All they wanted to do was make a living. Amanpreet and her crew are traders and cargo haulers. It’s not the most exciting work in the galaxy but it’s lucrative and better than being stuck on a planet. Or at least it wasn’t exciting until recently. Follow the Whisper and its crew as they encounter sophont space . . .
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All they wanted to do was make a living. Amanpreet and her crew are traders and cargo haulers. It’s not the most exciting work in the galaxy but it’s lucrative and better than being stuck on a planet. Or at least it wasn’t exciting until recently. Follow the Whisper and its crew as they encounter sophont space . . .
Captain Ariana just wants to deliver her Slu passenger and collect the money, but now both the overbearing central government and the fanatical rebels have set their sights on her ship, and then there’s that little problem left over from the AI wars . . . . . .
The galaxy is a crowded place. Warring nations press in on all sides as the ancient Vestige Empire struggles to hold on to the last of its power. What was once a vast, sprawling empire has found itself reduced to little more than a few struggling star systems. As the once-great dominion crumbles, the border planet Alessar sits at a . . .
When a luxury space liner collides with an alien ship, the passengers and crew must work together to stop an invasion—because if they fail, there will be no one left to rescue them. . . .
FAR FLUNG is a sci-fi odyssey, the stories told by a rookie reporter as he becomes his colony ship’s best hope for survival. New chapters will be released regularly, weaving a tale of the search for a new home, far from Earth. When the aliens boarded our ship, I heard their thoughts in my head. Their fear and suspicion . . .
The Final Few follows the struggles of the last of the human race after it has fled the Milky Way aboard a massive worldship. It starts at the edge of the Andromeda galaxy, as they awaken from a 10000 year slumber. . . .
It is the year 2026, an alien race called the Zlocu are waging war across the stars, believing that the era of peace was slowing down the next step of universal evolution and now are determined to “awake” everyone to let them know how peace made them “weak”. Planet Earth took one of the worst hits from their onslaught, . . .
The Hensie and Ensari have been fighting for centuries, but which one is here to save us and which one to enslave us. Rick would’ve stayed with his family, but he wasn’t given the choice. He was plucked from Earth by the Ensari as his wife and daughter were whisked away by the Hensie. Now he fights across the galaxy . . .
Vai Ma’amaloa is 17 years old, and his father has just accepted the position of Chief Science Officer aboard the G.E.V. Shadow, a retrofitted warship tasked with exploring the unknown reaches of the galaxy. Now, Vai will have to come to terms with leaving his old life behind. As he forges new relationships aboard the Shadow, and tries to . . .
A space opera set in the not-too-distant future. Humans are planning on colonizing other planets but other races that have been hidden on Earth also have plans for the ships. . . .
Summer comes to a crashing end . . . Ten-year-old Kevin Taggert prefers to stay home with his video games, but his parents insist he join a summer sports program. Exactly on the day the Vordac raid Earth. With his little sister depending on him for protection, Kevin must find the strength and wisdom to keep them both safe. Before they . . .
Two millennia ago alien empire destroyed Earth and most of her colonies. All that remains of Humanity is Rally—a single world, whose population has long since been culturally subverted into loyal citizens. Sectator Citizen Grace Alice Proctor is a cadet in the Compact Space Force on the training ship Bequeathed, when it stumbles upon a massive derelict in a . . .
Jan 31, 2016: There were a number of things I enjoyed about reading this series. We follow the crew of a trader starship, the Whisper, and its crew. I enjoyed getting to know the crew and the captain, Amanpreet, but one of the most fun things for me was the author’s creativity in the alien species she weaves into the tale. I really enjoyed the way she revealed the details of each group’s appearance, climate requirements, and outlooks, and I had fun getting to know these people from such alien societies.
Aug 4, 2016: I love fiction that takes the time to think, and rewards readers who do the same. Far Flung is such a story.
It starts with a rather interesting conceit, by telling the story through data logs, which works surprisingly well for such an unusual method.
The author claims Star Trek: Voyager as a source of inspiration, but I find it feels much more like Homeworld and Farscape than it does Voyager. The [more . . .]