Christopher Jc Buchheit Christopher Jc Buchheit Steven James Catizone
Everyone has secrets they cannot escape. All of known civilization is ruled by the Riv, a race that dominates political and religious culture, exploiting a monopoly on power and truth. Milo, an outcast with an unfortunate lineage, discovers something hidden deep in the woods that threatens Riv authority. His best friend Milena - herself a Riv with a better pedigree - has inner demons the Riv want to leverage against her. Can Milo somehow reveal this powerful secret without harming those he loves? Will Milena keep her secrets hidden to protect Milo, or will she help him tear apart the only...
Everyone has secrets they cannot escape. All of known civilization is ruled by the Riv, a race that dominates political and religious culture, exploit...
A discovery that links two dimensions of time. . .A prison ship's dirty little secret. . .Esheron has answers but will they arrive before it's too late? "Refractions of Frozen Time" finds the Brightstars, your favorite space-faring family, more separated than ever before. Laren is in the process of being exiled to the galaxy's ultimate security prison onboard an automated spacecraft. Creena, her little brother, Deven, and her mother, Sharra, remain in the Caverns, while Dirck and Win report to the Clique base at Apoca Canyon. Deven discovers a new crystal which, combined with cristobalite,...
A discovery that links two dimensions of time. . .A prison ship's dirty little secret. . .Esheron has answers but will they arrive before it's too ...
Moving to another planet is never easy. It's even harder when you never arrive...
Laren Brightstar knows refusing to work for Augustus Troy makes him a target. Accepting the chief terralogist position on a primitive planet on the other side of the galaxy seems like the simplest solution. Getting there, however, isn't. When the affluent family leaves fog-shrouded and predictable Mira III for Cyraria they have no idea their luxurious lifestyle is about to end forever. His wife, Sharra denies it, trusting their fate to her indomitable bondling. Teenage daughter, Creena,...
Moving to another planet is never easy. It's even harder when you never arrive...
Laren Brightstar knows refusing to work for Augus...
Things are never so bad they can't get worse. For the Brightstars they just did.
Laren Brightstar knows his family's in serious trouble. If he doesn't finish building the heat exchanger before Opposition's heat sets in they'll all perish. Then what little money they have is confiscated and he's hauled off to territorial prison in a midnight raid, leaving his teenaged son, Dirck, responsible for the family's welfare.
Above everything else, Dirck is acutely aware that none of this would have happened if his missing sister, Creena, had followed the rules.
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Things are never so bad they can't get worse. For the Brightstars they just did.
Laren Brightstar knows his family's in serious tr...
