Kirjahaku

A man on a journey, struggling to do the right thing. One woman looking for new worlds to conquer, and another trying to find her way back home. Tossed together by fate, they must learn to trust each other or die.The universe is not as peaceful as the Reunification Commission pretends. Despite rumors of war and revolution, RuComm is sending out diplomats and scientists. They say it is a time for peace. For Ted Holloman, fresh from the RuComm Academy, it is a time of duty and service.Outbound from Earth, Ted has problems of his own. His best friend is in love with Wandering Star's linguist, a woman with gold flecks in her brown eyes. Too bad being in love is against RuComm policy and the ship's AI is always watching.Then there's the chaplain on her way to the Mission on Bodens Gate. When Ted looks into her cold, blue eyes, he sees more than a desire to serve God.Together, they must find a way to survive on Bodens Gate, where the government rules by terror and blood, and death is a simple thing that passes with shrugs more often than tears. Encouraging rebellion there might get them killed. Leading one certainly will. But for love, it might be the only choice.Book One of the Reunification Series. A story of adventure and romance set in a classic Sci-Fi universe.

A young woman seeks the truth about her family on a distant world, uncovering secrets that will lead the Interstellar Union into civil war and risk the lives of all who love her.Sometimes, doing nothing and waiting for the right time takes more courage than doing the wrong thing right away. But I can't do nothing. My parents lied to me. About everything. Now is my time. I'm going to Bodens Gate where all of it started, and I'm going to find the truth. About everything.I am brave. That's the lie I tell myself when the shaking starts deep inside and my body and mind curl inward from the terror that's waiting for me. My friends Winona and Sam hold me together. They're the only ones that can.I will fight the Tarakana that hide in the shadows, shifting shapes and feeding on us. No one believes the Tarakana exist, but they do. The one inside my mind is good. I call him Merrimac. The bad ones are tearing the Interstellar Union apart to feed on our pain. I'll stop them, even if they tear me apart while I'm doing it.

A reluctant young soldier must fight her way through hell to save the Interstellar Union and the man she loves.Mala Dusa Holloman pledged her life and sacred honor to the Union when she joined the Reunification Commission, but the Academy changed during her time there. No longer a center of scientific learning, it became a training ground for Earth's officers corps, its graduates destined for the front lines as conflict engulfs the Interstellar Union.The Tarakana are enabling the war. Alien, secretive, most are tearing the Union apart, feeding off human desire for blood and revenge. One Tarakana colony stands against them. Merrimac feeds on nobler emotions. Both sides are breeding humans for their own preferred traits. Mala Dusa and her lover, Samuel Coleridge, are Merrimac's latest generation, and their unborn child is just what the Tarakana want. All of the Tarakana.Merrimac has shown Mala Dusa many alternate futures, trying to coax her to his chosen path. In only one can she and Samuel survive after their child is born. The path is hazy, but they can live if she remembers the steps. One mistake could cost everything - their lives, their child, and humanity's future.

On the run from the Guild, the Union Marines, and a pirate captain looking for revenge, rescuing his crew is just the first step toward redemption.Captain Thomas Benson pushes cargo between worlds for the Trade Guild of the Most Serene Republic of Venice. His Gattino Alato is a small ship and the crew is tight. The cards turn over easy most days, and the memory of what he left behind is far away.Now the rebellion has dealt him a new hand. Privateers haunt the trade routes between planets still loyal to the Union. Tales of broken ships, stolen cargoes, and dead crews fill the Shipping News. His only protections are speed, luck, and the vast cold dark. But luck can run out and the Trade Guild is not forgiving of captains who lose their cargoes, especially not a container critical to the Union Aerospace Force.On the run from the Guild, the Union Marines, and a pirate captain looking for revenge, rescuing his crew is just the first step toward redemption. With the survival of the Union at stake, the cards have turned unfriendly and walking away from the game is no longer an option.You play the hand you're dealt. Anything else they call cheating.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of capital punishment in the Australian colonies for the very first time. The author illuminates all aspects of the penalty, from shortcomings in execution technique, to the behaviour of the dying criminal, and the antics of the scaffold crowd. Mercy rates, execution numbers, and capital crimes are explored alongside the transition from public to private executions and the push to abolish the death penalty completely. Notions of culture and communication freely pollinate within a conceptual framework of penal change that explains the many transformations the death penalty underwent. A vast array of sources are assembled into one compelling argument that shows how the ‘lesson’ of the gallows was to be safeguarded, refined, and improved at all costs. This concise and engaging work will be a lasting resource for students, scholars, and general readers who want an in-depth understanding of a long feared punishment.Dr. Steven Anderson is a Visiting Research Fellow in the History Department at The University of Adelaide, Australia. His academic research explores the role of capital punishment in the Australian colonies by situating developments in these jurisdictions within global contexts and conceptual debates.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of capital punishment in the Australian colonies for the very first time. The author illuminates all aspects of the penalty, from shortcomings in execution technique, to the behaviour of the dying criminal, and the antics of the scaffold crowd. Mercy rates, execution numbers, and capital crimes are explored alongside the transition from public to private executions and the push to abolish the death penalty completely. Notions of culture and communication freely pollinate within a conceptual framework of penal change that explains the many transformations the death penalty underwent. A vast array of sources are assembled into one compelling argument that shows how the ‘lesson’ of the gallows was to be safeguarded, refined, and improved at all costs. This concise and engaging work will be a lasting resource for students, scholars, and general readers who want an in-depth understanding of a long feared punishment.Dr. Steven Anderson is a Visiting Research Fellow in the History Department at The University of Adelaide, Australia. His academic research explores the role of capital punishment in the Australian colonies by situating developments in these jurisdictions within global contexts and conceptual debates.