Book Description: In the year 2032, because of their corruption and self-destructive course, Humanity is all but wiped out by the Skendri, a species that Humans themselves had created. 5000 years later, Prince Krell, ruler of the Slaadikaar Holy Order, is attempting to negotiate the return of the rest of his people to their ancestral home. Political and territorial divisions with the Skendri Confederation keep tensions high. Religious strife between the monotheistic Slaadikaar and the polytheistic people of the Nihanese Empire erupts into outbreaks of terrorism. Prince Krell’s trusted top-ranking Admiral Dormuz, who has own dreams of Empire, secretly manipulates events so as to start an all-out war. Win or lose, the war will cause the downfall of Krell and place Dormuz himself upon the throne…or so he thinks. However, when the war doesn’t go as planned, Admiral Dormuz makes a Faustian deal with an ancient race named the Guareg. Now, all sides in the conflict may pay the ultimate price of Dormuz’s ambitions… Author's Biography: Born on January 2, 1967, Kevin Kinne grew up in the small western New York town of Busti before moving to Largo, Florida in 1988. Kevin is an avid hunter and fisherman who still visits his hometown every autumn. He is a fan of science fiction and fantasy, and of animation.

After being caught up in a roundup phase of the coup and sent to a re-education camp, Eric Blare is trained in Alt Speak. He hates his job at the Ministry of Truth. He hates being separated from his wife and son. He hates what he is forced to do; to cover up what the party has done to people. He hates changing records, news and erasing people from existence. He goes along with rewriting history hoping it will allow him to be back with his family. He hates pledging loyalty to those responsible for what happened to his country. It is as if they know his mind is corrupted by memories of the truth when they torture him in the Ministry of Justice.

John Buchan snatches Susan Ryan from a line of captives being taken to a re-education camp run by Krotch Industries. He didn’t pick her, because she was beautiful and wearing a nurse’s uniform. He picked her by size, but she was more than he could have hoped for. He swore he wouldn’t allow himself to get close to her. He wanted to avoid the pain of seeing another he loved gunned down by government contractors. She believed her fiancé was dead or implanted, so she didn’t feel guilty falling for John. They were thrown together by fate, only to be separated when Richard shows up. He is not the man she remembered. Pursued by a relentless and psycho sniper John is desperate to save some of his group and decides to split up rather than see them killed off. He loses another close to him and stumbles onto Susan who has been drugged and shot. He surrenders rather than see her further harmed, knowing she will be forced to kill him. Love is stronger than the hypnotic drug and she disobeys orders; shooting her captives instead.

In the 1600s New York a group of orphans survive in the town by theft and sharing what they stole. After being chased out of town by authorities and the Black Hand Gang they find a beached ship to winter in. Fixing holes from cannon fire was a challenge, but they got afloat by spring. A former first mate of the pirate ship shows up as they prepare to sail away; though none of them knows how. Capitan John would teach them what they need to become rich as pirates. They named their ship Orphans revenge to show they weren’t the worthless trash they were seen as. Becoming Buccaneers under Henry Morgan would make them rich without fear of the Hangman. They were getting rich, but were worried about becoming ruthless and violent like the rest of Morgan’s fleet. In the end, they decided to go their own ways.

A mechanic who's been to prison and a highly skilled plastic surgeon are certainly an unlikely match. Richard Buchanan, wrongfully convicted, is now looking for a new start by taking a job in China. Dr. Susan Ryan is taking a break from her controlling family and fiance to do some charity work in Bangladesh. But their plans go awry when their plane crashes into the Pacific and they are the only survivors. Only their ingenuity in building a make-shift raft from debris keeping them alive. After a week of eating raw fish and battling the weather and sharks, they reach a small island, thinking they've returned to civilization. But they're wrong - they only find more problems. They get to know each other and fall in love as they fight off storms, injuries, and drug-dealing pirates who want them dead. If they succeed in returning to civilization, can they also fight public opinion opposing their love?

John Buchanan believed Partners were mere mindless drones grown for the rich and used to take away jobs from humans. He like most believed they had no sole and were and mere appliances like a car or toaster. Filling out a job application without its instructions would change his mind about Partners and take his life into a direction he hadn’t imagined.