Series
The Perseus Gate: Season 1
Sabrina's crew decides to make use of a jump gate to shorten the journey to New Canaan. Like any last-minute shortcut, it turns out to be the long way 'round. Six episode-length adventures follow the sentient starship Sabrina and her found-family crew across the Perseus Arm.
The Gate at the Grey Wolf Star
Book 1
After nine long years of searching the Inner Stars, Jessica and the crew of Sabrina have finally found the president's brother, Finaeus Tomlinson. Now Finaeus has convinced them to take a shortcut through a jump gate--a new technology none of them have ever used before--located at a secret dwarf star mining operation. But a mysterious group within the Transcend Space Force, known as the Grey Division, has orders to intercept… more
The World at the Edge of Space
Book 2
After near disaster trying to escape the Transcend at the Grey Wolf Star, Jessica and the crew of the Sabrina find themselves thousands of light years from their intended destination, deep in the Perseus Arm, at one of the furthest colonized worlds in the galaxy. Sabrina has taken heavy damage, Cheeky is in critical condition, and their supplies of antimatter and fusables are dangerously low. The only system in sight?… more
The Dance on the Moons of Serenity
Book 3
Everyone deserves a day off, right? That's just what Jessica and Cheeky are enjoying when a pair of old 'friends' show up and force them to smuggle weapons into the Serenity System. Jessica and Cheeky are on their own in their small interstellar pinnace, and Cargo and the crew of Sabrina are on the far side of the Kidron System. Nevertheless, there's no way Jessica and Cheeky are going to… more
The Last Bastion of Star City
Book 4
Jessica had never imagined such a place as Star City existed, let alone that something like a Bastion protected it. With Serenity behind them, the crew of Sabrina now faces a vast nebula, rife with dark matter, stretching along the inner edge of the Perseus Arm. Going around will take years, but there is rumor of a path through. A path known only to those who live at Star City.… more
The Toll Road Between the Stars
Book 5
Sabrina and her crew are nearly through the Stillwater Nebula. But before they pass through into the open space beyond, they have to get through the Perry Strait. A stretch of space where no FTL is possible, with the Perry System at its center. There they learn that an old enemy has leapfrogged them and laid a trap.
The Final Stroll on Perseus's Arm
Book 6
It has been eight long years since the crew of Sabrina passed beyond the Stillwater Nebula. They are now deep within the Orion Freedom Alliance, taking a short respite on the planet Ferra, roughly five-hundred light years from the inner edge of Orion space--only a year from the relative safety of the Inner Stars. But when Cheeky is abducted, everything is turned on its head once more, and the crew… more
The Perseus Gate: Season 2
Sabrina has finally made it to New Canaan. It should be a time of relaxation and rejoicing, but after the Defense of Carthage, a new mission looms. They must stop the third Sentience War before it starts. Seven episode-length adventures continue the voyages of the sentient starship Sabrina and her crew.
A Meeting of Minds and Bodies
Book 1
The crew of Sabrina has finally made it to New Canaan. It should be a time of relaxation and rejoicing, but following the Defense of Carthage, Tanis has a new task for them to complete. Not everyone will join in this journey; new bodies and minds board the ship as they embark on one of the most important missions of all. To stop the third Sentience War before it starts.… more
A Deception and a Promise Kept
Book 2
Attacked on Cerka station with lines of communication down, the crew of Sabrina must engage in a station-wide battle with foes both physical and ephemeral in an attempt to save Virginis from itself. While Jessica, Usef, and Trevor take on the physical threats, a dire enemy waits for Iris and Amavia to step into its expanse. Both groups will need to achieve victory if Virginis is to remain in the… more
A Surreptitious Rescue of Friends and Foes
Book 3
The attempted coup is over, but Virginis is far from secure… While the inner system is secure, the AST holds Virginis's outer worlds and stations in its grasp. One such station is Chittering Hawk, where a freighter carrying rescued AIs has recently been forced to dock. The AST storms the ship and kills the captain, but one AI and two crewmembers escape. Meanwhile, back on Cerka Station, Jessica and Cheeky… more
A Victory and a Crushing Defeat
Book 4
While the incursion at Chittering Hawk was a success, the action has steeled the AST's resolve bringing the final push against the beleaguered defenders in Virginis to hand. It's up to Jessica to get the Virginis military—along with anyone else she can cajole or threaten into helping—ready to face the enemy. Meanwhile, Corsia is searching in the black around New Canaan for any gates Orion has in the region. No… more
A Trial and the Tribulations
Book 5
When mercenary commander Tahim fled the Battle of Virginis with ISF technology—after betraying his allies—Jessica Keller wasn't about to let it slide. Tracking him to the Diadem System, she infiltrates his headquarters to reclaim what's hers. But nothing is ever simple. Jessica's capture leads to a trial that's anything but fair, forcing her into a deadly gladiatorial contest where survival is not expected. Meanwhile, her crew discovers something far worse… more
A Bargain and a True Tale Told
Book 6
Two thousand rescued AIs need a home. Sabrina knows just the place—except she's never been there. After breaking an AI trafficking ring in the Diadem system, Sabrina and her crew are carrying over two thousand freed SAI cores in their hold. Their destination: a hidden refuge in interstellar space, built by AIs who left human civilization behind thousands of years ago. There's just one problem. The refuge doesn't want organics… more
A Covenant and a House Divided
Book 7
Jessica Keller has faced down fleets, broken sieges, and fought her way across the Inner Stars. But Aldebaran is a different kind of battlefield. The LoS capital is a hundred-kilometer station orbiting a dying red giant, home to a thousand-member assembly of AIs and organics—and it's fracturing from the inside. AIs who were once moderates are turning hostile overnight. Allies are becoming strangers. The NOS is growing bolder, and the… more
Rika's Marauders
Rika's Marauders is the tale of one woman's struggle to become human again after being turned into a mechanized warrior. Rika must battle terrible enemies, face impossible odds, and struggle to stay alive, but that is not her biggest battle. Cast aside by the military that made her, mech-meat Rika claws her way from indentured cyborg to commander of her own mercenary company across seven novels of mech-driven military science fiction.
