The mining city of Talos on the planet Hephaestus has been attacked by an invisible enemy, and Bug Team Alpha with DNA-enhanced bug-like capabilities is sent by the Colonial Coalition to help protect the planet--but they find a more complicated situation then they anticipated, for the mining is injuring the crystal entity that lives in the planet's rocks.

When Sebby Daniels escapes his dysfunctional family by seeking refuge in a glen in the middle of a devastated mining area, he experiences a series of very unusual events. In an attempt to determine the cause, he and his sister discover that the tunnels and caverns in the glen lead to the secret facilities of an astrophysicist who has been buying up all the land behind his family's home.

National best-selling author and resident of Texas, Susan Wittig Albert pens a quirky, but chilling mystery. When Casey Ford threatens to sell his property to a strip mining company, the townsfolk fear that Indigo will be lost forever. Protecting the town is important-so important that someone is willing to kill Casey to keep their home from being ruined. Now, in addition to running the town's cultural crusade, China Bayles must find Casey's murderer....

Six-time Hugo Award winner Ben Bova chronicles the saga of humankind's expansion beyond the solar system in The Aftermath. In the wake of the Asteroid Wars that tore across the solar system, Victor Zacharius makes his living running the ore-carrier Syracuse. When the Syracuse stumbles into the middle of a military attack on the habitat Chrysalis, Victor flees in a control pod to draw the attacker's attention away from his family. Now, as his wife...

Phoebe Von Bergen is excited to accompany her father when he travels from Germany to purchase sapphires in Montana. Little does she know that her father's plans--for the gemstones and his daughter--are not what they seem. Ian Harper, a lapidary working in Helena, finds the young woman staying at the Broadwater Hotel more than a little intriguing. Yet the more he gets to know her, the more he realizes that her family story is based on a lie--a lie...

The Trailsman rides straight into trouble when he goes up against a robber baron's agent who is setting explosives to re-route the Rio Grande in an attempt to get his hands on valuable mining land.

Former army cavalryman Quill McKenna takes pride in protecting the most powerful man in Stonechurch, Colorado: Mr. Ramsey Stonechurch himself. But the mine owner has enemies, and after several threats on his life, mines, and family, Quill decides to hire someone to help guard the boss's daughter. Calico Nash, who knows more about scouting and shooting than cross-stitching, agrees to pose as Ann's private tutor. But between escalating threats and their...

A Wookiee is a girl's best friend! When Chewbacca meets young Zarro on an Outer Rim planet, he has no choice but to set aside his own mission to help her rescue her father from a dangerous mine.