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Cloned from the genes of heroes past, tossed aside when the Army abandoned the program, Nate has seized his own destiny. Forming the Broken Arrow Mercenary Force, he leads a team of hired guns piloting cutting-edge mechs in a last-ditch effort to restore a United States he never knew. America is under siege by the Russians and Chinese, its major cities devastated by nuclear terrorism. The Army has retreated, the politicians have abandoned the east coast, and the only thing standing in the way of total devastation is a handful of mercenaries.

Captured by a man who was once the closest friend of Nate's Prime, from whom he was cloned decades ago, Nate is alive because Robert Franklin needs something from him, something he can use to topple governments and take control of a world gone mad. Once he has it, Nate may be expendable.

Robert Franklin will stop at nothing to avenge the wrongs done to him by the US and Russia. Nate Stout and Broken Arrow Mercenary Force will do anything they have to do to stop him.

After colonizing Mars, humanity faces its next challenge…expansion. The World Council must vote on funding for a massive project that could bring civilization out from under the glass dome habitats. But conspiracy threatens progress when two political factions disagree. The only way to move forward is to resolve differences…or end them.

A war-torn veteran with no future, Ames is offered the chance of a lifetime, an opportunity to return to the fight greater than he had left it. His benefactor, a billionaire tech tycoon, replaced what the war had taken from him: his arms, his legs, and his hearing. Now Ames is stronger, faster, and deadlier than ever. But it comes with a catch. Service to the evil shadow government controlling the world. Will Ames betray his oath to defend freedom and democracy, or will he fight to his last breath to uphold what his country once stood for?

More than a decade after becoming Pontiff of the World Council, Halem Scrimpshire’s vision for Mars is coming to fruition. With the expansion of other colonies outside of Archea, new challenges await following a violent attack on a council member. Obligated to visit the new colony of Clenist, Halem’s past comes back to haunt him. What awaits could be the end of his tenure as Pontiff, and his life.

Doing a favor for her mentor Sammy P., Skye Byrn runs in one of the usual suspects on Ter, a small time Crunkhead named Trudy, another one of Sammy’s works in progress. Then a crime lord’s bomb rocks the station and Skye’s world will never be whole again. Determined to find the bomber and put an end to their takeover attempt - and their existence, Skye enlists an unlikely ally, Trudy. As the station descends into madness, she finds herself in the fight of her life. If she fails to stop the takeover, she’ll be just another victim in their growing body count.

When Commander Kevin Hoyt returns from a scouting mission he finds that he is wanted for treason. Despite his innocence, Hoyt flees with his family and tries to escape the inevitable. With the odds stacked against him, and the Consulate closing in, he is forced to seek refuge on an alien world.

Samuel “Max” Maxwell had it all—until a bad business decision by his partner and closest friend, Jacob Amott, cost him everything. After serving five years in prison, Max walks free with nothing left but a shadowed past and a fractured legacy. His business is gone. His friendship died in betrayal—and in blood. Now, Max wants a fresh start. But when a chance to reclaim what he lost puts him on a collision course with the organization that killed Jacob, Max must decide: can he outrun his past, or will it bury him for good?

He came looking for aliens. What he found was far more dangerous. Originally featured in the Storming Area 51 Anthology by Bayonet Books, this explosive short story puts you on the front lines of the world’s most secretive military base. Kyle Johnson is determined to make history. He’s spent months preparing to storm Area 51 and expose the truth the government has buried for decades. He’s certain—they’re hiding something. Aliens, advanced tech, maybe even both. But when the gates fall and the secrets are laid bare, Kyle gets more than he bargained for. A mysterious force is ...

It's the year 2103. Fifty-three years after the second American Civil War, the landscape of a once great nation is in shambles. The United States is no more and is now broken into three separate countries; The American Union, The Confederate States of America, and the California Republic. The American Union is in a constant state of Martial Law due to rioting by a group of protestors known as "Outliers". They fight against the oppressive laws decreed by President Caleb Fulton, but all is not what it seems.

When Serus Blackwell was recruited into The Agency, he had to leave his family behind. The Agency stripped him of his humanity, but they failed to take his memories during his programming. During a hit, Serus discovers that his sister, Kara, is next on the list for execution by an organization called The Syndicate, but the woman who should have been removed from his memories triggers an act of defiance that will set him on a course no one ever expected.

Life on the run is no way to live. A former pilot for the Consulate Navy escapes certain death with his family in tow. Crash landing on an alien planet, they must repair the ship before their pursuers catch up to them. With targets on their backs, they don’t have time to form alliances before the Consulate Navy arrives. And if they’re caught, there will be no one to save them. Grab this gripping, all-ages, space opera today!

A deadly enemy. A hidden weapon. The fate of humanity hangs in the balance. Five years after the explosive events of Traitor, Ensign Auden Hoyt serves aboard the CSS Pitfall, a Consulate Navy vessel sworn to protect peace across the stars. When a distress beacon from the Solar System draws the crew into deep space, they find more than just a freighter under siege—they uncover a threat that could change the course of the war. A powerful Heshian warship is bearing down, and the Pitfall is outgunned and outmatched.

Sergeant Anki Paro, a Luthian Marine, has been anxiously awaiting the call to deploy. As her path towards war draws near, Anki begins to notice a shift in balance as her society prepares itself for imminent destruction. Questions of misplaced loyalties lead her to wonder if the world she is trying to save has any real intentions of surviving. As Brendle and Anki's worlds collide, they find themselves in an unlikely alliance to try to stop the full might of the Greshian Empire before there's nothing left to fight for.

Just when Ben's contemplating whether or not he can use his robotic arm to strangle himself, he sees an ad promoting a new mining colony on Europa. A new life, good pay, and respect await him if he can just get there from Mars. The hot girl in the ad may have helped, too. But space isn't a place for the weak, or the terminally unlucky, and when calamity strikes right out of the gate, Ben starts to think getting to Europa may take a farking miracle.

After escaping from the clutches of a sinister organization known as CERCO, the crew of the Replicade mourn the loss of a friend. But their experiences affect them differently and the crew soon discovers a frightening health concern for Anki after she experiences a seizure which places her in a comatose state. Fighting to stay out of sight from the Greshian Empire, they seek assistance on a world harboring resentment for Greshians, no matter their affiliation with the Empire.

The illusion of peace shrouds a hidden darkness. Just as the crew of the Replicade are getting settled on a seemingly tranquil world, they encounter a young girl with special abilities - and she’s being hunted by a secret, powerful organization that will stop at nothing to have her. When Anki and Brendle intervene to help the girl, they are caught in the organization’s crosshairs. The crew must make a decision: give into the looming threat of the organization or die fighting to protect her.

After four months in hiding, Brendle Quin can't delay his mission any longer. His ship, the Replicade, is held together with failing patches, and he needs to make repairs in a port. Unfortunately, the nearest world with proper facilities is situated deep in Greshian-owned enemy territory.

Watch a man's humanity erode as he becomes another pawn for the Syndicate. Prospect Gentry has been recruited by the Agency and is in training to become a Policeman, part of the elite force which performs assassinations for the centralized government known as the Syndicate. This story follows Gentry as he becomes someone else through a form of brainwashing called programming.