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B.B. Irvine


Biography

B.B. Irvine was born in New York City in 1959. He graduated from the High School of Music and Art N.Y. (1976 music), New York State University at Stony Brook (1980 B.A. liberal arts), and in 1982 received a certificate as a Physician Assistant from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine in North Carolina. He has worked in settings including emergency medicine, AIDS research, and addiction treatment in New York City where he lives. In 1994 he earned a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do from Grandmaster Richard Chun. His novels evidence his knowledge of people and frequently weave medicine, science, history, romance, and martial arts into the action.

Books

Past, Present, and Future (2176-2194)    by B.B. Irvine
Price: $0.99 USD. 89480 words. Published on April 16, 2013. Fiction.
Spacer Series "interstitial short stories" include Ecurba’s rescue of 31 kids during Operation NESTKNOCK (2176), his meeting of a daughter he did not know he had (2194), the full closing of the circle between Admiral Xiu-Li Chen and Captain Priti Fareyes (2192), and Admiral Chen’s meeting with “Katsavr’s Qitten” (2194).
A Selection from the Memoirs of Leopold LaPied    by B.B. Irvine
Price: $0.99 USD. 7260 words. Published on March 15, 2013. Fiction.
Found in an old shoebox, this exercise in academic satire features the section in which an obscure medieval author travels with Geoffrey Chaucer and the pilgrims to Canterbury, as Chaucer chronicled in The Canterbury Tales. Leopold LaPied was there, although he did not make it into the Tales. Included is an afterword, commentary, and updated afterword.
Dishings at Fiasco's    by B.B. Irvine
Price: $0.99 USD. 43040 words. Published on March 1, 2013. Fiction.
A writer recounts odd conversations and other humorous diversions he has experienced at FIASCO'S, winner of a Least Awful Gourmet Award for its "signature Italian-type food," whatever that is. Meet owner Adolfo MacDuff, maitre'd Carmina Burana, chef Falcon Roost, and all the characters often present as they seek answers to questions like whether a vampire polar bear could turn into a bat.
Qet Toccata (2181)    by B.B. Irvine
Price: $0.99 USD. 102020 words. Published on December 4, 2012. Fiction.
On planet Deepstrike Captain Ecurba battles a plan to imprison and control Ceti Cats in order to kill seventy eight billion Qet and destroy the Qet Sphere, while on Cape Of Velvet Captain Xiu-Li Chen seeks out the Niv criminal responsible. Book 8 of the Spacer Series.
Shoggoth Unbound    by B.B. Irvine
Price: $0.99 USD. 64280 words. Published on December 3, 2012. Fiction.
Former Air Force Pararescue specialist Sam Oliver joins the Hobblestone-Thorpe 2012 Antarctic Expedition on the ice sheet at the base of Mount Takahe, never dreaming that within it he will encounter an absolute impossibility and be the only person to return alive and able to warn the world what has broken free.
Greatstar Lost (2181)    by B.B. Irvine
Price: $0.99 USD. 92900 words. Published on October 16, 2012. Fiction.
Greatstar Lost (2181): As Captain Xiu-Li Chen settles into her role as Steward of the Human Sphere, the catastrophic destruction of a GREATSTAR ship in an attack sends SAS VICTORY and newly promoted Captain Ecurba and his wife Qet-Sia on a deep space rescue mission. Book 7 of the Spacer Series.
Qet Contact (2180)    by B.B. Irvine
Price: $0.99 USD. 114850 words. Published on October 2, 2012. Fiction.
Qet Contact (2180): During final negotiations for the Human Sphere’s entry into the Assembly Of Sentients, Captain Xiu-Li Chen and Commander Ecurba save the alien Qet leader from an assassination attempt; Ecurba falls in love with the Qet-Qeta’s daughter during sanctuary on SAS JAGUAR; and the Human Sphere is formalized. Then assassins attack again. Book 6 of the Spacer Series.
Phase Change (2180)    by B.B. Irvine
Price: $0.99 USD. 146240 words. Published on October 2, 2012. Fiction.
Phase Change (2180): New Captain Xiu-Li Chen leaves her starship SAS JAGUAR to discover what happened to the missing crew on board the drifting, empty science ship ROSALIND FRANKLIN. When armed raiders arrive to salvage the hulk, First Officer Commander Ecurba must take JAGUAR into harm’s way to protect his captain. Book 5 in the Spacer Series.