Rika Outcast
Book 1
Rika is mech-meat, a cyborg killing machine, created by the Genevian military and cast aside when the war was lost. Now she slings cargo on Dekar Station, falling deeper in debt as she struggles to make enough money to keep her cybernetic body functioning. The local gangs would love to have her join their ranks, and the takings would pay her bills, but the only thing Rika hates more than… more
Rika Redeemed
Book 2
Rika is a Marauder. After years of drifting aimlessly after the war with the Nietzscheans, she has finally found a home with the Marauders—a mercenary outfit comprised of Genevian veterans. Back in the war, Rika hated her government, but always fought for the woman next to her. Now she fights for her teammates in Basilisk, an elite spec-ops team that takes on the toughest missions. When General Mill, CO of… more
Rika Triumphant
Book 3
The time for ass-kicking is nigh. * Survive war with Nietzschea - CHECK * Deal with trauma of being sold at auction - CHECK * Stop an assassination - CHECK * Conquer the discipline chip in her head - CHECK * Topple the Politica - CHECK * Save the woman who once saved her - CHECK Rika's demons have been put to rest, and she's been given command of a… more
Rika Commander
Book 4
Rika has rescued the Allies’ Field Marshal. Now she has new orders. After a harrowing fight and escape on the surface of Pyra, Rika finds that she has saved the life of one of the most powerful women in the galaxy: Tanis Richards. Tanis is building an alliance with the goal of defeating a far-off enemy called the Orion Freedom Alliance. The OFA is waging it’s side of the war… more
Rika Infiltrator
Book 5
The Nietzschean Empire will never know what hit them... Rika’s Marauders have defeated the Nietzscheans at Sepe, completing the Allies annihilation of the enemy fleet that attacked Thebes. But Rika knows this is just the beginning. Field Marshal Richards has given her fresh intel and a new target: a planet named Kansas in the Blue Ridge System. Rika and her marauders launch a surprise attack on the world, but the… more
Rika Unleashed
Book 6
Rika’s Marauders are reunited—almost. In Iberia, five mechs are fighting for survival against an entire star system and Rika is bringing the entire force to rescue them. Upon arrival, they discover that time is of the essence and the time it takes to fly across a star system may be days longer than the stranded mechs have. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Rika will do the unthinkable to save… more
Rika Conqueror
Book 7
A mission to Parsons yields unexpected news... When Chase travels to the Parsons System in advance of the main Marauder force, he stumbles upon a piece of intel that changes the course of the incursion into Nietzschean space. Now Rika must prepare to strike at the heart of the enemy occupation and begin the true task of freeing Genevia.
The Orion War
Humanity has spread across ten-thousand stars, and every one of them is preparing for total war. Tanis will protect her colony world at any cost. The Orion War is the central epic of the Aeon 14 universe: thirteen novels following Tanis Richards from the founding of the New Canaan colony into a war that spans the Orion Arm, fought between the Transcend, the Orion Guard, and the empires of the Inner Stars.
