Nikki proved herself by pulling off the last heist. But the rest of the crew--her family--didn’t expect the husband to come with the deal. Now he must convince them he deserves acceptance in the pirate dynasty. To do that, the pair will steal a priceless heirloom from a rival clan. They just need to get back out alive.
At home anywhere: on an intergalactic Core Ship in the 35th century, in the White House or on a megayacht in the 21st century, in a hacienda in the 16th century, or in a pirates' lair in the 8th century.
Always defending their turf and helping their family—feline or otherwise. Sometimes magical; sometimes messing with magic. Sometimes magnificently mundane.
Always perpetual mischief makers!
One of the many scientists involved with designing the intergalactic fleet of ships, all Kaelin needs to do is give speeches at the gathering. If only she had the slightest clue what to say. Fortunately, her silver tabby Adhara knows just how to help.
Feline Aryn takes good care of her human. Dru had given her her wings, after all, but Aryn would have liked her anyway. Dru does her best to help people, and creates a great deal of trouble for a bunch of nasty fae at the same time. When those fae attack, Aryn dives in to have Dru's back.
Sera Logan helped design Exploration and assemble the ship's crew. Finally, they are set to embark on the next great phase of science and exploration. Under the leadership of the woman who spearheaded the program and now captains the ship, Sera and the most diverse crew ever assembled stand poised on the brink of the greatest journey in history. But will they survive the trip?
Respect is earned, not given.
But so is disrespect—Dannell believes.
Not everyone aboard her new ship agrees, and the crew gives its new commander a decidedly cold welcome. A brutal attack forces them to put aside their differences and work together. Fast. Before millions die.
Action and adventure abound!
A mysterious thousand-year-old starship from a hundred years in the future.
An entire colony brutally murdered.
Clashing civilizations on the brink of all-out devastating war.
Living jewels.
Space pirates.
A whole planet come to life, and another in the throes of destruction.
And much more!
Restore the family name by stealing back what was stolen from them. Sounds easy. Then she meets someone who might or might not go after the same target.
A group of people flees, wanting only solitude to avoid any and all threats to their pacifism. When another starship discovers their hiding place, their secrecy clashes with the other crew's wish to leave.
The crew sticks together, down to the very last crewmember: the captain's dog. Now the captain's kidnapped dog, snatched by ungrateful aliens the ship aided.
Science fiction set in outer space often focuses on heroic soldier girls or –boys. That observation is by no means a complaint. I love so very many of those stories! But here are four adventures where the military—even if it's there—isn't the focal point.
Comrades in arms Meg Nichols and Allie Oshikawa just want to enjoy the concert during their brief leave on Jupiter's moon. Some local rabble, though, mistakes the soldiers for easy targets.
Archeologist and former Earth Military Force officer Luke Parillo finds thousand-year-old wreckage all the time. But this ancient ship came from hundreds of years in the future
Technology: the best—if not the only measure—by which to judge a planet? If not, what other criteria apply? And how much weight should they carry when a new world petitions to join the interplanetary union?
Thieves take advantage of a careless captain and highjack his cargo of precious gems. His friends chase after it, trying to recover it before anyone else learns of the theft—and before the thieves sell it.
A captain willing to take any steps to protect his homeworld. A doctor who believes innocent offworlders deserve protection as well. The two men: not just close friends, but shipmates as well. Can either convince the other to relent?
A fire triggers an evacuation of a packed sports stadium—mere minutes before bombs go off. No injuries, but tensions on the already contentious planet soar even higher. The crew of the Earth Military Force ship Triumph needs to find the culprits before all-out war erupts.
Evacuating a dozen scientist before catastrophe strikes: no problem. Preventing the moon-sized asteroid from slamming into a planet teeming with life: huge problem. And the researchers there expect a war-weary captian to help them solve it and avert the extinction of an entire world.
Claim jumpers target the wrong people when they kidnap several Earth Military Force officers. Before long, the hostages turn the tables. Not satisfied with escape, they want to capture the whole gang.
Volcanoes shattering entire continents. Tsunami deluging an entire world. A desperate call for help from an unexplored planet. Two ships speed to the rescue.
A medical crisis. Ruthless pirates. A brand new senior staff. No time for the new crew to figure each other out and forge the essential bonds of cooperation and trust before they plunge into the pandemonium. Too many lives depend on them.
Seven generations of women. Seven generations of soldiers. With the youngest about to graduate from the academy, her grandmother and great-great-grandmother strive to make it to the ceremony on time.
The death of a virtual stranger embroils a space pirate in a conspiracy. He barely knew the murdered woman. So why fight so hard now to catch her killer? And dare he trust the authorities?
Modern science and weapons go up against an ancient entity who ferociously guards his solitude. He wants people to stay off his mountain. They want him to quit killing.
Individuality versus the common good, an eternal struggle. But what of love of family when the "common good" claims the right to tear a child from his parents?
An ancient artifact with religious significance and perhaps even mysterious power. Religious leaders want it to unite the planet. Military leaders want it to stop a war. Their enemies want it to prevent both.
Sacrifice. A stealth ship on a mission deep in enemy space. Their assignment: knock out the planetary defenses of a vital munitions factory so Earth's fleet can swoop in and destroy it. But at what price? And who pays?
One young commander on a remote interstellar base stands between Earth and all-out invasion. She fights to keep the aliens at bay, even if it costs her her life.
A nursery full of cute little babies. Cute little vacuum-dwelling metal-eating babies, ravenous and eager to devour the starship that discovered them among the asteroids they call home.
Yuwellan: living jewels, beautiful beings comprising every shade of blue. As tiny as a few centimeters to as huge as thirty meters in diameter. They invite a human colleague to share in their people's most sacred ceremony.