SeaScape

In the far distant future humanity has joined a civilization that spans the stars, corporations rule through the commerce of technology and knowledge. Hired by one of those powerful corporations Professor Valeria Pelayrm, xeno-archaeologist, is on a mission tracking the origin of the Scribes, creators of artifacts found amid treasures of alien tech.Val has managed to decipher clues to the ID route the Scribes might have used. Commissioned with the promise of a substantial payday, Val is more interested in the goal than the treasure. Aboard the star-cruiser 'The Weightless Sword', Valeria is surrounded by a squad of the corporation's Elite guards. The ship is manned by a minimal crew, formed by the corporation to minimize the risk of a security leak.Secrecy is no protection. The clues they've followed have been around for hundreds of years. The mission was planned through corporate channels. Betrayal is closer than they ever suspected. Sea, the only female of the squad, is assigned to bodyguard the professor. It is Val's pet, Azkor, an alien mammal of unknown origin itself, that has plans not even Val suspected. Sea finds that Val is not the one in charge of the pet/master relationship. All too soon Sea finds that she is trapped. A spaceship in the middle of nowhere is hardly the place to carry on a firefight with a monster. The weapons Azkor uses are able to slip through any defense, rendering her entire squad impotent...Sea finds that Val isn't as lost as she'd first thought. They can only hope to survive on the ship long enough to complete half of their mission. Only then does Sea expect to find a way to escape the control the creature has claimed. She'd once sworn never again to be enslaved in this manner. Her only chance of escape might be to trust Valeria... even though the professor betrayed her.The two women have been forced together... a mental link connects them... allowing Azkor to nurture a plan they can barely comprehend. Not until they learn something of Azkor's depths do they begin to understand the truth of the mission they are on. Born and raised in and around Baltimore, Maryland.(I started the year the Orioles moved there) I started reading at an average age, then I found fiction - Ghost stories - and my imagination kicked into gear. Between reading science fiction, fantasy, comic books, detective stories, westerns and other tall tales I didn't have much time for writing. But in those spare moments when the dreamer held rein... I considered what might go on paper.During a busy life I met all kinds of interesting people and have seen some interesting situations, both fun and tragic. What that richness has given me, (besides two wonderful daughters) is a wealth of information to create characters who enjoy telling the stories they're in.I've created worlds, universes and tales in stacks of notebooks (yes, I write with a pen) that I enjoy and I hope others will as well. It takes time and effort to write but I find it takes nearly as much to get my stories to the epub stage.This isn't much of a profile or bio, I suppose, but I hope you find more enjoyment in my stories. It's always more fun to read the story than look to see who's behind the curtain making it up... These are the adventures of Sea, Val, Gloria and their family as Archaeological missions take them to various corners of the spaceways. With their unique abilities, they're on a quest to solve ancient mysteries and thwart a millennium old alien threat.

Sea's Turn is Book 2 of SeaScape a science fiction series based in the far distant future. Sea, Val and Gloria, mentally linked, return to civilization. Along with their children and family and survivors of the mutiny that had stranded them. Hoping to get paid for the past mission and then head out on their own mission, they find the corporation doesn't want to let them go. In order to get CSIC's cooperation they must take on another mission. Val must investigate a fleet of ancient alien ships and determine if the technology can be of importance to CSIC. One of the Warders asks that they also investigate a pair of colony worlds' gone silent. Sea's family finds a terrible connection to the alien creature, Azkor. The ships are ancient warships once used to fight the Azkor menace. Worse, the silence of the colony worlds is also due to the Azkor. Will the genetic and psychic alterations the Azkor did to them help or destroy their family. Sea must risk everything to find out… Born and raised in and around Baltimore, Maryland.(I started the year the Orioles moved there) I started reading at an average age, then I found fiction - Ghost stories - and my imagination kicked into gear. Between reading science fiction, fantasy, comic books, detective stories, westerns and other tall tales I didn't have much time for writing. But in those spare moments when the dreamer held rein... I considered what might go on paper.During a busy life I met all kinds of interesting people and have seen some interesting situations, both fun and tragic. What that richness has given me, (besides two wonderful daughters) is a wealth of information to create characters who enjoy telling the stories they're in.I've created worlds, universes and tales in stacks of notebooks (yes, I write with a pen) that I enjoy and I hope others will as well. It takes time and effort to write but I find it takes nearly as much to get my stories to the epub stage.This isn't much of a profile or bio, I suppose, but I hope you find more enjoyment in my stories. It's always more fun to read the story than look to see who's behind the curtain making it up... These are the adventures of Sea, Val, Gloria and their family as Archaeological missions take them to various corners of the spaceways. With their unique abilities, they're on a quest to solve ancient mysteries and thwart a millennium old alien threat.

