Brimming with Huff’s signature mix of grit, loyalty, and enough daring to move planets, each of the five stories presents a new window into a universe beloved of thousands, where courage and quick thinking make the difference between survival—and disaster.
An alien ship will test Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr and her team as they navigate the ever-changing corridors and battle the Others.
A diplomatic mission to a new species goes wildly awry, and Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr is desperate to keep her people alive.
Yesterday, the Star Kingdom of Manticore was a small, unimportant interstellar backwater with little need for a navy and even less interest in paying for one. But now Manticore is a target. The invitation to the Andermani Empire is welcome and yet Travis, Lisa, and Gavin find themselves squarely in the path of the storm, and before Travis, Lisa, and Gavin can accomplish anything else, they first have to survive.
Lieutenant Travis Long believes in the rules and that an officer does his duty. There are forces, however, who don’t believe they need the Royal Manticoran Navy. What does a sleepy little single-system star nation on the outer edge of the explored galaxy need with a navy?
Captain Aivars Terekhov follows in Duchess Harrington’s footsteps as he maneuvers to protect the Talbott System and the Lynx Junction with the help of Lt. Abigail Hearns, the first Grayson woman to go through Saganami, and Helen Zilwicki who is on her first snotty cruise, bringing her already vast experience with hand-to-hand combat and her father’s spycraft aboard.
An anthology of sixteen brand-new sci-fi and fantasy stories that speak to the darkness and despair that life brings while reminding us that good deeds, humor, love, sacrifice, dedication, and following our joy can ignite a light that burns so bright the darkness cannot last.
The enemy was the Troft. Now they’re our own: the Dominion of Man, and they’ve come to enslave our world. But the Moreau and Broom Cobra clans won’t stand by.
Everything is on the line against the Dominion and the Grik, and the Grand Alliance is stretched to its breaking point. Victory is the only option, whatever the cost, because there can be no second chances.
A sort of peace has fallen over Safehold with the end of the war, but it ramps up with rebellion in Harchong and the anger of Siddmarkians, as Charis charges forward with its plans.