Frank Carlson Library

Can you be in love with someone you've never met? On the mining colony, Perseus Station, Navigational Computer Operators like Lennina are supposed to be cool and collected, guiding their Diggers through the difficult and dangerous task of mining in Krono

Ben Sandmor doesn't care about anything else except finding his dealer and snorting another line of glorious blow.When Ben's dealer doesn't show up at the usual time and place one night, he tries not to freak out and decides to go looking for him. But what he didn't plan on finding were aliens landing on the roof of his car trying to kill each other!This cold, bizarre night leads Ben into an adventure of, quite literally, galactic proportions. The...

Noom was nameless before he approached the planet Earth; nameless and eternal. Through an evil act of sabotage against Eternity, two creatures at the core of the Universe touched one another and unleased a cataclysmic explosion that birthed both the expanding Universe...and Time. Time did not exist in Etermity, and Noom is determined to locate it, capture it, and shove it back into the hole it came from. So, the name: as Noom detected traces of the...

In a world once invaded by alien forces, Jack Spencer, a young and unsuspecting individual, joins the space fleet on a mission to capture these extraterrestrial beings. Unbeknownst to him, hidden powers lie dormant within Jack, waiting to be awakened. As he navigates through the challenges of the fleet, forming both alliances and adversaries, he must also evade relentless attempts on his life. Amidst the chaos, Jack's world takes an unexpected turn...

Language and locations, culture and customs, biology, psychology, and history... worldbuilding an alien world for a fiction series can be a monumental effort involving notes, maps, drawings, and resources......or you can do it Jaguar-style, and just talk to the people.Conversations with the Ai-Naidar gathers seven years of "meta-conversations" between the author and her aliens as she struggles to understand their culture and language. Interspersed...

Thirty-two, a single mom, and her world crashing down around her...Melissa's thirty-second birthday was a train wreck of a day only made worse when she ran out of gas. Not only did she have to go into work, but after coming in late once too often, she finds herself fired. Following her supervisor's suggestion that she look into taking some courses to gain a job qualification that might work better around her children's schedules, she's surprised when...

In a future where interstellar travel is only possible for humans by stowing away like rats in the walls of alien ships, few choose to travel far from home.Indeed, Sister June never strayed beyond the boundaries of the dome on Mars that housed her commune. And she never intended to wake on the journey from that dome to another on the far side of the universe.But a pair of stowaways drain too many resources from the other travelers, forcing all of...

Amidst the chaos of battling an escaped terrorist, Yamaguchi, who wields deadly alien technology found within the mysterious city, Commander Winters and the crew of the Falling Star find themselves in a desperate struggle for survival. As they contend with Yamaguchi's relentless assaults, a new threat emerges in the form of an alien space station, resuming its relentless attacks on Earth and the stranded crew. With the crew of the Falling Star divided...

Sleek spy meets sexy sovereign and sheets smolder. Thirty years ago, the Zuvgran released a virus that killed most Svesti females and rendered the remainder infertile. The Svesti initiate first contact with Earth when their scientists discover that humans and Svesti can interbreed. Humans may be able to save the warrior species that has been protecting Earth's region of space for a century. Rachel is MI-6 and has been ordered to gather military intelligence...

Marianne Woolsey is falling apart.The only human on Tolar, linked empathically to their ruler, her life is a bed of roses-but roses have thorns. Marianne must struggle with a bond-partner who can't be tamed and a home world plotting to get her back by force if necessary, and she would give anything for a quiet cup of tea with a friend.Laura Howard watched her husband die when Earth tried to control Tolar, and now her only sanctuary may be the stronghold...