Space Rogue Series

Bartholomew Roberts is retiring, leaving his son in command of the Queen Anne's Revenge. It is his first command, and it may be his last. The Alliance will do everything in their power to ensure that he fails.  Failure in the Alliance is not tolerated. If Doc Roberts is lucky, they will hang him. If not, he will be sent to a reeducation center, mind-wiped, and a control collar will be placed around his neck, then he will be paraded in the streets of Avalon's capital city, as an example of what happens to people who fail in their missions. He can't afford to fail!  

This is a comedy, thriller, space opera, and Christmas story all rolled into one exciting story for adults.   It is Nathaniel's second Christmas and Doc Roberts' last chance to get the Spirit of Christmas. He will be revisited by the Kringles, and see the dreaded space freighter, Santa's Little Helper, again. Good news! He has moved down a few notches on the naughty list, but not far enough to satisfy his wife, Elaunae. She wants her husband on the good list. Yah, don't count on it happening. After all, he is a pirate. It isn't in his nature, but she has to try.   Doc will be visited by two ghosts from the past. Not his mother or father. They are still alive, and enjoying retirement, living in luxury on the Alliance retirement world, Luxor III. He sees an eerie apparition of Captain Ryder. That is impossible, he killed him, himself, fifteen years ago. Then he sees and converses with Su'Gateol, his wife's former husband, who warns him that he will be visited by three spirits, Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Can they save him, or will he continue to be a scumbag? His getting into the spirit of Christmas is going to take a miracle.

Doc Roberts is a privateer working for the Alliance military to destabilize shipping, trade, and the planetary governments of the Coalition of Free Worlds, to sway them to accept Alliance protection. He does this by raiding colonized worlds, and hijacking freighters loaded with trade goods. With the Alliance, failure is not acceptable. Those who fail are sent to reeducation camps to have their minds wiped and reprogrammed with a submissive personality, then they are placed in a control collar, and sold at auction to the highest bidder. Leaders who fail are publicly executed by hanging. Doc is given a job, stealing the Mindharp of Tombaku. He only has a limited period of time to get it and return. He learns that he is not the first one given this mission. If he succeeds, it is the end of the Coalition. If he fails… he loses his life.

For mature audiences only. A Space Pirate Christmas, is a mashup sci-fi thriller with space pirate action blended with a Christmas story. Elaunae, learns of the Earth custom, and wants to celebrate it with Nathaniel. She wants his first Christmas to be special. Doc Roberts, her husband, agrees. He loves her, and will do anything for her, even celebrating a foolish holiday. For it to be a success, he needs a tree, a fireplace with a chimney for Santa to climb down, presents, and a Christmas miracle. He has always wanted a toy Marauder that flies, shoots missiles, and fires lasers. Christmas is an excuse to get one—for Nathaniel, of course. Elaunae warns him, that with such a toy, he will shoot someone's eye out. Join the Roberts family, and maybe, just maybe, witness a Christmas miracle.

Plundering innocent worlds; that is Doc Roberts' job and he is good at it. He is awarded a Letter of Marque and a territory to hunt in exchange for his service to the Alliance and of course, a cut of his take. The Alliance government can't openly operate in Coalition territory without starting another war, so they use privateers like Captain Roberts to destabilize governments and cause unease among the people, in hopes that they will ask for Alliance protection. Cheating and treachery cause Captain Roberts to reevaluate his loyalty. He can live with a little pilfering, but not outright stealing from him and trespassing on his planet. The Alliance has gone too far. It is time to teach them that there is a price to pay for stealing from him. The Alliance sends a snobbish young captain, Captain Thornton, to assassinate Doc's wife. Her death is the start of outright war, at least for Captain Roberts. Now, he is both a pirate and a rebel, with people on both sides of the border who either love him, or want him killed. After fighting a duel with the Alliance's promising new captain, torturing him, and leaving him for dead, he has made powerful enemies in the Alliance hegemony. The Alliance military leaders want to make Captain Roberts suffer like he has made their rising star suffer. One man can only do so much, and Doc is getting tired. It is time to pass the reins of command to his son. But first, he must crush his son's dreams and teach him what it means to be an Alliance citizen.

