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Staff Sergeant Eli Vanhorn isn't the man he used to be. Once a proud member of the Fleet Marine Corps' elite Terrestrial Advance Combat teams, the battle on colony planet Luyten C left him broken and scarred. But after a year of surgeries and physical therapy, he's ready to complete his enlistment as Master of Arms on the exploration vessel Rihla. It should be a simple, stress free assignment - but things rarely work out as they should.

Stranded on an alien planet . . . Outnumbered by scores of enemy troopers . . . Staff Sergeant Eli Vanhorn is right at home. He sacrificed everything to help his friends, and he's duty bound to keep tabs on the Orrkasi occupying the underground city of Havvar, but Van knows that one simple mistake could spell his doom. With Mook at his side, the TAC Team operator will have to use all his training just to stay alive.

What I’m about to tell you is going to be hard to believe… The truth has been hidden for a long, long time… Do you have what it takes to find the truth? I wasn’t looking for anything. You might be the kind of person who wants to know what’s going on around you, but I was content just doing my job and being left alone. But sometimes life gets messy and the curtain that hides reality from most of us gets pulled back. All I can tell you is… there are some things you can’t unsee. So tread carefully. What you have in your hands is the true account of Hank Downes. I thought of ...

The day millions of people mysteriously vanished from planet earth, the world was forever changed. Oddly enough, most of us that remained thought it was a change for the better. But that was wrong… way wrong. World leaders hailed this new era as a return to the golden age. Life was supposed to be better than it had ever been. But we were just in the calm before the storm. The four horsemen of the apocalypse were waiting in the wings, and the world was rushing head long into a period of death and destruction like we had never imagined. Somehow I made it through alive… that’s ...

We’ve lived through the worst events in human history. The world is forever, irrevocably changed, and yet I know a secret you may not want to hear… things are only going to get worse. The global government claims to have everything under control. The wars are dying down, and the death flu has burned itself out. But in North America, the tiny population of survivors are desperately struggling to survive each and every day. So priority one is to find shelter, and priority two is to get the word out. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have run wild over the world, but there are ...

Travis Hurts is a hunter of men Collecting rewards for the most wanted men in the galaxy But what happens when the hunter becomes the hunted? P2 was once a thriving world, home to trillions. Then the Hash Gore attacked. They leveled entire cities. The Human Coalition forces nuked everything. A hundred years later people are retuning. There’s no government, no rules, no place that’s safe. But there are fortunes to be found in the rubble of the cities, and the nuclear impact sites created a rare element called Dusticia Seven that is fast becoming the most valuable substance in...

A call for help A world where things aren’t what they seem And an enemy that will stop at nothing to destroy Travis Hurts There’s always another job to do. Fugitive Recovery Specialist Travis Hurts has no shortage of outlaws and desperados to track down. But when a call for help comes in from Las Brazzas, a world with secrets, he soon finds that he’s in over his head. And there’s nothing he can do but shoot his way out of trouble. Morgan Black has a score to settle. He’s a paid killer, but the money doesn’t drive him. He’ll kill Travis Hurts and the widow woman on ...

The exploration ship Rihla was hit with a powerful planetary defense weapon almost as soon as they made orbit around the planet. With almost no warning, the ship was damaged beyond the ability to save. Staff Sergeant Eli Vanhorn and Corporal Beatrix Finnegan escaped by initiating the armory's emergency ejection capabilities. They have weapons and survival supplies, but it will take months for the Fleet to send help. In the meantime, they have two objectives: Find other survivors and stay alive.

Staff Sergeant Eli Vanhorn is injured after a desperate battle with the Orrkasi aliens on Leonis B. He's cut off from the other survivors of the Space Fleet exploration ship Rihla, which was shot down when she entered orbit. And he's going to need every skill he's honed over his long career in the Fleet Marine Corps just to stay alive.

When war becomes a fight for survival… Loyalties are tested… Plans are forgotten… And Anything goes… Sergeant Pace Nix is a Commando in the canine division. Together with his war dog Riot, they carry out deadly missions behind enemy lines on a variety of worlds. While everyone else is signing up for new cybernetic combat enhancements, Pace decides to get out of the service while he and Riot are still whole. But a man with skills is valuable, and Pace is lured into re-enlisting by an easy assignment in the Protective Services devision...

