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The first FTL Level Ten starship. A colony under siege. A secret directive. An enemy as territorial as rattlesnakes. In the year 2199, Earth Alliance President Thomase Baruti commissions the EAS Dauntless—the fastest ship ever built—to spearhead exploration of the Constellation Cetus. Captain Noah Fletcher accepts the mission, but before the Dauntless can venture into deep space, it must make a critical stop: Tau Ceti Seven, where the mining colony has gone dark following a violent attack from the planet’s primitive natives. Under orders classified “Top Secret,” Fletcher’s true ...

Mysterious emanations originating in the Intergalactic void... Suspicious deaths near the galactic rim… An Armada recalled… Another goes missing… While the Confederations Central Council and High Command face the consequences of the inspector's treachery, Michael and his team continue to raise Earth's profile among its neighbors. A trade deal is started. Numerous new Transluminide claims are filed. The Space Force fleet grows.

From bestselling author D. Ward Cornell comes the next installment in the stunning Echoes of Extinction saga. Following the destruction of the Dominion's hyperspace conduits in Alliance space, the stranded remnant bands together to attack Earth. President Kyle Wimberly, in collaboration with his daughters in Alliance Intelligence, discovers the Dominion's plans. As they prepare, an idea comes from an unexpected source—a means to enslave the spiders.

When Kyle Wimberly, the hands-on president of Full Cycle Solar, Inc., investigates a unit failure, he finds an alien shuttle has crashed into it. The shuttle's captain is grievously injured, his crew dead. Then, to Kyle's surprise, the captain asks for help, speaking perfect English. Kyle and colleague Alexandra Reyes carry the captain to the shuttle's medical bay for treatment by its auto-doc. This simple act of compassion launches the two down a path that will change their lives and the world forever.

It's been a year since the Enemy home world was destroyed. There have been no additional Enemy sightings, but the 3F Defensive Alliance continues to grow. The trade between worlds has sparked prosperity throughout the sector. But trouble brews in Andromeda. The Central Council holds a secret meeting, condemning Earth for continuing to hold the spy Ju-Ne. They authorize an armada to travel to Earth to collect the prisoner—by force if necessary.

Three days have passed since the Xenos spaceship departed Earth, and Emissary Lee Ping moved to the virtual world of Planet Asbeth. But even as normalcy returns, a new threat emerges. Alien marauders have intercepted critical supplies required to complete the shield. From bestselling author D. Ward Cornell comes a tale of two worlds bound by a mutual adversary.

Nearly a year has passed since Kyle and Alex Wimberly's daughter, Kayla, was born. She has already begun manifesting the gift of the mist. After two years of silence, the Dominion launch a devastating attack on planet Aarde, killing over one hundred thousand Katswiri, the native population. As Kai and Alex retaliate by destroying a Dominion core world, a metal sphere plows through Earth's atmosphere, making a fiery entry and sending a message: Kyle Wimberly. We know who you are. We know where you live. We are coming for you, but we will take your wife and your daughter first.

Six months have passed since Kyle Wimberly and his team helped turn the Dominion back in Harza space. Many of Earth's nations have entered into collaboration agreements with the Iknosan and Harza. While working on an intelligence-gathering mission with alien allies, Kyle and his life partner, Alexandra Reyes, make a discovery that has the potential to change the course of the war. As word of Kyle's activities spread and his popularity soars, the administration retaliates. The politically motivated investigations that follow force him to choose.

Michael Baker is a 35-year-old, natural-born American citizen from Texas, a successful entrepreneur, and amateur astronomer. The scientific community mocks him when he publishes the time and coordinates where a supernova will occur. When it occurs, people start wondering who Michael is. The day after his third supernova prediction stunningly comes true, Michael abruptly takes over every television and radio in the world and announces that he is the Ambassador to Earth from the Intergalactic Confederation of Planets.

A mysterious object crests the Sun during a total solar eclipse. Cryptic radio-frequency noise jams TVs and radios worldwide. Sinister alien artifacts inexplicably appear in the capitals of the world's powers. Paralyzed with fear, society begins to crumble. Former NASA scientist Jasmine Evans is the first to spot the object and sound the alarm. Recalled to investigate the mystery, her team makes a critical discovery. But nothing is what it appears to be.

