Love at First Bight (Deep Space Mission Corps 1)

Love at First Bight (Deep Space Mission Corps 1)
Author: Tymber Dalton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 333
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Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A doctor new to space, three crewmen processing an old pain, and five years together to sort things out. What could possibly go wrong? Dr. Emilia Hypatia is recently-graduated, fresh out of a bad relationship with a cheating ex, and looking for adventure. The Alpha-ranked healer’s five-year assignment to the Deep Space Mission Corps vessel, Tamora Bight, is the ideal solution. Especially when the trained empath meets the three hunky crewmen she’ll spend her time caring for—in more ways than one. First Officer Caphis Bates is playful and rowdy. Mate Ford Caliban is Emi’s intellectual and emotional partner. Captain Aaron Lucio remains an enigma, however—passionate, but with a deeply wounded and carefully guarded soul. Emi soon learns the three men suffer a shared grief, their “crew story,” and she patiently works to win their trust and unlock their secret past to help heal their hearts. But as Emi and her men are about to learn, space exploration is cold…and cruel. With their lives on the line can their bond save them, or will the past repeat itself and require a sacrifice that’s too high a price to pay? This MMMF why choose reverse harem science fiction romance features crossed swords, a woman who's determined to help her men, wounded heroes, and a satisfying HEA. It's also the first in the series. It was originally published in 2010, but has been revised and expanded for this edition, including an additional bonus epilogue of over 2k words.

Bightmares

Bightmares
Author: Tymber Dalton
Publisher: Lesli Richardson
Total Pages: 227
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Genre: Fiction
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Three men, a dedicated scientist…and a desperate race against time. Dr. Emilia Hypatia's first mission with her men of the Tamora Bight means saving innocent lives. But can she save her men from a deadly threat from their past? Emi is settling into life in space with her three husbands on board the DSMC exploration vessel Tamora Bight. Spending five years with Aaron, Caph, and Ford will be no sacrifice. Despite a shared tragedy in the men’s past that nearly cost Aaron his life and left emotional scars that still haunt them, Emi’s healing love has transformed them for the better. When a space colony distress signal redirects the Tamora Bight on its first mission, Emi is unexpectedly forced into a desperate race against time. Not only to save the colonists from the mysterious disease ravaging their men, but also to save her men from an old vengeance born of their grief-filled past. As the clock dangerously ticks down, will Emi find a cure? Or will their hopeful dreams of a happy future transform into inescapable nightmares? This sci-fi/space opera romance features a MMMF reverse harem/why choose with crossed swords, found family, angst, wounded heroes, a kick-butt heroine, and an HEA. Note: This book was previously released. It has been revised and expanded for this version.

Blow Shit Up!

Blow Shit Up!
Author: Lesli Richardson
Publisher: Lesli Richardson
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2022-06-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

"Where do you get your ideas?" And what happens when the well runs dry? If you spend any length of time writing fiction, it eventually happens to all authors—you hit a wall in your story and you aren't sure what to do next. More accurately, you don't know what your characters are going to do next. Even if you outlined your story within an inch of your characters' lives, now your book's bottomed out and blown a tire on a plothole in the center of your writing road, and you're stuck at midnight in the middle of nowhere, in the rain, with no cell coverage and no help in sight. So to speak. Or, worse, you're losing sleep over a looming deadline and panic's setting in. Now what? Let's blow some sh*t up! Or…not. But yeah, we will. We're going to blow the sh*t out of your writer's block and get your story back on track. Maybe you're just starting to work on your book and need some ideas of what tortures to inflict on your characters. Hello, friend! You're also in the right place. This book isn't a generic list of possible plot points and story prompts scraped off Reddit's AITA sub. It's a blueprint for you to use regardless of your story's genre—whether you're writing a short story, a novel, a play, or a screenplay. It's a guide to teach you how to change your plot's flat tire, puzzle your way out of your problem, give the finger to writer's block, and keep readers turning pages all the way until THE END. Award-winning author Lesli Richardson—and her USA Today Bestseller pen name Tymber Dalton—has penned over 250 titles and counting in diverse genres from mainstream science fiction, to urban fantasy, to romance. Learn her tips and secrets to plotting your way through your writer's block without ripping out what's left of your hair…or drinking your poor liver into safewording!

Inventing the American Astronaut

Inventing the American Astronaut
Author: Matthew H. Hersch
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2012-10-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1137025298

Who were the men who led America's first expeditions into space? Soldiers? Daredevils? The public sometimes imagined them that way: heroic military men and hot-shot pilots without the capacity for doubt, fear, or worry. However, early astronauts were hard-working and determined professionals - 'organization men' - who were calm, calculating, and highly attuned to the politics and celebrity of the Space Race. Many would have been at home in corporate America - and until the first rockets carried humans into space, some seemed to be headed there. Instead, they strapped themselves to missiles and blasted skyward, returning with a smile and an inspiring word for the press. From the early days of Project Mercury to the last moon landing, this lively history demystifies the American astronaut while revealing the warring personalities, raw ambition, and complex motives of the men who were the public face of the space program.

