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Eternity's End    by Jeffrey A. Carver
Price: $3.99 USD. 205510 words. Published on December 10, 2010. .

Star pilot Renwald Legroeder undertakes a search for the legendary ghost ship Impris and her passengers and crew—whose fate is entwined with interstellar piracy, quantum defects in space-time, galactic coverup conspiracies, and deep-cyber romance. Nominated for the Nebula Award—a novel of the Star Rigger Universe, from the author of The Chaos Chronicles.
Far Travels, The Gracchian Adventures, Book One    by Kristi Seibert
Price: Free! 64070 words. Published on January 8, 2011. .

Far Travels is an adventure set in the near future. The Ellsworth family—Abby and Tom, age 11, and their adoptive father Oliver—must emigrate to the planet of Gracchia. The adventure culminates in the Bonebreaker Race, a multi-species event that combines aspects of a scavenger hunt and a speed race. But during the event, Abby and Tom become aware that not all is as it seems on Gracchia.
Just Desserts    by Mark Graham
Price: $3.99 USD. 15270 words. Published by Gelastic Press  on September 16, 2011. .

Pilot Evan Tanner faces a stark choice: pay off his debt to the bank by retrieving a starship for them--or go to prison. He tracks down the ship easily, but repossessing the Just Desserts proves more challenging. A politically-connected owner, corrupt officials, and deadly local customs put more than Evan's freedom at stake. He must gamble his life in an all-or-nothing struggle for victory.
Shining Path    by Mark Graham
Price: $3.49 USD. 12410 words. Published by Gelastic Press  on September 16, 2011. .

Compelled to find and repossess a starship or face prison, Evan Tanner succeeded. Now he negotiates with his former creditor to do it again--for a lot more money. But Rafael Varga refuses to surrender his ship. The struggle for Shining Path begins with insincere smiles and ends when one of them ends up on the wrong end of a blaster.
Honoria    by Mark Graham
Price: $3.99 USD. 18890 words. Published by Gelastic Press  on September 16, 2011. .

It looked like an easy job. Seize the freighter Honoria, falling endlessly around Cinnabar, seemingly abandoned by its owners, and turn it over to his employers. Things seldom go that smoothly, but Evan's team triggers political intrigue--and ruthless violence--unlike anything he's faced before. Only sharp piloting and sharper wits stand between Evan's team and annihilation.
Surrender Dorothy    by Mark Graham
Price: $5.99 USD. 33480 words. Published by Gelastic Press  on September 16, 2011. .

Evan Tanner flies into the Loftis system to repossess the yacht Surrender Dorothy. Instead, the authorities seize his ship--and every other arriving vessel. The world teeters on the verge of civil war. Evan must escape imprisonment--or worse--as the government flails in panic and rebel forces strike back. Most of all, he must find a means of fleeing the system before all-out war begins.
The Stargate Thieves    by Mystie Muun
Price: $2.99 USD. 50810 words. Published on November 1, 2011. .

Stephan had stood next to his father as the button was pushed that launched the first ship to use a stargate. They had killed his father, and stolen that technology to build their empire; an empire with a strangle hold on the entire Human race. Now Stephan was stealing it back in a grand way. The biggest problem was how to get away with it. The solution he devised would shake the balance of power.
Five-Twelfths of Heaven - Book One of the Roads of Heaven    by Melissa Scott
Price: $2.99 USD. 96430 words. Published by Crossroad Press  on April 6, 2012. .

In a space-faring civilization where a single woman is increasingly disenfranchised, the star pilot Silence Leigh is defrauded from her inheritance by a greedy competitor. Forced to ally with two men, Silence is dragged into a deadly political struggle, and is tantalized by the hints of the legendary Earth, as well as the dread and the glory of Magi's power.
Starborne    by Robert Silverberg
Price: $5.99 USD. 83930 words. Published by Phoenix Pick  on July 7, 2012. .

Fifty men and women, living perfect lives, decide to give it all up to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. They set out to travel to the farthest reaches of the galaxy, with their only link to home a fragile telepathic bond between a blind crew member and her sister back home.
The Big Jump    by Leigh Brackett
Price: $4.99 USD. 41160 words. Published by Phoenix Pick  on July 20, 2012. .

New star-drive engines promise to open up the galaxy to humankind. But the first ship to use the engines disappears and a sole survivor returns...alone and dying of some strange type of radiation. Does some unknown horror await us out there? The only way to find out is to go out again.