Dean Wesley Smith

Starships in all their glory FTL drive, microgravity or stargates. Trapped, stranded or moving from place to place. Warships, space shuttles, generation ships. Shipwrecks, transports, intergalactic accidents.Humor and drama across the Milky Way and beyond 10 stories of starships and their crews."Stellar Darkness Adrift " by Meyari McFarland"Murphy's Law" by Douglas Smith"The Darkest Void of Space" by Lesley L. Smith"Sunlit Dispositions" by Jason Adams"Solitary Man" by Russ Crossley"Starship Pilot" by Barbara G.Tarn"Mozart Brown" by Fulvio Gatti"Bi-Quinary Search" by Gerald M. Weinberg"Boudreaux" by Ezekiel James Boston"Dreaming Large" by Dean Wesley Smith

When a contract comes in on another assassin, Mary Jo must discover why. Assassins don't kill assassins. With four ancient-order assassins working together, anything becomes possible. Sex, murder, and diamonds. And pretty much in that order. Only Mary Jo Assassin can deliver all three with a smile and a vodka orange juice drink in her hand.

USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith takes to the links with his latest fast-paced thriller. Seattle detectives Craig and Bonnie Frakes want nothing more than to enjoy each other's company and their golf vacation in Scottsdale. They need the rest. But their vacation plans take a sudden turn when they overhear a conversation between two men plotting a murder-the murder of someone very powerful. Outside their jurisdiction and unsure whom to trust, the Frakes must plan each move of their investigation carefully-or risk multiple lives, including their own. "Dean Wesley Smith does for poker what James Patterson does for serial killers." -Sheldon McArthur, former owner of Mysterious Books in Los Angeles, on Dead Money " An] exhilarating political poker thriller." -Midwest Book Review on Dead Money

Poker: a high-stakes, deadly serious professional sport. Doc Hill knows all too well the risks involved with the sport. Or so he thinks. But when one of the greatest poker players of all time dies, the stakes rise even higher. Doc must solve an increasingly frightening series of murders-and win the biggest tournament of his career-before he finds himself forced to fold his cards for good. A fast-paced thriller that delves deep into the enticing world of high-stakes poker, Dead Money raises the risk of the political thriller to create an exciting new genre-political poker thriller. "Dean Wesley Smith does for poker what James Patterson does for serial killers." -Sheldon McArthur, former owner of Mysterious Books in Los Angeles " An] exhilarating political poker thriller." -Midwest Book Review

1866: Jimmy Gray's parents killed by an evil man, Jimmy's brother wounded, the family treasure in the form of a gold mine deed stolen. Jimmy finds himself alone and facing a deadly journey west to track and find the man who killed his parents. Can Jimmy, his first time out of the big eastern cities, learn the ways of the West fast enough to stay alive? Maybe with a little help from some friends.

USA Today bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith takes us on a thrill-ride adventure in some of the world's most exotic places. In search of his missing father, Danny Hawk must survive against all odds and a long way from home. In 1970, Egypt breeds danger for Hawk and his friends. Hawk's only hope to find his father rests in staying alive and ahead of the dangerous men chasing him. Sometimes only a half-step ahead.