Azureseas Cantrell S War

Author : Raymund Eich
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Azureseas: Cantrell's War by Raymund Eich Pdf

Azureseas A world of sandy beaches under a yellow-orange sun. Human developers could turn it into the next great tourist world of the Consortia... except for its large, dangerous native animals. Ross Cantrell joined the animal control mission on Azureseas to earn the money he needed to marry and start a life together with his girlfriend. Dirty work, but necessary to keep people safe. Like plinking tree cats back home. Then Ross discovers the truth about the planet's "animals." Cantrell's War His former plans no longer matter. Against high-tech soldiers, illicit brain-hackers, and the billionaires backing them both, he puts everything at risk. Money. Love. Even his own life. All to do the right thing for humans and aliens alike.

Author : Raymund Eich
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Page : 74 pages
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A Mighty Fortress by Raymund Eich Pdf

They will turn a barren planet into a refuge for life. Or die trying. On board the interstellar ship, Theodore wakes from forty years of suspended animation, eager to transform a barren, rocky planet into a living world. The plan: move an icy asteroid billions of miles, convert the ice into new seas and a breathable atmosphere, then seed the surface with life. But some among the crew want to speed up the process. By taking risks with nuclear explosives. A dangerous revision, but one supported by the mission's commander. Competing plans divide the crew into rival factions. With Earthly help over eight light-years away, Theodore must search alone for allies among oppressed workers, spiritual advisors, and the ship's artificial intelligence to save the mission—and stop the commander from seizing absolute power. Scientists and politicians, ideals and tyranny clash when the hidden agendas of Theodore, his foes, his friends, and the ship's AI reveal themselves in a riveting, ultimate confrontation.

Author : Raymund Eich
Publisher : CV-2 Books
Page : 30 pages
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Release : 2024-04-29
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Paytron of the Arts by Raymund Eich Pdf

R1000 stood before the two people. "Farewell, my human friends." The robot lifted its head, looking past them, in the direction where cattle grazed and wheat grew on the former battlefields, where the plague wards now had empty beds. "You no longer need my help. Your future is yours to choose." They never saw R1000 again. Zachary stepped back from the keyboard. The ending he'd just written echoed in his head. Destinies: Man and Machine. His best sci fi novel yet. Thank God for Paytron. Not a scramble for nickels and dimes from a thousand fans, like that other service, but real money from a real, though anonymous, patron. Money enough to pay child support without needing a real job. Money can’t buy happiness, but it increases your chances. Until his patron gives Zachary a harsh choice. Compromise his artistic vision, or lose funding. Zachary refuses to give in. He knows how to unearth secret information from the Internet. His patron won’t stay anonymous for long. What will his patron say when Zachary shows up at his door? —Previously published in Analog, January/February 2024

Author : Raymund Eich
Publisher : CV-2 Books
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The Reincarnation Run by Raymund Eich Pdf

Smuggle the “reborn” spiritual leader of an oppressed people past their conquerors. What could go wrong? Solitary spacejock Landry Krieger ekes out a living transporting data through the galaxy—and smuggling people past the watchful eyes of governments, in hiding places he builds in his ship. When the priests of Tao Pacem ask for his help, Landry resists. Dow patch’em? Yin-yang symbols? A plan to sneak a young boy, the “reincarnation” of their spiritual leader, to their conquered homeworld to spark a rebellion? After earlier experiences with religious leaders, he needs far more than the big payday they offer to say yes. He gets it when an arrogant agent of the oppressors tries to scare him off the job. But during a month-long interstellar journey, what starts as just another hustle gets complicated. The oppressors track Landry’s ship. His personality clashes with the priests… …and meshes with the boy’s beautiful young governess. Fail in his mission, and not only his passengers will suffer. Millions of innocent people will remain in bondage. Then Landry finds evidence one of his passengers is a saboteur and spy…

Author : Raymund Eich
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Page : 299 pages
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A Bodyguard of Lies by Raymund Eich Pdf

"I’m reminded of Poul Anderson’s Dominic Flandry series, or more recently, Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s Anniversary Day saga." —Analog Capt. Tomas Neumann faces shocking dangers in an unexpected new battlefield. Assigned to the Confederated Worlds’ capital planet, Tomas works to rebuild the military’s confidence after the last war. He has no interest in politics. But after saving the Confederated Worlds’ next president from an assassin, politics becomes interested in him. Gone are the familiar lines between friend and foe. In the halls of power, Tomas plunges into a world of secrets and lies. Worse, he soon discovers a terrifying conspiracy threatening far more than his career, his family, or even his life. He finds a shocking truth capable of destroying the Confederated Worlds. Battling spies and pervasive surveillance, Tomas takes shadowy journeys from luxurious temples to secret police brain scanning chambers. The fate of the galaxy will hinge on his ability to tell allies from enemies. To tell loyalists from traitors. And remain true to his principles, as a soldier and a man. Military science fiction meets political thriller in the triumphant conclusion to the Confederated Worlds trilogy.

