Ancient history obviously, and border history, right on the edge of the Empire. I always preferred the Dark Ages anyway; there’s so much more room for imagination when people aren’t writing down every last detail. So my idea of a good fantasy novel involved dirt and leather, not shining plate arm...
Fox Meridian stepped off the maglev and onto the platform in MarTech’s New York HQ as she had done many times before. Her stomach turned over once as the building’s systems noted her arrival and a welcome message appeared, as had happened every time she had arrived there previously. The differenc...
Ancient history obviously, and border history, right on the edge of the Empire. I always preferred the Dark Ages anyway; there’s so much more room for imagination when people aren’t writing down every last detail. So my idea of a good fantasy novel involved dirt and leather, not shining plate arm...
It was not entirely new data, due to the FTL lag, but it was as up to date as they were likely to get, and it was being displayed there mostly for the benefit of the others in the room who were not getting the same data streaming directly into their minds.‘They’ve fortified the system,’ Drake sai...
Aneka Jansen stood amidst her own past and did not quite know what she should think or do. She was in the small bedroom in what had been Yrimtan’s quarters in the Prime City, and Yrimtan was her, or rather a duplicate of her, and this room was an exact replica of the bedroom Aneka had had in her ...
Her last client, a financial consultant in one of the arcologies near JFK, had given her a good tip. Even if she had earned it, the guy had some interesting kinks to say the least, she was always pleased to make that much over the going rate. She would put a little extra into the chapter house fu...
Lily was sitting on the couch in front of it wrapped in a blanket, watching the news with a kind of sick fascination. She was healed, but still a little sore, and she tired quickly, so she was under orders to rest. Given the kind of person she was, that was not an easy thing for her.Ceri stood at...
Yorkbridge Mid-town, New Earth. FNf Delta Brigantia. University of New Earth. FNf Delta Brigantia. Yorkbridge Mid-town, 13.11.525 FSC. FNf Delta Brigantia. &nb...
There were a lot of worlds out there which could support Jenlay quite happily, and this one was well outside the Rim.Winter dropped her ship out of warp and began scanning immediately. The invitation she had received had carried enough information to make her extremely curious, but not enough to ...
There had been an airport there decades ago that had been abandoned to sprawlers when the need for three airfields in the area had gone away, and then someone had come in and put up four apartment blocks which were a little cheaper to rent space in than those in places that did not overlook a gia...
And while she was at it, where the fuck she was. It had sounded a little like Alexander Maxim, but somehow not.‘Twenty quid.’ That voice was Norbery’s. ‘I called it.’‘Be quiet, the both of you.’ Kellog? ‘She’s coming around.’Nisa’s eyes flickered open and she looked up at a ring of expectant face...
‘Like the constellation?’‘That’s right,’ Penny said, feeling a little deflated. The cop did not seem to be really taking this with the sense of grandeur she felt it needed.Dannon noted down the name in the little boxes on the form, in block capitals. ‘Primary power?’‘Uh, I’m strong.’Dannon looked...
There was a moment of confusion, followed immediately by several more as she sat up in bed and looked around.She was in her bedroom, in her home. The last thing she remembered was a medical room in Tokyo. How long had… Her implant gave her the time and date as March fourth at five pm., which mean...
The view was not exactly spectacular, but it was certainly natural. The heroine who presided over the great swamp tended to dissuade people from doing anything which disturbed the natural order there, and she was one of the most powerful Ultras in the world, even if her power extended only to the...
‘Your mind is one of your most attractive features.’‘I think my boobs have it beat, but okay.’‘What have you been thinking about?’‘A sabbatical.’‘Okay…’‘I’ve been doing this for thirty years, running the department. My field time has got less and less. I’ve neglected… lots of things, but especial...
The lift took them down what seemed like about two floors, but given the size of the arboretum it was a little difficult to say how big the floors were. Sure enough, when the doors opened again they found themselves in another huge, open space, but this one was laid out more like a park.There wer...
Marie Shaftsbury had been there for five mornings now and Fox had to admit that they had not been unpleasant ones. Waking up beside a lover was not an experience Fox had had that often and, from what Marie had said, the same was true of her. For Fox, there had been no one special enough before Pi...
Their transport was a Montford-Henry Oculus-class airship designed for scientific survey; Charles had used the design before and was well able to handle its operation. There were many high-powered scientific instruments down in the gondola, along with a small, but comprehensive, laboratory, three...