"Military science fiction [concentrating] on the psychology and politics of societies in conflict." ---Analog, on The Confederated Worlds series The Confederated Worlds implanted in his brain the skills to make him a soldier. He had to learn for himself how to survive interstellar war. Tomas Neumann seeks escape from his backwater planet and overbearing mother, and a mentor to replace his long-dead father. "Taking the shilling"---enlisting in the Confederated Worlds military---promises both. But despite the soldier's skills implanted in his brain, combat against fellow humans, especially ones who should have welcomed him as a liberator, threaten to destroy him, in body and in spirit. Grieving for lost comrades, demoralized by harrowing combat, can Tomas learn what he needs to survive? Because soon, with the fates of thousands of his fellow soldiers in the balance, he will face his war's ultimate challenge.

R1000 stood before the two people. "Farewell, my human friends." The robot lifted its head, looking past them, in the direction where cattle grazed and wheat grew on the former battlefields, where the plague wards now had empty beds. "You no longer need my help. Your future is yours to choose." They never saw R1000 again. Zachary stepped back from the keyboard. The ending he'd just written echoed in his head. Destinies: Man and Machine. His best sci fi novel yet. Thank God for Paytron. Not a scramble for nickels and dimes from a thousand fans, like that other service, but real money from a real, though anonymous, patron. Money enough to pay child support without needing a real job. Money can’t buy happiness, but it increases your chances. Until his patron gives Zachary a harsh choice. Compromise his artistic vision, or lose funding. Zachary refuses to give in. He knows how to unearth secret information from the Internet. His patron won’t stay anonymous for long. What will his patron say when Zachary shows up at his door? —Previously published in Analog, January/February 2024

When ruling a high-tech colony world of sensual pleasure isn't enough… When the colony's founder resolves to commit suicide… Desmond Park lets him succeed. While the colony's decadent elite schemes to fill the power vacuum and find meaning in their hollow lives, Desmond blazes a new path. Combining evolutionary theory, brain science, and ritual, Desmond forges a new religion that draws the colony's unhappy youth… …and raises hostile forces against him. The elite manipulate the colony's politics to marginalize Desmond and his followers. The corporation that dominates half the settled galaxy deploys intelligent robots and orbital weapons to monitor and destroy them. And forces within Desmond's movement—and within his own mind—threaten to topple them from within. Finally, men, women, and artificial intelligences collide in a conflict which could cost Desmond his life. A conflict which could deny freedom to millions of colonists. A conflict which could transform the destinies of billions of human beings across the galaxy and on Earth itself.

They will turn a barren planet into a refuge for life. Or die trying. On board the interstellar ship, Theodore wakes from forty years of suspended animation, eager to transform a barren, rocky planet into a living world. The plan: move an icy asteroid billions of miles, convert the ice into new seas and a breathable atmosphere, then seed the surface with life. But some among the crew want to speed up the process. By taking risks with nuclear explosives. A dangerous revision, but one supported by the mission's commander. Competing plans divide the crew into rival factions. With Earthly help over eight light-years away, Theodore must search alone for allies among oppressed workers, spiritual advisors, and the ship's artificial intelligence to save the mission—and stop the commander from seizing absolute power. Scientists and politicians, ideals and tyranny clash when the hidden agendas of Theodore, his foes, his friends, and the ship's AI reveal themselves in a riveting, ultimate confrontation.

Azureseas A world of sandy beaches under a yellow-orange sun. Human developers could turn it into the next great tourist world of the Consortia... except for its large, dangerous native animals. Ross Cantrell joined the animal control mission on Azureseas to earn the money he needed to marry and start a life together with his girlfriend. Dirty work, but necessary to keep people safe. Like plinking tree cats back home. Then Ross discovers the truth about the planet's "animals." Cantrell's War His former plans no longer matter. Against high-tech soldiers, illicit brain-hackers, and the billionaires backing them both, he puts everything at risk. Money. Love. Even his own life. All to do the right thing for humans and aliens alike.

Large print edition of Book 1 of the Confederated Worlds series "Military science fiction [concentrating] on the psychology and politics of societies in conflict." -Analog, on the Confederated Worlds series The Confederated Worlds implanted in his brain the skills to make him a soldier. He had to learn for himself how to survive interstellar war. Tomas Neumann seeks escape from his backwater planet and overbearing mother, and a mentor to replace his long-dead father. "Taking the shilling"-enlisting in the Confederated Worlds military-promises both. But the soldier's skills implanted in his brain can't prepare him for combat against fellow humans. Especially ones supposed to welcome him and his fellow soldiers as liberators. The war on New Liberty threatens to destroy him. Not just in body. Also in spirit. Grieving for lost comrades, demoralized by harrowing combat, Tomas must learn what he needs to survive. Because soon, with the fates of thousands of his fellow soldiers in the balance, he will face his war's ultimate challenge. Take the Shilling is the first book in The Confederated Worlds series.

In a war of lies, the greatest weapon is truth. On the next tourist planet for development, one man puts everything at risk against high-tech soldiers, illicit brain-hackers, and the billionaires backing them both.