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A galactic war. Star-crossed lovers. What could possibly go wrong? Jas Harrington has risen from a lowly ensign to the rank of commander in the Unity Alliance, which has been at war with the Shadows for the last five years. But her rapid promotion means little to Jas. She hasn't seen the love of her life for the duration of the war, and she doesn't know if he's dead or alive. As the battle to decide the fate of the galaxy draws near, Jas readies her...

Mars holds secrets beyond the realms of the known universe. Ex-starship security chief Jas Harrington has been battling hostile aliens called Shadows, who are invading Earth. After finally alerting the Transgalactic Council of Earth's plight, she has escaped aboard the starship Bricoleur. In the brief respite from battle, she and her companions must decide the best way to continue the fight. They travel to Jas' birthplace, Mars, where she uncovers...

Fighting for freedom from galactic tyranny General Cherry Lindstrom is responsible for the defense of the colony world, Concordia. This last outpost of human civilization lives under constant threat of attack from hostile aliens who claim the planet as their own. But decades have passed since the last assault, and the colonists have grown complacent. Thanks to the effects of time dilation, only Cherry and a handful of others remember the devastation...

Trapped on a dying planetGeneral Cherry Lindstrom made a decision that killed millions of a friendly alien species and threatens the future of humanity.A deadly poison is creeping across the surface of her planet, but the allies of humanity won't reach Concordia in time to mount a rescue.While the scientists battle to find a way to neutralize the lethal toxin, Cherry is chasing down another threat: an enigmatic visitor who arrived just prior to the...

Carrie Hatchett is back. The Transgalactic Council may never be the same. After a successful first mission, Carrie thought her job as Transgalactic Intercultural Community Crisis Liaison Officer was secure. But all bets are off when she travels to Dandrobia, a genetically engineered utopia. Beautiful and immortal, the dandrobians have been confined to their planet due their former tyrannical reign over the galaxy. Carrie must mediate between the...

Uh oh. Carrie Hatchett's back in town. When she returned from her most recent assignment as a Transgalactic Intercultural Community Crisis Liaison Officer, a weird wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey effect had taken place. The good news: Carrie now owns the company she used to work for. The bad news: the company's products have come to life and are on the rampage. They're terrorising the British population in a way oddly similar to the evil mechanical aliens...

Facing the enemy at the gates All her life Cariad had one dream: to participate in humanity's colonization of deep space. After topping her field as a geneticist, and then spending 184 years in cryonic suspension, she's achieved her goal. But the new planet is not the paradise the scientists predicted. Alien predators come out at night, ready to feast on the new arrivals, and saboteurs have stowed away aboard the ship, determined to destroy the new...

A desolate alien world... A downed starship... A deadly invisible menace... When the prospecting starship, Galathea, crash-landed on a remote planet, the crew thought that help would arrive soon. They were wrong. The first officer's in the brig, and a series of deaths have left CSO Jas Harrington where she least expected to be-in command. That's fine. Ordering people around is her second-best talent. But she knows krat-all about damaged starship engines....

A dark secret. A deadly shadow. A false dawn. Under orders from Earth's Global Government, Jas Harrington and the crew of the Galathea arrive at the colony world of Dawn, where the hostile aliens that infest their ship can be rooted out. Jas soon learns that the aliens are called Shadows, and that there's been a conspiracy of silence surrounding the threat they pose to the galaxy. She also finds there's more to Dawn than meets the eye. She discovers...

In the void, Shadows lurk, waiting to arise. After surviving an attack by hostile aliens called Shadows, Jas Harrington and the crew of the Galatheahave made it back to Earth. There, the lies of the ship's acting captain mean that Jas faces some hard questions from the committee investigating the attack. But more urgent problems become apparent. Things on Earth have changed since Jas went away. Strange disappearances and odd behavior lead her to the...