Author : Raymund Eich
Publisher : CV-2 Books
Page : 308 pages
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Release : 2024-06-24
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Stealing Fire from the Gods by Raymund Eich Pdf

Do you only read speculative fiction that's predictable? Filtered by sensitivity readers? Rewritten to the critical taste of a creative writing professor? Validated by a New York publisher*? Or that hits every trope, and only every trope, of one particular bookstore subcategory? Then this collection probably isn't for you. On the other hand, you might like speculative fiction where the author follows the muse wherever it leads him. Across time and space. Across genres and subgenres. From serious to humorous. Following characters male or female, young or middle aged, black or white. If that sounds like something you'd enjoy, come on in. From the author of The Reincarnation Run and Portia Oakeshott, Dinosaur Veterinarian. Azureseas: Cantrell's War Cantrell didn't question his 'animal control' mission on the tropical planet of Azureseas. Then a scrap of troubling evidence came to him out of thin air. A complete novel! A Fistful of Monopoles The alien derelict held a fortune in magnetic monopoles. A fortune the two men agreed to split fifty-fifty. A dangerous retrieval... but Bartlett had his back. Bodacious Ursula and the Phone Call from Hell Old boyfriends never call. Especially when they're twenty years dead. A contemporary fantasy about second chances and making things right. Seven Out Three young men. One telekinetic power. From a street craps game in the 'hood to the high-roller tables in Vegas, how far will they let it ride? Iphigenia of Khufu Iphigenia peeked at the docked ship. She craved an escape from the conformist culture of her home asteroid colony. But with this pilot? Return Blessing Living a lush life on the planet Valoduria, paid for by his father's generosity, Jeffrey cheerfully accepted the gifts pressed on him by the planet's insectoid aliens. Then they asked for something in return. *New York gatekeepers aren't all bad. Two of these stories previously appeared in Analog magazine.

Author : Raymund Eich
Publisher : CV-2 Books
Page : 210 pages
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Release : 2024-07-03
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Invasion 2132 by Raymund Eich Pdf

A powerful alien ship. Heading to Earth. Intent unknown. Bad: mission control lost contact with the interstellar explorers on Concordia. Worse: mission control now detects an unknown ship leaving the Alpha Centauri system. Heading to Earth at relativistic speeds. Driven by engines more potent than anything humans ever built. Silent about its purpose. Its crew unknown. Leclerc, head of mission control, knows what he must do. If the ship comes to conquer or destroy Earth, the planet has only one chance. Its rival factions must set aside their cold war. They must turn their weapons of mass destruction to the common good. They must come together to prepare a mutual, desperate defense. But powerful alien technology could give one faction a military edge over the other. Enough to risk blowing up the world for a chance to conquer it. Leclerc must do more than find common ground with his former foes. He must face the lust for power of shadowy figures on his own side. The fate of the world hinges on what one man does... …and what he discovers about the crew of the alien ship.

Author : Raymund Eich
Publisher : CV-2 Books
Page : 255 pages
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Exploration 2127 by Raymund Eich Pdf

Concordia’s mission reflected the best of the human race. Crew and scientists from both of Earth’s rival factions journeyed for years at relativistic speeds to reach Bravo Charlie, a life-bearing planet orbiting Alpha Centauri B, to expand the frontiers of knowledge for all. Concordia’s mission also reflected humanity at its worst. Corrupt bureaucrats and ambitious political leaders in both factions maintained a status quo backed by weapons of mass destruction. The faction commanders on the mission each sought to seize advantages for their side alone. Then the ship receives transmissions. Signs of an ancient alien presence buried on the planet. Sent to explore, Jaeger and McIlroy, born and raised in a Texas divided by razor wire and minefields. Men torn between the mission's ideals and orders from their faction commanders. When they decode the message left by aliens dead over a million years, the future of the human race will change forever.

Author : Raymund Eich
Publisher : CV-2 Books
Page : 231 pages
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Operation Iago by Raymund Eich Pdf

"Military science fiction [concentrating] on the psychology and politics of societies in conflict." —Analog, on the Confederated Worlds series The Confederated Worlds lost the war. Can Lt. Tomas Neumann win the peace? By the terms of the peace treaty, the citizens of the planet Arden will vote to stay in the Confederated Worlds or join the victorious Progressive Republic. Newly-minted Lieutenant Tomas Neumann leads his overstretched and demoralized Confederated Worlds Ground Force platoon in a mission that pushes men and machines to their limits, against elusive, deceptive foes out to tilt Arden to the Progressive Republic. If those foes succeed, they will turn the Confederated Worlds against itself.

Author : Raymund Eich
Publisher : CV-2 Books
Page : 218 pages
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The Greater Glory of God by Raymund Eich Pdf

One man can make—or break—Earth's iron grip on its galactic colonies: Stone Chalmers. Spy. Assassin. Earth's top operative. From the religious colony world of Trinity come clues of a long-lost prize. The last warpdrive ship outside Earth's control. Stone's mission: journey through an artificial wormhole to the planet. Verify the reports. And if the ship exists, prevent its use by Earth's enemies. Going undercover, with a cover persona overlaid on his mind, the only thing holding him back is an unwanted partner from a rival agency among Earth's rulers. Then he finds rich and powerful colonists hunt the missing ship for their own nefarious purposes. A ship that could devastate Earth in a suicide mission. Or worse. Join Stone in a nerve-wracking game of intrigue on a world of secrets in this, the second adventure in his complete four-novel series.

