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After losing her parents and joining the Alliance Navy, Ensign Helga Ate has proven to be special enough to be chosen for the prestigious Nighthawks Special Forces. But, tragedy strikes when her team deploys to a remote moon and gets put to the ultimate test - survival. Facing impossible odds, Helga and her team battle brain-eating aliens, human pirates, and treacherous spacers corrupted by the enemy.

Helga Ate is finally getting her chance. Chosen for a coveted slot in the glorious Nighthawks, Special Forces, she will certainly be able to prove herself as more than a half-alien outcast. But when her team deploys to the moon of Dyn, tragedy strikes, and Helga is put to the ultimate test - survival. Facing insurmountable odds and escaping torture, Helga and her mentor, Cilas Mec, are forced to face a fate worse than death. Battling brain-eating aliens and human pirates, the odds are stacked against them in every way. The rescue should be coming.

The Geralos, scourge of the Anstractor universe, have set their eyes on the Nusalein cluster of colonies. Lieutenant Helga Ate and the Nighthawks, having completed a mission on the planet Genese, are called in to assist with holding off the invasion.

When a ship carrying diplomats and a member of the Arisani monarchy are captured by Vestalian pirates, the Galactic Alliance must make a choice. Meet the pirates demands or send in Special Forces on a desperate and deadly rescue mission. Enter the Nighthawks. Newly promoted Lieutenant, junior grade, Helga Ate and her crew must fight against a ticking clock to track down the stolen ship and rescue the hostages undetected. With only five active members left in the Nighthawks and in the middle of an ongoing war, Helga's first test of leadership may be her last.

On their first official mission with their new starship, the Nighthawks discover a traitor on Genese. Someone is selling location data to annihilate vessels in the Alliance flotilla. But luckily, the smuggler with the traitorous evidence opens the package and reveals the truth to the Nighthawks. Now, Lieutenant Helga Ate and her Nighthawks must save the fleet while keeping the smuggler safely aboard the Ursula. But more is at stake than anyone realizes. Their Geralos rivals are becoming more desperate in their quest to track down Seekers for consumption.

After returning to the Rendron with her battle-weary Nighthawks Special Forces, Helga Ate is ready for some rest and relaxation. But once they can finally breathe and feel as if they are out of harm's way, the Rendron is ambushed again. But who could've known that they were home and safe? Unless, someone on the inside had other plans.

There is a hidden game being played in your business. It is made up of the unspoken rules, unquestioned assumptions, and the invisible agreements that define how your organization operates. When you don’t know the hidden game exists, it runs you and your business. You aren’t playing the game; the game is playing you! In Your Hidden Game, Sharon Rich, business consultant and CEO of Think Business Growth, shows you how to bring these invisible agreements out on the table, shine a light on them, and work out new agreements together.

At only 18, Helga Ate has lived a full life. After losing her parents and joining the Alliance Navy, Helga has proven to be special - special enough to be chosen for the prestigious Nighthawks. But sometimes being chosen is too much for anyone.... Helga, having experienced war, is determined to bury her survivor's guilt and the memory of her first mission. With the pressure mounting, Helga will stop at nothing to keep it all together. But rest and recovery are not within her reach after a satellite is attacked and human lives are lost.

Stories for a Storm Filled Night, is the first book of short stories sent within the dark fantasy trilogy the Storm Series. It’s a standalone book, hence will be perfect for new listeners to the saga. It will transport them to the land of Talocants, where they will meet, werewolves, heroes, and villains.

Ever since Bea and the crew stole that box from the British Merchant ship, they’ve been drowning under enemies: the Brits, the Morlocks, and the man who started it all - their ex-employer. However, Bea finally tracks him down and prepares for one final fight against the man who made their life hell. He’s got superior numbers and more weapons and wealth than she could dream up, while she’s got a threadbare crew running on grit and dreams alone. The crew of the Desire doesn’t stand a chance. But Bea’s spent a lifetime defying the odds.

Jack Rothgal desperately attempts to fulfill his destiny and become the Ultimate Spirit Warrior and regain the Twin Kingdoms for his little sister. Deep within her palace in the city of Deep Lake, Queen Rebecca Rothgal works tirelessly to protect the Twin Kingdoms against all threats, including her big brother. And as the Rothgal family feud rages, the Year of Blood fast approaches; the hidden forces hinted at in Scions of the Storm finally make themselves known, and nothing will be the same again.   

Solomon Pace - Cold-blooded killer? Depraved evil sadist? A man just trying to make his way in the world? Or just deeply misunderstood? Of all my characters, Solomon Pace has to be one of the most complicated, but least understood. In the "Storm Series" novels, he is always in the shadows, manipulating people and situations, and when he does come into the light, it is only to perform some dastardly deed before returning back into the inky gloom to continue his plotting. 

Bea and the crew of the Desire are back, and there's one fierce storm brewing on the horizon. When Isabella's old clan delivers a letter that sends their crewmate into a funk, Bea's suspicious. However, when they're intercepted by gypsies on the way to their meetup for the next smuggling job, her suspicions switch to pissed off. Yet none of that compares to the rage that ignites after Bea and their recon team return to the docks to find the Desire missing. Stolen. By those goddamn gypsies from Isabella's old clan.

Kathleen has survived her trials and is now Queen of the Twin Kingdoms. She is happily married to Karl Rothgal and has two children by him - Jack, the eldest, and Rebecca, their younger daughter. From the outside, all seems well; however, lurking in the shadows is the mysterious and extremely dangerous Solomon Pace, a man who definitely has his own agenda and plans for the Twin Kingdoms and their young rulers.

The specter of war arises. The evil Sage of Dagorath sends her army to destroy her foe. She has harbored a burning hatred for too long and it must be sated. But the King has allies. He must now call upon them and awaken a legend. Hellion, a burning mystery to the people of this world is called to battle. His mate Fire and the combined might of the Five Clans must become more than legend. They must become the immovable object that stands before the unstoppable force. They must prevail. Or their world will perish.

Faith, religion, godliness - these things have caused more pain, suffering, and death than all the plagues of history combined. In Fortinbras, a city built in the aftermath of a religious war that nearly ended all life on the planet, religion is considered a disease. The residents are taught that they are all that is left of humanity and the cold law of logic and reason rule their lives. Sabrina Sabryia, a young police cadet, is a resolute enforcer of the law until her loyalties are torn between her best friend, a charismatic spiritual leader, and her uncle, the head administrator of the city.

It is the year 1896 and time is being ripped apart along with the very fabric of space, as portals into the past open and close around the world. Young Elizabeth Swanson must determine if the scientific experiments of her late parents are responsible for what is transpiring. If it is not stopped, the Earth will be destroyed and, like the proverbial stack of falling dominoes, so, too, will the cosmos.

Little water, less food, and all but no hope. A wall keeps one of the last vestiges of society safe, but it can't protect its denizens from themselves. If you could save one person, who would it be? A child? A lover? Yourself? In a world where humanity is in its death throes, this question isn’t a hypothetical. Conspirator, savior, or mere survivor... which one of their stories is yours? 

Ever since their last botched smuggling job, First Mate Bea and the crew of her airship can barely afford fuel, let alone a barrel of grog. So when a gentleman from Old Germany offers them a fortune to steal a locked box from a British merchant airship, they jump on the opportunity. However, their employer forgot to mention the box's military escort and the Morlock mercenaries who would slit throats to get their hands on it. Oh, and if made public, the contents could engulf Europe in another devastating war.

Welcome listener to a story in the tradition of the very best of British dark fantasy. Echoes of a Storm is the first installment in the Storm Series and sets the scene and tone for this powerful bittersweet trilogy.