Darkness comes to the isle of Erin... In a forgotten crypt, a madman uncovers an ancient talisman of evil. With it, he can summon Old Father Night, the Moon Lady and the Lord of Bats, making the dead walk and twisting his enemies into clawmen, blood drinkers and worse. Only one man stands against the triumph of eternal night. Sir Gavin of Ulm. As a sorcerous horde sweeps everything before it, changing captives into darkspawn, only Sir Gavin can rally the last fighting men for battle. Only he can stand against the worst abominations. But only if he can regain his soul...

We learned a terrible secret last voyage, the Swarm exists. It has a monstrous imperium, expanding, evolving and receiving incredible Builder tech. Captain Maddox heads into the Deep Beyond to find the Swarm Imperium. We must know the worst so we can prepare against the deadliest species in the galaxy. The captain and his crew battle loneliness and the terror of the unknown as they hunt through the stellar darkness. They’re thousands of light-years from home, from any help. What they find threatens their sanity and unity. It’s going to take the best Maddox and the ancient AI Galyan has to offer to pull the crew together. They have to save the starship from what waits in the galactic darkness or the human race will die. THE LOST PATROL is the fifth book in the LOST STARSHIP SERIES. **

It’s survival of the fittest in a brutal war of extinction! Created in the gene labs as super soldiers, the Highborn decide to replace the obsolete Homo sapiens. They pirate the Doom Stars and capture the Sun Works Ring around Mercury. Now they rain asteroids, orbital fighters and nine-foot tall drop troops onto Earth in a relentless tide of conquest. Marten Kluge is on the receiving end. Hounded by Thought Police, he lives like an ant in a kilometer-deep city. The invasion frees him from a re-education camp but lands him in the military, fighting for the wrong side. STAR SOLDIER is the story of techno hell in a merciless war, with too many surprises for any grunt’s sanity. STAR SOLDIER is a full novel, 82,000 words in length by Vaughn Heppner, Writers of the Future winner, Vol. IX.

On an oceanic research vessel, the gifted but lonely geologist Dr. Selene Khan has found an enigmatic riddle near the epicenter of the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake. She is stunned to discover a deep underwater dome possibly thousands of years old. While trying to decipher the ancient puzzle, her crew is murdered and Selene must swim for her life, all alone in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Halfway across the world in France, covert agent Jack Elliot has uncovered a sinister plot involving an incredible 900 grams of antimatter. Hidden clues lead his team to Egypt. But the faceless enemy knows he is coming. While matching wits against genetically superior foes, Jack barely escapes with his life while rescuing Dr. Selene Khan from the clutches of a secret society older than the pyramids. Now, two strangers suspicious of everyone must work together toward a common goal. They are in a deadly race against genetically-enhanced scientists and soldiers. The others are attempting to repair alien machines of incredible age and for a mysterious, possibly otherworldly purpose. Their original use led to an ancient catastrophe that almost destroyed all life. If the machines run again…it will change what it means to be human. THE ETERNITY MACHINE is a lightning-paced adventure…utterly unpredictable right up to its stunning conclusion.**

This was previously published in 2 volumes, "Keeper of the Dogs" and "The Outlaw Knight." KEEPER OF THE DOGS13th Century Wales: At the beginning of the civil war (1263) between Earl Simon de Montfort and King Henry the Third of England. Cord, the keeper of dogs, lives in the castle of the men who hung his father. Old Sloat, the Wild Boar, almost slays a little peasant girl and only Cord's quick action saves the girl's life. For having dared to wound the boar, however, the Baron declares that Cord will lose his hand. Unless, that is, the hunters slay the boar that same day. If the boar is slain Cord will become the fief's new forester. When Sloat kills the Baron, a storm of plots, personalities, and power is unleashed at Pellinore Castle. Lady Alice de Mowbray is a captive at the castle. As was his feudal right, the Baron had been attempting to find her a husband against her will. With the Baron's death, Alice tries to win her freedom and flee back to her ancestral castle. Each attempt fails, until she enlists the help of Cord, who against all odds, comes to her aid. And so begins the adventure of one young man against all the odds... THE OUTLAW KNIGHTUnless Cord learns the knightly art of wooing as well as combat, all his dreams will end as he swings from a hangman's noose.

Ten thousand years ago, a single alien super-ship survived an annihilating battle. Its dying crew set the AI on automatic to defend the smashed rubble of their planets. Throughout the lonely centuries—goes the legend—the faithful vessel continued to patrol the empty battlefield, obeying its last order. In the here and now, Earth needs a miracle. Out of the Beyond invade the New Men, stronger, faster and smarter than the old. Their superior warships and advanced technology destroy every fleet sent to stop them. Their spies have infiltrated the government and traitors plague Earth’s military. Captain Maddox of Star Watch Intelligence wonders if the ancient legend could be true. Would such an old starship be able to face the technology of the New Men? On the run from killers, Maddox searches for a group of talented misfits. He seeks Keith Maker, a drunken ex-strikefighter ace, Doctor Dana Rich the clone thief stuck on a prison planet and Lieutenant Valerie Noonan, the only person to have faced the New Men in battle and survived to tell about it. Maddox has to find a place hidden in the Beyond and bring back a ship no one can enter. If he fails, the New Men will replace the old. If he succeeds, humanity might just have a fighting chance…