L. Rampey

Adda and Iridian are newly minted engineers, but aren't able to find any work in a solar system ruined by economic collapse after an interplanetary war. Desperate for employment, they hijack a colony ship and plan to join a famed pirate crew living in luxury at Barbary Station, an abandoned shipbreaking station in deep space. But when they arrive there, nothing is as expected. The pirates aren't living in luxury - they're hiding in a makeshift base welded onto the station's exterior hull.

There's a hidden army far behind Beet lines. This army, if the stories are correct, is enough to turn the tide of the war against both the Beets and the Coalition. But they've been sidelined for quite some time now. They've been biding their time. All Matthew has to do is find them. ...And convince them to talk to him. ...And convince them to join the war too. Easy. (Or not.) What could possibly go wrong? Read The Battle for Allegra: The Ranch today! The Ranch is the twenty-first book in the sci-fi novelette series The Battle for Allegra. Join Matthew as he goes over the top and ventures ...

A missing quantum laptop with a world changing secret. A ruthless agent desperate to win... A hero who won’t lose! The world is desperately driven by the skyrocketing demand for Rare Earth Metals. The location of the world’s largest deposit sits inside an encrypted, quantum laptop. Only a tiny key can correctly unlock the coordinates to the vast lode. Russian, Chinese and Americans are desperate to find the tiny key and reveal the location. But time is running out. Attack after murderous attack reveal another leak in the American CIA and result in a horrific battle where it all began. ...

The third adventure of Jason Curtis, owner/pilot of the ship Starfire. After the events of "Renee," Jason finds himself lonely and pursued by associates of the terrorists whose plans he foiled. He's helped out by a seemingly harmless fellow who'd like Jason's help in looking for a missing friend of his own. Of course, looks can be deceiving, and when they find something deep in interstellar space where it has no right to be . . . . “What if my friend is there?” Vandemeer said. “What? Why would she be? I doubt these guys are space pirates; I don’t see how that could possibly work. ...

UFOs? Hannibal Carson and the mysterious Quentin Ducayne have discovered more alien talismans. They provide a clue to the aliens’ home system...and to a legendary UFO abduction back on Earth, a connection which the Velkaryan cult is deadly serious about pursuing. Ducayne intends to stop them. But the real surprise is what Carson and his pilot, Jackie Roberts, discover about the aliens' past and their combined futures.... The second book in the Carson & Roberts T-Space series, sequel to The Chara Talisman. Join the adventure. Explore T-Space!

In 1900 a massive hurricane wiped out Galveston, killing thousands and leveling the island. One building survived, the Dark Waters Inn. The proprietress made a deal with the angel who watches over Texas . . . Over the years the island rebuilt. But Dark Waters remains untouched, haunted by a ghost whose successive granddaughters continue running the inn. Macey Davenport shows up late for her grandmother’s funeral and suddenly finds herself the new owner of a very special place. Cord Dupree is a lonely highway patrol officer in West Texas. One night, he pulls over a werewolf . . . Suddenly ...

The Planetary Republic and Star League have settled their differences. Treaties are signed, trade is restored. But spies and diplomatic turmoil lead to a high-tech cold war of epic proportions. Ex Space Marine Gina Wilcox finds herself in a law enforcement career after the war, but life can be just as dangerous on the streets as the battlefield. Sleeper cells activate, assassinating government officials. Crime syndicates flourish. And a certain high-tech android has been stolen by the League, spirited off world for unknown purposes. Into this milieu a band of Marine outcasts join the fight....

From bestselling author Saxon Andrew comes A Dangerous Universe - Saving Crystal. Kyle Jamison is given command of the Rock Project and he's thankful for the opportunity to get away from his personal issues. The Rock Project has been studying a strange rock sphere that was uncovered hundreds of years ago. The Project has been going on for more than a hundred years at M.I.T. and there's been no breakthrough or progress to take place on finding out just what the Rock might be or why it emits energy. The project is basically a dead-end unit and only misfits and problematic sailors have been ...

Zero, Nyx, and the other Pathfinder colonists have adjusted to life on Kaguya. But Earth has built much faster starships-the Dreamcatcher arrives 10 years early, and the Stargazer arrives so early it actually got there before the Pathfinder did! Now the Stargazer is a lost shipwreck, and the race is on to find it, and who should show up looking for it but Nyx's dangerous family: Big Mama, Jim, and Kratt. Nyx and Zero will face kidnappers, pirates, shipwrecks, warlords, dragons, and maybe a new ally or two on their way to save the day once again.

Once every four years, the Earth Alliance Naval Academy is included in a war game...or rather, the Wargame: On a distant frontier colony, cadets must repair, recommission, and crew a fleet of old, mothballed warships for a simulated fleet action against a group of seasoned veterans using top-of-the-line warships. After some meddling on the part of the Admiralty, many of the Academy's best are assigned to the oldest, smallest hulk in the Wargame, the unfortunately named corvette, Chihuahua.