This story is about Agatha, a princess from a weak magic-based kingdom. She was then forced to be engaged to a sex maniac which also happens to be a crown prince of a mighty technology-based empire.
The novel chronicles the founding of the Galactic Patrol by Virgil Samms, the first sentient being in our cosmos to wear the ‘Lens’, a unique badge of authority which is actually a form of ‘pseudo-life’ that grants telepathic powers to the defenders of Civilization.
What if I told you that the future could be found threaded through the words of this anthology? Would you believe it? Would you search through these stories and visions of tomorrow for a hint of what’s to come? It’s true. This collection not only contains the future: it was written by the people who will build it.
For Michael Rivers, life is perfect. He is tall, handsome and worshipped by billions of fans around the globe. He is wealthy beyond measure, the heir apparent to one of the high-tech corporations that controls the world.
The EARTHBOUND Series is a set of five original, character-driven novels in a science fiction setting. They feature an ordinary hero with everyday problems: He has a boss, a job that’s a grind, a wife who doesn’t understand him (but wants him home for dinner) and a high-maintenance girlfriend on the side. He just happens to hail from another world…
Disgraced former Police Corps officer Brell Sturlach is serving life imprisonment when informed she will be a contestant on Convict Challenge, a game show. Streamed live across the Associated Planets of the Vorsan Galaxy, the winner gains their freedom.
Our civilization predates that of Earth’s by millions of years. We are an advanced, peaceful race. Yet, since Earth’s first rocket landed here thirteen years ago, we have been looked upon as freaks and contemptuously called ‘bug-men’ behind our backs! This is our planet.
While the circumnavigation of the solar system seems farfetched, it may not be once the problem of effective anti-gravitational control is solved. In this book I have assumed that the many researchers now actually at work on this problem will achieve such a result in the next decade.
The title of this collection, Dark Futures, acknowledges one of the most important roles that science fiction can play: warning us of the pitfalls and hazards ahead. The future is full of uncertainty and risk, but it takes a good story to push us from apathy to action.