Blaze Ward - Books and biography

When Tessa and Last Stand get hired to inspect an old wreck for overlooked cargo, they find far more than they expected. Enough weapons to start a war. Or at least a revolution. But Tessa has been hired...

Spaceships break down. Suffer troubles. Hell, sometimes they just grow old and ornery. When Last Stand answers a distress signal in orbit, they step into more trouble than they expected, but that's never...

Lost. Abandoned behind enemy lines. On a captured, enemy vessel. Ensign Ulysses Fortier must figure out how to fix the damaged freighter he has taken command of, even though his people are severely outnumbered...

An anarchist assassin threatens all royal families, everywhere. Helpless, His Majesty's Government summons Augustus Dexter Derlyth, metaphysician and scoundrel to solve this trouble. They might be fighting...

A hidden map. A mystery that draws Suvi and Bethany into a deep conspiracy. An advanced starship, abandoned forever among the stars like a Flying Dutchman? Javier and the crew must race against their...

With Meerut secured, First Centurion Kosnett asks Dalou for permission to present the Captain of Morninghawk with the Republic Cross, at the Dalou capital. This sets in motion a chain of events that threatens...

Greyson solved the murder of the clone. Now a bigger conspiracy awaits. Out there, among the stars. Greyson and Rachel must travel to the homeworld of the Illymus Merchant Guild itself in pursuit of someone...

An Ewin attack on Meerut provoked First Centurion Kosnett to strike back. Boldly. Rudely, even. Now, he must travel to the heart of the Ewin Principalities and negotiate a new peace. Except that the King...

When a Salonnian spy threatens to publish a tell-all memoir, every spy agency around leaps into action. Some want to capture her. Some want to kill her. Handsome Rob wants to see how much damage she can...

One conspiracy solved, Joie faces an even greater problem: What happened to Romana Pham? With new allies and a new mission—even a new lease on life—Captain Daring is back, and deadlier than ever. Will...

Daniel still doesn't understand why he lives, but the Commander won't allow him to die, so he still has a purpose. And a book in a language nobody recognizes.Kathra welcomes the first alien into her comitatus,...

A surprise arrest sends Handsome Rob, Assassin, off planet after one of the worst arms smugglers known. But he needs a team for this, so Mac comes with him. How deep into their cover identities will they...

Valentinian tries to do the right thing, for the clients who hire his spaceship for charter, for his mysterious new crewman Dave, as well as for the variants and aliens he deals with past the worlds in...

An assassin barely misses killing Greyson and Rachel, but the Metropolitan puts him on the case anyway. However, the conspiracy runs deeper and more twisted with every clue. Greyson risks spilling his...

Having won, Javier sets out to explore the larger galaxy and maybe avoid the Concord until they get a little less pissed off. But he'll need friends. So he goes looking. A new adventure awaits you with...

Brasilia. Capital of the Rio Alliance. Nest of bureaucrats, thieves, and liars. Lazarus and Eha must plunge into that mess and try to find the alliances they need to fight the Innruld. Meanwhile, Addison...

It takes more than just moxie to write good space opera these days. Readers have grown sophisticated (read: jaded) and will pick things apart for the slightest things.Further, as my mentors remind me,...

A dark and violent future awaits us, when technology run rampant threatens the planet and the people. When money divides us into Haves and Have-nots. When life proves cheap and danger lurks around every...

Lazarus returns to Innruld Space with new allies. He must find a way to prevent Westphalia from gaining a toehold that would let them conquer all these species and maybe the entire galaxy.Eha and the...

Already famous for accidentally discovering clues of the elder race, Fairchild still just wants to fly.Until a chance encounter on the planet Biysk upends the entire galaxy.Cute, little dragons that live...

The American Satans destroyed the world before Yasmin was even born: first the Oil Wars, which led to the Water Wars, and eventually, the Green Wars. Only a few hidden cities survive in Persia's radioactive...

In Media Res. Latin for 'into the middle of things.'Not every story has to start with a long, slow brain-dump of world-building to establish setting. Many modern readers will put the book down and walk...

The Domain of Yaumgan live quiet, contemplative lives in the back corner of the Balhee Cluster. However, under that calm facade lurk ancient and terrible secrets that must be dealt with, when their past...

Marcus works for the US government as a professional assassin. Until he becomes the target. Betrayed on all sides, Marcus must disappear, all the while wondering why his bosses ordered him to kill a US...

Auntie just wants a day off. No systems to fix. Nobody breathing her air. Then she runs into the most interesting gentleman in a pub, and finds out just how dangerous love can be. Book Four of the Last...

Nathaniel got away from Pacific Force in the end. Now, he's back in business and ready to take on the world. The only problem? The man who hires him is insane—intent on destroying the entire world. Only...

Javier schraubt immer noch an seinen Maschinen herum und kümmert sich um seinen Garten und seine Hühner, obwohl er als Sklave auf dem Schiff einer Horde von Piraten gefangen gehalten wird. Die gerade...

Valentinian's latest charter—hauling an all-girl-band back and forth across the Dominion—promises to launch his long-haul dream. Only a few worries about the shadowy past of his newest crewman. Maybe...

Valentinian won a treasure map in a crooked card game. Its call brings him back to the planet Kryuome.There, he and the crew must outsmart the locals, the mutants, as well as the Widow aboard her new...

The Widow never rests. She takes the ship Dominion-427 across the galaxy to chase down her ex-husband and his friends.Athanasia and Glaxu duel on far-flung planets, and double-cross one another again...