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The Malyon Gambit

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The island megalopolis of Auria is located on the furthest edge of settled space. Crime, hunger, and poverty have been eliminated -- for those who believe the propaganda anyway. Transport mechanic and part-time tech pirate, Rik Baddon isn't one of those, but after one misplaced good deed, he gets a look beneath the hood of society and the machinery that makes it work.

On the colony world of Malyon, garrison commander and "war hero" Bryn Kirch's investigation of a terrorist threat to the settlers he is sworn to protect reveals an intricate plot by enemies of Auria, and his attempts to figure out who he can still trust may have already put him on the wrong side of the fight.

Meanwhile, Earth journalist Serah Wyles is sent to Auria to record a sensory vacation and becomes caught in a game of corporate espionage and political intrigue that could bring down an entire world.

All three are unknowing pawns in a complex game of destinies controlled by a mysterious man known only as "Professor Halferne" -- a strategy that has been playing out for nearly three decades and is finally approaching a crucial breaking point.All Rights Reserved

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The Secrets of the Outpost

Get away! Get help! Her brain was shouting at her. After a moment, she activated the opening command. She couldn't leave him there alone. She couldn't... The doors opened again. Blue eyes stared at her from the impenetrable darkness. In the deafening silence, she finally began to scream. In a research base on an inhospitable planet, thirty people live and work in dire conditions. They all have ambition, dreams, and secret they brought along from distant Earth. The facility will close in one month. One of the scientists is found dead under suspicious circumstances and in five days a spaceship will come carrying a rescue team to evacuate all personnel. But five days is a long time. Shynar, the base commander, launches an investigation that will lead her to a mysterious killer. Someone isn't who they claim to be, and between clues and false leads, Shynar and her team--hunted by a dark, unsettling shadow--will need all their capabilities in a race against the clock to find out the truth and the secrets of the outpost. Five days to survive or be killed...