It has been five years since the Revelation, and Earth is now a member of the Intergalactic Confederation of Planets. Peace has broken out. Climate change has been reversed. Life expectancy has increased. Poverty has just about been wiped out. The Institute is up and running at the Embassy. Students from around the world have transferred, researchers from major universities are doing sabbaticals, and Confederation technology is being adapted for human use.

A shattered alliance. A rogue AI. Humanity’s last hope lies beyond the stars… Captain Noah Fletcher and the crew of the Dauntless have survived the impossible. Now, as the Earth Alliance teeters on the brink of annihilation, they are thrust into a desperate mission: track down the lost starship Resolute, uncover the secrets of a vanished crew, and confront an enemy whose power eclipses anything humanity has ever faced. But the galaxy is changing. Ancient wormholes open new frontiers—and new threats. The Strawnac Empire’s armada is on the move, and Earth’s survival depends on a ...

I was born on a Protected World. You’d think that would be a good thing, but in truth, not so much. You see, a Protected World is a sentry world. One located along the edge of human space, there to sound the alarm if there’s an alien invasion. A world that is marginally habitable, so unlikely to be a target, yet well connected to the rest of humanity, so able to sound the alarm.

With the Confederation unable to project military power into the sector, neighboring allies press the Earth Alliance for protection and transportation services. Michael proposes a bold new initiative to secure the sector and promote its prosperity. Eugene and Kelly discover the secret to destroying the Enemy once and for all. And a new young species takes its first steps into interstellar space. Meanwhile, Confederation hardliners do everything in their power to stop Michael and the Earth Alliance from succeeding.

The Chronicles of Daan continue! It’s been five years since a treatment for Doffenplod Acquired Genetic-disorder Syndrome (DAGS) became available, the aliens retreated, and the reunification began. Soon the quarantine will be lifted, and the economic boom on Jaredaan will begin. But Jared’s exploration of the Mystery reveals a darkness looming on the horizon. Worried that the aliens are up to something, he directs his focus on narrowing the gap between human and alien technology. A series of discoveries are made, then the game is on. Join Jared and his rag-tag team of misfits as they ...

The Chronicles of Daan continue! A year has passed since the Lepodred conquest fleet was destroyed. Nonetheless they remain the most powerful force in the quadrant. In the hope of preventing another attack, Jared and his team press forward with a bold new agenda that will catapult human capability beyond all its competitors. Meanwhile, the Confederation is still reeling from the loss of its capital city and the majority of its central government. The commission created to manage the reconstruction and form a new government has made painfully little progress. As frustrations grow, their ...

The Chronicles of Daan Continue... In the aftermath of the Rufarven withdrawal from Confederation space, the dying Lepodred ambassador aboard their ship gifted Jared with his memories. Jared was injured in the process, but now, thirty days later, is ‘healed’ enough to go back to work. On his first venture back into the mystery, Jared is swept to the Rufarven Emperor’s court, where he discovers what he had already suspected, the emperor is a master seer. As they talk, the emperor reveals the existence of another people, the Calamite, who are about to invade Lepodred space. Fearing that...

Prophetic nightmares… Amphibious sea monster sightings… Bodies pierced by alien claws… Alien DNA in the wounds… From best-selling author D. Ward Cornell comes Alien Dreams—a tale of mystery, romance, and interstellar intrigue. Three cunning samaki—intelligent, amphibious criminals—escape the Ashfeld Prison Camp on Planet Nidor. With the aid of ruthless mercenaries, they flee to a remote water world 50,000 light-years beyond the Galactic Bureau of Investigation’s reach, ultimately settling in the deep blue waters off the Kona coast of Hawaii’s Big Island. Ten years ago, ...

Fresh off a romantic retreat in Panama, Ash discovers his “assignments” from the Galactic Bureau of Investigation are really a job interview—with Earth’s governorship on the line. Refuse? The only way out is in a coffin. With Abby at his side, Ash races from Russian nuclear silos to African warzones and Haiti’s gang-ravaged streets, dismantling threats and neutralizing the world’s deadliest weapons—before time runs out. - D. Ward Cornell at his pulse-pounding best.