A portal to a new world, or a hole in space itself? Private Cosmo Frost and his HAVOC drone are sent to investigate… But he isn’t the only one looking to pass through the portal… And humanity isn’t ready for what’s coming for them. War is a way of life on Fiona Grand. Comso Frost is a commando in the newly developed Armor Brigade. He uses specialized armor and commands a heavy weapons assault drone in combat. His girlfriend Allura Pressley is a highly decorated Bombardier in the FGAF. But no one has ever seen an enemy like the one they’ll soon be facing. And it isn’t just ...

Previously published as Destiny Repeating Strange spheres appear in the sky all around the world. No one can explain what they are or where they're from. When people begin suffering from a mysterious illness panic ensues, and soon only a tiny faction of the earth's population remains. With nowhere to call home and no answers to be found, Daniel Brickman takes up residence in the White House and begins trying to rebuild society, but the spheres were only the beginning. "Daniel retreated upstairs to the President's private living room in the White House. The ornate furniture which seemed so ...

In the Realm of the Five Kingdoms, magic is strictly controlled by a small group of powerful wizards who call themselves the Torr. Throughout the realm, magic lies dormant, sleeping, almost forgotten until Zollin discovers that he is a wizard. While he revels in his new powers and the realization that his life has purpose, malevolent wizards from the Torr, led by the scheming Branock, tirelessly seek him out.

Congratulations Citizen, you have been selected for military service. It’s the news no one wants. Fighting the aliens known as the Ma’Tis is a dangerous occupation. Recruit Cosmo Frost will have to devote himself completely if he’s going to become a Battle Trooper and qualify for the elite Armor Brigade. The HAVOC drone is an experimental new technology developed specifically for the war with the Ma’Tis. The Heavy Armor Vehicle for Offensive Combat is faster and more agile than a MECH. It’s a walking weapons platform controlled by Battle Troopers in the newly developed...

Danger comes from many angles And hits you when you least expect it On the galactic fringe, there are no second chances. With the investigation into the corruption on Las Brazzas expanding, Fugitive Recovery Specialist Travis Hurts is called into action. He’ll have to use all his resources to get past a team of security experts and captured one of the main culprits from Las Brazzas. And while his focus is on one fugitive, others are conspiring against him. If he isn’t careful, everything he’s worked so hard for will be swept away in the blink of an eye. Travis Hurts isn’t the ...

Staff Sergeant Eli Vanhorn, hero of Leonis B, has been called back to active duty. With advanced tech from the Alethian race, Humanity’s Galactic Fleet is planning a strike on the newly discovered Orrkasi home world. A platoon of experienced Terrestrial Advance Combat Marines is put together, and Vanhorn is called out of retirement to join them. But like any mission, much of the intel is compartmentalized, with superiors slow to share what might be vital details on a dangerous operation deep behind enemy lines.

Since being stranded on the planet Leonis B, Staff Sergeant Eli "Van" Vanhorn has worked tirelessly to protect the people he cares about. But his attacks on the Orrkasi aliens who are working to exploit the planet's resources have forced his hand. The only real hope for the survivors of the Rihla is the arrival of Fleet, and it's up to Staff Sergeant Vanhorn to keep his people alive until help can reach them.

Survival isn’t easy on a planet controlled by a rogue AI, but beating the odds is Sergeant Pace Nix’s speciality. Pace and his war dog Riot were betrayed by the survivors living in the sewer city called Low Town. Disarmed, taken captive, and handed over to NERO the AI system that controls everyone on Rastamus III. It’s ultimate goal is to spread to other worlds, but it needs the passengers of the NGO ship The Philadelphia that crashed on NERO’s world to help navigate the galaxy. But they all underestimated who Pace is, and the extreme violence he is truly capable of. Ghost ...

Power always comes at a price. In the Realm of the Five Kingdoms magic has been strictly controlled for centuries. Only a small group of wizards, known as the Torr, exercise the greatest magical powers, but their quest for control has pushed magic in the Five Kingdoms to the brink of extinction. When a young wizard named Zollin refused to submit his power to the Torr, he started more than just a desperate race for survival, his defiance sparked a magical awakening. As Zollin wrestles to understand and control his amazing powers, the world will change forever. Fantastic creatures will once ...

The Fleet Marines have inserted a team of Terrestrial Advance Combat (TAC Team) Operators to the Orrkasi’s sacred home world, and Eli Vanhorn, the hero of Leonis B, was picked to be part of the team. The Orrkasi are a violent, savage race who have been humanity’s enemy in a war across the galaxy that spans decades. TAC Team Operator Eli Vanhorn is an agent of chaos, and he’s been let off the leash. But the Orcs are intent on tracking his platoon down on the wild, alien world.