Ell Leigh Clarke

Sometimes, it doesn't pay to get out of bed in the morning.For Giles Kurns, he is ready to not only get out of bed, but ready to get back into the field and start tracking a new lead for a relic the Federation wants.Unfortunately, When he and Arlene come close to the potential lead, they find a complication in the ship, and a world that has their own problems.Problems Giles believes he can help solve.The only problem is Giles will have to get his hands dirty to accomplish the impossible...

Giles is a roguish space archeologist. And a good one too. The problem? He's addicted to adventure. When the continued existence of his whole world is thrown into jeopardy, Professor Giles Kurns may well have to face his biggest challenge yet...Growing up. Together with an old war ship, an old frienemy, and a rather spunky AI, he embarks on a high stakes journey of intrigue to uncover the truth about the Ascension Myth.Will they solve the riddle of the strange but powerful talismans before it's too late?If you like fun, Indiana Jones-like adventures you'll love this series because it is a smart, hilarious, swashbuckling romp in space with characters you'll just want to take home with you.

When Nickie receives a plea for help she does what any young rebel on a sabbatical would do.She Ignores it. Little does she know quite who and what happen to follow the message. One volcanic labyrinth, a rock monster, and a hike with a new team later she finds herself on a new mission of her own. And this time, she has no idea what's in store for her. Meanwhile her Aunt Tabitha's diary tells the tales of escapades that serve as lessons and warnings about allowing ones' preconceptions to flavor Tabitha's assumptions.For Hirotoshi and Ryu, it's a full time job to keep Ranger 2 on the straight and narrow while not rounding up the one alien Tabitha is absolutely positive is responsible.Plus, there are fights. Because, with Tabitha around, there are always fights.

When Nickie accidentally activates her special functions and finds herself with a stolen ship full of hostile Skaine, she has no choice but to figure out what to do with the cards she has been dealt.A by-product of her activation, her internal computer system also finds her Aunt Tabitha's diary in her memory banks. In these accounts, Nickie finds a long-desired link back to her favorite aunt, whose recounted stories help them both to accept the trauma they've survived.Join Nickie, and The Kurtherian Gambit's original Ranger 2, Tabitha, on a rip-roaring, bar brawling adventure to save the frontier from slavery, arms dealing and the 'Skaine' of the universe.

Can you ever really go home again?Nickie's seven year sabbatical is up.Having dragged herself back from rock bottom to find that she was always the Grimes she denied, Nickie must overcome the most painful obstacle of all.Reconnecting with her family.Nickie's outright refusal was to be expected. However, her family are done waiting and she is dragged right into the family drama.Problem is, her family drama is an intergalactic war.Add in a new business, a potential love interest, and a ton of faces from the past - not to mention Barnabas' seeming dedication to making her life difficult, and Nickie is left with no choice but to give in to her destiny or give up the fight for good.Stay in the shadows, or find her resolution?The time has come for Nickie to decide.

When Nickie follows Prince Prissy-Pants to a random, isolated location in space, what she discovers leaves her reeling. And cussing... In the way that only Nickie can. One thing leads to another and she ends up on a mission to save a whole system from chaos. Unfortunately restoring order depends on her ability to deal with two royal sisters - each battling it out for the crown. Each for their own deeply personal reasons.Tabitha is thinking of her very young niece, and what led up to the fateful moment of her third birthday.Would she be able to handle the operations Barnabas gave her, and make it back in time?Or would the job of Rangering take her out of the area for too long, and crush the little girl's heart?Can Nickie learn from her Aunt's stories, and resolve the dispute? Will she have to make the hardest choice of all - for the sake of the system? What will she choose for her own future?

Returning to find most of the colony slaughtered, Nickie flies into a rampage and goes off to kill the Skaines who did this. Then, at her darkest hour, she learns a valuable lesson about herself, and the true nature of retribution.Meanwhile, her Aunt Tabitha works on her own unique methods for cleaning up the universe. With Ryu beside her, she mis-adventures herself and her Tontos through the seedy underside of Karkat to get their man.In the end, she also has to admit to what she learned alongside 'Ryotoshi.'Join Nickie, and The Kurtherian Gambit's original Ranger Two, Tabitha, on a rip-roaring, bar-brawling adventure to save the frontier from slavery, arms dealing and the Skaines of the universe.

It's dark outside, but hope will not be defeated.Michael, Akio, Yuko and the rest are searching for the pieces necessary to put together a craft which Michael hopes will take him to Bethany Anne.But first, there are idiots in his way, seeking the same parts and intend to take them.By force.The challenge is they will find out what 'force' truly means when they dare to go up against the Dark Messiah.One way or another, Michael will get back to Bethany Anne.Download and read the finish to The Second Dark Ages today

Michael continues to work to fulfill the promise to his love, but the world isn't the same place.Now, there is a mistake he made centuries in the past walking around he needs to rectify.To complicate matters, there is a group out of England believing Michael's blood will be just what they need for their business. While they get nasty Vampires off the street at the same time.Further, the effort to pull together the Sacred Clan's ship parts are starting to come together.Unfortunately, no one wishes to give Michael and his new family any help.What is a man with a hair problem supposed to do?Michael has his own brand of justice, and this world now understands the Patriarch is back.Nothing will be the same.