Victory Saved (2179)    by B.B. Irvine
Price: $0.99 USD. 125060 words. Published on September 8, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
First Officer Xiu-Li Chen saves her crew on battle damaged IWG VICTORY then faces mutiny during return to Earth, while on Niv, the planet at Tau Ceti, Lieutenant Ecurba becomes a hero to the mysterious Ceti Cats and the neosapien Niv.
Darkeyes (2178)    by B.B. Irvine
Price: $0.99 USD. 113760 words. Published on September 8, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
After a combat rescue mission crash on Jade, an Exotic Niv woman with matte black skin rescues Lieutenant Commander Xiu-Li Chen, then both are transferred to JOHN A. WHEELER, the first starship Xiu-Li served on. Later, the WHEELER needs Lieutenant Ecurba’s skills during a dangerous tactical interception at planet Deepstrike.
Knife Hand Strike    by B.B. Irvine
Price: $0.99 USD. 65140 words. Published on August 10, 2012. Fiction.
After his Tae Kwon Do teacher becomes a serial murder suspect, Doctor Andy Bosch joins the legal team and lawyer Jenna Gates to find the real killer. Suspense, romance, and a confrontation with a deadly fighter result.
Love At Many Speeds    by B.B. Irvine
Price: $0.99 USD. 83150 words. Published on August 10, 2012. Fiction.
Moving to a new Indy Type car team, driver Anna Korsova also faces two rivals: Patti York on the race track for a first win, and Sarka Sandbourne at home, where the British starlet is researching a film role by spending time with Caitlin Shea while Anna’s on the road. Third book in the Anna and Caitlin Adventures, after Silk In A Firesuit and Racing Hearts.
Racing Hearts    by B.B. Irvine
Price: $0.99 USD. 60890 words. Published on May 31, 2012. Fiction.
Racing Hearts (the sequel to Silk In A Firesuit). Caitlin Shea is kidnapped by a man obsessed with killing race car driver Anna Korsova. He flees when Caitlin escapes, and the event brings the estranged Anna back into Caitlin's life again. Does Caitlin want that? Then when the danger to Anna returns, Caitlin must fight to save the life of the woman she loves!
Conflict (2176)    by B.B. Irvine
Price: $0.99 USD. 108240 words. Published on May 31, 2012. Fiction.
Conflict (2176) – Book 02: Lieutenant Chen (sequel to MARIPOSA). Commanding her own combat rescue ship SR-T CATFISH within an InterWorld Group Training Group based at Van Mannen’s Star (Hellhole), on 29 February 2176 Tac/SAR specialist Lieutenant Xiu-Li Chen finds herself leading a critical tactical combat mission at what will be known as the Battle Of Hellhole.
Russia Del Sol    by B.B. Irvine
Price: $0.99 USD. 65050 words. Published on February 28, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Former SAS soldier Robert Kinross wakes up in the trunk of a car in St. Petersburg, Russia on his way to an interview for a job that puts his life and the lives of the people he is guiding to Spain for a wedding in jeopardy. Their dangerous journey is from Russia, to Finland, Marseille, and then a treacherous ocean passage to Spain. Not for the faint of heart.
Silk In A Firesuit    by B.B. Irvine
Price: $0.99 USD. 60110 words. Published on February 28, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Pulled from a firey crash on a mountain road in northwestern North Carolina, engineer and race car driver Anna Korsova falls for her rescuer, Deputy Sheriff Caitlin Shea. When Caitlin later joins Anna's new stock car team as security director, she soon finds herself drawn to Anna as life zooms around them.
Mariposa    by B.B. Irvine
Price: Free! 110050 words. Published on February 28, 2012. Fiction.
0.25 star(4.25 from 4 reviews)
On a survey of planet Deepstrike, 34 light years from Earth, newly promoted Space Fleet Ensign Xiu-Li Chen uses her butterfly swords and fierce determination to survive first contact with the Qet, a violent human-like alien species. The first of an 12 book S.F. series starting in 2173 that follows Xiu-Li Chen's InterWorld Group Space Fleet career from "Crewper" to Captain.

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