For thirty years the small colony on Mars has been ruled by the Alliance. The locals have now declared independence and are trying to create their own Martian society. It's a time of new beginnings, but powerful forces back on Earth want the planet back and the ballance of power is shifting... Ares is a soldier who dreams of home... Kaitlin works in a factory but wants to be an engineer... Roger's mother is a world leader but he likes to travel... Jack is beginning to think he's on the wrong side... Living through the war will change them all, as a new world is born... This is the story of ordinary people caught up in a conflict which will decide the future of the solar system. History is being written around them and each one will be called upon to play their part as events unfold...

WHEN FRIENDS ARE FALSE AND MONEY IS FAKE, MURDER MAKES NO CONCESSIONS. St Petersburg, The Russian Empire - December 1909 A man’s butchered body is found at a meat market, hands hacked off and nailed to the wall, tongue sliced out, a wad of fake roubles stuffed in the gap. Troubled by echoes of his past, Inspector of Investigation Tursunov understands the message, but his efforts to unmask the killer are blocked at every turn by the security apparatus of a state on the brink of revolution. Caught in a lethal web of political ambition, rival gangs and the ruthless games of a childhood friend, disturbed by the attractions of his cadet’s young sister, Tursunov must choose between family, career and a truth that will lead to a deadly reckoning.

KILL ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME...AND NEVER GET CAUGHT. John Savage is a special force of one. A corporate investigator who had to leave when an investigation went wrong. He's become a 21st century warrior serving overseas but not for any one government only the highest bidder. When he finds a dead body with links to his old life he returns and finds that what forced him out was only the beginning of a conspiracy to commit murder on a grand scale. The Dark Market. In which anyone can take part and anyone can be a victim. Now Savage must battle to finish what he started. "There is something refreshingly Hemingway-esque about Coles..." BBC's Focus magazine. [The story you are about to read is intended for readers age 18+ due to its content and language. It may not be appropriate for all audiences. Please read at your own discretion.]