Edward M. Lerner

Since fleeing the supernova chain reaction at the galactic core, the cowardly Puppeteers of the Fleet of Worlds have - just barely - survived one crisis after another....

For decades, the spacefaring species of known space have battled over the largest artifact - and grandest prize - in the galaxy: the all-but-limitless resources and technology of the Ringworld. Now, without warning, the Ringworld has vanished, leaving behind three rival war fleets....

Covert agent Sigmund Ausfaller is Earth's secret weapon, humanity's best defense against all conspiracies, real and imaginary, and all foes both human and alien....

Fleet of Worlds takes a closer look at Human-Puppeteer (Citizen) relations and the events leading up to Niven's first Ringworld novel....

The newly liberated humans of the Fleet of Worlds and Sigmund Ausfaller must contend not only with the sly Puppeteers but also the threat of the Pak....

No one expected the oil to last forever. How right they were....

Good fences, said the poet, make good neighbors... and interstellar distances made very good fences. Or so we thought.....

Garner Nanotechnology is developing nanotech-enhanced protective suits and autonomous first-aid nanobots....

Bob Hanson, the chief scientist of a major aerospace corporation, has made an incredible discovery....

Life changes for everyone in general - and for physicist Dean Matthews in particular - when astronomers detect a radio signal from a nearby star....

Will our first contact with aliens be the dawn of a new tomorrow - or the last act in human history? The moon has suddenly acquired its own satellite....