Space Colony

We fought the invading New Men to a standstill and defeated the alien destroyer sent to obliterate Earth. The worst should be over, but it's not. Perfect android replicas are impersonating high-level officials so trust is failing. Worse, the New Men have found allies with an impenetrable stealth technology. This time, however, Earth is going on the offensive. Admiral Fletcher is headed to C Quadrant with a Grand Fleet. He's to liberate the captured planets and find the enemy homeworld.

In a galaxy bleeding under the relentless advance of the crystalline Adamant Hegemony, humanity stands on the precipice of annihilation. Star systems fall like dominoes before a technologically superior foe, and the once-proud Terran Fleet is a shadow of its former glory. Echoing the grand tradition of classic space opera, K.R. Calder plunges you into a desperate war where survival itself seems an impossible dream. When all seems lost, Fleet Command dusts off its forgotten relics – a ragtag collection of outdated freighters, mothballed cruisers, and patched-up mining ships. Dubbed the "...

After a three-hundred-year voyage from a dying Earth, the colossal ark Aethelburg arrives at the Alpha Centauri system, carrying the last vestiges of humanity and a secret that will define their future. The Founders' Charter, a socio-economic blueprint sealed since their departure, promises a new beginning. But as Junior Archivist Zara Nova delves into its archaic text, and hardened Extraction Guild leader Roric Stone faces its oppressive edicts, they uncover a disturbing truth: the Charter is not a promise of freedom, but a rigid plan for hereditary control by the elite Kin. Led by the ...

Launching the Colony is the first of two volumes revised and expanded from the original Colonization Chronical. This volume follows teenager Ricky Cruz and his family as they migrate from their successful farm to be first wave settlers on the newly terraformed planet Murna. Ricky becomes part of the crew as a repair technician and shuttle pilot. Plagued with problems from the start, Ricky begins investigating the source of the problems and discovers their ship has been deliberately sabotaged in an attempt to prevent them from being the first settlers on their new home, therefore preventing ...

Pyre's humans suffer multiple cultural shocks. They discovered the Messinants dome, an ancient construction that houses a quantum-coupled gate. More shocking, they find that sentient alien races utilize a network of these domes to journey between their far distant worlds in pursuit of alliance matters. If humans wish to join this elite collection of sentients, they must contribute significantly in trade, tech, or something of equal value.

By the beginning of the twenty-second century, Earth's man-created problems, including overpopulation and climate change caused by global warming, caused Earth's powers to look to the stars for living space. A search began immediately for a likely new home for humanity. It seemed a hopeless task, but after a long and intensive search a planet that was almost a twin of Earth was discovered in a nearby system. After a short exploratory period, colonists were hurriedly recruited, prepared both mentally and physically, and placed in cryogenic pods for the five-year trip. Young Mark Jennings's ...

Stranded thousands of light-years from home, General Connor Gates faces the brutal reality: their battered ship is failing, supplies are dwindling, and home is an impossible distance away. Their only hope lies with a mysterious alien prisoner who offers a dangerous bargain—freedom in exchange for guidance to an ancient outpost with technology that could save them all. Their voyage plunges them farther into uncharted space, where every shadow hides peril.

Founding the Colony is the second of two volumes revised and expanded from the original Colonization Chronical. This volume follows Ricky and his family after they reach Murna after overcoming seemingly impossible system and component failures to their ship, while escaping two separate piratical attacks. One of the first colonists to step foot on his new planets, he immediately begins establishing his farmstead with his girlfriend Edin. Using technology he has developed Ricky is able to communicate directly with his Grammy back on Earth. He is concerned the ansible network may be ...

Caleb is a former Marine Raider and commander of the Vultures, a search and rescue team that's spent the last two years pulling high-value targets out of alien-ravaged cities and shipping them off-world. When his new orders call for him to join 40,000 survivors aboard the last starship out, he thinks his days of fighting are over. The Deliverance represents a fresh start and a chance to leave the war behind for good. Except the war won't be as easy to escape as he thought.

"Superb! An engrossing novel full of intrigue…" — The Prairies Book Review. The crew of the colony ship New Hope left behind a dying planet in a desperate attempt to insure the continuation of their species in a distant star system. However, things didn't quite go as they had planned. Chronologically, Colony Ship New Hope follows Second Contact, the second entry of The Chaos Trilogy. Another Cassiopeia Adventure, it is intended to be read after Mankind 2.0, the third book in the series. Author's note: Whether you enjoy reading this or not, I would appreciate any honest reviews. It's the...

