The twenty hexapod robots, twin pulse cannons still trained on Gertrude, Brasidas and the others, began scuttling slowly towards the compound. The War Dogs shepherded the human pirates through the...

Brasidas was waiting for her at Nephros.

“Congratulations on your first kill for The Sun Dancer,” he told her.

She tossed him the maldrive and resisted the urge to test her...

She opened her eyes, and the whole world was different. Her ocular implant depicted a clinic painted in psychedelic hues of deep purples and bright oranges.

Reminds me of the time I tried...

Gertrude awoke, and screamed.

A stranger, a doctor, she guessed by his old-fashioned white coat, slapped her twice across the face.

“Keep your damned mouth shut,” he told her.

Heavy...