Marca Nbaro had always dreamed of serving aboard the Greatships, with their vast cargo holds and a crew that could fill a city.

They are the lifeblood of human-occupied space, transporting an unimaginable volume - and value - of goods from City, the greatest human orbital, all the way to Tradepoint at the other, to trade for xenoglas with an unknowable alien species.

And now, out in the darkness of space, something is targeting them.

Nbaro and her friends are close to locating their enemy, in this gripping sequel to the award-nominated Artifact Space, but they are running out of time - and their allies are running out of patience . . .

Written by one of the most exciting new voices in SF, this space thriller will keep readers on the edge of their seats.

Young librarian Samantha Watkins has always been perfectly content with her humdrum existence. Never easily fitting in with anyone anywhere, she feels most at ease in silence, among stacks of books. Sam believes in leaving fantasy and drama to the characters in her beloved novels. But one night when she leaves work late, she finds herself center stage in a tale of vengeance and terror.

Samantha is rescued from a gang of vampires by Phoenix, a mysterious and otherworldly man. Suddenly her paranormal adventures take a far more extraordinary turn than any story she’s ever read. Phoenix, her savior, is actually a vampire as well, tasked with stopping his peers from killing. With no possibility of returning to her former life, Sam becomes his assistant. Together they investigate a series of mysterious disappearances and attempt to save the human race from a horrible fate. Battling vampires thrills and empowers Sam, but where does she stand with supernatural Phoenix? Could Phoenix, through their work together, become a different man?

On an icy, barren world, a starship dreams of doom…?

Throughout the galaxy, the reclusive alien race known as The One are incapacitated by terror.

?On the planet Luddeccea, wolf-human hybrid Volka harbors a terrible secret…a secret that must explain her nightmares.?

Trapped on a luxurious asteroid, pleasure ‘bot 6T9 struggles to find purpose—until he receives a message from an Unidentified Caller.

?The worlds of The One, Volka, and 6T9 are about to collide.

The galaxy will be shaken to its core.

?The starship is waking.

Our central worldline monitors many of the adjacent worldlines. Are we behind or ahead of other worldlines technologically? Could people cross over and be a threat? Do they have any technology we could use to stay dominant?

Of all the alternate Earth timelines, only this one had the North American natives survive and flourish. This, despite enduring a vastly superior Alien invasion centuries previously. Two agents sent from the central worldline to investigate this outlier Earth have disappeared. An agent sent by the Central Worldline, despite his apparent youth, and disregard for protocol, is sent to investigate the Outlier Earth for an explanation.

This is a dark tale how one dimension treats another due to the disparity between technologies. It a tell of the slaughter caused by a century of contrived grievances. It is a tale of survival of a romanticized culture that had radically changed due to an earlier invasion and rebellion. How could the diverse people with hundreds of different dialects survive against a world turned against them. Why would a near-immortal man fight a war so he might have romance again like a youth.