There are rebels among the stars…Meet eleven protagonists battling to save themselves and the ones they love. Human, cyborg, clone, or alien, they’ll find themselves pitted against intergalactic crime bosses, interstellar mercenaries, a quantum-wave-riding collective mind, and the universe itself. Along the way, there’s plenty of action, adventure, humor, and even some romance.Written by the … some romance.
Written by the freshest voices in science fiction, these stories are short, but they’ll light your imagination like a solar flare. Strap yourself in and join the rebellion! Download this collection today.
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Even the stories I liked least were pretty good, and the stories I liked best were great. Certainly worth reading.
After reading “A Tale of Two Ships” I bought “Destiny’s Song (KarmaCorp Book 1)”.
After reading “Carl Sagan’s Hunt for Intelligent Life in the Universe” again, I decided to read Starship Waking, since I’ve already read Archangel Down, and I was reminded what a good story-teller C. Gockel is.
“Blood Ties” is apparently a prequel to “Blood Will Tell”. It’s a kind of dark, sad story about a young programmer stuck on a backwoods planet with dreams of getting out.
“Passage Out” is a Victoria Eternal story, a steampunk tale about a young girl longing for the stars but finding her skills are of more use on the earth.
“Arcturus 5” featured three groups of aliens: arbitrators, disreputable finders-keepers scavengers and complainants of piracy by the scavengers. The outcome of the investigation was surprising.
“Treason’s Course”, as one can guess from the title, is about misplaced trust and loyalties.
“Falling” explores the relationship between a for-hire criminal on the lam and a hot-shot pilot running contraband in competition with the mob. He’s hired to kill her to collect his bounty, but the best laid plans go oft awry.
“Starfall Station” takes place between Books 2 and 3 of the Fallen Empire series. Leonidas and Alisa have an adventure that brings them closer to understanding each other.
“Luminescence” has researchers in a remote station on Titan dealing with a medical emergency far from base. Back at the base, it turns the medical emergency was triggered by a massive information transfer that has disrupted the base electronics and created a genius.
“Glome” tracks the first manned trip through a cosmic phenomenon called a glome. The crew and colonists get a big surprise in a message recorded on Earth to be played on their arrival. They, along with the other 11 colonizing vessels, hold the future of Mankind.
“Unfinished” by Kendra C. Highley is a fascinating story of two genetically engineered humans, a boy and a girl, who find that their being engineered doesn’t mean they cannot feel human emotions strongly, including anger and hatred as well as love.
good read nice sample of several authors
Thanks for the introduction to these authors! This will help me out with choosing more books to read.
I like the authors works I have read several of his books
Very enjoyable book!
Bad language
Didn’t hold my interest.
No bad entries and several good ones to point you towrds new authors to look for more from.
I like chicken
As I started found I couldn’t stop turning the page to see what was next. So yes it was entertaining
Great.
A good read for its entertainment value.
Great stories with Lindsay Buroker’s book being my favorite!
Enjoyed reading the short introductions to various series from the authors presented. Interesting short bursts of creative story telling that was enjoyable.
love reading this collection
Good short stories, great to access new authors!
IT was entertaining to the end. With this saying I enjoyed the book. My biggest problem is that it ended to soon. So I am working on finding the rest of the books in this series. To find out the full story.
It was just good!!!!!!
The book has good intriguing short stories. Unfortunately most are open ended. I like my stories to at least not seem to just cut out as if the last pages of the story were lost.
Great stories of different characters building actions