Steven A. Hall

BOOK 2 OF THE CONTINUUM (the Osirians return to our universe) Am-mit, has seized the Busiris throne and made himself the absolute ruler of an entire universe. Foremost among Am-mit's evil host is, Isis, a power hungry Admiral - every inch as cruel as Am-mit. Isis has pursued the insurgent leader, Neter, into this universe. Isis has been here before and her technology is millennia ahead of ours. The Armageddon which has just completed repairs inadvertently intercepts Isis and incurs her wrath. It will take a miracle to save Dagon Kepler and his crew.

(Book 1) Charged with the future planning of their country, the shadowy, all-powerful, Baka Aho Manuke have plotted a course that has carried Japan from the ashes of defeat to the very pinnacle of industrial power. But now economic might isn't enough. There are those want to bring back the old days of Japan's military glory. Kokoro, is a story of espionage, betrayal and murder. The year is 1986, and someone is attempting to tap into the heart of the NFSNET and siphon away U.S. military secrets. The evidence points toward the Pacific Rim, and CIA agent Mark Edwards is sent undercover to investigate. Edwards soon finds himself enmeshed in the murky world of Japan's post-war planners. All of Mark's formidable martial arts skills may not be enough to save him, and the woman he loves

BOOK 1 OF THE CONTINUUM (Maiden voyage of the Armageddon) The Armageddon has the huge-ship, sweeping panorama, feeling of Battlestar Galactica, as well as the tense bridge scenes which became the hallmark of Star Trek. However, unlike either of those works. The Armageddon gives us as much a view of the aliens as it does the humans. Indeed, you just might come away from this book liking the Hykonian Admiral, Algol. If so, it's not an accident - there's no rule that only humans can be heroes.

PROLOGUE TO THE CONTINUUM (The beginning of the Hykonian wars) The year is 6700 A.D. and a disarmed and disillusioned human race is lost in stagnation. Yet, there are a few humans in whom the primitive flame still burns. The ISMU miners sail the uncharted waters of their time. They are a rough crude lot governed only by the dictates of their union. The Diva is an ISMU superminer and her captain is Raef Maclear. Somewhere near the M31 galaxy, Raef Maclear will meet the Hykonians and find himself the last hope of the human race.