Annie Bellet

Elle Casey

Blair Babylon

Patrice Fitzgerald

Eleven of today's bestselling authors join forces to bring you these tales of action, adventure, and brilliant imagination. From humanity's first contact with alien life, to the challenges of space travel, to colonies established light years from Earth, this anthology celebrates the wide sweep of space opera at its most sublime. There are worlds beyond worlds out there to explore, and millions of stories spinning across the galaxies. So sit back and be transported... ... to the dark beyond the stars.

Dark Beyond the Stars

Craig Martelle

Sean Monaghan

David Bruns

G. S. Jennsen

Joseph Robert Lewis

J.E. Mac

R. A. Rock

TR Cameron

Mark Sarney

Chelsea Pagan

Marion Deeds

“A blisteringly good collection.” “Will read everything in this series I can get my hands on.” “These stories are full of great, complex characters (not all of them human), twists and turns, and fantastic world-building.” Twelve brand new tales from fantastic writers--both bestselling and freshly discovered--in this sixth collection from the BEYOND THE STARS series of space opera anthologies. Join these authors as they launch you into Unimagined Realms! Don't miss the earlier volumes: DARK BEYOND THE STARS BEYOND THE STARS: A Planet Too Far BEYOND THE STARS: At Galaxy's Edge BEYOND THE STARS: New Worlds, New Suns Best of BEYOND THE STARS and now... BEYOND THE STARS: Unimagined Realms

a space opera anthology

Beyond the Stars: Unimagined Realms

Michael Anderle

David Adams

Jennifer Foehner Wells

Susan Kaye Quinn

Nick Webb

Samuel Peralta

Ann Christy

Jeff Seymour

Michael Ezell

S.M. Blooding

Christopher J. Valin

Best of Beyond the Stars

The Sky Used to be Blue

"Hey Patrice ~ I LOVE this story idea! You have my complete blessing." Hugh Howey, WOOL Karma lives in the Silo, deep underground. She lives with a man whom she barely knows and with a name she doesn’t remember choosing. When visions come to her about another husband, another way of life, and another world, Karma struggles to discover what came before. Outside, there is only the swirl of toxic clouds and an endless darkness broken by the rare glimpse of a faded sun or a dim star. Slowly, Karma learns where the real power is, and how to survive in this hellish concrete cylinder. Birth, death, love, murder, uprisings and cleanings come and go over the years, but still she carries on. Beaten but unbowed, Karma vows to preserve her memories of life above for those who will never breathe the open air. This is a full-length novel based on Hugh Howey's WOOL books, and is a compilation of all five of the best-selling ebooks in the Karma series. Praise for Patrice Fitzgerald and the Karma series: Fitzgerald has an eye for nuance, deftly striking chords that will resonate with readers for days. ~ Jason Gurley, bestselling author of ELEANOR The author does a fantastic job of retaining the atmosphere and claustrophobia of life underground and the characters are carefully constructed, exploring not only the effects of Silo life on the family dynamic, but the often complex relationships between the different Silo classes through the eyes of Karma and her family as she realises who she really is and has to decide whether to remain subdued and forget her past life, or choose a different path than the one chosen for her and challenge the status quo. ~ Eamon Ambrose, "Eamo the Geek"

a WOOL story

Karma of the Silo: the Collection

Jack Lyster

That was the problem when dealing exclusively with crooks and thieves. None of them had a decent returns policy. Captain Wu finds herself once again on the losing end of a deal. Everything has been going south since she ran afoul of three squid-faced xenos who stepped into the middle of a delivery, and shot the buyers. Now she's the target of a bunch of bad guys, all while trying to avoid the long intergalactic arm of the Com. As the Captain and her crew race through one jump gate after another, she gets herself out of scrapes with her wits and her fists... though not necessarily in that order. But her old nemesis--and former partner--Roderick Tell is up to his neck in nefarious doings. And he keeps reeling her back in. How is Wu going to keep her family safe and her crew fed? With smarts and grit, the smugglers stay ahead of the killers, one wild shenanigan at a time. Praise for Patrice Fitzgerald “One of the sharpest minds and clearest voices writing today.” Hugh Howey, New York Times bestselling author of WOOL and SAND “Fitzgerald’s sharp and evocative prose pulls the reader into her stories.” Rysa Walker, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Timebound, winner, 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award “An amazing voice.” Samuel Peralta, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author and series editor of The Future Chronicles “The plot is fast-paced, and the action keeps moving.” Chris Fried, The Indie Athenaeum What Readers of the Starship Nameless series are saying… “… an awesome space opera full of humor and suspense.” “Loved it! Wu is such a badass and interesting character.” “Fun, action-packed read.” “Grab your copy. I think you'll enjoy this one!” Starship Nameless trilogy Captain Wu Smugglers Crew New Path

a space opera adventure

Smugglers Crew

Beyond the Stars: A Planet Too Far

Captain Wu’s the name. Smuggling’s her game. To be fair, they only started shooting after she started insulting them. She was just about to hand off the package—Wu didn’t know what was inside, and she didn’t want to—when three tentacle-faced strangers attacked. Wu loves a good fight and lives for a good heist. The Captain and her crew make their living taking undercover assignments from questionable clients... and it pays. Or at least, it used to. But this time the merchandise is a little too hot to handle. So when the squid-shaped xenos show up and destroy the guys who are there to receive it, Wu is barely able to make it back to her ship alive. Soon the Nameless is racing around the galaxy with not only the powerful Commonwealth on its tail, but another dangerous creature bent on revenge. And then an unexpected visitor arrives, putting Wu and her crew in the position of taking care of some very precious cargo. Is it time for the Captain to give up criming and retire to a sedate life more suitable for a woman of her age? Not a chance. Praise for Patrice Fitzgerald “One of the sharpest minds and clearest voices writing today.” Hugh Howey, New York Times bestselling author of WOOL and SAND “Fitzgerald’s sharp and evocative prose pulls the reader into her stories.” Rysa Walker, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Timebound, winner, 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award “An amazing voice.” Samuel Peralta, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author and series editor of The Future Chronicles Captain Wu is the first volume in the Starship Nameless trilogy, to be followed by Smugglers Crew: Starship Nameless #2, April 2021 New Path: Starship Nameless #3, June 2021

Captain Wu

Patrice Fitzgerald

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