J. S Arquin
21) Pressure Point
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Peace demands its price in blood. Jaantzen may have brought stability to the city of Bulari, but not everyone's grateful. Allegiances are shifting sand, and he's made a miscalculation that earned him a deadly new enemy - one who plays a viciously different game than the one Jaantzen is used to winning. Jaantzen and his crew fight to gain the upper hand, but secrets buried in shallow graves are coming back to haunt them. And as Starla and Toshiyo...
22) Double Edged
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With stakes this high, humanity doesn't need a hero. They need someone who can win. **Series complete! (5 books.)** Willem Jaantzen didn't ask to be a hero. He just wants to keep his family safe in the shifting sands of Bulari's underground-and to get the city's upper crust to acknowledge just how far he's come since his days as an orphaned street kid. With his businesses thriving and his dark past swept into the annals of history, it looks like...
23) Stolen Tongues
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A romantic cabin getaway doesn't go exactly as planned.
High up on the windswept cliffs of Pale Peak, Faye and Felix celebrate their new engagement. But soon, a chorus of ghastly noises erupts from the nearby woods: the screams of animals, the cries of children, and the mad babble of a hundred mournful voices. A dark figure looms near the windows in the dead of night, whispering to Faye. As the weather turns deadly, Felix discovers that his terrified...
24) Brands Don't Win
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How do leading companies win by changing the game? Established businesses like Amazon, Starbucks, and Tesla and emerging players like Peloton, Halo Top, and Seedlip have a secret system for winning. These and other "transcender" companies do not play the traditional brand game that every other company plays, they create their own game and force competitors to play by their rules.
Brands Don't Win reveals the proven, practical three-step Transcender...
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Six hundred and twenty-seven convictions later, the career criminals Morty and Xiomber have seen the light and joined the good guys. Gareth must go undercover to stop his nemesis from unleashing another crimewave across the Accord of Souls.
While the leaders of the Accord of Souls send an agent to Earth to stop its top scientist before he can open the way for the rest of humanity to flood into the galaxy.
Call of the Star Dragon is the third Star...
26) Crossfire
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Trouble is dead. Long live trouble. Killing the leader of a violent cult was supposed to make the city a safer place, but instead it created a power imbalance that's left a deadly war raging in the streets of Bulari. When Willem Jaantzen is approached for help by local casino magnate Phaera D, he has the sinking feeling the only way to end this war is to betray the people he loves the most. And he's starting to suspect that Phaera wants more from...
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A Vanir cop stares back when Gareth St. John Dankworth looks in a mirror these days. However, that will not stop him. He will happily embrace any cost to stop the man who was once his best friend in the solar system from conquering the galaxy.
Even if it involves living the rest of his life as a Star Dragon.
If crime never sleeps, justice will not either.
Flight of the Star Dragon is the second Star Dragon story-science fiction written with a 1950s...
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An alien imposter sneaks into the most secure facility in Earth Force, confronting Earth's top scientist Royston with his worst nightmares. Gareth's near-death at the hands of the rogue androids fuels his rage to use the Star Dragon to pursuing justice because somewhere, his ex-best friend continues to plot his conquest of everything. And in the shadows, dark, ancient powers awaken. Shadow of the Star Dragon is the fourth Star Dragon story-science...
29) Kill Shot
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The final chapter of the Bulari Saga. Willem Jaantzen never wanted fame, he never wanted notoriety. All he's ever wanted is to keep the people he loves safe, but now the fate of Bulari - and the rest of humanity - rests on his shoulders. And he has one final play to end this game once and for all. The Bulari Saga a fast-paced series of gangster sci-fi stories set in a far-future world where humans may have left their home planet to populate the stars,...
30) Cold Kisser
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When a new girl arrives at Tommy's school, he can't help but feel drawn to her...
The beautiful Sally Anne has everyone fascinated, including Tommy's best friend George who kisses her the first chance he gets. But it isn't just a regular kiss! Sally Anne's kiss is ice cold. Even knowing her chilling gift, Tommy can't help but get close to her and ultimately discover her big secret.
About the Creepers series: Strange things are happening in the...
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When Duncan MacGuire sets out to help a slave escape the Great Houses of the South, little does he know they'd send a demon to capture them.
Set in the Boston Metaphysical Society alternate history universe, this short story is a prequel to the award winning novel, Boston Metaphysical Society: A Storm of Secrets and the popular graphic novel, Boston Metaphysical Society.
This short story was first published in the anthology, Some Time Later, from...
32) Trawler Trash
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When Geddy Starheart's newly recovered ship is stolen again before his eyes, he suspects the evil Zelnads. But to hunt them down, his new crew needs a big score. Will a risky voyage reverse their fortunes or leave them stranded in the void?
The For Sale Make Offer's trip to Kigantu ended with a daring escape, but Geddy's past came back to haunt him. Facing a hungry crew and an empty hold, he enters the galaxy's most infamous high-stakes race.
A potentially...
33) Rocket Repo
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All Geddy Starheart wanted was a fresh start. But after causing the industrial accident that forced the evacuation of Earth 2, he started to question his life choices. That's when he met Eli, an ancient alien of mysterious origins who sets up shop in Geddy's head and says he wants to go home. Gee, where have we heard that before?
When the ship they built together disappears, Geddy and Eli join forces with the crew of the For Sale Make Offer, a salvage...
34) Breach of Faith
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What once was his downfall becomes their saving grace.
Hard-fought skirmishes leave Captain James Henry and the Shadow Wolf limping into Lusitania's port. Payday awaits once the undercover operative is safely delivered planetside to brief authorities on the League of Sol's activities within neutral territory. But Jim learned long ago never to take anything at face value.
Especially with allies and enemies.
The Lusitanian Parliament bombing left...
35) Breach of Peace
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Everything is on the table when survival's at stake.
Captain James Henry is caught between a rock and a hard place - again. Merchant ships operating in neutral space near the Terran Coalition and the League of Sol are disappearing without a trace. The latest report has something the others didn't: a survivor.
When news reaches the planet Lusitania during a cargo offload, Captain Henry and the Shadow Wolf's crew are hired to extract the surviving...
36) The Left Turn
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What if you past vanished? Who would you become?
Hannah, a forty-six year old author plagued with anxiety, and her partner James, an HR recruiter caught in a headlock of grief over his brother's death, are as desperate for inner peace as they are clueless about how to find it.
But when they embark on a sunny bike ride shortly after moving to the San Francisco Bay Area, a split-second decision propels them into different versions of their lives-ones...
37) Breach of Duty
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It takes more than truth to serve justice. Captain James Henry is left stinging after the latest firefight. However, lost cargo and payments mean little as a disturbing message reaches into neutral space — his uncle is dying. Uncle Charlie was the one who saved his life after Jim's disgraceful dismissal from the Coalition Defense Force. He owes the man an enormous debt for giving him renewed purpose. But only the dead can pay the Ferryman. Regardless...