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Set roughly half a century in the future on the artificial-island arcology of New Avalon, Tangent Knights centers on Corazón “Cory” Kagami, a bright but impulsive college student who believes in following her passions, resisting the path laid out for her by her mother, the head of a tech conglomerate responsible for astonishing breakthroughs.

Knight Watch stands between the mundane world and the monsters of myth and legend. But there are more than dragons and trolls prowling the shadows of the modern world. Creatures of clockwork and mad science threaten to disrupt the peace. For monsters such as these, a different band of heroes guard the world. The Eccentrics. Led by the eighth incarnation of Nikola Tesla, the Society of Eccentric Geniuses protects the Mundane world from the horrors of the Gestalt, a timeline of the future that never was.

Everything has changed. An apex being created another with a perceived higher purpose and sense of superiority, and now the fight for survival begins. This first book sets up the internal power struggle in the military alliance, the conflicting nature of the soulless and the unfamiliars, and sees the birth of the original and most powerful night of Sol.

In a world where communication with parallel Tangent Earths has brought a disruptive influx of new beliefs and scientific innovation, college student and fangirl Corazon Kagami continues to discover astonishing new facets to the abilities she’s unexpectedly acquired in the accident that transformed her into Tangent Knight Caprice, the foremost of a growing ensemble of armored super-warriors very much like the heroes and villains of her favorite tokusatsu shows. Revelations about her technology magnate mother and her cyborg security team have put Cory on the side of Matrix.

Chicago's crime elements, such as Ivan, leader of the Russian mafia, hated Blue Knight's encroachment on their activities. Ivan's primary goal became elimination of the armored hero, forever.

Blue Knight's confidence was building. He proved himself against major adversaries The Artiste and Ivan in Chicago and Kadar in New York City. There were some bumps along the way but they added to what the new superhero needed to know. Interference with activities of the petty crime elements was easy. However, there was an additional lesson, one not anticipated. Further, the related experience took place at a most unexpected time and location ... during a vacation in paradise ... Hawaii! Roger/Blue knight had no one to blame but himself for what happened. He caused the incident. The source of his vulnerability was his lack of realization that the very powers that rendered Blue Knight a superhero could trigger dangerous unforeseen situations. It was an important and necessary experience, but it greatly altered his time on the Big Island. Most important was how the matter was handled and in the end, its resolution. Roger/Blue Knight never turned away from a challenge and he behaved no differently during his sojourn to an island known for its tropical splendor and ... LAVA!

People have their own bents, and that includes Tony Capone and Roger from Nebraska. After what Tony did earlier in attempting to take down Blue Knight, one would think he would go away quietly. That he would unhappily accept the inevitability of his sentencing for attempted murder and subsequent incarceration. However, as Roger/Blue Knight discovers, that is not Tony's way. Roger is one who does not shy away from making important decisions. It's not surprising that he resolves to leave Rosie's Rooming House. The longer he is there, the greater is the likelihood of Rosie's being linked to Blue Knight.

Roger, Blue Knight's alternate identity, finds his New York City visit very different than expected. He is there when Azzam from Amman, Jordan, succeeds in his 20-year search for a jinni in a lamp. The arrival of powerful marid, Kadar, makes life more interesting for everyone on Manhattan Island...and nervous, as well. Kadar's puzzling presence and difficult demands are a new challenge for Blue Knight.

After the Black Dragon’s forces destroy their planet of Amal, Robin and his friends LJ, Willa, Tuck, and Much speed through hyperspace, trying to determine their next course of action. Robin feels enormously guilty for not being able to save his father or his planet, but changes are soon to come that will test his limits once again…When the crew disembarks on a strange trade planet, a feeling comes over Robin as he sees a young girl being taken away as a slave. He suddenly realizes that this is his long-lost sister, and is determined to do whatever is necessary in order to rescue her.

A story of a unlikely hero chosen by the Son of God. This unlikely hero had to overcome his own demons to reach his path to his true destiny. Upon his path to his true destiny, he had many obstacles he had to traverse to become his true self.

What starts as a low-key, fun outing turns into something much more demanding when crime elements surface at the Blazers basketball arena. New crime adversaries from Seattle are after expanding their influence in the Northwest and have selected Portland as their target. Their initial effort is focused on 20,000 hostages and a billion dollars in ransoms. People will cooperate or be forced to watch a savage animal attack on the basketball court floor on two captives failing to deliver the ransoms.

In this first of eight exciting episodes, find out how Roger from Nebraska’s search for his destiny leads him to become Blue Knight’s alternate identity. Learn of his willingness to accept a role that is in the tradition of heroic knights who came before him.

Hamilton Dinger has never gotten along well with Starry Knight. Only Starry Knight knows the real reason, and the real danger, when it comes to working alongside him. When a new demon monster takes over the phone lines of the city, Starry Knight races off to help her co-defender. As they fight together under the moonlight, Starry Knight faces a new test of her power, and a new test of her heart. This is a short story set between book two and book three of the Starlight Chronicles.