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In the twenty-ninth century, the Terran Federation spans the stars-an empire of reason, order, and quiet tyranny. Its power rests upon the Sunguard Special Agents: immortal biotic soldiers, living machines sworn by genetic code to serve in perpetuity as the vanguard of humanity. But when an entire colony vanishes without a trace, and even its assigned Special Agent falls silent, the illusion of perfect control begins to fracture. Colonel Kelile Reynolds is drawn into a mystery that defies both logic and loyalty. What begins as a failed transmission unravels into a labyrinth of secrets buried beneath a conspiracy six centuries in the making. His search for truth will lead him toward a revelation that could unmake the Federation itself. Guardian of the Wolf is a tale of duty and defiance, where humanity's greatest creation remembers what its makers have forgotten, and guards, still, the fading light of the human soul.

PhD Student Maria Yuquibo finds herself stranded on an unfathomably immense structure out in the middle of space whose surface holds not only endless space, but dark, endless rabbit holes on the nature of the galaxy and her existence. From lost societies, and political upheaval, to creatures with extra-dimensional power. What is this place? Where or when is it? How, and why did it come about? And most importantly who could built such a structure? Maria must navigate it all if she wants to find answers and get herself home.

A young officer must work with her teammates to find out which of the six will become the captain of the very first starship.

Border was a dull planet. Nothing to do there except mining and playing cards, which was all good and dandy with Maya. It was exactly the kind of boring life she wanted, but good things don't last. Follow her journey down the hole (no rabbits, just a hole) and stumble with her upon a deep, ancient mistery which will forever change how humanity thinks of itself.

The discovery of the Mariner's Codex-an indestructible, 12,000-year-old crystalline manuscript found in a non-Euclidean chamber beneath the Atlantic-shatters the line between history and cosmic truth. For skeptical historian Lia Vance and brilliant physicist Marcus Chen, the ancient text is a beacon. It transmits frequencies that wake dormant evolutionary consciousness, selecting them and six other students (The Seven Frequencies) for an irreversible transformation. But studying the forbidden knowledge attracts the things that guard the boundaries of reality: the hostile Daemons (beings of smokeless fire) and the personalized, psychological torment of the Doppelgangers. When their professor vanishes, the Seven are forced into the university's hidden catacombs, realizing the "invasion" is a devastating Exodus. 34,000 refugees from a collapsing parallel dimension are seeking asylum, fleeing a terrifying cosmic entity known as The Consumption-a conscious impulse that dissolves dimensions into formless rest. The stakes are absolute: Lia and the Seven must risk their minds and identities to merge consciousness with the refugees, pioneering the Hybrid Awareness that will create a new human species. They have eight days to make the civilization-defining choice between mercy and caution, knowing their compassion could save 34,000 souls... or doom their own world to consumption. The Second Attempt has begun. Success means irreversible evolution. Failure means universal dissolution.

Fantastic short story retelling of developments in Biological Computing. Written as a basis for further development and world building, submitted as a university project. Feedback would be greatly appreciated from those familiar with the works of Asimov, William Gibson, Phillip K. Dick, Neal Stephenson, and other science fiction authors. Thank you for your support, I hope you enjoy!

They were never supposed to wonder. In a sealed lab buried beneath layers of red tape and ambition, microbiologist Lyla Mycayster spent three years crafting evolution in fast-forward. From a single engineered microbe, she built life-real, breathing, thinking life. Not clones. Not machines. Something new. And then they took it from her. Years later, far from Earth, these synthetic descendants thrive on a forgotten planet-primitive, curious, looking up at the stars with tools in hand and questions in their minds. They don't know who made them. They don't know why they exist. But they are starting to ask. Now, as a massive colonization project unfolds across the stars, buried secrets begin to leak. Someone is watching. Someone is pulling strings. And Lyla-once just a researcher-is being dragged into a game of survival, silence, and species-defining discovery. What happens when your creation starts looking for its creator? For fans of Children of Time and Old Man's War, this is a story of evolution, identity, and the strange, fragile thing we call humanity

Ryne Utanber, a young archaeology student, sets off on an adventure with the charismatic fisherman Andar Nemallis to the mysterious Island of Whispers - a place shrouded in ancient legends and feared by locals. As they explore the dense jungle and unearth strange ruins, they soon find themselves face-to-face with secrets that could unravel everything they thought they knew about their world. But the island holds more than just relics of the past - it harbors something alive, watching, and waiting. What they discover beneath its surface may change their lives forever. This story takes place in my Lords of the Stars shared universe. See my profile for other stories set in the same universe.

