A man with a past, not tied to anyone makes a startling discovery that changes his life and his perceptions of it. Being alone Derrick found it calming, then he had a dream, or was it?

Rachel, a junior assistant in the cargo bay, wasn't prepared for the spaceship's AI to gain awareness during what should have been a routine update, nor had anyone expected it to take exception to the crew and the crates of illegal cargo aboard. Rachel races against time to try and get life-saving systems back online while stranded in the middle of deep space. Unfortunately for her, the AI can access every system, door, and airlock. As truths emerge, the AI realizes that even computers can make miscalculations, and it focuses on the young woman who had dared to confront it. Rachel is left floundering when the AI decides that she would make an excellent captain, albeit one in need of training. As she struggles to learn her new duties and dodge shady government groups, she must ultimately discover what it truly means to be a Starship Captain. ------- There is no romance in this story. Copyright April 2018. All Rights Reserved. Readers may not copy, alter, translate, or steal this story. Fanfictions are allowed to use my *world* and *AI set-up* as long as credit is given.

[Wattys2018 Longlist] 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE meets THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. When a woman washes up on a Pacific island with no memory of who she is, she helps the island's only other inhabitant to defend against a hostile alien, but contradictions in the man's story make her question the reality of her perceptions. TOP 3 FINALIST in the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest (for the screenplay version of INVADER) This sampler includes the first four chapters only. The complete novel is now available for pre-order on Amazon: https://www.amzn.com/gp/product/B07Q4RQT9G Book cover by https://ebooklaunch.com/.

A star-faring religious cult has created an army of robotic zealots designed to follow holy scripture. As the robotic menace spreads across the galaxy, it takes prisoners to be 'excommunicated': hooked into a neural simulation of eternal torment. Captain Rolland Barron leads the Sol Federation Starship Excalibur on a diplomatic mission. Cassia LaCroix is a wormhole hunter, earning a living scouring the galaxy for valuable tunnels through space-time. Prince Zoojin, a psychic alien from a distant galaxy, must prove himself worthy of the throne of Paxis Prime. The paths of these characters converge as they pursue their own motives, leading them towards the mechanical legion that is sweeping across the galaxy. COVER BY: rentachi AUTHOR'S NOTE: this is an early draft of the novel. I am very grateful for your readership and your feedback, which I have taken into consideration for a major rewrite. The new novel is completely different. If you liked the book, then please look forward to the release of the finished novel.

For the first two decades of his life, Ren has endured the brutal training of a sith. He possesses enormous talent in the force, but unlike other sith he has never truly been consumed by the dark side. When Ren is cast out by his master, he embarks on a journey to understand who or what he is and he is. Along the way he finds unlikely allies and is pulled into a destiny surrounding one of the most notorious and powerful lords of the original sith race from thousands of years ago.