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        Waylaid     Copyright © 2017 by TL Reeve   “Welcome to the two-hundredth annual Intergalactic Virtual Reality Games.” A melodic dance of chimes followed the robotic greeting as Les-Tar Nar walked through the doors of the Earth headquarters for IVRG. The building, more industrial than professional, sat in the middle of the Mojave Desert. The dry, barren wasteland spread out as far as the eye could see. California had long since became a ghost state, due to insufficient rains, and a culture of “take, take, take” had seen the state’s natural resources vanish. The idea of...

Assassin's Touch Copyright © 2017 by Victoria Vallo   Chapter One   Korac sat on the too soft, too silky cushion in Barol’s lounge and eyed all of the robed bodies, as well as a few unrobed ones, moving about the room. Here on Nykon, pleasure slaves were referred to as regas, an ancient word associated with the harems of old, which once upon a time had only been kept by the planet’s royals. But times had changed. Now, money ruled over lineage, and the Nykonians did all they could to preserve that order. That very drive was the reason...

Resurrection Aegarian Saga, 2 Copyright © 2008, 2012, 2016 by Alexandra O’Hurley   Prologue Millions of years ago, an alien race came to a new world filled with lush vegetation and animal life.  The ones that arrived were the best scientific minds of their race, albeit a little on the mad side.  They came to experiment with new genetic material, which had been outlawed on their home world.  Once they had settled and made a home base and laboratory, the scientists began using this material to mutate the animal life they had found on this distant world. A new race...

        Rescued Novus Prime, 2 Copyright © 2016 by Kelex   Prologue Neptune Colony   “Hurry,” Titus Abernathy hissed to his son. Talking triggered another bout of the dreaded coughing. He choked back the sensation before lifting a bloody rag to his lips and attempting to muffle the sound. Still, it echoed in the cargo bay. His son jumped onto the edge of the transport and handed Titus the re-breather. Hopefully it would be enough to keep them both alive during the journey, but not if he used the oxygen inside more than necessary. Titus brushed his...

Chapter One Besh eyed the inhabitation before him, his body tight and ready to spring into action at any moment. He felt his muscles ripple and stretch, unease rolling through him. He couldn’t appear too aggressive as he and his men approached. This was a scouting mission, not an attack. Under the heavy battle armor he wore, he felt sweat trickling down his clenched abdomen, his stomach taut with tension. He and his group of warriors marched ahead toward a small village, an anxious feeling riding his nerves.  The heat on this planet didn’t help, either. It was unbearable, unlike...