Earth Strike

Earth Strike
Author: Ian Douglas
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2010-02-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 006197644X

In the vein of the hit television show Battlestar Galactica comes Earth Strike—the first book in the action-packed Star Carrier science fiction series by Ian Douglas, author of the popular Inheritance, Heritage, and Legacy Trilogies and one of the most adept writers of military sf working today. Earth Strike rockets readers into a vast and deadly intergalactic battle, as humankind attempts to bring down an evil empire and establish itself as the new major power. Fans of Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers and Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War, welcome aboard the Star Carrier!

Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars

Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars
Author: Eileen M. Collins
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2021-10-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1956763007

The long-awaited memoir of a trailblazer and role model who is telling her story for the first time. Eileen Collins was an aviation pioneer her entire career, from her crowning achievements as the first woman to command an American space mission as well as the first to pilot the space shuttle to her early years as one of the Air Force’s first female pilots. She was in the first class of women to earn pilot’s wings at Vance Air Force Base and was their first female instructor pilot. She was only the second woman pilot admitted to the Air Force’s elite Test Pilot Program at Edwards Air Force Base. NASA had such confidence in her skills as a leader and pilot that she was entrusted to command the first shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster, returning the US to spaceflight after a two-year hiatus. Since retiring from the Air Force and NASA, she has served on numerous corporate boards and is an inspirational speaker about space exploration and leadership. Eileen Collins is among the most recognized and admired women in the world, yet this is the first time she has told her story in a book. It is a story not only of achievement and overcoming obstacles but of profound personal transformation. The shy, quiet child of an alcoholic father and struggling single mother, who grew up in modest circumstances and was an unremarkable student, she had few prospects when she graduated from high school, but she changed her life to pursue her secret dream of becoming an astronaut. She shares her leadership and life lessons throughout the book with the aim of inspiring and passing on her legacy to a new generation.

Have Space Suit, Will Travel

Have Space Suit, Will Travel
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2005-02-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1416505490

A high school senior wins a space suit in a soap jingle contest, takes a last walk wearing "Oscar" before cashing him in for college tuition, and suddenly finds himself on a space odyssey.

Starfist: First to Fight

Starfist: First to Fight
Author: David Sherman
Publisher: Del Rey
Total Pages: 419
Release: 1999-02-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0345436547

“Hard to put down . . . Any book written by Cragg and Sherman is bound to be addictive, and this is the first in what promises to be a great adventure series. First to Fight is rousing, rugged, and just plain fun.”—Ralph Peters, New York Times bestselling author of Red Army “Marines, we have just become a low-tech deep recon patrol . . .” Stranded in a hellish alien desert, stripped of their strategic systems, quick reaction force, and supporting arms, and carrying only a day's water ration, Marine Staff Sergeant Charlie Bass and his seven-man team faced a grim future seventy-five light-years from home. The only thing between his Marines and safety was eighty-five miles of uncharted, waterless terrain and two thousand bloodthirsty savages with state-of-the-art weapons in their hands and murder on their minds. But the enemy didn't reckon on the warrior cunning of Marines’ Marine Charlie Bass and the courage of the few good men who would follow him anywhere--even to death. . .

The Sparrow

The Sparrow
Author: Mary Doria Russell
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2008-05-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0345510887

A visionary work that combines speculative fiction with deep philosophical inquiry, The Sparrow tells the story of a charismatic Jesuit priest and linguist, Emilio Sandoz, who leads a scientific mission entrusted with a profound task: to make first contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life. The mission begins in faith, hope, and beauty, but a series of small misunderstandings brings it to a catastrophic end. Praise for The Sparrow “A startling, engrossing, and moral work of fiction.”—The New York Times Book Review “Important novels leave deep cracks in our beliefs, our prejudices, and our blinders. The Sparrow is one of them.”—Entertainment Weekly “Powerful . . . The Sparrow tackles a difficult subject with grace and intelligence.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Provocative, challenging . . . recalls both Arthur C. Clarke and H. G. Wells, with a dash of Ray Bradbury for good measure.”—The Dallas Morning News “[Mary Doria] Russell shows herself to be a skillful storyteller who subtly and expertly builds suspense.”—USA Today

Mousetronaut

Mousetronaut
Author: Mark Kelly
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2012-10-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442458321

A #1 New York Times bestseller “This little mouse may well inspire some big dreams.” —Kirkus Reviews “A larger-than-life adventure.” —Publishers Weekly A heartwarming picture book tale of the power of the small from #1 New York Times bestselling author, US Senator, and retired NASA astronaut commander Mark Kelly and renowned illustrator C.F. Payne. Astronaut Mark Kelly flew with “mice-tronauts” on his first spaceflight aboard space shuttle Endeavour in 2001. Mousetronaut tells the story of a small mouse that wants nothing more than to travel to outer space. The little mouse works as hard as the bigger mice to show readiness for the mission . . . and is chosen for the flight! While in space, the astronauts are busy with their mission when disaster strikes—and only the smallest member of the crew can save the day. With lively illustrations by award-winning artist C. F. Payne, Mousetronaut is a charming tale of perseverance, courage, and the importance of the small!