Adult Space Opera

The year is 2037. The Earth is about to be destroyed along with the human race. Fortunately, Aaden’s father is an astronaut. Unfortunately, Aaden’s family is not on the planet’s escape list. With only two weeks before Mercury blasts through the Earth, the Prescott family must travel by foot to the Ophir mountains in Utah where a space plane is waiting. They must hide themselves within the plane’s walls and escape Earth before it’s too late.

Elele is about to meet her god. She’s about to be elevated to the highest evolved form of her species. Even as she prepares to step before the most powerful entity in the universe, she refuses to confess her secret. She doesn’t want to change. However, the only thing worse than changing, would be failing to transform. Those who don’t evolve are regarded as Ketz, forsaken. Her faith demands she go through the ceremony, but she’s torn between her desire to keep the life she’s known, and what happens to those Seferam who don’t become Var’lechen.

"Ihm wurde heiß. Der Anzug fühlte sich viel zu eng an. Der Sauerstoff schien knapp zu werden. Sein Puls raste. Ari rutschte auf dem Sitz hin und her. Und dann... begann das Raumschiff zu beben." Die Reise beginnt! Aber die Hintergründe der Mission werden immer mysteriöser. Wer liegt in der geheimen Kapsel an Bord des Raumschiffes? Und warum wacht Ari während der Reise auf, obwohl er mehrere Jahrhunderte hätte schlafen sollen? Schnell merkt er, dass nicht nur seine Schlafkapsel geöffnet wurde.

Grady has led a serene and perfect life within the Compounds, self-sustaining living units that are sealed off from the rest of the world. His existence has been comfortable, having never wanted or desired anything that wasn't provided for him. All of that is about to change.

This short story is one of those things that literally took a village to accomplish. From bouncing around ideas to coming up with the characters to listening to me ramble on and on and on about it. In itself, it is a fun little piece that the author fell in love with while trying to flesh out a few of the main characters of his fLUX Runners series.

Operative Jena Morane is the kind of Justice Keeper who can't resist the urge to poke her nose where it doesn't belong. Bored with her current assignment, she flies off to investigate strange readings from a neighboring star system. But something is lurking in deep space, and what she finds there will haunt her until the day she dies.

Starwing engineer Skye is used to taking on dangerous engineering missions that others turn away, but when she's assigned a rescue mission on a remote research colony following an alien attack, her engineering abilities are put to the ultimate test. As the only Starwing presence in the sector, it's up to Skye to use her engineering abilities to face the unknown alien threat and solve the mysteries at Fori Research Facility.

Rory Kovax's life could use a little sprucing up. But lately, his choice of clients has left a really bad taste in his mouth, and lots of bumps and bruises on the rest of his considerable anatomy. Ahh, life as a P.I....