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A heavy equipment operator discovers an artificial cave while cutting blocks from a limestone quarry. He plans to investigate alone, but an archaeology student bullies him into letting her join his underground foray. The two declare an uneasy truce when an ancient installation that predates humans unexpectedly sends them through a wormhole to another planet—one with creatures from Earth’s past.

Pacifistic aliens are looking for a few good men. No alien has the skills to visit uninhabited worlds dropping out of the interstellar transport system. Nefarious plans to draft a few humans with exceptional survival abilities focus on colonists who travel to Roanoke Island. Join George, a teenage orphan from 1587 London, as he becomes an unlikely hero in a cosmic quest. If he lives through the next few months, George may be key to helping solve the problem.

Trust is rare. Secrets are deadly. Choose your side. Azalea’s ability to handle a difficult home life catches the attention of the secret resistance group headed by Harmony and Caiden Cantrell. After high school graduation, an intense altercation with her mother induces Azalea to join Harmony’s team. They soon uncover dark family secrets caused by the manipulations of a malevolent race of ancient aliens. Azalea is left questioning every aspect of her life. Has she joined the right group? Can she trust anyone?

Humans aren’t the only pariah species in the galaxy. Powerful alien races take interest in Earth after ignoring it for thousands of years. They want the planet, but not the people, and they merely watch while another alien species sets humans against humans with the goal of genocide. Caiden and Harmony collect a few alien and human friends to help them stymie the planned conquest. Will they overcome betrayal and unforeseen challenges to save Earth, or become pawns in a cosmic game?

Absentee alien landlords intend to eliminate humans and occupy Earth. No government acknowledges the existence of extraterrestrials, yet supposedly extinct animals rampage across four continents because the landlords want the planet without the people. Meanwhile, human and alien criminals vie for control of human society. A few friendly aliens help Harmony and Caiden develop plans to counter the threats. Resistance is likely futile.

Chaos erupts when every woman becomes sterile. Caiden and Harmony quietly return to Earth to find widespread turmoil, and worse, an active genocidal plan to eliminate humans by preventing births. No one knows how it was done, but all women are sterile. Humans will become extinct unless a cure is developed—and humans don’t have the necessary skills.

Humanity’s future depends on two people banished to an exile world. Caiden and Harmony accidentally traveled through an ancient wormhole installation to another planet. They learn about the rough realities of galactic politics when they are banished to an exile world with a voracious ecosystem. Lifespans are measured in hours. Even if they survive, how can they get home in time to save the rest of humanity?

Survival requires using magic, but it can be deadly... The defenses that have protected humans from lurking magical creatures for more than two thousand years are failing and no one has the magical skills needed to repair them. Orphaned at age sixteen, Reuben bonds with three other orphans, all of whom have latent magical powers. Several opponents, some of them incredibly old, learn of Reuben’s magical potential and converge on the four youngsters. Can Reuben and his friends adapt quickly enough to survive and protect all of mankind?

The fountain of youth isn’t for everyone. Rhona Lantier, the new ambassador between humans and the human-like Abantu, soon learns that political fighting can be as dirty as open warfare. Even though the American president is supportive of her efforts, some of his subordinates will do almost anything to steal the alien technology buried near the small town of Jetmore, Kansas. Old animosities flare up and Rhona is once again fighting for her life.

Orphaned at age sixteen, Reuben soon learns that several groups of magicians, not all of them human, hide behind the official position that magic doesn’t exist. Some extend a hand, paw or foot in friendship and others send skilled assassins. At first, Reuben’s growing magical powers are sufficient to protect his younger sister and a close friend, but ancient evil intrudes and upsets the balance. Will he adjust quickly enough to survive?

Magic doesn’t officially exist in the Kingdom of Mitanni but it runs in Reuben’s family. They live in a remote mountain valley to hide from the King’s Hunters. After his father’s death, sixteen-year-old Reuben struggles to find a safe place for his younger sister to live. He soon learns that the King’s Hunters aren’t the only foes stalking the land. Can Reuben keep his sister safe? Will he grow up quickly enough to survive in a suddenly ravenous world?

We just think we are alone. Rhona Lantier, a young successful dentist, sometimes struggles with boredom. A long weekend hiking in Glacier National Park with her new boyfriend Keene promises some excitement, but a chance encounter with a stranger while there causes events to spiral out of control. A few weeks later, unknown assailants kidnap Keene. Boredom vanishes as Rhona conducts a dogged search for Keene that leads her across several states with dental tools in hand. Will she find him alive or will she be the next victim of otherworldly assailants?

Life changes when your sun goes nova. Solar instability threatens their planet, so Abantu explorers visit other star systems looking for a new home. One starship visits Sol and the crew explores the beautiful third planet where they discover intelligent life. They are amazed by the DNA similarities between humans and Abantu and shocked by their societal differences. What recommendation should they make to the Evacuation Council? This short story provides a tantalizing glimpse into the historical setting behind the events described in the WorldWalker Trilogy.

Some contracts can’t be changed by time. Rhona Lantier is a successful dentist on the short side of thirty whose talents far exceed those needed to clean and restore teeth. She has just returned home after an extended and successful search for her kidnapped boyfriend when events inexorably sweep her into a new role with the alien Abantu. Her wide smile falters a few times as the world changes immeasurably around her over the next two weeks.

Even war doesn’t stop a father. While on a leisure outing on a small sailboat, Scott and his young teen daughter, Adara, encounter a fleet of invading ships. They instinctively attempt to escape out to sea. The invaders shut down all computers and phones on the west coast of America and prepare to land occupying troops. The ensuing chaos tests the father-daughter relationship already strained by Scott’s recent divorce. They must learn to work together. However, he has little sailing experience and it is Adara’s first trip.

Nobody wins a nuclear war. The few people who survived for twelve years in an isolated underground shelter are running out of food, power, and supplies. Adult bullies target seventeen-year-old Galina, and her younger brother. They seek a way out, hoping to reach the surface. Traversing a collapsed access tunnel without any tools is just the first problem, and it maroons their mother underground where water is seeping in. Is continuing worse or better? Success with either option is unlikely.