Space City Series

Armed with only his grandfather's coin and a fake ID, sixteen-year-old Neil Ericson is desperate to join the Air Force like his grandfather before him. A flip of that coin instead launches Neil into an academy onboard Space City beyond the moon. His first day on board, Neil befriends Riagan Byrne and together they take on the challenge of field exams set on desolate planets and the Academy Games, which are rife with serpent hawks capable of gutting them if they miss a step. One instructor has already remarked that in a few rare instances, particularly undesirable students are launched into outer space. A joke. Right?   Despite the danger, Neil thinks he's finally found a home and friends. Plus, he attracts the attention of the beautiful Maellyn Travena, even though his ability to talk to girls consists of noting that the moon is shrinking on their way to Mars. She probably thinks he's an idiot now.   But traitors within Space City are attempting to smuggle away its newest and most prized piece of tech to the Dahaka, a blood-eyed warring alien race. After stumbling into the plot, Neil is forced to risk the friendships and home he's gained because if the traitors succeed, Space City will end up a husk, and he'll be dead or stranded millions of miles from Earth.

Summer meant freedom. An Escape from academic responsibilities.   In this collection of tales, Escape becomes personal for some of the Space City Preparatory Academy students.   Nico has created a flying Venice sim to explore, but when he discovers invisible monsters on the prowl, and a classmate hacks the sim as a prank, he finds surviving to the end a precarious prospect. Trini is reluctant to assist her aunt in handling an infectious disease outbreak among the natives on the planet Letos, but a near fatal encounter with what was believed to be a mythical creature forces her to re-examine her perspective. When his father is seriously injured during a hunting trip on a remote exomoon, it is up to Jiro to locate help, a dicey prospect when two rogue aliens pick up their trail. Dirk and Arielle believe they are in for a nice weekend hike until an ambitious town official wants to frame them for a crime they didn't commit during their summer-abroad diplomat training program. Cade hopes to enter the dangerous Tefnot sub race on Araxia, only to be sold into slavery for his troubles.   For these six, Escape means not just survival, but choosing the futures they want, no matter the odds.

A deadly fungal outbreak is spreading across Ourania. The Alfar failed to contain it. People are dying. Maellyn is recruited to lead a team of her fellow students to help find a cure.   Meanwhile, Neil and Riagan learn of Mainyu's return during a mission on Siavash, the Dahaka home planet. But for reasons they cannot fathom, the Space City Council will not go after the Dahaka leader, despite the attack he orchestrated against them. To make matters worse, scientists aboard Space City are secretly supporting the Dahaka.   As they struggle to save lives, can they overcome the wedges their separate missions are driving between them before the consequences change their futures forever?

A volcanic eruption destroys Trini and Cho's means of returning to Space City minutes after their arrival on a low-tech planet, leaving them unable to contact home for help. Maliek visits his alien crush in her homeworld, but the invitation is not what it seemed. Devika and Nico attempt to solve a trial rumored to reveal the location of a lost, ancient alien civilization. But what starts off as a series of interesting riddles lands them in a deadly environment. Arielle believes she's set for an easy weekend on Sundara with Dirk to celebrate their first anniversary, only to encounter a familiar threat. Cade investigates a quarantined R&D facility, looking for answers to the death of a friend's father, until someone shoots down his ship. Can these seven overcome the obstacles in their path before they become Contact Not Found?

Space City Armed with only his grandfather's coin and a fake ID, sixteen-year-old Neil Ericson is desperate to join the Air Force like his grandfather before him. A flip of that coin instead launches Neil into an academy onboard Space City beyond the moon. His first day on board, Neil befriends Riagan Byrne and together they take on the challenge of field exams set on desolate planets and the Academy Games, which are rife with serpent hawks capable of gutting them if they miss a step. One instructor has already remarked that in a few rare instances, particularly undesirable students are launched into outer space. A joke. Right?   Despite the danger, Neil thinks he's finally found a home and friends. Plus, he attracts the attention of the beautiful Maellyn Travena, even though his ability to talk to girls consists of noting that the moon is shrinking on their way to Mars. She probably thinks he's an idiot now.   But traitors within Space City are attempting to smuggle away its newest and most prized piece of tech to the Dahaka, a blood-eyed warring alien race. After stumbling into the plot, Neil is forced to risk the friendships and home he's gained because if the traitors succeed, Space City will end up a husk, and he'll be dead or stranded millions of miles from Earth.   Escape Summer meant freedom. An Escape from academic responsibilities.   In this collection of tales, Escape becomes personal for some of the Space City Preparatory Academy students.   Nico has created a flying Venice sim to explore, but when he discovers invisible monsters on the prowl, and a classmate hacks the sim as a prank, he finds surviving to the end a precarious prospect. Trini is reluctant to assist her aunt in handling an infectious disease outbreak among the natives on the planet Letos, but a near fatal encounter with what was believed to be a mythical creature forces her to re-examine her perspective. When his father is seriously injured during a hunting trip on a remote exomoon, it is up to Jiro to locate help, a dicey prospect when two rogue aliens pick up their trail. Dirk and Arielle believe they are in for a nice weekend hike until an ambitious town official wants to frame them for a crime they didn't commit during their summer-abroad diplomat training program. Cade hopes to enter the dangerous Tefnot sub race on Araxia, only to be sold into slavery for his troubles.   ​For these six, Escape means not just survival, but choosing the futures they want, no matter the odds.   Space City Outbreak Mainyu Is alive.   Neil and Riagan discover that while on a mission on Siavash, the Dahaka home planet. But for reasons they cannot fathom, the Space City Council will not go after him. To make matters worse, Space City scientists are secretly supporting the Dahaka. With the loss of Rois, this is a betrayal Neil and Riagan cannot except.   Maellyn Is recruited to lead a team of students to help stop a deadly funal outbreak among the Alfar on Ourania. Unexpected connections arise between the scientists and the outbreak.   Who is responsible? How do they stop the outbreak? And will what they cannot say or do ruin everything before they find answers?