole new life begin, or will it crush him beneath its claws?BriefsFirst contact, bored technicians, demented seniors, and murderous pets. Here are a few short stories to make you laugh and wonder about the furry creature staring back at you.
"Okay, so I am your backup.""No," she said. "You are bait."Raul Timberland was Mr. National Average until he hit rock bottom. Now he has an impulsive space monkey as copilot, a man-eating lizard for a security officer, and his criminal girlfriend could crush every bone in his body.Trapped on a disabled space station, can this group of oddballs elude a band of robbers willing to kill anyone that gets in their way? Or will the outside of the nearest airlock be the last thing that they see?
Erased from the system, Adam can't hold a job, have a bank account, or own a house. His digital identity is gone. He doesn't exist.He spends his days wandering the park, keeping three different street gangs from shooting up the neighborhood.When a good friend is nearly killed while investigating an accident that should not have been possible, the evidence points to a serial killer who uses technology as a weapon. With the police running at their wits end, Adam decides to track the killer. But can he stop them in time, or will he get caught in the crossfire?
A dark, forgotten demon is freed to stride the city streets once more, taking lives as it burns through one body after another. Josephine Chattoway, recently sold into marriage by an absent father, is escorted by her bohemian Aunt Sylvia to meet her erstwhile suitor. Along the way, she discovers the visions which have made her doubt her sanity for so long are real. They are also the key to unlocking powerful ancient protectors which will stand between a demon and countless innocent victims.With a plucky batch of gargoyles and a not-quite mad scientist, Josephine and Sylvia must fight for a city that doesn't even realize its plight, knowing that if the demon finds Josephine, hell will reign on earth.