The Roberts family has interfered with the plans of the Alliance and its desire for conquest one too many times. The Alliance leaders don't want Captain Roberts captured any longer. They want him dead. They put a bounty on his head that few can resist and that is before they realize that he has robbed them of the treasure they need to help pay for their expansion into the Collation star systems. Once they learn of his treachery, there will be no stopping their hunt for Nathaniel until he is dead. Life for Nathaniel and his friends was pretty good on San Paulos' space station until he, his wife, and his companion became stars on a popular holovid show called "Busted." Now everyone who once thought of him as a hero hates him for attempting to steal the hard-earned credits that the Lucy's girls worked for. If that isn't bad enough, the system governor has signed a treaty with the Alliance representative. Part of that agreement includes turning Nathaniel over to the Alliance military for execution. He and his friends are forced to make their escape earlier than planned. Now he has to flee the Alliance. Along the way, he has to search for stragglers that were sent prior to his departure to a rendezvous point. Once Nathaniel rendezvouses with the rest of the fleet it will be up to him to lead them someplace safe where the Alliance can't reach them.

I am at the end of my resources. The Alliance has confiscated everything of value and conscripted or mindwiped most of my crew. I am being taxed again. It is the third time this month. There is no way I can earn enough credits to satisfy the Alliance tax collectors, and they know it. They are watching my ship, making sure that what is left of my crew and I can't escape. The next time the Alliance boards my ship will be the last. I need to find a way to escape them, and cross the border into the Coalition of Free Worlds. We will become exiles, never able to return home. It doesn't matter. I have no desire to return to the Alliance. It is up to me to restore my family's wealth and get revenge against the government for what they are doing to my friends and family. Nathaniel Roberts is unaware that the Alliance is breaking a century-old treaty in preparation for war. The Alliance isn't alone, they have formed a pact with the Crimson Tide—a pirate organization. Captain Roberts won't be facing one enemy, he will be facing at least two. He will have to fight both while trying to make a new home for his crew.

This is Nathaniel's and Persephone's first official assignment from Bob, the Lord of Creation for this universe. They can't afford to screw it up. The job sounds simple enough. Travel to the Rekar'ree star system, find the source of evil and stop it from spreading to the other neighboring star systems. The only problem is that Rekar'ree is on the other side of the galaxy. Bob provided them with a solution. He has devised a stargate, of sorts, for them to use. All Nathaniel and Persephone have to do is pilot their ship to the Antares star system, and fly through the black hole. It sounds easy enough, but nothing escapes a black hole, and Persephone's explanation about what is going to happen to them doesn't help; neither does the AI's carelessness. When they get to Rekar'ree. It is evident that Bob made a mistake. There is no way that the planet can sustain life. All Nathaniel has to do is make a quick orbit, and run a few sensor scans to prove that no one is there. High above the surface of the second planet are dirigibles, the size of cities, floating in the atmosphere. Their job just got a little bit more complicated. When they met Tempek'kee, it will get a lot worse. He and his acolytes are evil and must be dealt, permanently. Dealing with the s.o.b. and his goons isn't the end. It is the beginning. Tempek'kee's employer, Hyperion Corporation also has to be dealt with too. Persephone's half-sister, Aphrodite, let Nathaniel know that she is interested in him, and she did it right in front of Persephone. Nathaniel wants her too. What man wouldn't want to lay with the Goddess of Love? Can he resist her charms? Does he have too? Is there a way to have her and stay faithful to Persephone? This story has plenty of science fiction in it as well as gods and goddesses. They are not omnipotent nor are they invincible, and they have their problems too. This book has plenty of action, horrific acts, and humor. It is written so it can be read as part of the Space Rogue series or independent of it. I hope you enjoy it.

Captain Roberts, his crew, and his friends are being hunted by the Alliance, the Crimson Tide, and bounty hunters. He has a price on his head that few can resist. While fleeing his enemies, his fleet comes across a derelict fleet. The advice he is given by his friends is to leave them be, but he can't resist the temptation. Spiders have attacked a colony, but why? Can Nathaniel and his friends save the colonists from being eaten? What are deevils and niffids? Do they have a purpose, or are they just a nuisance? Ages ago, vampires have been quarantined on a planet orbiting a brown dwarf star. They are friendly and invite Nathaniel and his fleet to visit them. They offer aid and help with much-needed repairs. It is just the break that the crews of the Vengeance, the Persephone, and the Lucy need.

