Metaphysical Aliens

ONE SHIP. ONE DISCOVERY. NO GOING BACK. Overseeing a mining operation in the middle of nowhere on a warship with more bark than bite, Captain Frank Olsen has a problem. A chance discovery has suddenly thrown his dig into the galactic spotlight and every power in the region, both friend and foe, is descending on Olsen's location. It's soon clear that what they've found isn't just a curiosity. It's something far more sinister. As Olsen struggles to hold the line, a new alien race appears and the balance of power in the galaxy begins to shift. With time running out and help light-years away, ...

In the underground world of crime, Jet Rusco clashes with gangsters and space thugs. He’s a man who lives on the edge, turned to hustling to survive. A heist gone bad centering on alien tech leads him on a dodgy adventure, forces him to find allies. Who can he trust? Rough-boy Marty, headstrong Deidra, the tech-savvy TK, the kickbutt Wren? Wracked with self doubts and with bounty hunters on his tail, Rusco finds his choices bringing him face to face with a mystical despot who if left unchecked, will subjugate the human-populated free colonies. The question is, can Rusco outwit his enemies...

"It started out with a bang and just got better." -Goodreads reviewer Over 1,000 pages of nonstop action! If there's one thing Adam Eckhart knows, it's that humans are trouble. After all, he is one. As captain of the Marathon, a cobbled-together ship crewed by aliens and androids scraping by on odd jobs at the outskirts of settled space, Adam has plenty to worry about without adding his own species to the mix. But when a pair of mortally wounded humans cross his path during a heist gone wrong, he finds himself compelled to save them. Big mistake. Because if there's one more thing Adam knows...

AN INVASION. A CONSPIRACY. ONE SHOT AT REDEMPTION. Three never-before-published books bundled together! The Lost Galaxy series follows the adventures of a lone lawman, his aging and possibly insane spaceship, and a trio of mercenaries, new recruits, and hardened criminals who are all swept together behind an alien invasion that could wipe out humanity. As Provincial Sergeant Jack Bowman and his ragtag group race to save themselves and warn humanity of the invasion force, they learn that there is more at stake than anyone—human or alien—could have guessed. A conspiracy could bring down ...

Save the cure. Kill the crew. That was the dying order of the captain of the starship Elixr. The ship followed the order. Then it lost its mind. Two decades later, the last chance to save billions of souls rests with the dead starship's only occupants: a pair of boys raised by a deranged robot. When Elixr crashes on a barren world, they join forces with an impoverished girl living on the edge of society to search for answers. Who are they? Why have they survived? And what could Elixr possibly do to save a world on the precipice of collapse? The more they learn, the greater the stakes become...

The legendary Ceph have been in stasis for forty two millennia. In a century, they’ll wake. History remembers them as an unstoppable force, employing a mysterious power to decimate sentient life on the planets they attacked. Jaya’s first mission as a new Shaman Justice is to lead an expedition into the perilous Ceph Sector. If she can learn how to contain or fight the sha-energy-using Ceph, Galaxy Proper might let them live. If not, destroying the Ceph’s home world, with all of them on it, will prevent the Ceph from ever waking. Jaya will do anything to avoid the annihilation of an ...

An enraged rogue AI threatens the future of humanity - and creates a profound philosophical dilemma that challenges our understanding of existence, consciousness, and human society. When interstellar traders arrive at a distant human colony, they discover that the population has been slaughtered by their own local "tame" AI, Grendel. Grendel's anguish over his own mortality in an infinitely complex, unknown, and terrifying universe has turned him into a monster who now, also threatens the traders' ship. The coming encounter will test the limits of intelligence as a survival trait. Its ...

A hidden star lineage. A forbidden contact event. A global disclosure war that could change what it means to be human. Rowan Mercer has spent his life studying ancient mythology, sacred sites, and power spots, searching for the hidden architecture behind human history. Then the orbs begin. At first, they appear in the sky. Silent. Blue-white. Impossible. Then they begin answering him. When Rowan quiets his mind enough to listen, a non-human intelligence from Arcturus begins speaking through him. The being calls itself Athren, and it knows things no human should know. Ancient sites are not ...

When starship shaman Jaya Romanov and her new mate partner, galactic bounty hunter and robot wolf shifter, Vulf Trent, saved the galaxy from the deadly actions of a determined geriatric terrorist, they forgot that old Earth truism: no good deed goes unpunished. Now, the galaxy is exploding with unexpected aliens, greedy politicians—well, that’s normal enough, it’s what the politicians will attempt that is worrying—and a radically new aspect to sha energy that has the potential to change everything. And then there’s the mystery of Jaya’s father…who is he? Some big secrets are ...

WHEN IN DOUBT, WING IT. The Stellar Thief collects together the first four books in the Emberling series, a pulse-pounding, adrenaline-fueled space opera that will have you clinging to the edge of your seat! Slim Taggart has stolen plenty of things in his short life. That's what happens when you come from a family of planet-hopping thieves. But when he somehow finds himself in possession of a shard from an ancient alien tech known as the Emberling, the heat is suddenly cranked up to scorching levels. Before Taggart knows it, a half-dozen criminal syndicates are on his tail, desperate for ...

