Citadel: First Colony
Crashing is the easy part.
Book One of the Citadel Series
It’s been more than a century since humanity escaped the overpopulation of Earth, expanding out among the stars. We’ve faced and overcome war with an alien race. We’ve survived terrorist attacks meant to end colonization. We’ve thrived despite unregulated class distinctions, separating the wealthy from the working class.
What comes next may be the end of it all.
A lone colony of human castaways, led by a former alien enemy, find themselves at the mercy of a saboteur and a plot to end humanity’s unrestricted travel among the stars. This could be the finale of the colonies and the end of a species. Everything depends on how smart - and how forgiving - humanity can actually be.
Citadel: Paths in Darkness
THE REAL STRANGERS ARE WITHIN
Book 2 of the Citadel Trilogy
Against all odds, on an unchartered world, the souls of First Colony have been restored to life, and a centuries old wrong has been righted—sort of.
On the planet’s surface, a young woman struggles to reclaim her mind from the strange aftereffects of the cancellation wave. High above, the struggling colony’s last hope of going home slowly falls from orbit, and two men face death to prevent it.
And as the human colonists and their Esool captain struggle for survival, a new species emerges that can be the colony's savior—or its most dangerous enemy.
As if it needed more.
Citadel: Children of LIght
NEW LIFE. NEW RULES.
Book 3 in the Citadel Trilogy
The Citadel tower stands in ruins, while hundreds lie injured or dead. On distant Earth, a powerful madman prepares to seize control of the lightrail, in a move that will change the fate of humanity and the Esool alike.
All hope rests with a new species—represented by a young boy with unknown intentions and unlimited power. Will he be the savior of the colonies, or just speed up their destruction?
As one story ends, a universe of possibilities begins. Citadel and her crew become the pivot point of events that will echo throughout the universe, and history, for centuries to come.
Citadel: The Value of War
SOME WARS MUST BE FOUGHT
A Citadel Novella
As his officers and soldiers invade a conquered human vessel, Captain Somar of the Esool is troubled by the ongoing war. Are these two species doomed to war until one of them is extinct.
As the humans bunker themselves on the bridge of their vessel, the Esool prepare for a protracted conflict. But the discovery of a surprising cargo changes everything.
Now Somar will risk his very life to retrieve this cargo and bring some measure of peace to the humans and the Esool.
Citadel: Colony Girl
LIES CAN TAKE YOU PLACES
A Citadel Short Story
Sylar just wanted to impress the guys. It wasn't until everything blew up that he figured he should rethink things.
So he fibbed a little. Maybe he didn't actually have a girlfriend in the Colonies. So what?
Now, as Sylar careens out of control in a makeshift space craft, surfing a wave of debris, he's really starting to rethink some of his life choices.
Colony Girl is a short story set in the Citadel Universe.
Citadel: Omnibus
GET YOUR SHIP TOGETHER
The Complete Citadel Trilogy
It’s been over a century since the terrorist attack that nearly ended any chance for humanity to travel to the stars. Then there was the fifty years of war with the plant-like Esool, the rise of a powerful, cult-like anti-colonization group, and the increasing tensions between the wealthy upper class and the lower working class.
But we’re getting better.
Except for the part where the first joint colony effort between humans and the Esool results in the colony ship Citadel crashing on the wrong planet, with no hope of returning home.
Now the struggling colony itself led by a former alien enemy, and hidden among them is both the saboteur and the most notorious terrorist history has ever known. Survival will mean pulling together and doing the impossible a few dozen times.
Unless, of course, a brand new alien species puts a stop to the whole thing.
And the colonists thought it was a rough ride coming down.