The fleet departs Space Station Hell to search for the star bridge. I take command of the fleet. Getting to the Hades system is Red's mission. Finding the star bridge and a new home for the people is mine. A new person joins my crew, a Keshian changeling named Nugget. I have a growing attraction to the Carpacia's AI, and she is attracted to me. Persephone, is not just a computer-generated personality. Both of us will discover her true nature. I've promised Nugget adventure. He is going to get more than his share of it aboard my ship. While the fleet is en route to the Antares star system, we will discover derelict spaceships. I haven't learned my lesson. The temptation to board and salvage a few of these vessels to grow the fleet is too great. While exploring the spaceships, their guardians return. I rescue a princess from Gorian slavers. She needs my help to save her planet. In exchange, she offers me a reward that she cannot pay. The fleet enters a star system with a world populated with cyborgs. They are attracted to the neurochip implanted in me. They think I am a malfunctioning cyborg and take me from my ship to repair me. My life will never be the same again. I will have these and other adventures before finding the star bridge.

The fleet of battle-hardened refugees, led by Nathaniel Roberts has made it through the wormhole, but not without a part of the fleet being left behind. After restoring power and making repairs, he is ready to choose a path for his search for the Sol system and the ancestral home of his people, Earth. The first beings the fleet encounters are the Drax. Great, more lizards. They are inhospitable and greedy. Given a chance, they will cheat anyone to get their gold. The Drax are overdue for a lesson in humility, and Nathaniel intends to give it. There is a gathering of people happening on a space station. The fleet arrives just in time for the event. Leery after a recent battle, the fleet stays hidden in deep space doing repairs, while Nathaniel and Persephone take an assault shuttle to the space station to see what it is about. The fleet has found the Alliance and the Crimson Tide. Choosing either side will lead to his biggest battle yet. Will the fleet survive it?

Nathaniel and the crew of the Carpacia are getting closer to finding the Earth. Along the way, he discovers there are creatures that are worse than spiders, and they are hungry. A misunderstanding leads to a fight. Jewel and Amber go to a pirate space station instead of returning to the Carpacia for repairs. Can their leader, Salazar, convince Captain Roberts to take them back? If so, how much is it going to cost him? The starliner gets harpooned while protecting a leviathan. It is a thorn in Persephone's side and she insists on having it removed, and the ship repaired in the next star system they visit. With the repairs nearly complete, the Carpacia is hijacked. The fleet divides with the crews of the Vengeance and the Valkyrie wanting to make Edymoon their new home. It is an Earthlike planet colonized by Terrans. The colonists welcome the fleet. Nathaniel has promised his people that they will find Earth and he is determined to keep his promise. The pirate captain has told Nathaniel that he will have to face the Alliance before reaching Earth, and that they maintain a fleet in the Alpha Centauri star system. Can he defeat him with the loss of two of his capital warships and the starfighters aboard them?

First, a malfunction with the multidimensional drive has us arriving in the Sol System late. Then my ship is swallowed by a giant space fish. What else can go wrong? An unplanned trip to Hell to rescue Ares gives Hades two more reasons to hate me and Persephone—Amber and Jewel. It is not wise to piss them off. The Carpacia has been refitted after fifteen-hundred years of neglect. It feels good to have a little breathing space after living in the cramped conditions aboard the Unity. My wife and I can finally enjoy a much-needed vacation on Mira IV, a resort world, or so we thought. A planet-wide AI, Achilles, has gone mad. He murdered everyone on Mira IV, and now he is trying to kill us. I am going to pull his plug—permanently.

Melinoe is neither dead or alive. She is something in between. The people she gathers, her pets, don't live long. When she no longer has a need of them, she discards them. Then she finds others to take their place. That is true for all but two people, Dante and Ariana. He is an engineer who lacks self-confidence. Stella, his wife, has to find and rescue him. His being alive, is the only thing keeping Amber from skinning her alive, and then Jewel killing her. Ariana is Nathaniel's and Persephone's daughter. Nothing in the galaxy will stop them from finding her and rescuing her. Melinoe kidnaps Ariana to raise her as her own child—to be just like her. Dante is needed to get her off the Carpacia and aboard the Artemis. Instead of discarding him when he is no longer needed, she makes him the show piece of her prized collection. She promises to keep him alive no matter how much he begs for death. The hunt takes the crew of the Carpacia through hyperspace and wormholes to different star systems. Each place they visit has its own unique problem that they must overcome before continuing the search. Is it Bob placing obstacles in their path, or is the universe out to get them?