In a world where words are the ultimate currency, silence can be lethal.In the not-too-distant future, humanity's ability to communicate has fractured, creating a labyrinth of professional jargons so dense that only specialists like William Kirst, Private Interpreter, can unravel them.Kirst is a linchpin in a society where understanding is a luxury, and secrets are the norm. His routine existence is shattered when he becomes entangled in a murder investigation, a crime spoken in a language of bullets and blood.As an interpreter sworn to confidentiality Kirst is bound by an oath that puts his life in jeopardy and his morals in shackles. The more he uncovers, the deeper he's edged into a conspiracy where language, as a weapon and a prison, pushes him closer to a dark truth.The Tongue Trade is a riveting exploration of language, loyalty, and the lethal power of secrets. It questions the boundaries of ethical duty and the price of silence in a fragmented world.Where words are the ultimate currency, silence can be lethal."It's witty, clever and fresh . . . In sum, a near-perfect package." Paul Di Filippo, Locus"Martineck has crafted a sunny noir, a charming spin on a storied genre that makes for an ecstatic journey readers will struggle to put down." Publishers Weekly(202412180747)

Winner of the 2024 Readers' Favorite Gold Medal in the Young Adult - Sci-Fi genre!How far would you go to protect your home?Light years from earth, on a rock in the outer edges of the universe, the Drake family is doing everything in their power to protect their home from ruthless aliens known as the Hrum.In this military sci-fi adventure the Drake family have spent the last six long years fighting the relentless attacks from the Hrum. The Wrigley battlecruiser being their only stronghold after being separated from the fleet, while wave and wave of attacks have worn them thin.The weary crew finally seem to have the upper hand but they’ve barely scratched the surface as to why the Hrum attacked in the first place. Is this just their nature or are they just afraid as of us as much as we are them?Will the Drake family conquer the Hrum or is their journey only just beginning?In this epic military sci-fi adventure, a symphony of war and wonder, one family must conquer the greatest enemy whose motivations are a mystery and whose might could condemn humanity to cosmic dust.

* A stand-alone adventure set in the Amaranthe universe *Thousands of years ago, the Elakri were a galaxy-spanning civilization—until one day they vanished. Forced to hide themselves away in the folds of space to escape an unstoppable foe, what was once their salvation soon became their prison.Alex Solovy and Caleb Marano search the cosmos for signs of an ancient enemy’s return. When they detect a breach in the fabric of space, however, they discover something wholly unexpected: a people lost in time and space, who have forgotten all they once were.Now Alex and Caleb must navigate a labyrinth of deception and danger on a world on the verge of collapse, as their mission to return the Elakri to their proper place among the stars becomes a desperate race against time to save everyone—including themselves.The Universe Within is a thrilling sci-fi adventure overflowing with mysteries, conspiracies, and secrets within secrets. On a world where splendor is sovereign and myth is power, truth is the most dangerous weapon of all.

In a dark future on a polluted Earth, an ambitious venture to the stars rises. But saboteurs want to ensure it never gets off the ground…Laslo Dundee yearns to start over. Stuck with the rest of North America in a giant underground city, the hardworking sector constable accepts the job of security chief for a colonization project in exchange for his family being included. But his new role turns deadly when terrorists set off a bomb in the hangar, killing most of the interstellar craft’s crew.Tasked with protecting the surviving captain and first officer, Dundee races to uncover the identities of those responsible. But when the clues lead to the high halls of power, the down-to-earth policeman finds himself accused of the crime and forced to go on the run.In seeking a better life, has Dundee signed his own death warrant?Ashes of Insurrection is the gritty first novel in The Odyssey Saga science fiction series. If you like page-turning action, determined heroes, and undercurrents of forbidden romance, then you’ll love D. Michael Withrow’s suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse.Buy Ashes of Insurrection to blaze a trail today!

The most feared world in the galaxy: The Well of Furies. From this planet, the godlike Ulltrians waged war on all life among the stars. Long thought extinct, the Ulltrians have returned. Now all the Galaxy is in danger. Humanity faces extinction.
Amir Tarkos is one of the only humans in the Predator Corp, the most elite military force in the galaxy. With his partner Bria, a bear-like carnivore, Tarkos is given a dangerous and difficult mission. Tarkos and Bria must locate the World Hammer, a pair of co-orbiting sunless planets that are the last refuge of the Ulltrians. But to find the World Hammer, they first must brave the dangers of the Ulltrian homeworld, The Well of Furies.
To save Galactic civilization, Tarkos and Bria will have to work with a team of strange aliens and artificial intelligences, explore the perilous ruins of an ancient moon, dare the depths of an ocean that engulfs a dark planet, and fight a fierce battle in the ice rings of burning world. Can one human being save the galaxy?
The Philadelphia Free Press writes of The Predator Space Chronicles, "They are impossible to put down and filled with exciting action in an alien-filled galaxy that humans have just joined."
Well of Furies is a stand-alone novel, but it is also the first third of the trilogy Evolution Commandos. In addition, it forms part of the seven-volume Predator Space Chronicles.
WELL OF FURIES
Novel
54,000 words
BOOKS IN THE PREDATOR SPACE CHRONICLES:
1. Well of Furies
2. World Hammer
3. Ice Sky Storm
Collected together in Evolution Commandos
4. Earthrise
5. Earthfall
Collected together in Omega Threshold
6. Question Zero
7. One Human
Collected together in World Scar
Also: the story continues after The Predator Space Chronicles in The Predator Academy series, which begins with Extinction Event, available now.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Craig DeLancey is a writer and philosopher. His novels include the Predator Space Chronicles and Gods of Earth. He has published dozens of short stories, in places like Analog, Lightspeed, Nature Physics, Shimmer, and the Mississippi Review Online. His story "Julie Is Three" won the Analog Anlab readers choice award for short story in 2012 and is under film development by Storycom. His story "RedKing" is in several of the year's best science fiction anthologies. He is also a playwright, and his plays have received staged readings and performances in New York, Los Angeles, Sydney, Melbourne, and elsewhere.
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Nadja Bikram traveled to the distant planet of Skiathos to work one problem, a puzzle that had vexed her for seven years. On reaching the savage desert world, she found the survey team she was to join in disarray and its leader missing. As a State Department officer, it was up to her to take command and sort things out, but she swiftly discovered the harsh and brutal landscape held a hidden danger so lethal and dreadful that it threatened them all. Nadja would need to use her every wit, risking her life and the lives of those around her, to discover its origin, but would she find the answer before it was too late?