A Terran space ship is found abandoned near the Mar’Sani home world. The only survivor on board is a blind infant taken to be human. Grieving over the loss of their own son, the Mar’Sani royal family adopts the boy, Zeus, and raises him as one of their own. Although loved by his fiercely loyal family, Zeus is never quite accepted by the rest of reptilian Mar’Sani society. After one particularly bad incident, Zeus decides to take a posting at a space station. More...

Review - Selling Out by Zen DiPietro

Posted in Book Reviews on Sep 05, 2017 Volume 1 of Mercenary Warefare

To most people on Dragonfire Station, Cabot Layne is a simple, friendly shopkeeper, selling trinkets and other things of interest to the different species flowing off the many ships calling on the station. A few know that Cabot is a much more skilled trader than he lets on, with the connections to acquire almost anything one could want, even if it's not quite legal. So, when a rogue coalition at the edge of planetary alliance space starts to threaten the peace, Security Chief Fallon calls on Cabot to make the deal of a life-time by negotiating a special pact with the reptilian Briven. More...

Review - Intersections: Dragonfire Station Short Stories by Zen DiPietro

Posted in Book Reviews on Jul 04, 2017 Volume 4 of Dragonfire Station

This collection of short stories takes place in the universe built through the Dragonfire Station series. Most of the tales would best be described as backstories for many of the secondary characters introduced in the series. Some stories tell us how the people got to where we meet them in the series, while others might be better described as simply a slice of life in a person's day, giving us more insight into pivotal moments of the characters or the series. More...

Review - Coalescence by Zen DiPietro

Posted in Book Reviews on May 02, 2017 Volume 3 of Dragonfire Station

Review - Skythane by J. Scott Coatsworth

Posted in Book Reviews on Apr 25, 2017 Volume 1 of The Oberon Cycle

Review - Fragments by Zen DiPietro

Posted in Book Reviews on Mar 17, 2017 Volume 2 of Dragonfire Station

Review - Translucid by Zen DiPietro

Posted in Book Reviews on Feb 21, 2017 Volume 1 of Dragonfire Station

Review - Acquainted with the Night by Tymber Dalton

Posted in Book Reviews on Jan 10, 2017 Review - Phase Shift by Jenn Burke and Kelly Jensen

Posted in Book Reviews on Dec 20, 2016 Volume 5 of Chaos Station

Review - Inversion Point by Jenn Burke and Kelly Jensen

Posted in Book Reviews on Nov 08, 2016 Volume 4 of Chaos Station

Zander, Felix and the crew of the Chaos are back for another adventure in the fourth installment of the “Chaos Station” series. At the very end of the previous book, humanity had just found out about the immanent arrival of a new species at the galactic hub, and “Inversion Point” follows the crew as they meet and try to communicate with the new race, with Zander as Emissary of the Guardians. More...
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