Space Crime

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...

Already a renowned chronicler of the epic events of world history, James A. Michener tackles the most ambitious subject of his career: space, the last great frontier. This astounding novel brings to life the dreams and daring of countless men and women—people like Stanley Mott, the engineer...

Brad Mendoza is an idiot. He knows it, and so does everyone else. A promising naval career down the drain just, because he accidentally killed 504 civilians. So, it's time for him to give up and accept a dead-end command on Persephone, the worst ship in the fleet. Until he meets the beautiful and cunning Jessica Lin, his new executive officer, who harbors a terrible secret of her own. Now, he's in a race to save her and his stupid ship.

Welcome to the Saloon Sector, Deputy! Thelma Bach graduated top of her class after four years at the Galactic Justice academy. But she’s a Rock Sector citizen. She was a fool to believe the core worlders would ever allow her to beat them at their own game. She’s been assigned to serve her seven years as a deputy in the Saloon Sector. The message for the Federation’s out-world citizens is clear: you’ll never be our equal, so don’t even try. The core worlders chose the wrong person to push around. Assigned to the despised frontier, Thelma will get her revenge even if she has to ...

New York Times Bestseller The inspiration for the upcoming Amazon Prime Video series Scarpetta—starring Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis! In this relaunch of the electrifying, landmark #1 bestselling thriller series, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta hunts those responsible for two...

Science fiction adventure and space opera at its best. An addictive, fast-action, edge-of-your-seat journey. . . the Empire wants them dead and doesn't care about collateral damage. “Greetings. I’m former Sergeant Hutheen Bozon. You may have read about our exploits. I’m a female, feline Hoganthan warrior. I’m an elite sniper and the weapons officer on our warship corvette, HSS Valkyrie. The Empire has made a huge mistake - they’ve ruled we are to be executed on-sight. If they really want to try that, they need to send more of their pretty ships for us to carve up and destroy. We ...

Tall, sexy, and possibly deadly. I've been arrested by a dangerous alien. Now I know it’s possible to break the intergalactic code without ever traveling to space. The huge and gruff Commander Rok of the Intergalactic Cadets turns up to arrest me for my supposed crimes. All I’ve been doing is running my dating business and expanding my customer base. Citywide, statewide. Hell, why not conquer the world? He says I was broadcasting my data halfway across the known galaxy. Whoops. Earth is full of women who want to find a connection. As the Commander of the Intergalactic Cadets, it's my ...

Kidnapped, locked up, and then stolen by a ruthless, sexy mercenary. Harper Kidnapped from my dorm room. Locked in a vault and left to die. And then? Stolen by a ruthless mercenary who claims I’m his mate. What’s a girl supposed to do? Run? Hide? Or surrender to those smoldering looks, the steamy touches, and the sizzling kisses? When a nasty alien crimelord tries to kidnap and sell me for the information he stored on a chip inside my head. Danger lurks from every corner, and my mercenary might hold the answers, he’s certainly devoted to my protection. Like he’s devoted to my ...

Pheromone dependency? No way! I think the captured alien doctor just has the hots for me. Noa I was stolen from my home planet and forced to work at a fancy resort. When I end up cleaning the room of the sexy alien doctor… I develop what he calls a pheromone dependency. He’s irresistible. He’s the son of the evil lady holding me captive. He’s as trapped as I am, so we work together to escape. Only, not everything is what it seems and the more time I spend with him, the less I want to resist. Luka Trapped again, I discover one horrible truth about my family after another. The only ...

Out from under my brother’s thumb, I want only one thing: survive. Falling for my green protector? Definitely not part of the plan. Elyssa I’ve spent my life under my brother’s iron control. When I finally escape, my goal is simple: deliver the data I stole to the one person I can trust. But fate has other ideas. An explosion leaves me stranded and surrounded by my brother’s vengeful gang. Desperate, I have no choice but to trust the last male I should—a green-skinned, feral warrior who’s as deadly as he is tempting. Tass claims he’s here to protect me, but the look in his ...

