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Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse: Book One of Sherlock Holmes: Gentleman Aegis
Stephanie Osborn
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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IS SOMEONE TRYING TO KILL MARY RAO? Captain Mary Rao, Jablonka's planetary tactical officer, seems to be under the gun from all angles, but neither the Sigurdsen Base military police nor the counter-intelligence investigations personnel believes that it's anything more than a confluence of accidents. Lieutenant William Campbell of the CSF Intelligence Division believes differently. What he doesn't know is who or why. And if he can't figure it out soon, he could die with her.
All Nick Ashton ever wanted to be was a good cop Dominick Ashton is a rookie cop in the headquarters of Her Majesty's Imperial Police. Unfortunately, in an Empire full of corruption, treason, and upheaval, that's one of the most corrupt organizations of them all. But Ashton is a straight shooter. Can he do the job he's trained to do without perverting his honor, or will crooked cops take him out instead? And what will happen when he's called upon to solve a case for the Empress herself? AN INTERVIEW WITH STEPHANIE OSBORNEMPIRE: Imperial Police runs parallel to EMPIRE: Usurper and EMPIRE: Tyrant? Yes. Dominick Ashton has always dreamed of being a detective. He graduates the Imperial Police Academy late in the reign of Ilithyia I, only to find that IPD Headquarters is corrupt. The Imperial Police Trilogy parallels the first six main-plot EMPIRE books, and the end of the trilogy will lead into the next main-plot EMPIRE book. This is another trilogy? Yes. The EMPIRE series is all trilogies. It allows for more story development and more epic story arcs. In this case, it follows Nick Ashton through his entire career in the Imperial Police, with the changes in the Empire as backdrop to the story. This is your second outing in one of Rich Weyand's universes. You seem to enjoy working with him. He and I get along great. He's easy to work with, a great writer, and comes up with some really cool universes and characters. I like his writing in general, and the stories get me caught up in them. It's fun for me to write in them. We both have science backgrounds, we're politically compatible, we both write fast, and we're both pantsers - we don't use outlines. So I don't have to give him an outline for approval. We plotstorm, where we come up with the basic plot concept for the story arc, then he turns me loose. I try to double-check with him before making any big decisions, though. But the really cool thing is, HE LETS ME USE HIS MAIN CHARACTERS A lot of authors don't let you do that if you're writing in their universe, but Rich does. That means these aren't just side stories, these are part of the big picture, just told from the parallel perspective of a different character. Nick Ashton is the protagonist of this trilogy, yes, but he does interact with the main characters of Rich's trilogies - Bobby, Dee, Amanda, and Saaret. That makes it even more special. So Rich has a light editorial touch? He seems like the sort of person who might be more controlling. Nah. He knows I recognize my responsibility in writing in his universe. I'm honored he trusts me with that responsibility. He doesn't interfere at all. Quite the opposite - every few days I'm bugging him about some idea that I've had, wanting to make sure I remember this or that correctly, or "where is X in the timeline/books?" I want to make sure I am as true to the universe and the characters and HIS vision as I can possibly be. He's drawn me maps from scratch based on what's in his head, hunted up photos to depict what something looks like, all kinds of stuff like that. And then he lets me write it as I see it happening. How long did it take to write EMPIRE: Imperial Police? This book is heavily intertwined with the previous books, particularly EMPIRE: Usurper & EMPIRE: Tyrant. I realized partway into it that I was thinking about the book wrong. It didn't have tension, didn't have drama, because I was thinking about what had come before -- so I had to go back and rethink it. I rewrote some stuff, and came at my plot concept from a different angle. And then it worked. So that added about a month extra, at least a week of which was just thinking. So all told, about three months. Is there an EMPIRE trilogy after the Imperial Police trilogy? Rich is writing The Legacy of Trajan trilogy. After that, he and I are talking about two more trilogies
Is it paranoia if they really are out to get you? Cleaning up the Imperial Police on Sintar turns out to be harder than Nick Ashton thought, when surviving members of the "old guard" infiltrate Headquarters and conspire to kill him and Director Carter in order to take over. But is one of their trusted number part of the conspiracy? Who can they trust? Meanwhile, tensions are rising between other star nations and the Sintaran Empire, and the focal point is Imperial City. Can Ashton and the others eliminate the conspirators before they're eliminated? And can they do it in time to aid the Emperor?
