Miscreants, Scoundrels, Malcontents Just on the Job—Until it Became a Calling. The Complete Trilogy, 3 Books in 1 - Over 900 Pages of Sci-Fi Action/Adventure! The crew of the small smuggler ship Aurum has found themselves in the clutches of an Imperial Admiral. Turns out he had a job for this team, one only they could pull off. And if they fail, they'll wish they'd gone to prison. A quick-thinking conman, a cool-headed pilot, a charming gunslinger, a renegade noble, a pixie bruiser, a crotchety mechanic, their diabolical AI—and an innocent cabin boy with a dark destiny. This disaster of a found family full of criminal scum is about to go toe-to-toe with the best and worst humanity has to offer. If they want to survive, they'll need to confront their traumas and stand as one against the collective might of an intergalactic Empire. And their battles may just change the course of human history... Get the entire trilogy here today!

Miscreants, malcontents, degenerates, scoundrels. Sounds like a good time. And it was until the crew of the small smuggler ship Aurum found themselves in the clutches of an Imperial Admiral. Captain Osyen thought going back to prison was as bad as it could get. Turns out the Navy has a job for his team, one only they could pull off. Retrieve a mysterious and powerful artifact from the most dangerous sector of human-controlled space, rife with pirates and worse. Bring it back, and they'd have their slates wiped clean. Prison would almost be preferable to this suicide mission, but saying no might not be an option. And trust is in thin supply. To make matters worse, a rogue Imperial officer seems dead set on ensuring they fail. ◆◆◆ ✯✯✯✯✯ -- "If Firefly had a meaner older brother, this would be it." Join this colorful ensemble—a handsome conman, a snarky gunslinger, a cautious cyborg, a reckless bruiser, an aging mechanic, a disgraced royal, and their young cabin boy—in an adventure that reviewers have praised as "...full of twists, turns and back-stabbing" and "...filled a Firefly-shaped hole in my heart..."

Osyen Belt's mother is alive—and he's going to find her. Literal brick and mortar obeys the Empire's will here on the planet city of Ilum. Entire buildings shift and slide to combat threats to law and peace. It is the epicenter of the Ministry of Peace. And they are not going to let a valuable asset fly away. This is a criminal's worst nightmare... But old enemies complicate their impossible rescue mission. Sinister crime lord Anze Orchikov is more than happy to ally with furious Admiral Hugh to make Osyen's heroic quest a fatal mistake. Suddenly, Osyen and the gang are trapped between underworld and law enforcement. If any of them are to make it out alive, little Thom Hugh is going to have to confront his gift—and what it may mean for the future of the Aurum... ◆◆◆ The journey of Thom Hugh & Osyen Belt comes to this thundering climactic confrontation that may change them from simple renegades into something much more...

They're called Paladins. They're not soldiers. They're zealots. Dogmatic, violent, and single-minded. The very best the Empire has to offer, completely removed from military oversight. They're trained to kill, augmented with the most extreme technology available to humanity. Paladins don't fail, they don't die. And they have only one goal: Slay the enemies of the Dunsweir. Thom, Osyen, and the crew of the Aurum are in for the fight of their lives. But what will it cost them to get out alive? *** Book Two in the Gold Service Trilogy kicks off with a bang, grabs hold and never lets go.

Wrongfully Convicted. Imprisoned For Life. His Only Hope Lies in Service The Complete Trilogy, 3 Books in 1 - Over 900 Pages of Sci-Fi Action/Adventure! Aaron Havenes had survived the labor camps this long by keeping his head down, getting through each day with one foot in front of the next. But when his only friends are lured into the colonial militia with empty promises, he vows to protect them at any cost--even if that means carrying a rifle for the Empire that chained him as a child. Their Imperial taskmasters needed bodies in uniform, cannon fodder ready to be sacrificed for the greater good against an alien threat they didn't really understand. They promised the convicts freedom and never expected any of them to survive long enough to claim it. But Aaron Havenes defies all expectations, surviving again and again. He draws the eye of ambitious politicians and cautious commanders alike, all concerned by the growing cache of this folk hero convict. Soon, Aaron is thrust into a grander scheme full of Super Soldiers and Spies, Aliens and Generals... And with the movements of one man, the cracks in an intergalactic Empire begin to take shape. Get the entire trilogy here today!

Aaron's no super soldier. He's just a convict—a Capital criminal. They gave him a lifetime sentence at thirteen years old, so that he could toil his remaining days in the Empire's distant galactic colonies. But not every planet the Empire has colonized is empty. Aaron doesn't need cybernetics to hear the big beasts battering away at the colony wall. These creatures dig day and night, two tons of leather and bone sending violent tremors through the dry soil. They're coming, they're coordinated, vicious and relentless. Even all of the technology, weapons, and super soldiers can't beat politics. Orders down for the colony garrison to depart, leaving them to the vengeful whims of their alien host. So the clever commander comes up with an idea. They may not be soldiers, but the Capital convicts are strong, united, and just desperate enough. They offer Aaron and his friends a devil's bargain: Serve a tour, go free. GOODREADS REVIEWS “The main character is awesome, and the story is action packed!” Goodreads, ★★★★★ “Loved it. Fast-paced and feel-good storyline.” Goodreads, ★★★★★ “This beautifully haunting and poignant adventure…” Goodreads, ★★★★★ “The start of a brilliant series!” Goodreads, ★★★★★ ABOUT THE SERIES The Capital Adventures begins with The Blood Service, a sci-fi action adventure following the titular Capital criminals in their fight for freedom from monster and Empire alike. Join Aaron and his team of miscreants as their war for redemption overturns a century of galactic supremacy. Book #4, The Gold Service, begins a new trilogy with new Capitals that broadens the scope of the series. Join a pirate crew of misanthropic heroes as they uncover the arcane foundations of the Empire's power. Book #7, The Iron Service, explores the galaxy through the eyes of the Empire's finest, the fearsome Orbital Strike Command. Follow a young commando as they challenge threats to galactic peace, both foreign and domestic.

