Come join the adventure... ...with a young woman desperate to leave her dusty planet for space ... a British boy determined to end WWII all by himself ... a cop in a dark world willing to do anything for a good read... an old cowboy with a final, heavy burden ...and more, in this collection of short stories from SF author Sabrina Chase.
A very secret war...With the planet Beredul liberated, the Wiyert and the humans from Earth celebrate their first victory against the fadohl—but at a cost. The fadohl now suspect the existence of an enemy. And they must never know the location of that enemy, since Earth's defenses consist of two stolen AI ships and a ragged band of Wiyert armed with salvaged weapons.How can the Earth humans hope to defeat the advanced technology of the galaxy-spanning fadohl? By never, ever, letting them know there's a war...
After freeing the alien AI ship Argo from the ice of Pluto, Lea and the rest of the adventurers seek the prison planet Beredul. They must free the people trapped there before their alien captors discover the humans of Earth are still alive...and causing trouble.
The expedition ship Kepler races to Pluto, intent on uncovering the secrets of the alien structure recently discovered under the ice. Computer scientist Lea Santorin can't wait to figure out the alien technology. Instead, she wakes it up ... and it continues its long-interrupted journey across the galaxy, taking Lea and Kepler with it.. And something strange also wakes in Lea. She hears voices no one else can, and sees things the mission command prefers hidden. Why bring so many soldiers along with the scientists? Who concealed the structure, and when? Who waits at the final destination...and will they survive the meeting?