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Playing the Hero    by K. E. Ireland
Price: $3.99 USD. 116540 words. Published on October 4, 2010. .

Vathion used to be a normal Gilon boy, but the day his father was assassinated, he lost everything. To save his people from the tyrannical rule of a madman he must find a way to end Gilonnia’s Civil War before word of his father’s death spreads. Vathion’s strength of will is put to the test as he struggles to maintain the loyalty of his crew and hide the truth.
Second    by M.C.A. Hogarth
Price: $0.99 USD. 28450 words. Published on October 5, 2010. .

Ensign Taylitha Basil didn't know what to expect at her first officer training retreat. Hiking up a mountain? She's never hiked. Canoeing back down it at the end? She's not a great swimmer. Dealing with an obnoxious peer who declared himself leader of their expedition? Definitely not in her plan. Meeting the woman who'd become her captain and friend for years to come? Bring it on.
Money for Sorrow, Made Joy    by M.C.A. Hogarth
Price: $0.99 USD. 5880 words. Published on October 6, 2010. .

Ekanoi is one of a train of neuters running the caravans that keep the few cities of the Jokka supplied. It and its leader long for a chance to explore the distant forests, in hopes of bringing better goods back to the cities... if only they had the capital to fund their venture....
His Neuter Face    by M.C.A. Hogarth
Price: $1.99 USD. 12280 words. Published on October 11, 2010. .

The night that Tafeth's House ejected it without fanfare, it expected to go to a life of uselessness. But that was before a strange male dropped into its life, and challenged the young neuter: Will you be what your house and society claim you are--useless and lesser?--or will you reject that and become something greater?
A Trifold Spiral Knot    by M.C.A. Hogarth
Price: $0.99 USD. 5080 words. Published on October 19, 2010. .

Once upon a time the Jokka worshiped the three gods in their image: male, female, neuter. Years later, the worship of the trifold virtues--that all sexes have value and dignity--became the second-most dominant belief. But all religions begin with an idea... and a prophet to speak them....
Science Fiction Five-Pack    by Michael Jasper
Price: $2.99 USD. 25790 words. Published on August 31, 2011. .

Five stories of dark and turbulent futures, the best and worst of characters, and a range of science fiction themes and sub-genres, by author Michael Jasper (The Wannoshay Cycle and A Sudden Outbreak of Magic). Stories include "Working the Game," "The Death Sentence," "Unplugged," "Remainders," and "The Deck."
The Death Sentence    by Michael Jasper
Price: $0.99 USD. 6040 words. Published on September 15, 2011. .

"The City had never been cleaner, safer, or quieter than it was on Erik Dankelson’s twenty-ninth birthday, and he couldn’t have been more heartsick about it." When all you want to do is be able to speak your mind, but all society wants is to keep everything clean, what do you end up with? The death sentence, the last words Erik Dankelson will ever speak.
Symbol of Hope    by K. E. Ireland
Price: $4.99 USD. 116950 words. Published on October 9, 2011. .

After the events of Playing the Hero, Vathion is sent to investigate Toudon, where he discovers Ha'Likka's hidden Navy, and is captured when Natan's killer reveals himself. In the chaos, Natan's true whereabouts are discovered. Natan is left torn between duty and family, meanwhile Vathion fights to retain his sanity. Both cling to the only thing they can accomplish: ending the war.