The Golden Road Beckons. What You Find May Change Humanity Forever.
The Great Collapse nearly destroyed humanity’s interstellar civilization. For over a century, countless colonies were lost — some to oblivion, others merely to silence.
By 594 GC (2947 AD), the Sol League begins to rediscover these forgotten worlds. Among them is Samarqand, an ancient planet orbiting a K2 subgiant star, harboring biological treasures unlike anything in Known Space.
This collection of interconnected tales spans the pivotal years of 594-643 GC, chronicling humanity’s return to the stars. Follow corporate explorers, desperate smugglers, ambitious scientists, and hardened criminals as they converge on Samarqand and its coveted biological compounds.
Along the Golden Road — humanity’s greatest interstellar highway stretching from Sol to the Pleiades—old powers rebuild while new forces emerge. The rediscovery of Samarqand triggers a chain reaction that will reshape the balance of power across 880 worlds.
“Samarqand: Prelude” sets the stage for THE GOLDEN ROAD CHRONICLES, a scientifically rigorous space opera where humanity’s greatest journey unfolds among the stars.
One Molecule Away from Miracle. One Step Away from Disaster.
On the biodiverse jungle world Samarqand, where corporations harvest psychoactive compounds worth billions, pilot Maeve Chen navigates between the sterile moon base Spice and the teeming surface below. In reality, she is Siobhan Hu Tang, a former xenobiologist seeking scientific redemption through access to the planet’s unique flora.
Her superior piloting skills impress Chief Pilot Reyes but draw unwanted attention from the ambitious VP Vandermeer. A short expedition with obscure bioprospector Lance Paparelli goes badly wrong, forcing them to rely on Brynn, a fiercely independent young local with extraordinary survival skills and a vendetta against the mercenaries who destroyed her village. Vandermeer decides Maeve is unstable and fires her, stranding her on the very planet she wanted to explore.
Following clues left by Brynn’s missing father, the trio discover the legendary Stellaris flower, possessing miraculous healing properties and terrible side effects. Their discovery reveals Vandermeer’s treasonous alliance with Roma Secundus, a fascist military planet secretly operating on Samarqand, building biologically enhanced soldiers.
Captured during a failed infiltration, Siobhan is injected with Roma's unstable Chimera compound. The infusion transforms her, granting terrible strength and rage that enables her escape, but leaves her slowly dying. As Lance gambles on Stellaris to save her life and Brynn leads a desperate mission to warn the galaxy, Siobhan must harness her unstable new abilities to expose the conspiracy before Samarqand’s biological weapons reshape humanity’s future.
A Hostile Sea. A Ruthless Corporation. A Secret that Changes the Universe.
To survive on the ocean planet of Viridine, an unmodified human requires rigid doses of aptogenics to withstand the crushing atmospheric pressure. Sol League investigator Saffire counts his dosages as carefully as he counts the lies told by Buckley Station’s corrupt orbital leadership. Dispatched to investigate the brutal murders of two aquatic Mer liaisons, Saffire soon uncovers an eleven-year embezzlement scheme masking an even deadlier threat: the ruthless Indus Combine has arrived to claim the planet by force.
Operating with unauthorized autonomy, Saffire tracks the corporate advance team to a remote archipelago, only to be ambushed and stripped of his survival medication. Escaping with the help of Polua, a brilliant indigenous leader, Saffire must undertake a harrowing open-ocean swim through waters swarming with deadly predators. As his body succumbs to the crushing pressure, his only hope lies in a hidden underwater settlement harboring a miraculous medical revolution.
But saving Viridine means risking open war with the deadliest corporate syndicate in Known Space. Will Saffire sacrifice his Sol League career to secure an alien world’s independence, or will the crushing weight of the Indus Combine drown an entire civilization?
A Thousand Years from Earth. One Shot at Survival.
