Collection of related science fiction stories, most of which were originally published in ANALOG magazines, plus one original written for this volume. The stories are set among independent space pilots traveling between the moons and planets of our s...
For thousands of years, people have used sailing ships for trade, for exploration, or simply for the pure joy of wind, water, and the feel of the tiller beneath your hand. Humanity will take the arts and sciences of sailing as they venture into dista...
Sam Boone is an interstellar problem solver who manages to dance on the edge of disaster as he deals with some nearly incomprehensible alien races. The story covers the period from his first meeting with aliens to the last story to appear (The Late S...
Case awakens on an alien star ship with no memory of his origin. He is told that he is the sole survivor of a ship that his alien benefactors assume came from a lost human colony called "Earth." In the company of his alien caretaker/companion he trav...
Thomas plays an involved game of association and treachery with his two companions at every opportunity. When his birthday nears his grandmother arrives to take him on a shopping trip for the "perfect" gift for a young man. Thomas is disappo...
FUTURE EARTH What will the future hold for Earth? Will it evolve into a unified utopia where anything is possible? Or will it topple into chaos and fear? What does it mean to be human? How will alien invasion shape the very nature of our ecology? Can...
Bud Sparhawk’s stories accept no limits, from the edges of the galaxy to the inner recesses of the human heart, from the very beginnings of life to the very end of time. All that range, and more, is on display in this collection of 19 stories, w...
Will Humanity’s First Contact Prove to Be Its Last?The opening salvos of a deadly war take mankind’s planetary colonies unaware. Jeaux is lost and the Naval courier Provance barely escapes on a course to the planet Morrow, only to discover the al...
When fire and steel meet flesh and bone, a soldier learns a hard truth: you’re not fighting for Glory and Honor, but for survival, for you and your comrades, and you will be damned if you’re going to leave any of them behind.Join us for twelve ta...