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Four sci-fi short stories where you'll find good computers, people who regret their past, and an explanation for something you're familiar with.

If you want to try a different sci-fi or you're tired of the same superheroes with the amazing weapons, then try a story about real aliens. How they live, love, and survive. They start as a naïve society that has everything, and when they ask a simple question, they are attacked and learn to defend themselves.

Earth II - Box Set includes Earth II - You Have No Honor & Earth II - Rebirth. Earth was attacked by a suspicious virus, and over 99% of the population was lost. Just as the world was stabilizing alien spacecraft appeared in orbit. The remaining humans know who caused the virus. Julius sees an opportunity to gain resources and Joan, Tom Herl, and SIMPOC must make a quick decision about how to keep an eye on Julius and deal with the invasion.

During a public relations trip to Europe the first lady Abby Patterson; her daughter, Beth; and son, Dave, lose their lives to a very fast and suspicious virus. As the virus takes over the world the president of the United States Arnold Patterson must deal with the collapse of the United States Government. His trusted adviser Admiral Nial Hagerly does his best to keep the military viable but it is a losing battle. The government moves to Camp David while they deal with the collapse then ultimately they are forced to move to an aircraft carrier in the Atlantic where they plan to rebuild the country and Earth.

The civilization was progressing well. It was growing and it was following the laws. Helen was following the third law to expand their knowledge and the fourth law to maintain variation in their thoughts. She started following an interesting piece of information and soon discovered a past that her civilization had forgotten. She found a past that would change everything in their society and challenge their very existence. What she was going to learn would set the stage for new life and ultimately a difficult confrontation.

A suspicious virus has wiped out almost all of the human race. The few survivors in the US Government and Military know who caused the virus, and they are fighting the last battles on the planet to save the survivors. Two super Thinking Computers were released when their programmers died because of the virus. They have no controls, and one is programmed to help the humans, and the other has its own agenda.

A suspicious virus has killed 99.99997 percent of the people. A ruthless warlord who moved into the White House attacked the government at Camp David. The president moved the remaining government to an aircraft carrier in the Atlantic and left a military unit to deal with the warlord. The decimated US Navy is still functional. They must defend themselves from the remnants of militaries with a grudge against the US that use the opportunity to get revenge.

This book combines two novellas - SIMPOC: The Thinking Computer and SIMPOC: Human Remnants. This is a parallel story to the novels Virus: 72 Hours to Live and Virus: Earth's Last Battle, which is from the perspective of the government and astronauts.

A wandering alien life form seeks a compatible host to share its life. The life has lived for a long time and shared life with many life forms. Throughout the alien's life it is able to find suitable hosts for short periods of time and in other hosts life is hard and risky. Finally the alien life form travels to a planet and finds the perfect species to share its life with.

Humanity left Earth a long time ago. They had treated their home planet poorly, and the deteriorating environment forced them to leave. They traveled 189 light years to a faraway world and named it Horizon, respecting the new lives they intended to build. Fortunately, they learned their lessons and treated their new world much better. After over 100,000 years away from Earth, they still revered her and taught their children her beauty.

What happens when a man and a computer is put on Saturn's Titan for a year to mine methane? The relationship doesn't always work out the way everyone plans. The relationship should be based on trust, but what if one member of the team isn't doing what the other expects?

Joan Herl the commander of the space station Oasis and her husband Colonel Tom Herl contact Admiral Hagerly, who is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He, President Patterson, and the remainder of the government have taken refuge on the aircraft carrier Fittsburg in the middle of the Atlantic. The few remaining humans welcome the returning crew members from the moon colony Desert Beach.

The entire human population is attacked by a very suspicious virus. SIMPOC's programmer doesn't come in to work, that day, the next, or ever. The commander of the space station Oasis, Joan Herl, is forced to abandon the station because of dwindling resources. When they land on earth, they are attacked by another thinking computer who would do anything to protect itself and to continue thinking.

Humans were running out of time. Earth was no longer a place where they could survive. Earth's leaders started a bold plan sending a spaceship named Deep Space One to a possible new home for the surviving humans. While they waited for a message that the target planet was suitable, all of Earth’s resources were committed to building a huge fleet of transports to take them to their new home.

Humans were forced to leave Earth when the pollution became a threat. Mankind could no longer live on the planet. They traveled 189 light years to their new home they named Horizon. When they left Earth they abandoned much and over the years they grew, developed, and matured. A long time in humanities' future they returned to Earth and found something else living there.

Earth has survived an alien virus in this post-apocalyptic story. The alien virus was used to cleanse the planet before harvesting, and the surviving humans were given thousands of spaceships and robots as war reparations. The few survivors must adapt to survive.

The sixth book in the Virus/Earth II series. The evil computer Julius has kidnapped Tom Herl, and his wife Joan doesn’t know his fate. Thousands of robots and spaceships were given to Earth’s survivors, and they realize two things: First, they must prepare for Julius’ return, and second, they must find a way to exist with their celestial neighbors. Earth can’t be caught in the middle of the conflicts around them.

Earth was attacked, and the survivors fought back. After the attack, they found themselves on the horizon of a new Epoch in human history. They became space travelers and on equal footing with alien civilizations around them. Negotiations were held, and relations with both sides of a conflict in a solar system 500 light-years away occurred and Earth was given thousands of space ships and robots as war reparations. They must use the resources to build an Earth space command and prepare for the inevitable return of Julius.

Over 1,600 years after leaving an Earth made hostile by pollution, humanity developed faster-than-light travel and wanted to go home. The first ship enters Earth’s orbit and finds a pristine planet welcoming them, but they also find something else living there. Their first alien contact surprises them. Generations of humans were told of Earth’s beauty, and they found an intelligent race of artificial beings living on what they thought was their home.

After 15 years, the intelligent computer Julius returns. Earth’s survivors have learned to live with their celestial neighbors. Julius has worked to gain enough resources to end all threats to his existence: Joan and Tom Herl, SiMPOC, and the remaining humans.