<p>Unara has never wanted what others want. On a world where every day is a fight for survival, she dreams of peace in the silence of space. But being born under the waves comes with a price; nobody leaves Thalassa Prime.</p> <p>Not that Unara’s going to let that stop her.</p> <p>For soon, Trader Houses from across the galaxy will be descending to the sun-scorched surface of Thalassa Prime for a once-in-a-lifetime event, ready to fill their holds with all the riches of the world-sea. And when they leave, Unara is going with them.</p> <p>But dark forces are stirring in the ocean, and the Trader Houses bring their own conflicts with them. When old grudges spill out into open rebellion, Unara is forced to choose between her own future or saving the world she wants to leave behind…</p>

First contact is stranger than anyone expected... Daelia Hall doesn't care about Unity, or its promises. Humanity is being offered a chance to join a great galactic confederation, administered by hyper-sentient abiota, but who has time to worry about that? It's a distant issue—or maybe not, considering how the alien envoy is suddenly the biggest celebrity on the planet. No, Daelia has Emily to worry about. The Air Force is sending a team out to investigate the catastrophic events of the recent air show. If they don't like what they find, Emily will be bricked, a fate worse than death for any abiota. When Daelia gets her hands on some of the alien tech, it starts to raise other questions. Uncomfortable questions. Questions that she can't ignore. But Unity, despite its fine words of peace, is willing to kill to protect its secrets. Will her search for answers lead to disaster?

One step closer to Unity. One step deeper into danger. Waking up alone in a strange apartment in Austin, Texas wasn't high on Daelia Hall's list of preferred weekend activities. Being under guard is even less appealing. She wants nothing more than to escape her captors and get home, when a chance encounter points her in the opposite direction. Unity, it seems, has a presence here in Austin. A significant one. A research facility where they've been conducting experiments on humans and abiota alike. Now, hunted by a team of ex-military contractors who answer only to Unity, aided only by a mysterious emergent who speaks only in symbols, Daelia must work her way across the city to reach Unity's facility. But Austin is a city that extends deep into virtual reality. Navigating that world is far more complicated—and dangerous—than she ever thought possible. As Daelia uncovers the reality of Unity's...

A voice from the darkness promises utopia... ...whatever the cost. Earth is lost, humanity's presence there a mere footnote in history. Now, the human race clings to a precarious existence in the void, scattered across the solar system. The line between life and death has never been thinner. Nothing in Ambera "Tharsis" Chen's life has turned out the way she hoped. A military commission and assignment out beyond Mars's gravity well seemed like a grand adventure. Instead, she's stuck at a dead-end base with a terrible commander. Disillusioned, all she wants to do now is serve out her time and go home.So when a friend offers a night of dimension-hopping fun, Tharsis can't resist. Who cares if it's illegal? But her friend's intentions are far from innocent. And the Kuiper, silent for decades, has begun speaking again.Soon, Tharsis finds herself racing across the system, embroiled...

<p>Mech pilot Lieutenant Marie Stahlbaum wants to be out stalking the stars, taking the fight to the rat-like alien verrater that destroyed her homeworld. Serving now with the famed Colonel Drosselmeier, she thought she’d finally get that chance. Instead she’s stuck on guard duty, watching over a spoiled lord and his holiday merriment on the winter moon of Bavaria.</p> <p>When an verrater invasion crashes the party on Christmas Eve, Marie finds herself on a terrible new front line.</p> <p>With only a malfunctioning mech, nicknamed the “Nutcracker”, and its former pilot on the radio, Marie sets off on a desperate hunt, pursuing the monstrous king of the verrater horde across the snowy wastes.</p> <p>But the history between the verrater and Colonel Drosselmeier is darker, and deeper, than anyone could imagine. And if Marie can’t find a way to defeat the verrater king, here, tonight, the whole of human space will fall.</p>

Daelia Hall has a problem. Several, in fact. Her academic advisor won't get off her back. Her dad is pushing her to leave her doctoral program behind and work for him. The new pilot up at the squadron just damn near crashed her favorite AI-enabled airplane, one of the fabled emergent abiota. Oh yeah, and a massive meteor just blasted a crater into a nearby park, and the Air Guard wants to know what is going on. Because there's something alive inside this thing, something that seems to be driving every military abiota on the airfield absolutely insane. With the annual air show on and a military power struggle brewing, it's up to Daelia to uncover the true nature of the object, before the consequences turn deadly.

