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Overlord’s Folly

Overlord’s Folly City slickers should never underestimate a farmer . . .   With Reynard Gliph out of the capital, Casper Slodovich remains behind, running the entire Southside Projects as his own personal fiefdom. He is known far and wide as Overlord. Casper enjoys revenue from gambling, prostitution and other gray areas. He also retains a tidy stash from a recent bank robbery. But he’s looking for more. A lot […]

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Bad Allegory

Bad Allegory Sometimes town folk can be mean to farmers . . .   Reynard Gliph has branched out from League City to Phaethon’s hinterlands, intent on taking over Little York. This just happens to be the closest town to Tom Savage’s star farm. Gliph’s early efforts result in mixed success. Fortunately for him, the Dalmont brothers are nearby and willing to lend a helping hand. Together, they change Little […]

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Farmer’s Wife

Farmer’s Wife Every farmer needs a good wife.   Hay production is up and it’s selling well across the area. Bessie, Gwen’s mare, is pregnant and Tom will soon have the first colt added to his stable of horses. Most important of all, Tom and Gwen have finally decided to tie the knot, especially after a surprise visit from home. All is looking up for their farm. But trouble is […]

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Night Shadow

Night Shadow A farmer needs friends in the city who have his back . . .   Haley Stonecipher sells farm goods for Tom Savage during the day, and fights crime by night in League City. She strikes from the cover of darkness, leaving death and fear in her wake through the criminal underworld. Ashley Thallus is a reporter, and an agent for Gwen’s mother. Sent to Phaethon to keep […]

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Pulsar’s Peril

Pulsar’s Peril A farmer always needs to find a way to get his produce to market . . .    Tom Savage’s farm is coming along nicely. Trees are producing sap. The garden’s doing well. The chickens are surviving. Even the horses are thriving. No star containment units have blown up recently. But the planet of Phaethon has problems galore. The major governmental systems have instituted an embargo, preventing all […]

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Farm Hand

Farm Hand Sometimes a farmer can turn a profit by diversifying his crops . . .   Tom Savage and Gwen Wilder have a farm hand now, Silas Vick. And Silas has some ideas of new things they can grow out here. That might be good, since a lot of stuff got destroyed recently, meaning they’ll have to wait on more equipment from Lute before continuing experiments. Tom’s got other […]

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Particle Two

Particle Two Harvesting chunks of the sun can be rewarding . . . if you can stay alive.   Tom Savage and Gwen Wilder are running experiments never before seen in the galaxy, using a tiny piece of Phaethon’s sun. But the Ever Riders are on their trail, and still mad about losing out on Mal Dalmont’s bounty. James Ever is a spiteful, vengeful man. But Tom has several aces […]

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Tom Savage

Tom Savage On a frontier planet, land is cheap. So is your life. . Tom Savage is intent on homesteading, and Phaethon is the newest planet open for colonization. Here, technology is lacking in many places. And for 200 credits, anyone can claim one square kilometer of prime farmland. But Tom has a secret or two. He is not interested in farming crops, at least not at first. Tom wants […]

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The Redwood Trilogy Box Set

The Redwood Trilogy Box Set A young vampire leads a revolution on the outer planets.   Along the Janus String, which connects ever more distant planets from Old Earth, exploration has stalled out on Redwood, a world filled with giant trees and animals. The State has prohibited colonization, and human activity is limited to a one cubic kilometer city. Marcus Savitch, a Servant of the State, lives in Redwood City. […]

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Star League Assassins Books 1-10: Complete Series Boxset

Star League Assassins Books 1-10: Complete Series Boxset The League hides a secret. Remington Rennison will try and fix it.   In the aftermath of the war between Star League and the Planetary Republic, the old regime’s borders continue to wither. Now down to a fraction of its previous holdings, the former tetrarchy is held together by Julian Thrall’s youngest “daughter,” Jade. She rules with an iron fist under the […]

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