Bryan had the powers and the determinationto be a superhero. He didn’t have the experience. No one did. The unexpected Government responce to his appearance, nearly drove him to destroy himself. With ever step he questioned himself, until he was asked to make the ultimate sacrifice. He said “no”.
In a classic tale of sword and sorcery, the naive monk, Crying Owl, befriends a savage barbarian, a wizard returned from hell and a thief survivor. Each has their own amoral faults; Kovok practically begs for trouble, always spoiling for a fight. Hell wants to finish corrupting Spellscar. Eliza is hounded by corrupt lawmen. They are pursued by the law, by demons and by Crying Owl’s own order who thinks he should surrender them. Doing the right thing when both your allies and enemies are willing to kill each other is Crying Owl’s greatest moral test. Does Crying Owl have any hope of redeeming his friends, or even just surviving the obstacles before him?
ON THE WORLD OF DERON, THE LAWYERS CAN KILL YOU. Centuries ago convoluted Deron laws made court cases take decades. a corrupted military tested anti-fusion weapons and made the sun go dark. Only a brutal new law system prevented the collapse of their society. Law is absolute on Deron. You get two days. one in court. The second may be in a tower, holding a serrated blade. Lawyers adopted sword fighting and the government recruits the best of them. Lawyer Dejero is a loyal part of the system, until he learns that the government is working to restart the anti-fusion program which could kill them all this time.Dejero: Dark Laws is a vivid science fiction adventure and the second book set in the Scandarian Universe.
It's just a planet. You travel past a lot of stars, planets and other celestial bodies during space travel. Just don't stop. What ever you do, don't stop. It's a garden world, teaming with life, but all of it is ready to kill you. They even say it's not safe in orbit. So it's simple. No one stops. It's not where Peter Haquard was planning on going but sometimes life doesn't give you a choice.