Daelia Hall has a mission. After the revelations on Numina, she's determined to reveal Unity's true nature to the world. Whatever it takes. The only problem? She's got no hard evidence, just the word of a slightly crazed abiota and her own bad memories. Her solution? Locked away in the student database at her alma mater are the clues to who—or what—is behind Unity. Getting to it won't be easy. With her network access turned off, the only option is a hack. A cyber heist, as Argo calls it. Fortunately, it's Halloween weekend in a college town, so the predictive abiota that runs network security might just be distracted enough for this to work. Even with that, Daelia will have to rely on old friends and new partners to get what she needs. But returning to the Ware College of Graduate Engineering is the last thing Daelia ever wanted to do. And when nothing goes to plan, it's not just her life...

Some truths are worth killing for... Unity has made good on its threats, turning the power off across the planet in an attempt to save itself. Daelia Hall has seen what lies at the core of Unity's plans, however, and she's not about to let it get away that easily. Only problem is, how do you hunt something that can manipulate everything you see? Argo is no less determined to see those behind Unity brought to justice, but the federal government has ordered the unthinkable; a full military stand-down, no confrontation with Unity allowed. When an unexpected ally steps forward, it's an opportunity Daelia and Argo can't afford to pass up. But doing so risks exposing the true nature of the abiota to the world, as well as placing the 121st Interdiction Wing firmly in Unity's crosshairs. Now, with everything on the line, Daelia must find a way to reach Unity and shut it down before everything she loves is...

Causality doesn't always run in a straight line... Tharsis has done the incredible: she has thrown herself across time and space, escaping certain death in the void. Only problem is, she dove a little too far. The icy wastes of Noqumiut may be behind her, but she's further than ever from home. Caleb Ross has always considered himself an unremarkable guy. Waking up centuries in the future was shock enough. Being told he's in charge of a planet? That's beyond absurd. Binding them together is a mystery, eight hundred years in the making. The Flet is missing, and with him, the FTL capacity of the entire Heliosphere. His captors plan on using him to reignite one of the nightmare engines of old Earth, a technology that can rewrite reality itself. Now, both Tharsis and Caleb must fight their way through unfamiliar worlds, to reach the Flet and pull him out, before spacetime unravels. But as the wall between past...

Distant stations hold deep secrets... Space travel's never been high on Daelia's list of things to do in life. She doesn't care what the tourism brochures say. It can't really be safe, can it? Argo's brother is missing, though. Last known location? Numina Station. Argo's always protected the kid and always will, but that means figuring out a way to get up into orbit, at a time when the whole world wants to see the wonders Unity has brought them. And flights are impossible to come by. It's just Daelia's luck that Argo needs her help, her business connections, to get up there. And doesn't it figure, she has to go along herself. At least it's an opportunity to continue her investigation into Unity. But Numina Station is far more entwined in Unity's plans than either Daelia or Argo suspected. When the true nature of Unity there is revealed, can they make it back to Earth alive? Or will the truth die with them?

No secret stays hidden forever...Tharsis is finally heading home. Back to Mars. She's done everything the Landlords have asked. What more does she have to offer? She's in a world of trouble now, and execution still isn't off the table. Caleb Ross is in no mood to throw her out an airlock, though. He's got bigger problems to deal with than one insubordinate lieutenant. The crew of the Barachiel may have accepted him, but ASDF high command seems more determined than ever to keep him at arms' length. Neither one can afford to rest. An unknown adversary has pushed an asteroid swarm into a collision course with Mars, one large enough to wipe out all life on the planet. And worse, the rest of the Tenancy is refusing to lift a finger to help stop it. Caleb Ross did, after all, fail to silence Noqumiut and the Arcna, long centuries ago. Nobody knows why, not even him. And the only person who might know, the Landlord...