Showing results for "Mike Ryan" in Science Fiction

My name is Simon Jackson: former soldier in the Elynese Special Forces and current fixer for mob boss Krahmin the voidtouched. Myan Station is my home. Dwarves, goblins, gnomes, grays, fey, even humans make up the melting pot that is Myan Station. When Malak the half-ork and I stole an ancient starship, we set off a chain of events that could spell the end of Myan Station.

Fresh out of the Academy, Ensign Cole Jackson’s first posting to Freedom couldn’t have come at a worse time. All over the Alliance, planets and colonies are suddenly under attack by the vicious Coven Empire. Freedom and her sister ship, Hood, are ambushed by alien warships, leaving Hood drifting dead in the void. Cole is ordered to salvage parts from the powerless Hood, but when he arrives on the unpowered hulk, Freedom is called away, marooning him and a group of malcontent techs in deep space.

Floating death. The evolution of a thousand years of armored combat, grav-tanks are fusion-powered fortresses weighing more than 120 tons and equipped with the latest in high-tech sensors, plasteel armor, and deadly weaponry. They are humanity's ultimate war machines. Samuel Rutger was out of...

Captain Brian Case leads a company of fresh recruits on a mission to deliver crucial supplies and equipment to an embattled Berserker battalion. Expecting to be disbanded upon arrival, he and his untested troops instead embark on a perilous raid deep behind enemy lines. Amidst a battlefield teeming with advanced weaponry and rival mercenary units, Case is thrust into a brutal war that devours both men and machines. The planet's wealth and natural resources also attract a different kind of adversary—arms dealers exploiting both sides for profit.

When the world ended ... we were left to fend for ourselves. Trapped in a mental health clinic, we watched from our window as everything around us fell to pieces. This is not a zombie apocalypse. It's not a nuclear holocaust either. And it's no plague ... but it's something worse. Something we couldn't have predicted.

A harrowing battle on Myan Station let me with a mysterious starship and three beautiful crew members. Together, we’ve been roaming the galaxy in search of people who needed our help. It’s not much in the grand scheme of things, but it’s helping to restore some of the honor I lost after working for a mob boss for the better part of my life. After what seems a run of the mill mission, I discover that the voidtouched and the anjelica have a history. They share a dark secret, one which could lead to the destruction of not only my starship and her crew, but also the entire universe.

A war brews between the voidtouched and those who wish to preserve the universe. When the Athena starts to malfunction, I set a course for the planet where she was first built. It’s a place that’s been overlooked by all the other species, and it’s where the secret of my starship’s creation can be found. But this planet harbors those who would do not only me harm, but my ship and my crew. It’s here where the war will begin in earnest. The survival of the universe depends on the Athena and the secrets she holds.

A pair of gaymers, Travis and Mike, discuss the world of gaming through a queer lens.

It’s the year 2043, and our heroes are doing everything they can to save the world from Helene, a power-mad AI intent on taking control of society at every level possible. Will their combined brute strength, brilliant minds, and unflappable courage be enough to save the world as they know it? With so many mysteries still to be solved and time running out, these unlikely warriors face increasingly impossible choices. Will they ever discover what happened to the millions who vanished without a trace three years earlier? Is there a way to harness Helene’s technology and use it for good?