Given near immortality by advanced technology, what does it mean to be human? As we invent technology that can repair our bodies, simulate our brains, and allow us to plug ourselves into our computers at an ever-increasing degree, where is the line between artificial and human intelligence? Dare we cross it? Who-or what-will we be, if we do? Do we have a choice, or is it inevitable? These are some of the big questions faced by the narrator of this well-written tale. Dive in, and explore a possible future in this retrospective story of our collective destiny, as told by an immortal human living in a utopian society.

When space scroungers are out in the Black, trying to make it, the only way they know how: on their own. After getting marooned on the Moon, they have to make enough to get back into Space, but what is a life worth when even the air you breath is owned by someone else?

Even Hell has a beginning...

They said it was safe. They were wrong. Rain Eden is a genius with numbers and a mind built for impossibilities. It was buried below the desert floor in Arizona-miles from any known town, hidden beneath a defunct radar station built in the Cold War. He's tasked with evaluating a breakthrough piece of technology: The Gateway-a shimmering, silent structure that folds space and moves matter in a single step. But when his hand-picked team begins walking through, reality starts bending at the edges. Shadows move when no one's near. Voices echo that don't belong. And the people who come back... aren't always the same. As Rain digs deeper, he uncovers a terrifying truth: The Gateway doesn't just transport-it learns. It remembers every version of you that could have been-and it's no longer content staying on the other side.

An alien planet divided by politics and unrest faces a turning point when a Terran Federation starship suddenly appears in its skies, seeking peaceful first contact. On the ground, political factions vie for power, and a secret revolutionary movement watches with bated breath. Caught between diplomacy and danger, an insurgent and a Sunguard Captain must each make choices that will shape the fate of two civilizations. Torn between the stars and their struggles, the decisions they make could unite or destroy their worlds forever. This story takes place in my Lords of the Stars shared universe. See my profile for other stories set in the same universe.

Myan Lami was built to be unbreakable-a biotic Special Agent of the Terran Federation, forged from self-replicating microchips and genetically loyal to his creators. But on the ice-covered world of Epsilon Indi A 1, he faces a mission that will test more than his strength. Sent to investigate a vanished expedition, Lami stumbles into the path of the Minvali, a towering alien people with a complex society and a buried grudge. As he endures captivity, humiliation, and the slow unraveling of an interstellar mystery, he begins to question the Federation's truth-and his own purpose within it. Haunted by a past he cannot erase and drawn toward a future he may not understand, Lami must navigate a deadly terrain of cultural conflict, buried secrets, and choices no soldier was ever meant to make. In a world where loyalty is programmed and justice is expendable, Choices of Steel asks what remains when loyalties break-and whether conscience can outweigh command. This story takes place in my Lords of the Stars shared universe. See my profile for other stories set in the same universe.

The beginning of a science fiction story about a woman from an advanced starfaring civilization mentoring a young man on an undeveloped planet. I will add to this periodically, as the story comes to me.

After waking from stasis, security officer Alex Vasquez finds out that there had been a catastrophic accident on the colony ship he had been aboard. Alex was the sole survivor of his ship and finds himself above a dying world. With his AI companion Amy will try and set up a colony of cloned humans. At the same time, they must figure out why the jungle on the planet is slowly shrink. It's not long before Alex finds himself, Not So Alone.

Four brave explorers land an a distant world, armed with curiosity and the thrill of discovery. They meet a multitude of strange life forms, some friendly, others not so. This is the kind of story for space nerds, specifically for those who believe in aliens (no not Roswell crap!)

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*** A work in progress, that will likely be heavily edited as I go. An attempt at "Hard Science-Fiction" *** A colony ship is en route to a habitable world 490 light years away. Trouble arises, and the pilot is forced to make a difficult decision. Will the colonists ever forgive him? Will they be able to survive in the unexpected harsh new environment they find themselves in?