Bøger af Sean Monaghan

A Captain Arlon Stoddard NoveletteOrtanide. A planet with a unique geography, a rich history and a strange political system.A political system that defies Captain Arlon Stoddard and his crew.Restrained in a dank cell by the very people he came to help, Arlon faces the choice of violating the charters he works to uphold.Or certain death.A Captain Arlon Stoddard Novelette that pits the crew against possibly their most heinous foe yet.

Lieutenant Ione Anders of the Spokane Police Department stares at a blade jutting from one of the tires on her new issue vehicle.Looks like the start of another one of those days.A day that proves full of surprises.A Cole Wright story with a difference, putting him right there in the action as he tags along.

Flis Kupe only wants to quit her life enduring the horrors of the interstellar war. Even willing to burn out her embedded arlchip. The device that pumps her miliary talents to the absolute limit. At a cost.Ready to return to a simple life, a cryptic message from her brother Bryce on Paulding throws her plans into disarray. A boarding by merciless river pirates thrusts Flis into a desperate race to make it home. A race that become deadly.

On a steely platform hovering high above the swamps of Algoria Three, Matti-Jay enjoys the cool crisp air and the sense of freedom. But something speeding at her and the crew puts things in desperate jeopardy. Faced with tough choices, Matti-Jay pits her skills against an impossible situation. A situation that might break everything.A Matti-Jay and Dub adventure short from the author of Trapped and Blue Defender.

Cassie hears patterns. Sees patterns. Everywhere. Perhaps too many patterns.But that makes her one of the best interstellar signal analysts around.When the AI interpreter starts throwing extra data her way, Cassie might have more patterns than even she can cope with.And the implications of the signal might change everything.For everyone.A story that asks the question: Do we know our place in the universe?

Rick comes across as odd. Especially with his ideas about chasing down interstellar visitors. But no matter what, Meredith loves him. Family works like that. Even when the most bizarre ideas become almost terrifying. "Chasing 'Oumuamua", joins four other sci-fi stories set close to home, from award-winning writer Sean Monaghan, author of "Crimson Birds of Small Miracles" and "Ventiforms".

Natalie Simon, expert researcher, brilliant scientist, and painter, knows she's socially awkward. Sometimes she confronts that head-on. Sometimes she runs. The research station on Maylie, orbiting Dickens IV seems like the perfect place to flee reminders of her latest disastrous relationship. Of course that means dealing with feisty Riya and the rest of the isolated station's crew. Can Natalie cope, or should she just flee? All over again. A story that asks the question, can we leave our problems behind?

Captain Arlon Stoddard and his tireless crew patrol the spaceways.Unexplained deaths on the planet Hanshirr stretch the local investigators to their limits. Arlon and the crew find themselves in a race to save lives. With virtually no clues.Because the layers of appearances and deception pit them between the obvious and the hidden.Another pacey adventure in the Captain Arlon Stoddard series.

Sally loves to hike. She knows her way around and knows all the pitfalls and problems. She uses the best equipment.Caught by surprise, she injures her leg while out alone, forcing her to dig for new strength. To improvise.When Cole Wright catches up, what he finds makes no sense.A story of people thrown together in challenging circumstances.

A trip north of the border takes Cole Wright into the heart of snowbound Canada. Friendly people, vast distances, tough vehicles, isolation.When a breakdown looms, Wright finds himself caught in the white, compacted landscape. A road thirty feet wide, hemmed in by the piled up ridges left by snowploughs. And an endless forest that could hide just about anything.Unfriendly territory. Dangerous places.A Cole Wright novella that focuses down on a single moment where the slightest error could be his last.