“Eww.” She returned her cup to her saucer. “What’s up?” Juice asked. “Lots of moon dwellers drink tea, so I figured I’d give it a try while I was here. This is lemongrass and mint something.” She peered into the cup as if it held a poisonous potion. “It tastes like lawn clippings.” “Have a cookie...
He hoped that a second crystal provided a pathway for meeting the expectations of both Fleet and the Kardish, and fretted that Victoria Wellstone would call and tell him that the Kardish now wanted both four-gens. He was deep in thought when an unfamiliar man appeared to his left, crowding him as...
Moments later, Alex joined her. “That was scarier than I expected,” he said, shaking his hands and wiggling his fingers. She looked up the tall chute—accessible by ladder, motor winch, and nothing else—and agreed with him. “I’ll say.” I should’ve listened to Cheryl. But this was their bonding adv...
I like stories about people, and I particularly enjoy it when these people are engaged in adventures with aliens, spies, artificial intelligence, romance, and battles in space. But then again, who doesn’t? Crystal Deception is a science fiction thriller that includes everything from my list a...