Steve Rzasa
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Far in the future, the five colonized systems have finally been freed of the curse of religion. By mandating tolerance across all colonies, no one can bring religious persecution upon anyone else. Things have been this way for a generation, long enough for most of those living to have never known a Torah, Koran, or New Testament, except in stories. The Kesek secret police work hard to keep it so. So what happens when a bitter young man discovers a...
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Baden's book won't leave him alone. He'd like nothing more than to get rid of the Bible he found in the wreckage of a derelict starship. It has brought trouble -- the secret police are closing in on him. He's fighting more with his father. And he fears that the young woman he loves may be falling under the book's spell. But he can't seem to let it go. Now he's sharing what he's read with believers who have awaited the return of God's Word for decades....
3) Broken sight
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Face of the deep volume 2.5
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Be careful what you fight for... In a realm where religious freedom has just been restored, Commander Brian Gaudette feels more isolated than before. His wife left with their daughter. His crew is bickering. Even his God seems distant. A distress call from a remote planet offers him a much needed distraction. But what he finds in responding to it will take focus and backup. Because, despite best efforts to disband the secret religious police, remnants...
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Face of the deep volume 3
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Now that the government overthrow is said and done, a new frontier awaits colonization. That's where Zarco Thread and his wife enter. He and Ria head up a surveying crew, commissioned to report on worlds with potential for settlements. However, nothing is settling about what they discover. A conspiracy threatens to unravel the progress the Five Realms made in the last decade; not to mention, strain the development of Zarco and Ria's marriage. This...
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Vincent Chen volume 1
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"The enemy of my enemy... Vincent Chen keeps star systems in close communication with each other as he tends to the comms ferry satellites that connect the Realm of Five. When he responds to small colony's apparent malfunction, though, he stumbles onto an enslaved people.The problem is, the enslaved used to be the oppressors. They're all former agents of Kesek, the secret police that spent the last century suppressing religion by arresting, torturing,...
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Vincent Chen volume 2
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"Watch your back... Vincent Chen makes sure his comms ferry satellites don?t harbor malfunctions. He'd prefer they didn't hide people inside, too. The woman left comatose aboard one he recovers is on a vital mission. She must stop criminals from stealing classified secrets and selling them to the highest bidder. But those criminals know she's on the run, and Vincent is caught up in the chase. Determined they stay silent, she's left him only one choice:...
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Vincent Chen volume 3
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"There's no place like homeworld ... Vincent Chen would rather stay far away from his birthplace. But when he's called back to Tiaozhan, it's his job that's on the line. His superiors at MarkTel don't like the publicity his adventures have brought the company, which holds the monopoly on galactic communications. Vincent dutifully promises to keep quiet for the duration of his stay. Except his younger brother has other ideas. Martin Chen is mixed up...
8) Crosswind
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Sark Brothers tale volume 1
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When Winchell Sark is called out to investigate a biplane crash at the foot of Perch, the finest center of aviation in the Sawtooth Mountains, he doesn't think much of it. But there are dark powers at work--powers that have their eyes on Perch. Powers that mankind long thought consigned to the trash heap of mythology. "Cept they were wrong. It's up to Winch and his brother, Copernicus, a hotshot pilot, to save their people.
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Quantum mortis volume 1
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The independent planet of Rhysalan provides Sanctuary to 1,462 governments-in-exile. It is the responsibility of the Xenocriminology and Alien Relations department of the Military Crimes Investigation Division to keep a firm leash on the hundreds of thousands of xenos residing on-planet. Assassinations, revolutions, civil wars, and attempted planetary genocides are all in a day's work for Chief Warrant Officer Graven Tower, MCID-XAR. In addition to...
10) Mercury on guard
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Mercury Hale volume 1
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"Mercury Hale is not a hero. Not in his mind. He's happy spending his late nights slicing his way through monstrous astral fiends, using a weapon imbued with a mysterious power, at the behest of the secretive Procyon Foundation. It's a strange way to earn a paycheck, but hey, he's good at it. The problem is, things are getting worse. More attacks. More public exposure. None of which Procyon wants. When he tries to get to the bottom of the mess, Mercury...
11) Mercury for hire
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Mercury Hale volume 2
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"Mercury Hale is out of a job. That's not stopping him from fighting crime in San Camillo--for a fee, of course. His much simpler yet financially unstable situation is interrupted when Procyon Foundation comes to him with a problem: one of their top Tracking specialists is missing. The good news? Mercury may have found a way to get back into his employer's good graces. The bad news? A new breed of monster is terrorizing his city. Couple that challenge...
12) Mercury at risk
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Mercury Hale volume 3
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"Mercury Hale is on the warpath. His nemesis Alexander Arkwright has stolen an artifact of immeasurable power, one that threatens Earth and every world connected to the Interstice. Even when Mercury rescues his friends from torture, he's left scrambling to prevent San Camillo from shaking to pieces. But Arkwright isn't alone. He has forces both open and secret around Syndax Multinational, massed against Procyon, ready to take down the organization...
13) Mercury out cold
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Mercury Hale volume 5
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"Worst. Party. Ever. Mercury Hale's dull day is interrupted by Dominic Zein and the rest of the Procyon heroes -- the guys, that is. They take him across the world for a bachelor evening to relax after recent conflicts. But an enemy reappears in a European nightclub, wielding a powerful weapon thought lost, one that can summon an ancient force capable of bringing the teammates to their knees. Or turning them against each other. Mercury must uncover...
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Mercury Hale volume 6
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"Hold your breath. Mercury Hale is hunting Syndax, the evil soldiers bent on summoning astral fiends, when he finds himself reliving the trauma of his battle against the Hedron of Orbits. Suddenly his bravado, his boldness, and his abilities are called into question. Meanwhile, Homeland Security dogs his steps as he and Loredana trace a mysterious mutated creature across the country, from the American heartland to the Floridan coast. Forces converge...
15) Mercury is hot
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Mercury Hale volume 4
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"The hills of San Camillo are burning. Mercury Hale is preparing for his impending wedding, but those plans are interrupted by the assault of an astral fiend that's literally on fire. When he tracks it down, he runs headfirst into an unexpected ally. Bowen Cord and Niall Phelan are hunting an arachnafury warped by dark magic that has terrorized a distant archipelago. Cornering their prey leads them through a strange gateway that lands them in another...