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Tom Savage is intent on homesteading, and Phaethon is the newest planet open for colonization. Here, technology is lacking in many places. And for 200 credits, anyone can claim one square kilometer of prime farmland. But Tom has a secret or two. He is not interested in farming crops, at least not at first. Tom wants to harvest pieces of Phaethon’s sun. To do so will mean first reaching his stake out near the desert, surviving human predators along the way, bringing fugitives to justice, and dealing with the resident sand dragon population. All in a day’s work for your local star farmer...

The Planetary Republic and Star League have settled their differences. Treaties are signed, trade is restored. But spies and diplomatic turmoil lead to a high-tech cold war of epic proportions. Ex Space Marine Gina Wilcox finds herself in a law enforcement career after the war, but life can be just as dangerous on the streets as the battlefield. Sleeper cells activate, assassinating government officials. Crime syndicates flourish. And a certain high-tech android has been stolen by the League, spirited off world for unknown purposes. Into this milieu a band of Marine outcasts join the fight....

When the League moves on a golden planet deep inside Republican territory, war breaks out. Competing forms of galactic government fight to the death. AIs strategize, teleporting star fleets and space-based weapons systems across vast distances in an epic interstellar conflict. Outgunned and desperate for more ships, the Republic turns to privateers, recruiting law-skirting companies from the fabled planet of Lute and offering huge rewards for their service. One man, Captain Christopher Raleigh, flies the Ultima Mule with a crew of brilliant misfits. Together, they set out to teach the ...

Aramis Station is fully built out, and contracts keep rolling in for Phaethon Corp. All incoming and departing ships now stop at Aramis, leading to an influx of miners and other personnel doing business on the frontier. But Phaethon’s biggest customer, the Tinkers Guild, has some unfinished business back on Porthos. And it turns out that Duck and his crew are the only ones around who can help . . . Join the fun with the latest tale set in Jaxon Reed’s Milky Way Universe! Featuring fist fights, gun battles and futuristic warfare, Phaethon Corp. is an action-packed, fast-release science-...

In the aftermath of the war between Star League and the Planetary Republic, the old regime’s borders continue to wither. Now down to a fraction of its previous holdings, the former tetrarchy is held together by Julian Thrall’s youngest “daughter,” Jade. She rules with an iron fist under the tutelage of StarCen, the League’s primary AI. But Jade Thrall is no human. She is instead the most advanced android ever conceived, so sophisticated she is not even aware of her artificial nature. What she does know are all the tricks of subterfuge and cruelty required of a ruthless dictator. ...

Somehow Tom Savage has acquired a space station. This has the happy benefit of a home base for Bo Duckworth’s surplus Marines. But it also paints a target on the back of Phaethon Corp. out in the frontiers of space, and every miner with a score to settle knows where to find their property now. But little details like the threat of imminent death don’t bother the Duck and his team . . . Get ready for gunfights, bar brawls, and gadgets galore! Grab the latest book in this action-packed, fast-release sci-fi series!

Along the Janus String, which connects ever more distant planets from Old Earth, exploration has stalled out on Redwood, a world filled with giant trees and animals. The State has prohibited colonization, and human activity is limited to a one cubic kilometer city. Marcus Savitch, a Servant of the State, lives in Redwood City. The State does not know Marcus is hematophagic, a condition requiring him to feed on blood. He is a vampire. Marcus escapes and heads for the giant trees at the center of the world. There he discovers researchers from New Texas have been conducting work in secret for ...

The Miner War rages, and it becomes increasingly evident to former Top Sergeant Bo Duckworth that someone is pulling strings, manipulating events behind the scenes. But in the midst of all the chaos, Phaethon Corp. equipment is getting a trial by fire, and mining companies are taking note. Already the multipartite MicaBot android known as Mike has impressed many, leading to inquiries about similar models. Tom Savage is committed to striking while the iron is hot and expanding Phaethon Corp’s sales. But will the Unshaven, the Imps and the Ogres, and all their fighting get in the way? Not ...

On a frontier planet, land is cheap. So is your life. Tom Savage is intent on homesteading, and Phaethon is the newest planet open for colonization. Here, technology is lacking in many places. And for 200 credits, anyone can claim one square kilometer of prime farmland. But Tom has a secret or two. He is not interested in farming crops, at least not at first. Tom wants to harvest pieces of Phaethon’s sun. To do so will mean first reaching his stake out near the desert, surviving human predators along the way, bringing fugitives to justice, and dealing with the resident sand dragon ...

2000+ pages of award-winning steampunk science fiction! Sergeant Ripley Coulter heads up E-Squad, the US Army's premiere online unit. Fighting in an advanced simulation, he gets pulled into a parallel universe and sent back to an earlier time. Here, the timeline has changed slightly. London is Ethinium, and all the great European empires are still competing with one another. Technology is steam-based, and the vacuum tube reigns supreme. Magic exists, along with vampires and other creatures, and the Dar control massive underground vaults beneath the major cities. With knowledge of our ...