On the remote Manutassi ColonyShip, death is rare. Murder is almost unheard of. Dr. Miyumi Katahashi, a talented yet troubled physician, never expected to play detective. But when the body of a young woman is discovered floating in one of Inagawa colony’s hydropods, the fragile balance of their isolated society begins to unravel. Assisting Police Chief Whaled Bey, Katahashi soon uncovers far more than just a crime—she unearths buried secrets, illicit affairs, and a power struggle that threatens to tear the community apart. As the investigation deepens, every answer leads to more ...

The story within this book is confronting, seemingly impossible, and beyond logic for the common person. How could someone be kidnapped, live in their body for twenty years, then returned to the point of kidnapping at the same age? Once unheard of, a twenty year tour—often partially served in outer space—has now become a phenomenon that more and more claim to have experienced. Few have the depth of memory and detail as Tony Rodrigues. This is an account of what is being hidden from us and just how far they have gone without us. Deep in our souls, we know the truth is stranger than ...

Now that the truth of the genetic experiments on Mars has been revealed, new missions are on their way to gain control of this extraordinary technology. In the process, they seek to exploit and enslave the colonists—turning them into nothing more than lab rats. Worse, these newcomers are well armed, and prepared to go to war with each other to win control of the colony and its people.

Fighting for the Colony is the first of two volumes revised and expanded from the original Keeping the Colony. This volume follows Ricky as he defends against an interstellar empire. Ricky and his girlfriend Edin have both been medically tested and proven to be adults, so now they are engaged, and Ricky provides Edin the full ability to determine when she will become pregnant. With a triple birth underway in the specially prepared birthing suite in his house, Ricky invites his Grammy and Edin’s immediate family to visit Murna using a secret, rapid method he has recently developed. He ...

On the lost colony planet of Croatoan, the job of the police force is to keep the peace, even if it means turning a blind eye to all varieties of crimes. DCI Lutero Cade knows how to play the game – but when it comes to murder, he is more than willing to rock the boat. Now, with a serial killer on the loose, Cade knows he’s about to do a whole lot of boat rocking.

When half of mankind revolts and demands more opportunity, those at the top decide on a compromise: They will build the first colony ships and allow the rest to discover new worlds and start over. Twelve ships are built. The first is called the Orion. Many are eager to go, but only 100,000 are chosen for each vessel. Far from Earth, a new life awaits, and it promises the prosperity they've always wanted. But still, resistance stirs.

The 2nd moon of Jupiter has been turned into a prison planet, where for several generations robot drone ships have been dumping the scum of the universe, and are patrolled by a ring of security satellites. After a century of research, old core samples for the ice moon reveal that the frozen oceans of Europa hold the base element for an immortality drug that can extend the human lifespan several-fold. Now greedy military corporations race to exploit this new fountain of youth, only to discover they can't disable the orbiting sentry that was programmed to guard the inmates at all costs. It ...

When humanity’s first deep-space colonists touched down on their new planet, they had no idea it was the birthplace of a hostile alien species. After enduring numerous attacks, the survivors realize the aliens are about to get their revenge by invading Earth. The colonists build a starship to journey to the homeworld and warn the inhabitants of the impending war.

From acclaimed fantasy and science fiction writer Roland J. Green. For fans of STARSHIP TROOPERS, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, and WARHAMMER. The fourth in the STARCRUISER SHENANDOAH science fiction military series! MERCENARIES ON PLANET When the Shenandoah is assigned to reinforce the Federation presence at a training colony, the ship’s crew realizes that something odd is happening on planet Victoria. The fact that intelligence agents are hard at work around them does nothing to ease their nerves. To make matters even worse, Admiral Kuwahara is heading an investigation of a powerful scandal ...

As war breaks out among the colonies, a huge ship appears over the UPP mining planet Shānmén, releasing a horror that yields hideous transformations. Rescue is too far away, and the colonists’ only hope appears in the form of the vessel Righteous Fury. It carries the Jackals—an elite mix of former Colonial Marines and Royal Marines. Led by Zula Hendricks, the Jackals seek to rescue the few survivors from the depths of the planet, but have they arrived on time?