A Daring Rescue. Rocky Alliances. And the Fires of War. ◆◆◆ Aaron Havenes and the Capitals barely survived the Imperial assault of Vanguard. And now one of their own is held captive. To get her back, Aaron seeks the help of pirate and smuggler Fiona McCorty. Fiona lost her power, her station, and now a friend to Imperial guns. Blinded by revenge, all she wants is a clean shot at the man responsible. Aaron can give that to her, but only if she helps in this foolish rescue mission. And that means going back to where it all began--leaving Vanguard behind, venturing deep into Imperial-controlled space--back to where the Capitals are made. Neither of them are ready for what they must face there.... ◆◆◆ Aaron's journey as a Capital concludes with this explosive chapter.

Three New York Times bestsellers chronicle the rise of America’s most influential Jewish families as they transition from poor immigrants to household names. In his acclaimed trilogy, author Stephen Birmingham paints an engrossing portrait of Jewish American life from the colonial era through the twentieth century with fascinating narrative and meticulous research. The collection’s best-known book, “Our Crowd” follows nineteenth-century German immigrants with recognizable names like Loeb, Sachs, Lehman, Guggenheim, and Goldman. Turning small family businesses into institutions of finance, banking, and philanthropy, they elevated themselves from Lower East Side tenements to Park Avenue mansions. Barred from New York’s gentile elite because of their religion and humble backgrounds, they created their own exclusive group, as affluent and selective as the one that had refused them entry. The Grandees travels farther back in history to 1654, when twenty-three Sephardic Jews arrived in New York. Members of this small and insulated group—considered the first Jewish community in America—soon established themselves as wealthy businessmen and financiers. With descendants including poet Emma Lazarus, Barnard College founder Annie Nathan Meyer, and Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo, these families were—and still are—hugely influential in the nation’s culture, politics, and economics. In “The Rest of Us,” Birmingham documents the third major wave of Jewish immigration: Eastern Europeans who swept through Ellis Island between 1880 and 1924. These refugees from czarist Russia and Polish shtetls were considered barbaric, uneducated, and too steeped in the traditions of the “old country” to be accepted by the well-established German American Jews. But the new arrivals were tough, passionate, and determined. Their incredible rags to riches stories include those of the lives of Hollywood tycoon Samuel Goldwyn, Broadway composer Irving Berlin, makeup mogul Helena Rubenstein, and mobster Meyer Lansky. This unforgettable collection comprises a comprehensive account of the Jewish American upper class, their opulent world, and their lasting mark on American society.

A New York Review Books Original In 1908, deep in Siberia, it fell to earth. THEIR ICE. A young man on a scientific expedition found it. It spoke to his heart, and his heart named him Bro. Bro felt the Ice. Bro knew its purpose. To bring together the 23,000 blond, blue-eyed Brothers and Sisters of the Light who were scattered on earth. To wake their sleeping hearts. To return to the Light. To destroy this world. And secretly, throughout the twentieth century and up to our own day, the Children of the Light have pursued their beloved goal. Pulp fiction, science fiction, New Ageism, pornography, video-game mayhem, old-time Communist propaganda, and rampant commercial hype all collide, splinter, and splatter in Vladimir Sorokin’s virtuosic Ice Trilogy, a crazed joyride through modern times with the promise of a truly spectacular crash at the end. And the reader, as eager for the redemptive fix of a good story as the Children are for the Primordial Light, has no choice except to go along, caught up in a brilliant illusion from which only illusion escapes intact.

Beginning in Glasgow during the Jacobite Rising of 1745, The Tobacco Lords Trilogy is the epic story of two very different women - Annabelle Ramsay, the wilful and impetuous daughter of a rich Tobacco Lord, and Regina Chisholm, a child of the slums, born to a life of poverty and degradation yet determined to make something of herself. As the story unfolds, their lives and loves become tragically intertwined, and the two women become deadly enemies - rivals in an all-consuming passion that will last a lifetime and follow them from the streets of Glasgow to the shores of the New World and the splendour of colonial Williamsburg. A compelling story of romance and rivalry, The Tobacco Lords Trilogy is also a marvellous evocation of the city of Glasgow and its people in the 18th century - from the wealth and grandeur of the Tobacco Lords, the city's thriving merchants, to the poverty and desperation of the filthy, overcrowded tenements.