Adult Space Opera

This short story is one of those things that literally took a village to accomplish. From bouncing around ideas to coming up with the characters to listening to me ramble on and on and on about it. In itself, it is a fun little piece that the author fell in love with while trying to flesh out a few of the main characters of his fLUX Runners series.

Athena is sent to Mars on a secret mission to help capture a war criminal responsible for the deaths of thousands. He is hiding on the Planet Mars. Athena has family she had never met on the Red Planet. This is her chance to visit them. The Cabal has given the fugitive shelter and is plotting to rule. Mysteries and plots abound as Athena discovers the meaning of her inheritance.

Starwing engineer Skye is used to taking on dangerous engineering missions that others turn away, but when she's assigned a rescue mission on a remote research colony following an alien attack, her engineering abilities are put to the ultimate test. As the only Starwing presence in the sector, it's up to Skye to use her engineering abilities to face the unknown alien threat and solve the mysteries at Fori Research Facility.

In a galaxy teetering on the edge of annihilation, the ancient Starborn Empire has fallen, its celestial guardians scattered and its most powerful artifacts—known as the Astralis Relics—hidden across distant worlds. When the abyssal force known as the Voidveil threatens to erase reality itself, hope rests in the hands of an orphaned scavenger named Kael Solryn. Raised in the shadows of a dying space station, Kael's fate changes forever when he discovers a relic of immense power—the Celestial Codex.

Far from Earth in another galaxy, three lonely Earthmen follow a star on Christmas Eve. Are they the new wise men? What will they find in the stable? A short story that asks important questions about man's place in the universe.

Rory Kovax's life could use a little sprucing up. But lately, his choice of clients has left a really bad taste in his mouth, and lots of bumps and bruises on the rest of his considerable anatomy. Ahh, life as a P.I....