The steam-driven sinister imperial forces threaten innocent lives, but a renegade royal stands in their way! Aided by the principles of the Quantum Dragoons, she stands boldly as proof that, on the side of Good, there is no "weaker sex"!

Long ago in ANOTHER galaxy farther away... Rod Espinosa, the creator of Courageous Princess, strikes back, bringing a new hope with a tale of stalwart steampunk sovereign! The empire has sent its best assassins to kill the last of the warriors of light. But they are in for a rude surprise when they take on one light warrior too many!

The Free Realms are crumbling under the Crimson Empire's mighty sky dreadnoughts. A small band of Free pilots have gathered for a desperate mission, but their bravery and skill is not enough. They must use an untested, secretly developed fighter to strike back against these terrifying ironclads, or be crushed forever by tyranny.

As the Time War rages in distant expanse of Chronospace, a pair of stray time-drones find themselves stranded in the present in Tiffy and Charlotte's treehouse! They immediately convert the treehouse into a time-space outpost, reform themselves into exact duplicates of its owners, and send the real Tifanny and Charlotte on a seemingly one-way trip through the Chronoverse! Bogus!!!

Tifanny Gia's all set to explore and learn (and maybe be a hero) in Civ-Alpha as part of her Aunt Gina's advanced archaeology class. But Gina's substitute, Prof. Trixie Rabinowitz (ex-ruler of Graceneria and big sister of mercenary Dark Bird), figures a Saurian playground's a nice, safe, dull assignment for the "class baby!" Will Tif's dad be able to counsel her past this trial, or will the "baby" throw a tantrum that'll ruin her teacher's life forever?

Not so long ago in a galaxy relatively close by, a ragged alliance of rebels engages in an epic struggle to free their world from the grip of LORD BARON and the HEGEMONIC CRUX. Having stolen the formula for WARP COAL, the secret fuel of the enemy dreadnoughts DUCHESS IMOEN flees for her life. She then stumbles across her only hope: BO, the last of the legendary storm foil warriors known as the QUANTUM DRAGOONS-and Lord Baron's son!

There is blood in the sky. Blood and fire. Nothing can stand against the ironclad airships of the Crimson Empire. They are the mightiest sky dreadnoughts ever devised, and the Free Realms crumble before them. A brave young band of pilots must rise to meet a storm of steel, but courage is not enough. The fate of the world rests in the hands of the STRIKE LEADER.

Life isn't easy for young Orion. The conflict between his powerful home world of Salusia and its long-time enemy, the Zardon forces, is over, but now he has to adjust to... high school on Earth! A pushy-but-affectionate ninja, a haughty Zardon beauty, and a lovely soul-sucking demon are only the start of his troubles! Ben Dunn, the Godfather of American Manga, is ready to school you again!

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