The Starfire space opera trilogy, a gritty, adult science-fiction adventure, concludes with Starfire: Memory's BladeAt the heart of the Dark Zone, a duel for the universe rages.In an ancient Jorian temple, Jaqi faces John Starfire, the new ruler of the Empire. He has set all the worlds aflame in his quest to destroy humankind. Jaqi has sworn to stop him. Problem is, Jaqi isn't much of a fighter.Meanwhile, the sun-eating cosmic spiders, the Shir, have moved out of the Dark Zone and are consuming the galaxy. Araskar knows that he must hold them back, but to do that, he has to give himself over to the Resistance, under the command of John Starfire's wife. And she wants him dead more than she wants the stars to live.If Jaqi and Araskar can fight their way out, they can use a secret at the heart of the Dark Zone to free the galaxy, and end John Starfire's new tyranny. They lose, and every star in the sky will go dark.At the...

Issue #171 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Spencer Ellsworth and Thomas M. Waldroon.

A Red Peace, first in Spencer Ellsworth's Starfire trilogy, is an action-packed space opera in a universe where the oppressed half-Jorian crosses have risen up to supplant humanity and dominate the galaxy.Half-breed human star navigator Jaqi, working the edges of human-settled space on contract to whoever will hire her, stumbles into possession of an artifact that the leader of the Rebellion wants desperately enough to send his personal guard after. An interstellar empire and the fate of the remnant of humanity hang in the balance.Spencer Ellsworth has written a classic space opera, with space battles between giant bugs, sun-sized spiders, planets of cyborgs and a heroine with enough grit to bring down the galaxy's newest warlord.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Shadow Sun Seven continues Spencer Ellsworth's Starfire trilogy, an action-packed space opera in which the oppressed half-Jorian crosses have risen up to supplant humanity.Jaqi, Arazar and Zaragathora are on the run from everyone — the Resistance, the remnants of the Empire, the suits, and right now from the Matakas — and the Matakas are the most pressing concern because the insectoid aliens have the drop on them. The Resistance has a big reward out for Arazar and the human children he and Jaqi are protecting. But Arazar has something to offer the mercenary aliens. He knows how to get to a huge supply of pure oxygen cells, something in short supply in the formerly human Empire, and that might be enough to buy their freedom. Arazar knows where it is, and Jaqi can take them there. With the Matakas as troops, they can take Shadow Sun Seven, on the edge of the Dark Zone.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without...

Ahmed is a doctor working in a far flung outpost of humanity. His way was paid for by the leaders of his faith and his atheism is a guarded secret. His encounters with the "kite people" will cause him to doubt his whole worldview however when the aliens start dying and escalating tensions between religious extremists threatens to destroy the colony's peace. Spencer Ellsworth's WHEN STARS ARE SCATTERED is a moving story about alien contact, religious intolerance, and the redemptive power of the divine channeled through the spirit.Whether that spirit is human or alien.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.