Author : Raymund Eich
Publisher : CV-2 Books
Page : 209 pages
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The Progress of Mankind by Raymund Eich Pdf

One man can make—or break—Earth's iron grip on its galactic colonies: Stone Chalmers. Spy. Assassin. Earth's top operative. On the newly-rediscovered colony world of New Moravia, an Earth operative is murdered. Stone's mission: journey through an artificial wormhole to the planet. Find the perpetrators. And terminate them. Going undercover, with a cover persona overlaid on his mind and genetic markers tweaked inside his cells, Stone expects an easy mission. But on encountering shadowy, powerful men and dangerous women, Stone discovers more than a plot that killed a fellow operative. A conspiracy plans a powerful blow against Earth's control of the planet. A blow that will kill tens of thousands of colonists. A blow supported by treacherous forces inside the government of Earth. Join Stone on a distant planet in a headlong race against the clock in this, the first adventure in his complete four-novel series.

Author : Raymund Eich
Publisher : CV-2 Books
Page : 198 pages
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Release : 2024-07-03
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To All High Emprise Consecrated by Raymund Eich Pdf

One man can make—or break—Earth's iron grip on its galactic colonies: Stone Chalmers. Spy. Assassin. Earth's top operative. The newly-rediscovered high-tech colony of Minerva quickly submits to a wormhole linking it to Earth. With a cloud over his career from his previous mission, Stone has no choice but to follow orders: spend weeks trapped on the ship towing the wormhole to Minerva. Once there, corroborate reports of the colonists' odd beliefs. Going undercover, with a cover persona overlaid on his mind and no threat in sight, Stone expects a mission beneath his talents. But then Stone discovers far more than odd beliefs. A pervasive cult dominates the colony. Its thugs threaten his body. Its priests threaten his spirit. Fighting for his life—and soul—he comes face to face with a terrifying conspiracy. By surrendering, Minerva's leaders pose the greatest threat ever to Earth's hegemony. Join Stone in his most harrowing mission yet, facing a world of dangerous rebels in this, the third adventure in his complete four-novel series.

Author : Raymund Eich
Publisher : CV-2 Books
Page : 213 pages
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Release : 2024-07-03
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In Public Convocation Assembled by Raymund Eich Pdf

One man can make—or break—Earth's iron grip on its galactic colonies: Stone Chalmers. Spy. Assassin. Earth's top operative. Schemes and plots from the colonies and the capital converge in the halls of power on Earth itself. Stone's mission: make contact with Earth government officials of questionable loyalties. Feed them false intelligence. And at the right moment, strike. Though undercover and disguised by nanotechnology, Stone knows this will be his toughest mission yet. One mistake could doom Earth and the colonies to centuries of tyranny. Though Stone has allies, Earth's top operative alone must fight his way through a web of intrigue and bring freedom to all human worlds. Join Stone in the capital of the galaxy for the ultimate clash of conspiracies in this, the final adventure in his complete four-novel series.

Author : Raymund Eich
Publisher : CV-2 Books
Page : 292 pages
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Release : 2024-07-03
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Take the Shilling by Raymund Eich Pdf

"Military science fiction [concentrating] on the psychology and politics of societies in conflict." ---Analog, on The Confederated Worlds series The Confederated Worlds implanted in his brain the skills to make him a soldier. He had to learn for himself how to survive interstellar war. Tomas Neumann seeks escape from his backwater planet and overbearing mother, and a mentor to replace his long-dead father. "Taking the shilling"---enlisting in the Confederated Worlds military---promises both. But despite the soldier's skills implanted in his brain, combat against fellow humans, especially ones who should have welcomed him as a liberator, threaten to destroy him, in body and in spirit. Grieving for lost comrades, demoralized by harrowing combat, can Tomas learn what he needs to survive? Because soon, with the fates of thousands of his fellow soldiers in the balance, he will face his war's ultimate challenge.

Author : Raymund Eich
Publisher : CV-2 Books
Page : 255 pages
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Release : 2024-07-03
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A Prince of the Blood by Raymund Eich Pdf

Only a bastard can save a kingdom from chaos.

A childless queen confined to the palace.

A king overly enamored of male companionship.

The kingdom desperately needs an heir.

Who will father one?

Two courtiers ask Keladon, retired battlemage and the king’s bastard half-brother, to make his way in secret to the queen’s bedchamber. His loyalty to the kingdom overcomes his dread of palace intrigues and his guilt in turning her, a foreign princess, into a royal captive decades ago.

Their brief encounter leads to his unrequitable love for her.

Keladon returns to the castle nine months later to celebrate the proclamation of his secret son as the king’s child and heir. But within the castle’s walls and the nearby city, he stumbles across a conspiracy of magic and murder. Acting alone, in the shadows, only he can save the kingdom from the ultimate treachery - and protect the one woman he would risk his life for.