Space Colony

Earth is completely uninhabitable. The last two-thousand humans living in the solar system, inhabit a colony on the red planet: Mars. With only a few weeks to live on Mars, colonists become increasingly aware of their imminent deaths. Upon exhausting every rational means to survive, they desperately turn to one, last effort; they create a beacon which calls out to the universe for help.After completing the beacon, the colonists are left with many questions. Did their calls reach anyone? If so, who? And, will their rescuers save them or kill them?The Doomed Colony is the fifth novel in the ...

Seventh Dwarfstar, a solar mining vessel, is cruising past a dwarf star when they pick up a capsule floating through space. Aboard the capsule, Sierra has just barely escaped the tyranny of Hatcheta, ruler of Nagiha Space Station, alive. She’s welcomed on board Seventh Dwarfstar by its ragtag crew. She keeps her past a secret from the others until betrayal shatters them. Seventh Dwarfstar is a retelling of Snow White in space.

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 ...

The Deliverance has arrived. The planet is beautiful, lush, teeming with life and perfectly suited to the colony’s needs. It should be a paradise. Instead, it’s a nightmare. Caleb knows the truth. The ship’s real mission has nothing to do with settlement. The plan is much more sinister than that. Now the race is on to prepare for the coming storm, to secure the colony, and find the enemy before the enemy finds them.

"Quantum" is the third instalment in the topical, exciting, near future "First Colony" science fiction series. The Conglomerates' seemingly insatiable demands for all that the lunar colony offers, including unimaginable mineral wealth, sees a direct assault on Moon's independence and long-established democracy. Initially, they appear to succeed, but dissent brews beneath the the surface, both figuratively and physically. Does the Brotherhood and their covert opposition become the epicentre of lunar resistance? Are their attempts to restore the once enjoyed freedoms of a contemporary space ...

The Pharashian Republic’s psychopathic leader has instigated a catastrophic civil war within the Terran Empire. With the coming collapse of the Republic with the coming of a vindictive Imperial Navy, a group of ships with thousands of refugees led by Marcus Ambrose, Andrew Townsend and several Portal Ship commanders chose to escape the Republic before their worlds were scourged. Their aging Portal Ships failing, they found a world that seemed almost ideal to rebuild a civilization on that was far away from the savage conflict that they escaped from. But the struggle to rebuild is ...

Decades after the tumultuous battle for independence, Mars has transformed from a desolate outpost into a thriving hub of economic power and scientific innovation. Under the leadership of Darren Bass, the first elected leader of Mars, the planet experiences unprecedented growth. Terraforming efforts accelerate, industries flourish, and a wave of immigrants arrives, eager to forge a new identity as Martians. However, with newfound power come complex challenges: internal political struggles, corporate ambitions, and the persistent shadow of Earth's influence. As humanity's first deep-space ...

The stories you’ve dreamed of; the people you crave to meet; or would love to be. The aliens who’d make you shiver, or laugh. The huge risks of guiding your spacecraft here, or there. The adventures you’d have if only you had the nerve… Or the utter romance of doing that… The humour of orbital disasters and alien conflicts; the perils of ill-advised time-interference; the sheer romance of null-gravity love; the terrors of a leaky hull; the fear of a bullying boss when you’re a thousand light years beyond.; the choices you face in the big, black Vac. Mostly a laugh or a satisfied...

Escaping wrongful imprisonment wasn't something Connor had in mind, but being put into stasis aboard Earth's first interstellar colony ship was something he couldn't have prepared for. For 300,000 colonists, the new colony brings the promise of a fresh start...a second chance. Connor might be the wrong man for the colony, but he's the right man to see that it survives what's coming.

Alex Archer is a soldier now, the only civilian survivor from Scorpio to join the NAC Defense Corps. With their training complete, Alex and her friend Private Isa Cressey find themselves on emergency combat deployment with their new unit. The destination is the Alpha Corvi system, where an allied warship has vanished. Alex can guess why.

