Training for the Dashell mission, Ed Linklater traipses through the deep Californian forests.Alone. Lost. Locator busted.Days from anywhere.Getting home safely looks like a distant hope.But when a strange...

Startled by an odd noise outside her farmhouse squat, Ruby goes to check it out. What she sees, thows her for a spin. Visiting Ambrose, a backwater town, Cole Wright enjoys the quiet pace of life. But...

On Io's icy surface, under the glare of Jupiter, Kerrison works on freeing up a sample tube. the research must go on. His hefty armored suit makes him pretty comfortable, even if his job as a technician...

An easy minder job, watching a dignitary's child, should be a simple payday for Flis Kupe and Grae Sinder. Sometimes their little investigations business needs the peace and quiet. Sometimes it needs...

On his last day alive, Gus Caleb sits alone in a bar. Quiet place. No problems. Until problems show up.Called to the Colston Ring, an alien artifact thousands of years old and inhabited by generations...

Exploring the alien rock pools on Kombya, a gorgeous, ocean-dominated planet, the little robot Tweezers patiently uncovers new snippets of data. The researchers encourage him. Tweezers performs with meticulous...

Charlie and Suze just want a quiet, relaxing hike through Crater Top park. A beautiful, tranquil and hidden in the mountains.Helping out with the park's trails, Cole Wright enjoys the change. The chance...

Toughing out life on Mars, Ciananti Burrows finds herself constantly repairing failing equipment and pushing research aside. But when new arrivals declare an issue with their landing vessel, all those...

Slate Wheels, North Dakota. The edge of winter. A flat landscape dusted with snow.Bound with rough rope, Brett Wilcox struggles to get free. One little mistake put him here.Not even his fault.Not really. Cole...

Captain Arlon Stoddard and his tireless crew patrol the spaceways. Unexplained deaths on the planet Hanshirr stretch the local investigators to their limits. Arlon and the crew find themselves in a race...

Jerome Miller lies in scorching, gritty sand, staring up out of the rugged ditch. Bleeding and broken. The start of a very bad day, for him. Cole Wright hitches into the town of Gollick, Arizona. Somewhere...

The mugging happens so fast that Marc barely has time to react. For Marc and Sonia, a trip to Spokane means visiting family, a little shopping and some eating out. Not having someone accost them in the...

Alice Briggs has a plan. Send a deep space probe farther out than any before.She knows how to do it, but faces blocks at every turn.When she meets Tink and Caroline—the sail builders—they make her big...

Sally loves hiking. She knows her way around and knows all the pitfalls and problems. She uses the best equipment. Caught by surprise, she injures her leg while out alone, forcing her to dig for new strength....

A Captain Arlon Stoddard Novelette Ortanide. A planet with a unique geography, a rich history and a strange political system.A political system that defies Captain Arlon Stoddard and his crew.Restrained...

A trip north of the border takes Cole Wright into the heart of snowbound Canada. Friendly people, vast distances, tough vehicles, isolation.When a breakdown looms, Wright finds himself caught in the white,...

Experienced Captain Ulliana Alvis loves skimming above the forty-five hundred kilometer stretch of the Tegh Sea. Her vessel the Mourave carries fifty passengers in safety and comfort. The calm of the...

Lieutenant Ione Anders of the Spokane Police Department stares at a blade jutting from one of the tires on her new issue vehicle.Looks like the start of another one of those days.A day that proves full...

Looking over the matted, sodden carpet in a rundown house in suburban Flagstaff, Jenn Fraser knows her old friend Ed is in trouble. Big trouble.Across town, Cole Wright relaxes after a day of exhausting...

On the frontier, Papa Paulie serves up the best clippercrab you can imagine. Vat grown, succulent and absolutely illegal.Always a good place for friends, to settle deals and for a good old fashioned feed.When...

Filled with exotic wonderful sights, Endemo ranks as one of the most mysterious worlds in all of Ao space. With some time off after the challenging events at the Great Wall, Matti-Jay and her crew pay...

In a dank bar, fifteen stories underground in planet Claredel's complex buried networks, Captain Arlon Stoddard finds himself facing a mountain-sized man.Bulging with muscle enhancements, and eyes laser-locked...

Out of place in the city, one of few humans among millions of aliens, Jaine Mar desperately searches for her brother.They have got him somewhere in the crystalline towers.To find him, she needs help....

A shell with brilliant striations. Golds and whites and purples. Perfectly in its setting on the calm, warm beach.Beautiful, intriguing.Beguiling, even.Lydia hardly expects the creature be dangerous.But...

Cody Wexland polices the galaxy, tracking down smugglers, pirates and brigands. Tough work. Even tougher breaking in a new team at the same time. The young group lacks experience, but they more than make...

Visiting distant planet Endemo, with its mysterious huge alien wall, Matti-Jay and the crew of the Blue Defender expect some quiet sightseeing. But with hidden secrets, the wall, and the locals seem impenetrable....

Cale loves the movies. Soda. Popcorn. Almost a ritual.Action, drama, romance, arthouse. He has eclectic tastes. Very eclectic.When he encounters Nicole, though, things change. Drastically.It might take...

Piloting the Echo Star around Jupiter enlivens Live Dricoll's senses in surprising ways. Gigantic and swirling, the planet reminds her of old conversations with her late grandmother.But strange forces...

Captain Arlon Stoddard, hero of the spaceways, tackles anything thrown his way. Even simple mysteries on backwater planets, like Souoria.Meanwhile, Emme Jonette, vagabond, opportunist, thief, roves Souoria's...

The wrecking of Raphael Cruz's vessel, The Willalou, on Planet Eduardine throws all his plans into disarray. With a trusty AI, Raphael plunges into a desperate race to survive Eduardine's baking desert....