The Casitians Return

The Story of New Earth is Volume 2 of the Casitian Universe series. This novel takes off where "The Casitians Return" left off.

Many human beings from Earth have settled on a new planet, called "New Earth." This planet is large and verdant, and a wide variety of people have begun to make their home there. Follow the New Americans, led by Gerard, who failed in his attempt to gain the US Presidency during the "Casitian Crisis." Leticia and Beatrice, Marianne's neices, travel far and wide.

Humans on Earth and on New Earth learn of a new danger that they must contend with. Marianne comes back to New Earth, humans are put on trial by the Galactic Community, and the Casitians must face the consequences of their actions. Follow a host of old and new characters in this adventure.

"Humans Untied" is Volume 3 of the Casitian Universe Trilogy. This novel takes off where "The Story of New Earth" (Volume 2) left off.

Things on Earth and New Earth are settling down, but then Terrans are faced with an almost insurmountable task, and are getting no help at first from the Casitians in pulling it off. In addition, things get hairy for humans all over the galaxy, as a new Edict from the Galactic Council means enormous changes in human life, all over the galaxy.

Marianne and Ja'el reunite, and help the next generation, including Marianne's neices, with a daunting task: preparing New Earth for massive immigration of Humans from Earth. And they all know that what happens may well determine history for 1000 years.

Earth basked in the glow of a new interstellar age, saved from enslavement to the insectoid biofabs by the dramatic arrival of the Kronarin fleet. Laden with honors and riches, John Harrison, hero of the Biofab War, can finally live the good life--or can he?

Unknown to the Alliance, renegade biofabs escaped to an alternate universe where under their brilliant Tactics Master they're breeding back to strength, readying a counter-strike against the people of both universes.

Catapulted into a twisted image of his world, Harrison's must find the biofabs' nest and take it out before a new generation hatches. But it won't be easy--the biofabs have found deadly allies. And in this version of Earth, Harrison's a rebel on the run from the Fourth Reich. (2011 revision of the original Tor/Macmillan edition.)

About the Author
Stephen Ames Berry’s novels have been published by Ace/Berkley and Tor/Macmillan. His latest novel is the technothriller The Eldridge Conspiracy.

The Battle for Terra Two is one of four novels, The Biofab Quartet, which begin with a covert alien attempt to control Earth and end with the battered forces of Galactic humanity battling hopeless odds as an AI armada sweeps into our galaxy for its long-overdue reckoning with humanity. (AIs--Artificial Intelligences--cyborgs evolved over vast time from simpler machines to complex beings driven by the simple need to kill us all.) 

All the books follow the crew of the Kronarin Fleet dreadnought Implacable and their Terran allies from the discovery of biofabs on Earth through ever-growing confrontations and diabolical alien machinations to the final battle.  The plot line is akin to a nesting doll, each crisis spawning an even deadlier one.  The blaster fire never stops--save for the occasional soothing cup of t'ata from Implacable's dodgy beveragers. (Implacable's a resurrected Imperial warship that sometimes chaffs at having been awakened and pressed into the service of such rude hands.)

To be bested along the way are space pirates, Terra Two's last proconsul, mindslavers, various machine intelligences, a vile alternate Earth, the undying hand of the dead Kronarin Empire, a ubiquitous insectoid-blonde and, of course, biofabs.  All stirred into a rich bouillabaisse of an adventure that takes the reader on a far flung quest into the fantastic, but where in the end the old verities of valor and friendship trump all.

From The Battle for Terra Two:
"I have a theory about the Empire," said Bill as the decks flashed by. "More whimsy than theory.  It never died.  It's out there somewhere, manipulating us, the Kronarins, the Scotar, those killer machines--God only knows what else.  All for some esoteric and rotten end. It's cold, malevolent, immortal and hopelessly mad.  Evil."

This was worse, John thought, stumbling over a helmet.  Something out of Goya, those young dead tormented faces staring sightlessly, throats ripped out, necks broken, holes you could put your fist through.  And everywhere the stench of burnt flesh and clouds of flies come to feast.