Drake and the crew are down on their luck after being ejected from the mercenaries guild. At this point, Drake will take on any job to keep the Talon in the black, even if it means working for a scumbag like Ellison. When you work with the riffraff of the multiverse nothing seems to go as planed. Still, the job was simple: get in, get the package, and go home. What could go wrong?

Where do you go when you lose the only home you've ever known? What do you do when your birthworld doesn’t want you back? Who do you blame when they steal what matters most....and how do you get even? Pilot TERSON REILLY isn’t afraid to skirt the rules, and it costs him. Running illicit cargo on a rough frontier colony gets him deported to Nivia, an affluent but intolerant homeworld he doesn’t remember. A homeworld that doesn’t want him; a homeworld with more rules than he can stand. When he enters a restricted area to rescue the survivors of a crashed spacecraft, his daring ...

In this lush, magical, queer, and feminist take on Hamlet in modern-day New York City, a neuro-atypical philosopher, along with his best friend Horatio and artist ex-fiancé Lia, are caught up in the otherworldly events surrounding the death of his father. Meet Ben Dane: brilliant, devastating...

Adrian Monk has journeyed into the realm of the cult science fiction show Beyond Earth, where he meets fans just as obsessive as he is. Monk is at their convention because there may be a killer lurking in the Beyond Earth community: someone in a starship uniform has very publicly gunned down the show's legendary creator, Conrad Stipe. Could a fan be that furious at him for selling out to an exploitative Hollywood producer? Or is there more going on behind the scenes in Stipe's life?

Mossa has returned to Valdegeld on a missing persons case, for which she’ll once again need Pleiti’s insight. Seventeen students and staff members have disappeared from Valdegeld University—yet no one has noticed. The answers to this case may lie on the moon of Io—Mossa’s home—and the history of Jupiter’s original settlements during humanity’s exodus from Earth. But Pleiti’s faith in her life’s work as a scholar of the past has grown precarious, and this new case threatens to further destabilize her dreams for humanity’s future, as well as her own.

If you are looking for a different, thrilling novel; one that will make your skin crawl and keep you on the edge of your fears and nightmares, I advise you to keep reading, and perhaps, you will reach the point where there is no turning back, even if you wish to. "This is Captain Michael from planet Kain1, we request your help please, communication is failing... We are on the last level of the main mine Oasis, we are trapped, I repeat, trapped... we cannot..., we arrived at planet Kain1, because we did not receive communication wave signals from the radio tower commands... when we arrived ...

Set in 2049, this futuristic novel is the first in a five book series. It proposes a realistic scenario for man's fledgling exploration of space and our neighbouring planets. The book begins innocently enough with an interesting, if not compelling discovery on Mars. Thereafter, it builds into a pacy thriller, encompassing the Earth’s mysterious ancient civilisations, spellbinding historic texts, criminal intent, sadistic cybersystems, failed relationships and adrenaline filled action sequences. A good deal of the action takes place on the surface of Mars – a planet which always fires ...

Esper may dress the part. She has her own ship. She even carries a blaster - not that she ever uses it. But she violates the cardinal rule of the galaxy’s most cold-blooded profession: get paid. At least she's not alone. Her partner, Kubu, is an alien who gets mistaken for a dog. One is a wizard on the run from her past. The other is a lovable eating machine. Between them, they haven’t got a ruthless bone in their bodies. But when a client hires them, they’ll do whatever it takes to bring a target home safely. This time, it’s a teenage kidnapping victim.

The Outsiders meet Sons of Anarchy in this gripping debut about a group of young men dragged into a drug-running operation on the Space Coast of Florida. It’s 2009, the height of the Great Recession. Best friends Eddy, Cueball, and Jesse are fresh out of high school and wild at heart, but the...

A pulse-pounding homage to early 20th-century sci-fi pulp, INTERPLANETARY OUTLAWS delivers blistering action, unforgettable villains, daring heroines, and jaw-dropping landscapes, all wrapped in the inimitable Blasini style. With a deadly apocalyptic twist, this high-octane adventure explodes with drama, danger, and a heart-stopping ride that’ll leave you breathless. Get ready for a journey that’ll stay with you long after the last page.