The thrilling short stories set in the Orbs universe.
Jeff and his little brother, David, are alone. Their parents have disappeared along with the rest of the world, replaced by glowing blue orbs and a terrifying army of aliens. But the boys are survivors. Living in the tunnels beneath the White...
Ghost ship Impris, lost during the War of a Thousand Suns, is the stuff of legend. Her very name conjures the perils of interstellar travel. But no mere legend, she is real—glimpsed on occasion in the hyperdimensional Flux, and then gone. Her passengers and crew live on in a strange limbo, their f...
When you’re out in the black wilds of space you might encounter warring pirate factions, rogue planets, or even find yourself on the wrong side of the Royal Union, the ruling government of the Triumph galaxy. Unfortunately for Halstaan Cross, it's all three.
Technical Specialist Simon Brooks was no soldier. More suited for the academy than combat, his assignment to a rear echelon support squadron seemed a good fit. Everything changed when the Sleer attacked Earth’s newly salvaged spacecraft, UEF Ascension. In a flash, Brooks goes from fleeing a burnin...
Ambushed behind enemy lines and left for dead along with a handful of privates so green they actually respect his authority, Lance Cpl. Lucky Lee Savage has to master his inner demons, manage the ambitions of his foul-mouthed AI, and figure out what is tearing a hole in the fabric of space-time befo...
Ryka and his crew want one thing: To get paid. So when the Company sends them to harvest asteroids, he doesn’t ask questions. It’s a simple job. Just ignore the symbols on the walls, don’t talk to the voices, and get home fast.
There’s just one problem: The nearest resupply base has gone...
For 500 generations, Humans have been addicted to a drug called Shackle, making us slaves to the alien species of the galaxy. Bought, sold, traded, and hunted for sport, our value is measured only in credits. But a virus is sweeping through the Human population, altering a gut bacteria and making us...
On a faraway planet…a war brewed that threatened humanity.
Would three fresh recruits make a difference?
A neighboring planet has been studied for years due to its habitable qualities and signs of sentient life that were once present.
What happened?
Where are they?
And what did they know?
Mission Terra Firme One was set out as Earth finally had enough of simply studying the planet from ...
Bored, lazy, and slightly incompetent; John Farrow is an unlikely hero.
He works as a shift manager on Sunspot 2, a battered old spaceship that takes the Earth's rubbish, and dumps it in the Sun's corona.
John’s limited skills are put to the test when he wakes up on a routine voyage to find ha...