Bo Duckworth has assembled a ragtag team of ex-Marines and one ex-girlfriend who happens to be a heavily modified former SSI operative. Together they face their first assignment for Tom Savage and Phaethon Corp., the retrieval of a valuable solar unit. But the Unshaven want someone on Bo’s team. In the midst of open warfare between mining companies on the frontiers of explored space, they seek to capture Bo’s ex and bring her to their leader, Moretti. It’s a rat’s nest of danger, intrigue, and all-around trouble . . . a perfect environment for Top Duck! Jump into the second book of ...

Bo Duckworth and his ragtag team of surplus Marines have served Phaethon Corp. well so far. Unfortunately, the frontier is even more unsettled than usual. The mining corporations are at each others throats, on the brink of war. Ironically, this is good for business. The more shots fired and the more energy used, the more that Phaethon’s services will be needed. Unfortunately, the middle of a shooting war is the least safe environment for Phaethon employees to work. But woe be to the forces taking on Tom Savage’s people. They are heavily protected from harm. The Duck and his team will ...

Sergeant Ripley Coulter leads the army's E-Squad, defending the metaverse from online attacks in NeuralNet, a completely immersive reality. When enemy fighters take him out in a massive explosion, he wakes up in a strange new world powered by steam and primitive electronics. Fortunately, his game implant is still operable.... In this world, London is Ethinium. The UK is Greater Umbria. And the empires of Europe reign supreme atop ancient steam vaults filled with dark secrets.

Bo Duckworth is a former master sergeant with the Republican Marines. Forced out of the service for destroying a recalcitrant X103 battle bot during a critical mission, he is out of a job, out of luck and out of ideas on how to make it as a civilian. Like other lost souls, he drifts toward the frontiers of known space looking to find a new life. Tom Savage is expanding Phaethon Solar, offering the company’s technology to asteroid miners, new planet explorers and others probing the fringes of the galaxy. But on these extremes of humanity’s farthest reaches, his people receive the most ...

Farmers are always willing to do their civic duty. Sometimes with a plow, sometimes with a gun... An election has been called on Phaethon, and all three systems of government are vying for the chance to claim the frontier planet. The Lutian Alliance holds an edge with Lisa, Tom Savage’s portable farm AI that has now grown to envelop the entire planet. Ever since the revelation of her existence, most people have taken one of her sensors, and she is doing her best to influence the vote. But the other sides are not standing still. SSI and the Southsiders along with Acting Mayor Xu are ...

Harvesting chunks of the sun can be rewarding . . . if you can stay alive. Tom Savage and Gwen Wilder are running experiments never before seen in the galaxy, using a tiny piece of Phaethon’s sun. But the Ever Riders are on their trail, and still mad about losing out on Mal Dalmont’s bounty. James Ever is a spiteful, vengeful man. But Tom has several aces up his sleeve, including a surplus space Marine battle bot and a local AI. No one on Phaethon has ever dealt with someone as resourceful as Tom. No one has ever had quite this many resources to defend their homestead . . . Veteran ...

Forged from the ore of a fallen star, the Forlorn Dagger absorbs all magic. Ideal for assassinating wizards, it’s been missing for centuries until it appears in the library of a mysterious collector. Now an exceptional thief has stolen it . . . Thus begins an epic fantasy set in a wonderful world where everybody has at least a little magic. Enjoy the complete series, three full-length fantasy novels starting with Thieves and Wizards. Sail with pirates as they travel to magical islands open to a select few. Train with a princess as she seeks to become a battlemaiden. Ride with dwarves ...

The fae sow chaos among the alternates. An elite team of resurrected individuals hunts them down. The Walker and his recruits jump into any timeline on any alternate in search of their prey. From the Garden of Eden to the Flood to the far future, they search through corrupted realities sending fae to Judgment. But after centuries of hiding, the fae have found a way to fight back. They will strike the Walker’s headquarters outside of time and space. Now, the hunters have become the hunted. Grab all four books, the complete series, in one box set! An amazing urban fantasy adventure awaits. ...

Deep under the city of Phanos, the crypts are filled with monsters. Dungeon Corps works hard to contain them. Recruited from prisons, outcasts, misfits, those expelled from academies and even rare volunteers, Dungeon Corps produces outstanding fighters. When an ancient threat troubles the Queen’s Land once more, a grizzled veteran leads his young team down into the depths to rescue the lost and slay a horror known as Ludge. But two on his team hold closer ties to the monster than anyone realizes. They are elves, running from assassins tracking them relentlessly since birth. Ludge should ...

A farmer would hope the government helps rather than hinders his farm . . . Phaethon is the newest member in one of three major systems of government. Now that the planet’s populace has chosen alignment in a free and fair election, it is time to adjust. That means Tom Savage’s star farm must prepare for a massive expansion and the galactic distribution of its products. With enforceable patents and a virtual monopoly on this type of energy production, Tom foresees only one course of action for Phaethon Solar Corp: total market domination. But of course, several persnickety details have ...