Aboard the colossal world ark Hokulea, "Star of Gladness," where technology has become a myth, Quillan Ghaney, a genius teen, seeks to understand and resist the decay he sees. He's opposed by the bully Neal Freet, who is banished to Ska after Quill proves Neal murdered Loreweaver Marlena. Donal Malum takes over Neal's gang, and through trickery and deception, has the Council banish Quill to Ska. Vanora Lavender rejects the council's demands and her mother's pleas and joins Quill in exile.
After a year of adventure, Quill and Vanora are near death, resting at the entrance to Hulda, the Command Module. Through a strange quirk of fate, Quill is declared Captain by the damaged augmented intelligence struggling to save Hokulea. After life-saving medical intervention, Quill is informed that Hokulea, will miss their target of 51 Pegasi unless he takes decisive action. Quill and Vanora use Hokulea's limited remaining resources to gather and train a crew of workers from the surviving voyagers and rush to repair their home ship.
The deadline to begin deceleration looms. Will the inhabitants of Hokulea manage to do enough to save their world? Or will they miss and spend eternity drifting among the stars?
Thirteen Officers. A Galaxy at War. One Survivor.
Thirteen officers of the Blackspire Legion stand in a stone castle and make a promise: return every three years. It sounds simple. It becomes impossible.
From the academy to the far reaches of known space, this interconnected story collection traces the lives of these officers across decades of war, loss, and the weight of keeping faith. Each story is a fracture in the frame—a soldier's journey through impossible orders, moral compromises, and the slow realization that survival itself can be a curse.
Reika breaks enemy ciphers and keeps deadly secrets. Teo climbs the ranks while losing himself. Cameron discovers that strength has a cost. Karys runs from what she cannot face. Liudmilla builds an empire, only to rule over ashes.
With each reunion at Blackspire Castle, fewer officers return. With each gathering, more chairs sit empty. The last one to return will sit alone, to toast with ghosts.
Lost and Fallen is a military SF masterpiece of linked stories—a chronicle of duty, brotherhood, humanity and evil. And the price of keeping your word when the galaxy keeps taking payment in blood.
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Two Spoiled Elites. A Stunt Gone Wrong. A Death That Ignites a War.
Marc and Jana, spoiled teen children of ultra-wealthy Elite families, are bored. They seek thrills in ever more dangerous stunts. When Jana's wingsuit fails during a perilous flight between Towers, she falls into the Below. Marc knows she is dead.
Sobered by the experience and destined to marry a girl he hates to cement an alliance between powerful enemies, Marc chooses to 'play the game' while secretly using family wealth to hunt for Jana; he can't really believe she's gone.
Jana survives her fall, though she is egregiously injured. The Shaman of Below, a mysterious woman who the locals both fear and worship, nurses Jana back to health. The toxic world of Below still takes its toll, and Jana must find a way back up the Towers or die. The oppressed inhabitants of Below have other ideas, and plan to use Jana as a pawn to destroy the Elites.
A tale of intrigue, love, and class hostility, "The Other Side of the Sky" examines themes as old as mankind, now exported to the stars...
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Three Relics. One Throne. An Empire in Ashes.
Three things hold an Empire together: a fleet, a ruler, and a story. On Gareth sa Sharkudel’s coronation day, the Tarracum Regnant tries to steal all three.
For Gareth, Prince Dusinti, his ascension is pre-ordained, secured by the three divine artifacts passed down through his line. The Sword, the Mirror, and the Stone are the narrative of his Imperial authority. But a brutal mercenary attack devastates the ceremony, shattering the story. The Mirror and Stone are gone, key members of his council are dead or missing, and whispers of his weakness echo through the halls of power. Funded by a rival empire, the attack sent clear message that his reign is over before it began.
With ambitious nobility sharpening their knives and the Concord threatening to crumble, Gareth must act. A prince with no throne and an emperor with no authority, he launches a desperate, unauthorized mission to retrieve the artifacts; his only allies, a grizzled veteran aide and the woman he secretly loves. His quest will lead him into the heart of a conspiracy that spans the galaxy. He believes he is fighting to restore the past and present. He may only be igniting a future of endless war.
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