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Note: These Novellas are now available as two collections. Contract in Blood ( Contract, Partnership, Promise and Obligation) Scroll down for excerpts for all eight stories.
In this exciting series conclusion, Ferda, Drake and Rand search Zadde’s stolen business records, looking for any clue as to the origins of their mysterious stowaway’s cryo-unit. All are desperately aware that time is running out. Eventually, news of their felony may well leak out, despite Ferda’s contacts. While Rand, presumed dead, may be able to evade both bounty hunters and the law with his borrowed identity, and his new lover, and his new lover, Kalid, is finally settling in, Drake knows Ferda finds herself torn between the pull of open space and her growing family on Praeden. Even the ancient vampire is finally beginning to feel his age. Besides, dealing with Julius Roma once every half century is more than enough. Together, they have one last chance to set the records straight... Read an excerpt Here
In search of some clue as to Gelda’s origins, our crew sets course for Frannin, Zadde’s home planet, where Ferda commits a galactic felony by stealing Zadde's business records, and Rand discovers bounty hunters never give up… Read an excerpt Here
Leaving Adlet on Hera, Drake, Ferda and Rand take on Jina, a retired constructor prepared to offer blood and sex in exchange for a passage to the Hallidan Hub. On arrival at the Hub, while Rand and Drake look for a permanent crew member, Ferda goes in search of Zadde and his associates and learns Zadde was tortured and killed a few days after they left Hallidan with his cargo. Rand receives an unofficial warning that he is about to be arrested for the “disturbance’ he was involved in during their last visit and his ship will be impounded. Leaving the Hub just ahead of the magistrates, our crew and their new members set out for Frannin, Zadde’s home base, and another major trading station, hoping to learn something of Zadde and his dealings and Gelda’s origins. Read an excerpt Here
Our wandering space crew lands on Damphir IV, a planet inhabited by vampires, safe haven for both their undeclared passenger and their damaged ship. Ferda shares a passionate reunion with Julius Roma, her first vampire lover -- now commandant of the colony -- while Adlet finds trouble among several thousand amorous vampires. When the colony's best cryonics scientists succeed in resuscitating their unregistered "cargo," she awakens with no memory other than a name -- Gelda. Adlet in tow, Drake, Rand, and Ferda set course for Hera and a long talk with their last customer about Gelda's origins. Extracting such dangerous information out of a weasel like Zadde might be more than an ordinary crew would attempt -- but this isn't an ordinary crew. Read an excerpt Here
On route to the planet Vansan, Drake, Ferda, Rand and Adlet settle in for an uneventful voyage while Rand heals from his near fatal attack on the Hallidan Hub. But a few day's travel from their destination, their ship is attacked by space pirates. Searching the ship in the aftermath of the attack, they discover they're carrying unregistered cargo. What is a cryogenically embalmed human doing hidden in their cargo hold -- and what makes her worth risking an attack on a smuggler vessel crewed by Vampires? Read an excerpt Here
A young man's fantasy -- escape to adventure, intrigue, and romance! Adlet, an passionate engineering student, has a lot to learn about vampires, survival in the space lanes and life aboard a smuggling ship! Fortunately Drake, Ferda and Rand have plenty to teach him.
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Rand's transformation into a vampire, ensured that he and Drake overcame the bounty hunters, but now Drake has no food supply and a hungry fledgling vampire on his hands. In the search for a suitable crew member and blood supply, they meet Ferda Wallace, a veteran pilot and a heroine to all vampires. Drake welcomes her aboard but she has her own reasons for wanting to join the crew. Read an excerpt Here
No where to run… With a vicious interstellar bounty hunter on his trail, smuggler Rand Faràr needs more than just a body guard. He needs the best. That would be Assassin Drake Varna. Rand is more than willing to pay Drake’s price. In fact he’s secretly looking forward to offering the Vampire both his blood and his body in sacrifice. But is he ready to give up his immortal soul? Read an excerpt Here
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