A Girl Named Mystery-A young girl is trained to fight a war stretching not only through space and time, but across the known universe as well. But the shadow agents and the various probes that are chasing her will stop at nothing to gain the knowledge she has to enter the Nexus Expanse, and give the Temporiate final and unrelenting control of not only time and space, but existence as well...
The Eyes of Ascension-Born of royalty, forced into slavery, Rya's only chance of regaining her freedom and reclaim her destiny is to play the role that of a double-agent: As a bodyguard to protect a prince who would be king from assassination, and as a link to the rebel elements of her own home world. But things heat up when talk of a new offensive is being planned against it, leaving Rya to decide whether intervening at this point is worth her life.
The Starchild-10,000 years after the Fall of Man, life on one devastated Earth is both harsh and unforgiving, as auto-frame pilot Isis McGowan knows all too well. But a trip up to Stratos City changes her life forever, as she recovers a shard of a once powerful machine sentience known only as the Source of Chaos, and ultimately--and reluctantly--assumes the mantle of the legendary Starchild.
However, things don't go so well as planned, and the young girl finds herself fighting not only the infamous Praetorial Guard, but a woman whose goals are cryptic and mysterious--guided by an unseen force seeking to reclaim what had been lost to her so many centuries ago.
But her power and her might is so awesome as it is terrifying, that in the end, Isis McGowan finds herself hard pressed to beat the odds. And if she doesn't win, everyone she ever knew or cared about will die!
Starchild Duel-Terrifying dreams and premonitions have dogged both Isis and Calis for two months now with no end in sight. With no explanation, Isis continues to resume her semblance of a normal life the best she can, even though those close to her are concerned and urging her to find the source of her problems.
But her problems are not as easy to solve as she thinks they are. As time flies by, Isis's dreams begin to tell her a story. And it isn't pretty.
Nemesis is coming back and she is searching for a new host to carry on her mission: To rid the universe of the accursed Starchild and rule the Earth with an iron fist. But Isis isn't going to all that to happen. And despite her best attempts, Nemesis endows a close childhood friend of hers with the power to literary rearrange the universe itself.
But whatever training the Starchild has had in the past two years, is no match against whatever her friend is dealing out, and the young woman finds herself stranded in an alternate reality where hope is dead and the Earth is on the verge of utter destruction. It is here that Isis learns about the truth and the sacrifice her counterpart is willing to go through in order to save her world from an enemy Isis wasn't even expecting and not even prepared for.
And when it is all over, the Starchild realizes that in order to prevent the same thing from happening, she must take her battle with her childhood friend to the stars and beyond, sacrificing everything in the process, and leaving life as she knew it, behind.
Fire and Frost-An impending asteroid strike sends the planet of Kamar IV into further turmoil even as the populace is already struggling through an energy crisis. But you would think that the corrupt Kamarian government is eager to deal with this new threat. But it isn't. So elements of the military have to step in and take care of the problem themselves. The only problem is that it isn't as easy as it looks. Sabatoge, blackmail, murder, and extortion play out in this gripping saga, and no one will be coming out of this one alive. And caught in the middle of all this is a 13-year-old boy named Jason Scott. And little does he know, his dreams are the key to saving all of humanity from all out destruction.
Cosmic Death-While the battle to save the planet rages on in the waters off the First Continent, a new form of terror emerges in the form that nobody least expected and is ill-prepared to deal with, despite valiant efforts by a few brave souls.
And what makes things even worse, it isn't just confined to the planet, but also on a derelict space yard as well--inhabited by a woman who is a scout from a race far advanced than anything anyone has ever imagined.
Meanwhile, the only operating SeaStar is having problems of its own. One of them is a sabateur determined to stop the mission of mercy at any cost. The second is the little known fact that the crucial element needed to save the planet from imminent destruction has laid incomplete for the last 300 years, with no chance of even being finished--a victim of government cutbacks. But that's not going to stop the command officers and crew. They start the process of completing the Telaris space station, and hope that it might save their world one last time.
But that may not matter, if whatever contagion is causing the human race to mutate into reptilian-like creatures. Things that have a taste for human flesh. But one element of the military is determined to find out, by taking a task force of ships to the mysterious Eighth Continent for answers.
In the meantime, Jason finds himself way over his head as he battles these creatures left and right, in hopes of uncovering the source himself. But when his girlfriend is infected, Jason finds himself in a hopelessly dire situation that may have only one way out: Death.
The Price of Freedom-In the year 2165, humanity is on the verge of extinction by its inhuman masters, the mysterious Neos. Now, after 70 years of continuous wars, two unlikely people-one a former lieutenant, and the other, an ex-NuGen soldier-class drone-will go back in time to try and undue the damage that has been caused--if they can. But first, in order to get to their destination, they must first undertake a journey that will not only test their resolve, but their love as well.
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Message Board (5-04-07)
Mucho thanks to everyone who has voted so far! In case you've noticed, this site has undergone another change. This one's kind of out there (if you know what I mean).
I'll be adding Project Nexus to the mix soon. (I have to find it my backup files.)
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Soundtrack selection for The Starchild
VNV Nation's Perpetual from their Matter+Form CD.
Soundtrack selection for Starchild Duel
Razed in Black's I'll Damage You from their Damaged (Enhanced) CD.*
Soundtrack selection for Starchild Ruin
VNV Nation's Chrome from their Matter+Plus Form CD.
Soundtrack selection for The Price of Freedom
Icon of Coil's Shelter from their Machines Are Us CD.
Soundtrack selection for A Girl Named Mystery
Linkin Park's Somewhere I Belong from their Meteora CD.
*System Syn's Indifference is the actual backdrop theme song to this novel. The music selection is only temporary.
Field test of a prototype banner for my book:
