It was a bit easier for me to read this book than it was with the previous book in the series. This is probably because of the initial disappointment of The Eternal Emperor going bananas and the empire going down the drain had already sunk in with the last book and I was more prepared for that th...
A mercenary outfit struggling for recognition, Star Risk contains a ragtag bunch of misfits, including an alien willing to invest his life savings into the company. Now if only they can succeed with their first mission: to spring a dangerous supersoldier trapped in a maximum-security prison. (Aug...
Skyball is popular, challenging, and violent. In other words, the greatest sport in the universe. The mercenary team of Star Risk, Ltd. has been hired to watch it...closely. Two opposing worlds are neck and neck, and lately the game's been a real killer. Riots, murder, a real madhouse for loyal f...
While escorting a group of privileged and wild girls from a finishing school on Earth to one of the luxury worlds, the Star Risk Ltd. team crosses paths with the huge security firm, Cerebus Systems--which has just put Star Risk Ltd. on the top of its enemy list. Original.
In prison, Damastes is shocked to learn that Tenedos lives. His friend, corrupted by power, faked his own death and is now building an army not only to retake Numantia, but to take over the world. Damastes is torn because he knows he's the only person who can stop Tenedos, but he would have to br...
KINGDOMS OF THE NIGHT Ever since Amalric Antero returned from the legendary Far Kingdoms, bringing with him magic and riches, the people of Orissa believed they lived in a golden age. Even Amalric did not suspect the truth: that dark forces from another world threatened his beloved city. Then a ...
This is the sequel to the 1994 book, The Far Kingdoms, which I have not read. I didn't even realize that there was a prequel until I started to put this review together, so it stands alone well.The Warrior's Tale is set in a world similar to Classical Greece crossed with standard fantasy themes. ...
When an "accident" kills his family, Sten rebels and harasses the company that runs Vulcan from the metal world's maze of warrens. The factory planet is ugly, harsh, and company-run for centuries. Sten meets a stranger who is his ticket off - and back.
More action movie in book form. This one actually ends in a cliffhanger, so it's probably not meant to be read without moving soon to Revenge of the Damned. This is more of what you've been led to expect by the previous three books in the series, including the Mostly Unintelligible Scottish Sidek...
Vortex is the 7th book in the Sten series, and it's a decent addition to the tale. It has all of the normal elements such as fantastic creatures and inescapable situations in a universe that only makes sense if you don't question it too hard. Like all the other books, it's best enjoyed as a "shut...
Sten grows up from secret agent to head of Imperial Bodyguard -- and Cole and Bunch get the overarching plot of the series going, as we get into deep Imperial intrigue, get much more face time with the Eternal Emperor, and watch as the galaxy hurtles toward war ...Ripping space opera / military S...
Book 6 of the million-selling STEN series.
Now what to say - really the general write up says it all. To me this is a what i would call boys own adventure - its got space ships and battles and smug male heroes who always save the day with ingenuity, a heavy gauge gun, a square jaw (and beautiful girlfriend), supported by an endless supply...
this is why I love e-booksStuck in an airport with a 5 hour delay? No problem to find something to read - just check the archive or download something new. Got most of this finished before the plane touched down.In a time far in the future when man has explored much of the galaxy, this book tak...
It took me a while but I finally went back to continue the Sten series. This book, of course, continues where the last one left off which means Sten is stuck in a POW labor camp. Now, I do not like prison settings so it’s maybe not so surprising that I didn’t like this book as much as the previou...
The stunning sequel to "The Wind After Time" and "Hunt the Heavens" that completes the thrilling science fiction trilogy by the coauthor of the bestselling "Sten" series! "The Darkness of God" concludes Bunch's Shadow Warrior saga with a bang, as Joshua Wolfe--bounty hunter and spy--battles a hos...
M'chel Riss and the Star Risk, Ltd. team find themselves in the middle of a strange assignment: a staged bank robbery that involves putting money back. But the job soon takes an even stranger turn when they get caught up in a full-fledged war over an addictive new consumer product. The roguish me...
Amid swirling allegiances and changing loyalties at the outer reaches of the Confederation empire, the Lost Legion struggles to keep the peace and prevent the planets from falling to a ruthless dictator. Protector Alena Redruth will stop at nothing to add the dual system of Larix and Kura to his ...
Raised on the factory planet of Vulcan, Sten soon learns about the survival of the toughest. The Eternal Emperor of the entire galaxy commands vast armies but turns to Sten and his Mantis Team of militant problem-solvers to pacify the Wolf Worlds, a small cluster of planets who have raised space ...
Hotheaded young cavalry officer Damastes and the radical wizard Tenedos were expected to die in a mountain ambush. But their enemies underestimated the amazing power of the seer and the bravery of the soldier. As this unlikely team begins to outwit usurpers and necromancers, word spreads that the...
One of the fastest growing series in science fiction, The Last Legion debuted at #2 on the Locus bestseller list. Now, combat veteran Chris Bunch takes The Last Legion on their fourth, and fatal, mission -- undercover, under suspicion, and ultimately, exposed.
Peirol of the Marshlands is a traveling gem merchant. But the jewels he seeks are the gems of darkness, the precious stones that men -- and demons -- have fought and died over. Now, he's on a quest for the ultimate jewel: the Empire Stone, a gem so powerful it will give its owner the dangerous ab...
Following The Wind After Time, here is Book 2 in the exciting new science fiction adventure trilogy. Now, Hunt the Heavens continues the adventures of Joshua Wolfe and his alien friend, Taen, in their search for the vanished Al'ar race--missing after long years of war with humankind. Original.
He'd expected some tall human, blond-haired, square of jaw, whose flight suit would be blazoned with dozens of unit patches, and mementoes of obscure, near-suicidal missions. She or he would be drinking in heroic fashion, perhaps yards of real Earth ale, shooting them back with raw alk boiling in...
the Al’ar said. His neck hood was half flared. “No question about that,” Wolfe agreed. “I have more input on our dreams of insects,” Taen said. “I sense blue, I sense hazard, a danger that reaches beyond me, beyond you. That should be our immediate concern, not this person who may or may not desi...
the little round man said proudly, waving his hand around the horizon, his words almost lost in the keening wind. Gareth, still not used to the title, considered what he was looking at. The stone house just behind him was huge, four-storied, with square towers at either side. It sat in a slight v...
This was the “gravity well” belief — the fighter on the ground would have to overcome gravity to get his missiles or ships on an equal plane for combat. The basis was from ancient wars, where the man on the clifftop or castle rampart could happily cock a snook and drop heavy things on the attacke...
The nearer side would be the easiest to climb, although its slope was steep enough, which meant it would be the most heavily guarded. I could see, even through the rain, where a trail had been cut out. The trail led about two-thirds of the way up, where the entire mountainside had a nearly symmet...
Keffa said, a bit of a purr in his voice. “Those who vacillate, those who have fallen away from commitment to your cause, are unworthy, both for their race and to share in any benefits from this undertaking.” He waited while the transmission bounced around the galaxy, had enough time to watch two...
I contacted one of her former roommates� a dancer, as Ardwell wanted to be once. The woman told me Ardwell tried hard, but just didn't have a feel for it. "I got the idea she didn't think very much of Hopea, although she didn't give me any specific evidence." "Strange," Goodnight said. "Going fro...
All was well on the tropic vacation planet� if you were flush. Star Risk, ltd., was not, at the moment. "I don't believe it," M'chel Riss snarled. "How-in-hells could we be broke? We had two� no, three contracts this year that nobody reneged on." Riss, with her blond hair, green eyes, and statues...
Joshua shook his head. The customs officer put on a smile like a cruising shark, said “Welcome to Mandodari III,” and kept a close eye on the detector screen as Wolfe passed through. Wolfe went to the lifter rank and slid into the backseat of the first craft, putting his black nylon case beside h...
I broke out of Cimabue’s jungle then, onto the rolling savannas of Tagil. The roads were winding dirt lanes at first, then became wider and in some places cobbled outside the towns as I swung easterly, toward the Latane River. There were other travelers — traders, farmers heading for market, most...
A velv held position about three kilometers away from the asteroid. “Finished with engines and all that nautical rot,” Ben Dill said. Njangu Yoshitaro got up from the copilot’s chair. “Damn. I was sure you were gonna stack it up on that rock on final.” “You see your problem?” Ben asked. “You’re i...
Comstock Brien said to the seven men and women in the jungle clearing, “all knowing the Truth, all obeying the Truth, all empowered by the Truth. “But to sit and dream is ultimately against the Cause, for the Planetary Government has real spies, their soldiers have real bullets, and death is a se...
The surrounding moss-dripping dark oak trees seemed as old and decaying as the sprawling fortress. The sound of the five Star Risk operatives' boots on the cobbled walk was all that broke the wintry silence. "A hell of a place to get ambushed," M'chel Riss said, a bit nervously. "I've seen worse,...
Chesney said. “A virtue in these times.” “It didn’t start out that way,” Joshua said, then forced his mind away from Ak-Mechat VII. “When does it ever?” Chesney laughed harshly. He checked the control panel, nodded satisfaction, and swiveled in his chair. “I think the closest I ever came to actua...