If you can't stand the heat.... All hell is breaking loose between the Sintaran Empire and the other space nations. Which means Imperial City is a hotbed of the espionage, intrigue and machinations spanning most of human space. Nick Ashton is the guy where the buck stops. But can he and his team prevent the other star nations from making off with state secrets? And who's targeting the Throne?
The Case of the Cosmological Killer: Endings and Beginnings
Stephanie Osborn
Enigma House Press
2018
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After the revelations in The Rendlesham Incident, Holmes and Skye find they have not one, but two, very serious problems facing them. Not only did their "UFO victim" most emphatically NOT die from a close encounter, he was dying twice over - from completely unrelated causes. Holmes must now find the murderers before they find the secret of the McFarlane farm. And to add to their problems, another continuum - containing another Skye and Holmes - has approached Skye for help to stop the collapse of their own spacetime, a collapse that could take Skye with it, should she happen to be in their tesseract core when it occurs.The Case of the Cosmological Killer: Endings and Beginnings is the fourth book in an exciting and popular science fiction and mystery series.
The Case of the Cosmological Killer: The Rendlesham Incident
Stephanie Osborn
Enigma House Press
2018
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In 1980, RAF Bentwaters and Woodbridge were plagued by UFO sightings that were never solved. Now a resident of Suffolk has died of fright during a new UFO encounter. On holiday in London, Sherlock Holmes and Skye Chadwick-Holmes are called upon by Her Majesty's Secret Service to investigate the death. What is the UFO? Why does Skye find it familiar? Who - or what - killed McFarlane? And how can the pair do what even Her Majesty's Secret Service could not? The Case of the Cosmological Killer: The Rendlesham Incident is the third book in an exciting and popular science fiction and mystery series.
After returning the healer Doron to his homeworld of Edeptis, Echo takes Omega on a training run to make her a Pan-Galactic Coalition-certified starship pilot--celestial navigation, extra-vehicular activity, emergency repair, planetary surveys, you name it. And he secretly delights in seeing Omega's joy at finally fulfilling a childhood dream. But when the Cortians show on the scene, intending to take Alpha One into custody for crimes against the Cortian Amalgam, the resulting space dogfight severely damages the Trojan Horse, causing it to crash on a primitive protoplanet. Both Echo and Omega are badly injured, and it will take both of them working together to survive in the wreckage, while more Cortian vessels search for them overhead, and Fox and the rest of Alpha Line try to fight their way through to rescue their friends and colleagues.
It finally happened -- Echo asked Omega on a date. And she said yes. So he pulls out all the stops, and takes her to her favorite Broadway show...only to discover that Alpha One is never truly off-duty. For when he introduces Omega to an old friend, the show's star, they find art imitating life, and a dangerous entity plagues the theater. And since the cast and crew have a high percentage of offworlders, and the entity may not be from Earth, it falls under Division One's authority.Alpha One must go undercover as a Broadway diva and her manager boyfriend in order to bring to light what's really going on. But the situation is complicated by the fact that Echo is trying hard to become Omega's significant other for real. Except Omega hasn't gotten over the stalking and rape attempt from scant days previous, let alone the biochemical 'programming' that old enemy Slug inserted into her, trying to force her into her stalker's arms. So Alpha One is not only fighting the mysterious 'phantom, ' but Omega's mental and emotional state, as PTSD and exhaustion threaten to overwhelm the female Agent.But is the entity really after the show's leads...or have Echo and Omega been suckered in?
Two galaxies will go to war--if Fox can't save Chairbeing Entiyti from assassins.While Alpha One handles a Nazi zombie apocalypse, an assassin squad catches the Galactic Coalition President by surprise, leaving him at death's door. Director Fox rushes to his old friend's side, leaving Echo in charge of the Division.But when the belligerent Persis Federation arrives from the Andromeda Galaxy, the Ennead orders Alpha One on the tricky first-contact mission, hoping to avert intergalactic war. Unfortunately, the Persan premier chooses Omega as his newest concubine, leaving Echo trapped between love and morality, and duty and orders.On Earth, Ennead member Ordik Adita co-opts the Division directorship, revamping standard procedures, and enforcing his rule with an iron fist. A coup seems in progress.The question is...how big is it?
If Division One can't find Omega, Echo will die. When Alpha One sets out to rescue a NASA mission before catastrophe strikes, all hell breaks loose. But galactic medicine can save Echo...or can it?
When Alpha One crosses paths with a Cortian slave ring, Echo becomes their next target. But can Omega find him before he's sold as a slave...or worse?