A story in the Mage and Magic Universe Universe
His life was crap, nothing ever seemed to go his way. His wife had kicked him out he was at the end of his rope, then one day he had a strange dream, or was it? The beautiful woman who befriended him, the new worlds and people what wasn't to like?
The Terran system is growing and expanding all the time. But an old and corrupt Centaurian Empire is holding Terra down, as it encircles the Terran system and will not let the humans grow out of their current empire. For this reason Terra is at war with Proxima Centauri and is trying to find a way of breaking free from the Centaurian's hold upon them.
It's seldom that the fate of a shipful of men literally hangs by a thread--but it's also seldom that a device, every part of which has been thoroughly tested, won't work....
Zora, Sophie and the others stay earthbound for this latest adventure, as they investigate an illegal trafficking operation involving genetically modified hybrid animals. Set in 22nd century Africa. Note: You should read Books 1 and 2 of the series before reading this one. They are meant to be read sequentially.
A volume in the Earthbound Series Volume V of the Earthbound Series: By a few hundred years after the founding of Nykkyo's homeworld Florans had returned to space to colonize other worlds. One such colony was Varada, which eventually left the hegemony but now desires re-unification. With his talent with languages, Nyk accompanies a delegation to Varada, to serve as interpreter. There, he learns a terrible secret about Varadan society, and he uncovers a sinister motive behind a Floran faction's interest in the forsaken world.
Lise is a young female Novo Homonid or Novonid, an artificial humanoid species created on Planet Varada for slave labor. Novonids have green, chlorophyll-rich skin to derive nourishment from sunshine which makes them perfect fieldworker slaves. As the Novonid population increases, the Varadans are finding Novonids useful for low- and no-wage urban labor. Lise comes of age while living in the Green Zone, a Novonid ghetto, as tensions between Humans and Novonids threaten to become violent.
When a super-robot discovers how to build his own superbombs, it becomes obvious that Earth is by no means the safest place for him to be. Dr. Fitzhugh, his designer, and Leda Crannon, a child psychologist acting as Snookums' nursemaid, agree to set up Operation Brainchild, a plan to transport the robot to a far distant planet. Mike the Angel Gabriel, Power Design has devised the power plant that is to propel the space ship Branchell to its secret destination, complete with its unusual cargo.