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Earth barely survived the 21st century. To maintain order in the 22nd, the UN relocates undesirables through artificial wormholes onto colony planets. Everyone benefits...except the planets' original colonists. Now, the newly rediscovered colony of New Moravia learns the UN's plan and fights back. Operative: Stone Chalmers. Codename: Hybrid. Cover Story: Hypnotically implanted and genetically engineered. Mission: Investigate death of operative Dragon. On New Moravia, Stone uncovers far more than an operative’s murder.

Trumpty Dumpty features a series of columns I wrote on Huffington Post about the dangers of a Trump Presidency not only to the US but to the world. It begins with an article on why Trump was not attacking the cartoonists and writers who were writing critical articles about him, although he has attacked members of the media as the lowest form of humanity and journalists as horrible, disgusting, and dishonest human beings.

Drawn decades into the future, the beloved characters from Pride and Prejudice are re-imagined in this new variation. Elizabeth Bennet has now become the quick-witted nurse living in Augusta, Georgia, during the Civil War. Life is simple for the Bennet family until the arrival of the mysterious Mr. Darcy turns their lives upside down. But secrets, scandals, and lies are waiting for Elizabeth everywhere she turns.

One man must stop a tyrant after giving him power over the human mind. Neuroscientist Clay Shieffer tried to ignore the police state growing under President Everton. When a mysterious hacker provides evidence, Clay faces the truth behind Everton's election and his own unwitting complicity in it. Running from Federal agents and the US Army, Clay must forge a rag-tag alliance to overthrow the president.

After New California's founder committed suicide, two men vied to rule the colony. Ashwin George, supported by the colony's elite, and Tián Quán, the Chinese company whose hyperdrive ships and intelligent robots dominated half the settled galaxy. Desmond Park, nanotechnology engineer, armed with a shrewd intellect, the loyalty of the colony's disaffected youth, and the most formidable weapon of all.

An alien race has traveled 9,000 light years to reach Earth. They brought with them, a cure for cancer and all infectious diseases as well as advancements in propulsion technology. But is the human race ready to welcome a superior race? Is the human race ready to move beyond the narrow-mindedness of a territorial mentality? Is the human race prepared to trust strangers from a far-away world?

Zachary Thornton's life essentially ended two years ago when his wife and twin daughters were gunned down in cold blood for witnessing a mob hit, but he can't end the pain until he sees his family's killer brought to justice, one way or another. Thus, it is no surprise when he jumps at an offer from a mysterious stranger promising to both avenge the murders and give him a reason to live beyond vengeance. Unfortunately for Zachary, accepting the offer could be the worst mistake of his life.

In a small town in Iowa, a series of murders have the town on edge. A newspaperman turned reluctant sleuth unravels the interconnected deaths, and in the process rekindles a romance and has his faith tested.

Grady Loveland finds himself in quite a jam when his wife and his mistress give birth to his daughters within minutes of each other. Everyone is amazed that the babies seem identical. Grady gets the babies mixed up while trying to figure out how he's going to keep the secret from his wife. Luckily, his mistress had a feeling about which child was hers. "Trust me. A mother knows," she had explained. Her maternal instincts had been correct. Grady must decide if he'll keep his vows to his wife or leave her for his mistress.

Two courtiers ask Keladon, retired battlemage and the king's bastard half brother, to impregnate the queen. His sense of duty to the kingdom sends him to her bedchamber. But he must do far more to stop a conspiracy of magic and murder threatening the kingdom's survival - and the woman he comes to love.