Desperation has become a way of life for people on an overpopulated Earth. In a world that places a high value on wealth and a cheap price on human life, you take what is left: even if it is a shanty underground, crawling with bugs and covered in rot. In this dystopian space opera, Xan aches to break away from the chains that destiny has shackled upon him, not just for himself, but also to redeem his family from poverty and give them the life they deserve. As various advertisements fight for his attention, only one stands out to him: a new life on Mars. The golden land of promise and ...

Twenty-plus intimate sci-fi stories from the heights and depths of the fractal universe. The stories you’ve dreamed of; the people you crave to meet; or would love to be. The aliens who’d make you shiver, or laugh. The huge risks of guiding your spacecraft here, or there. The adventures you’d have if only you had the nerve… Or the utter romance of doing that… The lighter side; the humour of orbital disasters and alien conflicts; the perils of ill-advised time-interference; the sheer romance of null-gravity love; the terrors of a leaky hull; the fear of a bullying boss when ...

The French Foreign Legion is one of the most feared combat units of the 22nd century. Taking the rogues, thieves and misfits of Earth and the colonized worlds, and forging them into an elite fighting force through harsh discipline and regimental pride. The backwater French mining colony of New Strasbourg lies dozens of light-years from Earth. A remote world where third-rate bureaucrats lead an easy life while the miners struggle and die to make aristocrats rich back home. Until the colonists rebel in a brutal insurgency, and fight the local militia to a standstill. Now it's twenty-year-old ...

It’s been eight years since an alien invasion drove a small surviving group of settlers to seek refuge in an underground shelter. Cut off from the rest of humanity, the ragtag band has maintained a narrowly functioning colony due to communal effort and salvage runs. Alex Archer has her own duties as a dog handler. While this off-world colony may be harsh, Ash, Alex’s black shepherd raised to sense threats, makes living in it a little nicer.

Getting it on in space! The crew of Flutterbug are a lovely rowdy and randy bunch. Jock and I are their newest crew. I talked him into the idea of leaving regular cargo flights for this uncertain existence. He liked where we were, but I wanted adventure, not reliability. At first glance, Rich, my new captain, promises that. A lot of salvage work is tedious… scouring the backwaters of space. But when we run across an abandoned colony. Well, that could be a gold mine. If it is abandoned.Exploring the colony, we find the unexpected... and a new adventure.

Space Elevators: what they are, how they work and why we need them.

The stories you’ve dreamed of; the people you crave to meet; or would love to be. The aliens who’d make you shiver, or laugh. The huge risks of guiding your spacecraft here, or there. The adventures you’d have if only you had the nerve… Or the utter romance of doing that… The humour of orbital disasters and alien conflicts; the perils of ill-advised time-interference; the sheer romance of null-gravity love; the terrors of a leaky hull; the fear of a bullying boss when you’re a thousand light years beyond.; the choices you face in the big, black Vac. Mostly a laugh or a satisfied...

Matthew's on a mission. Yet again, it isn't one of his choosing. This time around, he has to go deep behind enemy lines. However, this is his deepest incursion yet. He is joining a raid on the fallen city of Thessalonia. Of course, he's promised some great things in return for his help, but the risks may just be great enough that he questions the reward... Read The Battle for Allegra: More Harm Than Good today! More Harm Than Good is the twenty-second book in the sci-fi novelette series The Battle for Allegra. Join Matthew as he goes over the top and ventures into the killing fields. If you...

John Perry was living peacefully on one of humanity's colonies - until he and his wife were offered an opportunity these ex-supersoldiers couldn't resist. To come out of retirement and lead a new frontier world. However, once on the planet, they discover they've been betrayed. For this colony is a pawn in an interstellar game of war and diplomacy. Humanity's Colonial Union has pitched itself against a new, seemingly unstoppable alien alliance dedicated to ending all human colonization.

After surviving a nearly insurmountable peril, a starship captain returns to Earth with his badly distressed ship and remaining crew and passengers in hyper sleep over three hundred years after they were believed to be destroyed and finds his most perilous trial. In humanity’s drive towards individuality by being like everyone else, due to genetic manipulation there are only 33 standard female and male models and he and his crew will be made beautiful like everyone else unless he can figure out a way to stop it.