Malo Kemp, independent trader, is slumped in a bar in the canal district of the Northern Settlement. He's roused by a call from a mysterious client. Malo decides to sober up and takes the job of carrying some very precious cargo across the vast hostility of space. His companion for the trip is the attractive and enigmatic Miranda, who seems to know much more about this job than he does. Malo buries his doubts, thinks about the pay off, and uses the ubiquitous jump gates to hop across the galaxy trade routes, thinking that he knows what he's doing.

Just before the journey ends the past catches up with him, and he finds that neither Miranda or her precious cargo are quite what they seem. As things fall apart around him Malo finds that this deal will force him look at himself, and make a choice.

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The first book of the Reforged Trilogy.

The alien Arcadians long only to fly, but Maeve Cavainna is running. The infamous bounty hunter, Logan Coldhand, chases close behind and intends to drag her back to Axis to collect the high price on her head.

When he finally corners Maeve, the long chase seems to be over… until a frightened girl stumbles into their fight and begs for their protection. Maeve and Logan call a reluctant end to their battle and promise to help the girl, but they have agreed to far more than they know. Can the fragile peace between hunter and mark hold long enough to save the lives that depend on them?

Book 2: Sword of Dreams

Book 3: Hammer of Time (forthcoming)

Two estranged cousins, Ryan Marshall and Jarrod Conrad, must overcome their longstanding mutual animosity and band together to defeat a common foe in the high-octane page-turner The Fourth Law by Paul Stein. An evil mastermind, Alastair Holloway, steals the revolutionary invention of Jarrod Conrad, an antigravity machine, but manages to pin the blame on Jarrod’s cousin, Ryan Marshall. When the two embittered cousins realize they’ve been duped, they reluctantly join forces to fight back against their wicked archenemy. But are they any match for diabolical Holloway and a gang of ex-military mercenaries, who plan to steal one billion dollars in gold bullion from Fort Knox with the help of the antigravity technology? Full of larger than life characters and written in the vein of the great thrill masters Tom Clancy and Robert Ludlum, The Fourth Law mixes science fiction and corporate espionage with wit and panache. A thinking person’s sci-fi adventure, The Fourth Law explores the Grand Unified Theorem of astrophysics. But The Fourth Law is also a deeply felt character study about the bonds that tie family members together, and how the force of good might triumph over the darkest most sinister evil. Full of plot twists and turns you won’t see coming, The Fourth Law is a dramatic thriller that will have you guessing from the first page to the last!

With tuition fees looming, university student, Cassia Tiponi, offers herself as a guinea pig to the science department. After much poking and prodding by future doctors, a blood test reveals something startling...

Cassia does not have human DNA.

While being hunted by a dark faction of the govt., she must uncover the secrets surrounding her mysterious birth to discover who...and what...she is.

The Phoenix is a cursed ship.

Exiled to the Darkland Expanse, on the fringes of the known galaxy, its captain and crew have spent the last decade struggling just to stay alive. In a galaxy full of cruel gods, terrifying monsters and treacherous allies, though, survival is far from an easy task.

After their successful mission to recover the Dream King’s heart, Captain Asher Lee and his crew have returned to the Bastion space station Shadow with their prize – a catatonic young girl none of them understand. When the Watchers’ High Council calls in the debt Captain Lee owes them and takes possession of the Phoenix, the crew find themselves stranded. Will they be able to find a new ship before a swarm of dangerous creatures tracks them down?

The Phoenix and the Watchers’ Bargain is the second episode of the Phoenix Odyssey, an ongoing serial of adventure amidst the stars

Due to coma after a near death war trauma, Frank ends up in a laboratory where his life is extended for centuries. Traveling through time he experiences the changes in science, through which he comes to a life changing experience. A time where evolution and creation meet. Only to find that humanity missed the boat on a life threatening issue