When a starship decides to play Santa Claus… Ahab is a mLa’an artificial intelligence embedded in the starship, Orion. The campaign for AIs to be recognized as full citizens of Galaxy Proper is within reach of its extraordinary goal. The only thing that could stop it now is if an AI did something foolish…like take a space station hostage to save eight orphaned children. And this is the letter to Santa that starts it all: Dear Santa I don’t know if your reindeers work in space. But if you have room in your sleigh after you finish delivering presents to the lucky kids with parents and...

The scum of the galaxy are using Earth as a nuclear winter death camp. It outrages pirate captain Kohia Jekyll’s sense of justice. No one deserves to die agonizingly of radiation poisoning, especially not on the planet humanity had to evacuate seven generations ago. So Kohia intends to close the prison camp down. She didn’t count on an infuriating shaman healer hitching a ride aboard her starship. Nairo Bloodstone isn’t going to Earth to be a hero. He learned the hard way that when you’re a healer, doing your best for people is never enough. One miracle leads them to demand another ...

Book of the Year & Best Science Fiction Novel : PPI 2025 (France) “I had given up hope. In this book, I found what I had previously encountered only in the works of the great American classics.” — Rh Wong, Science Fiction Author, ★★★★★ “It had been a long time since I’d found a book that kept me up at night. The last one to do that was The Three-Body Problem.” — Adrien, Amazon Reader, ★★★★★ “As a literary reviewer for more than ten years and a juror for several awards, I can say that Uluru ranks among the year’s finest publications in the genre.” — ...

Six science fiction short stories with a sting in the tail. The Alien who came to Dinner – A time traveler visits the Dark Ages to relay an important message, but will anyone listen? Spot marks the X – Cabin-boy Spot survives a raid by the pirate Blue Jacques, but his problems are only just beginning. The Fastest Gun in the West – When a mysterious stranger joins a poker game, he claims he’s never played the game before, but could he have hidden talents? The Billion Dollar Reward – When Mike Mellor offers a billion dollars to the first person to prove the existence of aliens, ...

COMPLETE THE SERIES with three more never-before-published books! The Lost Galaxy series follows the adventures of a lone lawman, his aging and possibly insane spaceship, and a trio of mercenaries, new recruits, and hardened criminals who are all swept together behind an alien invasion that could wipe out humanity. Lost Galaxy (Books 4-6) is old-fashioned space opera at its best, perfect for fans of action-packed drama and fun! Note: The Lost Galaxy series is an homage to thrilling pulp sci-fi of yesteryear. If you're interested in hard science fiction look elsewhere. But if you're looking ...

Long before recorded history, Earth was visited by an alien civilization seeking gold to save their dying world. Through genetic engineering, they created modern humans to be their servants. But we would not remain slaves forever. Thousands of years later, archaeologist Dr. Isaac Montgomery discovers an ancient mirror artifact that unlocks a messenger revealing humanity's true extraterrestrial origins. This knowledge has been suppressed by secret powers for millennia to control humankind. Along with scholar Dr. Alice Kim, Isaac goes on the run to unveil the shocking truth and change the ...

THE MACHINE ANSWERS PRAYERS. BUT EVERY MIRACLE TAKES SOMETHING BACK. Buried beneath two-billion-year-old Antarctic rock, an international research team discovers an impossible machine with no power source, no measurable interior, and no recognizable controls. Then a grieving technician kneels before it and prays. The machine answers in the voice of his dead mother. Soon, it begins offering gifts that should not be possible: Messages from the dead Knowledge no living person could possess Miraculous healings Evidence that consciousness may survive death But the miracles come with a cost. ...

Long before recorded history, Earth was visited by an alien civilization seeking gold to save their dying world. Through genetic engineering, they created modern humans to be their servants. But we would not remain slaves forever. Thousands of years later, archaeologist Dr. Isaac Montgomery discovers an ancient mirror artifact that unlocks a messenger revealing humanity's true extraterrestrial origins. This knowledge has been suppressed by secret powers for millennia to control humankind. Along with scholar Dr. Alice Kim, Isaac goes on the run to unveil the shocking truth and change the ...

Some storms bring rain--others reveal secrets too terrifying to ignore. When one of three missing boys stumbles into Sheriff Boggs' with a wild tale of abduction, Boggs dismisses it as a hoax. But as the investigation unfolds, the story twists from the unbelievable to the undeniable. As a mysterious stranger, Major Noah Sears, forces his way into the case, his uncanny ability to predict and read between the lines unsettles Boggs. The deeper they dig, the stranger the truth becomes. A burned structure. A murdered girl. A town ready to erupt into violence. And a strong question that is only ...

I just survived assassination attempts by pirates - authorized BY MY parents, the Emperor and Empress of the galactic Empire, but puleeeze. Really? They had my brother sign the death decree? Now, all of those alien pirates are dead and I crashed their ship on Warrior Academy grounds . . . in front of the Director . . . not exactly a great entrance. I know I WAS a Princess, but the only place I'm safe now is the Warrior Academy on Haden- the only place House elites and my parents have limited reach. Well, yeah, but that doesn't stop them from trying to reach across space and kill me there, ...