In the 39th Century, great men and women of the human race strode among the stars. And the crew of the Astro Tramp 400 were also there. Six untrained civilians. Two seasoned officers and two radically unspaceworthy scientists. One mad alien inventor. And six hundred and twenty-eight clone crewmen with severe intelligence-formatting errors. Eejit is the first tale of The Final Fall of Man, a science-fiction story about - among other things - the human race and how we either won or lost it, depending on your point of view.

It began as a simple rescue operation. Then Thord, a seven-million-year-old immortal telepathic yeti, joined the crew. After that it was still a rescue operation, but it all started getting a bit weird. "Drednanth" is the story of the Astro Tramp 400 and her intrepid and slightly-battered crew, as they cross the galaxy in order to throw some of their passengers off the edge of it. In the process, they hope to discover more about the alien menace apparently bent on destroying their civilisation out from under them, survive the vengeful attentions of a school of highly-intelligent cybernetic...

Since it was closed to all but the highest government and military authorities six hundred and eighty-one years ago, Horatio Bunzo's Funtime Happy World has seen one hundred and seventy-six infiltration missions along a spectrum from observation to annihilation. Thirty-nine crews returned to tell the tale of their failures. Or, as it happened, to not tell them, under any circumstances. The rest were never seen again. Of the thirty-nine ships that failed but survived the Bunzolabe, only one ever went back in. This is their story.

The Molren fled into the night, with the Damorakind furious on their heels. And for centuries they ran, and hid, and were whittled down one ship at a time, devoured by the rabid xenophobia of the Cancer in the Core. Then, one day, five hundred aki'Drednanth threw off their chains, slew their Damorakind masters and saved the Molran Fleet from certain destruction at the hands of their pursuers. They joined the Fleet and earned the eternal reverence and gratitude of the greater Molran species. And, for reasons never adequately explained, they brought the Fergunak with them. "Fergunakil" is the...

The greater Molran superspecies have come a long way since their days of running and hiding from the Damorakind. Well, they still run and hide, but they're better at it now. And they have help from humanity, arguably one of the most bloodthirsty species ever to bite the face of the galaxy. Together, AstroCorps and the Fleet have been planning a strike against the Cancer in the Core. Planning for a long, long time ... but now their timetable has been accelerated by the appearance of the Hacticos, a mysterious Damorakind splinter-group capable of traversing space at staggering speed and...

For years beyond counting, Convoy Defence Platform Destarion has been an object of fear in the histories of a thousand species. The atrocities for which she was responsible had ingrained themselves on the cultures of entire empires. But then she vanished, and for millennia was forgotten in the silent depths of space. She became a dark myth. In their desperate search for an ally against Hacticos - an unknown and vastly powerful force apparently bent on the destruction of all sentient life in the galaxy, a force that the Six Species itself might be responsible for bringing down on their heads -...

This is where the story ends. Captain Crom Skelliglyph cordially invites you to the Final Fall of Man. Join the crew of the Astro Tramp 400 as she flies out. One last time."

Thirteen sisters are born in the ice. Most will not live to adulthood. All are eternal. Only one has never been born before. An AstroCorps starship falls afoul of a crew of ruthless bounty hunters, and Captain Crom Skelliglyph's shower is interrupted without remorse. The crew of the warship Draka faces off against foes out of myth and nightmare. And on the peaceful planet Dema, death approaches on silent wings of black steel. Deadshepherd is an anthology of four short stories set around the galaxy known as Cursed's Playground, home of the Six Species and of The Final Fall of Man.