It amounts to exile. Alec has left Goldenfields after false rumors destroy the life he has found there. Now he will reside in Oyster Bay, home of the king’s court and Ingenairii Hill, where Alec will be trained to master the ingenairii energies he has the potential to exercise. His clean start in Oyster Bay will be challenged by politics and jealousies and jockeying for power as the old order of the Dominion starts to crumble under an elderly king without an heir. Even when he tries to keep to himself, Alec will stumble into trouble among his fellow engenairii, and the nobility at the palace. The possibility of becoming a rare ingenairii who can master both healing and warrior powers beckons Alec, and his potential is great, if he stays focused on the lessons taught in the house of master warrior Rubicon. But Alec will reunite with an old acquaintance, and all hope for a peaceful stay in Oyster Bay will end in deadly results, and Alec's subsequent, impetuous reaction. Only his solace through miraculous healing can carry Alec until the call comes to return to Goldenfields, but will he be able to find peace serving in the court he was banished from, where memories of his past still haunt his relationships among the Guard? Promises of power, honor and romance tempt Alec as he learns that he has greater potential than he ever realized, if he can follow Aristotle’s advice. Views: 53
Science Fiction. 5147 words long. First published in Analog, January 1974 Hugo Award Winner Views: 53
The sixth book in the best-selling Post-Apocalyptic series, The Tide. Views: 53
On November 21st, 2013, a fiery storm transforms the landscape of New York City and the lives of its civilians. The island of Manhattan is under martial law. Neighboring boroughs are isolated without power or communication with the outside world.There is CHAOS all around.Charles Dudley, a survivor, writes this intimate and disturbing account about personal demons and deadly encounters with treacherous citizens, predatory humanoids, and extraordinary creatures in this End of Days memoir.(Mature Audience-17+)www.facebook.com/imnotdeadbookwww.facebook.com/artiecabrera Views: 53
Nominee for the 2010 Prometheus AwardIn the 22nd century people have
spread into the Solar System. Born and raised in a twentieth of Earth's gravity
on the asteroid Pallas, young skater Llyra Ngu is grimly determined to compete
and win on mankind's homeworld—an ambition that many say will cripple or kill
her. Her older brother Wilson is equally set on quitting his job as a
surveyor's apprentice to become an asteroid hunter, a calling fraught with the
promise of fabulous riches and the danger of sudden death. He will find a full
share of romance and disappointment, love and loss, and pursue the asteroid
hunter's holy grail, the legendary Diamond Rogue. Llyra's training will
require years, and a journey that will take her to Ceres, at one tenth Earth's
gravity, where her father bosses the Ceres Terraformation Project, to the
one-sixth gravity of the Moon, to Mars and one third gravity, and finally to
Earth. Along the way, she will survive jealous rivals, a hostile press,
terrorist attacks, and the hijacking of a spaceliner in order to achieve her
goal. In the end, Llyra and Wilson will hear the call of the stars,
themselves Views: 53
A social Companion ends up married, widowed and hunted in the space of days. Hiding with a strange shapeshifter is just the perfect end to the week.
Alice has walked through halls of power at the sides of some of the most powerful men and women in the Nyal Imperium. Her position as a Companion puts her in places she never imagined, including a world that is being evacuated so it can give itself a facelift.
Her client wills her a house, fortune and title on his home world, which means that the moment he passes away, she is in deep.
Going to the Oefric for judgement, Alice finds her accounts frozen pending further investigation, and she has to run for her life as her husband’s family puts a hit out on her.
Kadenz wanted to retire, but when the judge sends Alice to him as housekeeper, he is fascinated by her grace, her poise and her ability to stab him in the ass with a fork. Views: 53
