Search Worlds Without End

The lone survivor of a vanished solar system. Rusty was a spacer, one of the last of a dying breed. For with the creation of the Plex Net, mankind had succeeded in spanning the stars via instant matter transmission. However, Rusty, like all the people of his home planet, Roanoke, was something of a rebel, unwilling to succumb to the countless rules of humankind's interstellar bureaucracy, and equally unwilling to give up the sense of freedom and independence that traveling alone by starship gave him.

But now, returning home to find his entire solar system gone, Rusty had no choice but to appeal to the very government bureaucracy he despised for help in tracking down his vanished planet. Yet in turning to Plex Central for aid, Rusty soon found his worst fears confirmed. Not only would no one listen to him, but it seemed as though there was a conspiracy of silence surrounding the disappearance of Roanoke.

Rusty's quest seemed totally hopeless until he stumbled upon the one secret which the government would do anything to preserve - the knowledge that humankind had a long last been contacted by an alien race...

Their friends - the enemy! Their enemies - all mankind!

Daystar was a fugitive from the bands of civilized men who regarded him as a traitor. Shadow was a girl, another wanderer in the wastelands, When the two finally met and joined minds, the world would be transformed and the final struggle for Earth's dominion would be launched.

When a treatment was discovered which could offer carefully selected humans the gift of indefinitely prolonged lifespans, there were many eager to become part of the top secret program. But the condition for obtaining treatment was than an individual must start life over on a distant colony world. And one important side effect of the treatment was the removal of all physical and psychological "defects".

Only Reuben Flood, one of the original programmers involved in the longevity project, had found a way to beat the system, setting up special instructions within the master computer to leave his memories and personality intact after every treatment. But in Reuben's case one of the things left intact - harbored deep within his subconscious - was the persona of Habu, a vigilante berserker. Over the centuries, the legend of Habu had grown, and down through the years there had been many who searched for him. And now Reuben was about to be caught in a final battle between his own alter ego and the forces which had for so long sought Habu's destruction!

Manuel was a small boy gifted with mental powers that just might be the next step in human evolution. And now, Special Services, the secret arm of the government of what had once been the United States of America, wanted Manny and the secrets of his brain contained.

Yet Manny had allies of his own: his mother, Maria, computer wizard able to crack top security codes; Silas Swallow, a billionaire determined to beat the government and everyone else in the race to find a faster than light drive to carry humanity to the stars. And then there was Manny's greatest champion, Pembroke Wyndham, Wyndy to his friends, a man with a secret as unique as Manny's own, a fighter who would give anything, even his own life, for Manny. Time was running out fast for Manny, Wyndy and the rest. Could Wyndy manage to keep Manny safe long enough for the boy to master the Power which could set them all free?

A world united, a galaxy divided!

The world of Bear Ridge, once colonized by Olde Earthe but later abandoned to survive or fall on its own, had struck a compromise for survival. Civilization had regressed, sacrificing technology and reverting to the level of warring city states.

Then Thomas Jefferson Shepherd came to power, and Bear Ridge would never be the same again. For T.J. Shepherd was a man with a vision, a man who ruled with one goal always in mind. Shepherd was determined to reclaim a place for his world in the Federation of Planets, the intergalactic Council which could give his people back the technological knowledge lost to them for generations. But could even T.J. Shepherd succeed when his world was being torn apart by internal strife, when he himself had been marked for assassination, and when the rival world in competition for coveted Federation status would use any means to win, including the total destruction of Bear Ridge...