Destiny Lost
Book 1
The greatest colony ship ever built has been Tanis's home for over a hundred years. Now she's been ripped from it, captured and tortured by pirates eager to learn the vessel's location. What they don't know—but are soon to find out—is that Tanis hails from humanity's golden age. She has both the ability and the will to take out anyone that stands between her and reunion with her people. Freed… more
New Canaan
Book 2
Tanis Richards has spent half her life on the Intrepid, guiding the great colony ship, and its two million passengers, across hundreds of light-years. She has risked life, limb and those dearest to her to get this far. Now she's within reach of her goal; the New Canaan System, and a normal, stable life. The kind she's only dreamed about. The only remaining hurdle is to strike a deal with… more
Orion Rising
Book 3
After centuries of struggle, the ISF Intrepid has finally brought its colonists to New Canaan, a star system better than any they imagined. They made landfall and began to build their new home, far from the troubles of Sol and the Inner Stars. Yet no one in the Orion Arm has forgotten that the colonists possess the most valuable technology known to humankind, least of all Tanis Richards—as she secretly… more
The Scipio Alliance
Book 4
Tanis and Sera have taken the I2 to Khardine, the new capital of the Transcend, and must now travel to the Inner Stars and meet with Scipian Empress, Diana—who they hope will be an ally to the Transcend. With the Trisilieds Kingdom, the Hegemony of Worlds, and the Nietzschean Empire all aligned with the Orion Guard—not to mention a civil war brewing in the Transcend—they will need all the help… more
Attack on Thebes
Book 5
The final negotiations between the Silstrand Alliance and the Scipian Empire are complete, and it's time for Tanis and Sera to part ways. Sera must return to Khardine, where new challenges await, and preparations for the march on Airtha begin. Meanwhile Tanis turns toward the Praesepe Cluster. There, a handful of interstellar nations hold out against the encroaching Nietzschean Empire. Sera's Hand agents are certain that the Nietzscheans are backed… more
War on a Thousand Fronts
Book 6
The Allied fleet has stopped the Nietzscheans at Pyra, but the battlefront grows wider day by day. While Sera distributes the Transcend's fleets to protect the alliance, Tanis must come to grips with what happened to her on Pyra's surface. In addition, Bob conveys a number of hard truths that will force her to re-think her role in humanity's future. But the allies' enemies are not sitting idle. General Greer,… more
Precipice of Darkness
Book 7
The Allies have solidified their hold on the Large Magellanic Cloud and turn their sights on the Inner Stars and Perseus Arm. With forces spread thin, they must depend on superior technology and quantum entanglement communication to retain their edge. But their enemies have not been idle. Ascended AIs move to destroy Tangel, as Garza and the Orion Widows strike out at both Tangel and Airtha. Deep in the Transcend,… more
Airthan Ascendancy
Book 8
Though Xavia has been defeated, new enemies rise to take her place. Tangel is still reeling from her battle with the ascended AI, but she still needs to complete her negotiations with the League of Sentients and bring them into the Alliance. Once that agreement is in place, the Alliance will be in a position to hit the Hegemony on multiple fronts, beginning the process of defeating humanity's oldest empire.… more
Orion Front
Book 9
While Allied forces deal with the aftermath of the Airthan Ascendancy, Tangel turns her gaze to Orion. Stopping their advance on the Transcend and the Inner Stars is the key to ending the war and bringing peace to the galaxy. But the road will not be easy. Jessica and Trevor jump to Star City, hoping to enlist the aid of the Bastions, but the core AIs have other ideas. Meanwhile,… more
Starfire
Book 10
Tangel leads the I2 to Star City, while Joe follows after the Perilous Dream, desperate to bring his daughters home. Elsewhere Praetor Kirkland prepares for attack, suspecting that the Widows are coming for him. To top it off, the denizens of Star City make an impossible demand. When personal need runs up against the Alliance's goals, Tangel is forced to reevaluate what her role is and what she's willing to… more
Race Across Spacetime
Book 11
The Alliance has suffered an unimaginable loss: Tangel is dead. The crew of the I2 struggles to carry on, dealing with the impending occupation of New Sol and surrender of the Orion Freedom Alliance. But Bob harbors a suspicion, a kernel of hope, and sends the Falconer in search of additional survivors. Back at Star City, Finaeus and Earnest reel at the news that Tangel died to save her family… more
Return to Sol: Attack at Dawn
Book 12
Sera, Tangel, Finaeus, and Earnest are missing… But the war must continue. With the Alliance's Field Marshal missing, Jessica is promoted to the role. She and Tangel had discussed strategy at great length, and she continues with her mentor's plan. Push to Sol. But before they return to humanity's home system, one more foe stands in the way. A foe with whom Jessica has a bone to pick. It's time… more
Return to Sol: Star Rise
Book 13
Driven by Uriel, the Hegemony and its last remaining allies have sent their fleets against the ISF's homeworld. It's a final solution, little more than an attempt to bring about mutually assured destruction. Of course, the humans of Sol don't know that their leader is under the control of core AIs who do not care which side wins, so long as humanity is weakened. Tanis and Tangel have returned from… more
