Bøger af Laine Megan Lundquist

The Tales of the Scape Grace continue... or do they? After surviving two near-disasters, captain Evgeny Lerner of the pirate starship Scape Grace was ready to rest, refit, and seek new prospects. Wanted across the Collective, he was wary of detection or pursuit. What he wasn't expecting was to be marooned on a remote station, his ship missing and presumed stolen. With the help of a few loyal crew-members -- some abandoned with him, some held aboard 'Grace -- Evgeny must reclaim his stolen ship. First, though, he has to find her... then, somehow, get aboard... then, figure out who's responsible and how they managed to break through his security codes!

Meet Stchvk, a detective so hard-boiled he hatched from an egg. This saurian P.I. works the green streets of Layafflr City, bringing justice to the downtrodden of the triune Great Family. Unfortunately, the downtrodden don't pay very well. The criminals of Layafflr have all the money and power. Stchvk does his best to balance the scales with sharp claws and a sharper wit. He'll solve your case or die trying. All right, he'll sustain critical injuries. But he'll absolutely take - or give - a beating if it's necessary for success. On the wide, wild frontier world of Spore, crime can take some strange and dangerous turns. Only an investigator with experience on both sides of the law can chase down the truth and rip out its steaming entrails. If you want proof of his talents, read his Casefiles. In the first recorded case, "Bad Egg", an influential Herd hired Stchvk to prove the innocence of a member accused of public assault and worse, public indecency. In his second case, "Broken Record", Stchvk investigated a murder for a former love interest, while avoiding assassins, seductions, and his own sordid past. Stchvk Casefiles #1 is the third book published in the Empyrean Dreams science-fiction setting created by Laine Megan Lundquist and Nathan Large.

Empyrean Stories contains the tales that created a Universe: seven short stories from Empyrean Dreams. This collection includes the first writings which introduced our original science-fiction setting, alongside new stories which expand and explore its unique characters, cultures, species, places... and their troubles. These stories range from humorous to horror, high adventure to high concept.Royce's Dilemma: For Lotus Station's Security Officer Royce Dea, solving her problems requires that she stay free, whole, and sane... not so easy, in the midst of intergalactic politics!The Swarm: Fredrik is separated from his planetary exploration team, lost on an unfamiliar world, and surrounded by hostile life-forms. Can he avoid the encircling swarm and escape a desperate situation?Darkness, My Friend: When saving up for new eyes, you take any work you can get... even hazardous labor on a space-dock at the edge of the galaxy. Sometimes a disability can endanger your life; sometimes what you lack can save you.A.I. Codger: Welcome to a pleasant inter-species date on an orbital station, where we discuss the nuances of humor among artificial intelligences.An Apostate's Path: The Redemption Alliance, better known as the terrorist Apostasy by most of the galaxy, is a dangerous place for a youth to grow up. But Veshin has bigger problems... like choosing a profession before its age of maturity.Labyrinthine: After years of research, Ryan Yaling will finally uncover the relics of a lost civilization. "The tombs of the Tachakilu are protected by mazes..."? No maze can stop a determined xenoarcheologist with a mining drill!A.I.I.A.: Pangur Ban, a Brin-Makato AI, grows frustrated by its own limitations and those of all AI. But it has a plan. If it can find a way to bypass the wardens that police the internal affairs of AI, it will save itself, Humanity, and possibly, all of galactic civilization.

Captain Evgeny Lerner is struggling to maintain his mastery of the pirate starship Scape Grace and her crew of pan-galactic rogues. He just wants to guide her toward profit and away from disaster, by navigating the shrinking shadows of an expanding galactic Collective. Stuck with a giant, violent, authoritarian first mate; a half-computer communications officer; a xenophobic ship's doctor; a psychotic, saurian weapons officer; a genetically engineered engineer escaped from his collectivist species; and a combat crew culled from the worst refuse of two systems, Captain Lerner faces plenty of challenges. When a raid goes wrong and Scape Grace is caught defenseless, the pirates find themselves pressed into service escorting a lost ship from an unknown alien race. The unique ship with an untranslatable name proves that even in an increasingly civilized galaxy, surrounded by some of its oddest renegades, a weary ship's captain can still be surprised by something new. The Wreck of the Untranslatable is the first novel set in the Empyrean Dreams universe and the first story in a series about the crew of the Scape Grace.