Sea's Trial is book 3 of the future space adventures of Sea, a Guard, Warrior and now a mom. While recovering and regrouping from their last perilous mission, Sea decides they'll take it easy for a while. With Val's pregnancy, they expect a long shore leave before continuing on the Deep Space Mission they've planned. Taking up residency with Sea's Sensei at his compound, life begins to settle into a comfortable routine. No routine lasts long with Sea, Val and Gloria.A pair of alien ambassadors approach Valeria, needing the professor's unique services to identify an Alien Artifact located on their planet. Descriptions of the Artifact and their home planet are enough to pique Val's interest. Discussing the logistics, they invite the Ambassadors to stay at the compound until their ship is ready for such a mission. An attempt to kidnap one of the Ambassadors accelerates the time table. With aid from the Warder, they prep to leave sooner.As they ready themselves, Sea must do a favor for her Sensei. Using her abilities, she gauges the participant of a Pit fight. While others take advantage of the night, there is a serious development. The fight somehow stokes Gloria's bloodlust, activating behavior that she can't control and they can barely understand. After, they decide Azkor had implanted this behavior inside Gloria. Azkor, the dead alien that had mentally fused the trio, still had his claws in their lives.Taking the ambassadors to their home planet they find the conditions as bad as described. The Artifact is an Ancient ship. As Val explores the ship, seeking answers for the Arane, they are attacked. Those who had tried kidnapping the Ambassadors had followed and now took control of the region.It is up to Sea and the crew of The Weightless Sword to turn the tables. It is up to Val to learn the truth of this Artifact. In this case learning the truth is a major score. Born and raised in and around Baltimore, Maryland.(I started the year the Orioles moved there) I started reading at an average age, then I found fiction - Ghost stories - and my imagination kicked into gear. Between reading science fiction, fantasy, comic books, detective stories, westerns and other tall tales I didn't have much time for writing. But in those spare moments when the dreamer held rein... I considered what might go on paper.During a busy life I met all kinds of interesting people and have seen some interesting situations, both fun and tragic. What that richness has given me, (besides two wonderful daughters) is a wealth of information to create characters who enjoy telling the stories they're in.I've created worlds, universes and tales in stacks of notebooks (yes, I write with a pen) that I enjoy and I hope others will as well. It takes time and effort to write but I find it takes nearly as much to get my stories to the epub stage.This isn't much of a profile or bio, I suppose, but I hope you find more enjoyment in my stories. It's always more fun to read the story than look to see who's behind the curtain making it up... These are the adventures of Sea, Val, Gloria and their family as Archaeological missions take them to various corners of the spaceways. With their unique abilities, they're on a quest to solve ancient mysteries and thwart a millennium old alien threat.

Sea's Puzzle is bk4 of the Science Fiction series SeaScape. After Sea's family grows by five more little ones, she intends spending time on their home planet to raise the babies before going in pursuit of another of Valeria's missions. Gloria's birthing was difficult so recovery takes time. Sea has no reason to rush back into space for another mission. Val has the data of earlier missions to continue working on. As both the Warders and the corporation funding Val's missions offer new prospects, Sea refuses to be persuaded from their R&R, hoping to spend a few years at least for their newest babies to grow stronger.Yet, the right mission, with all the correct benefits presents itself in a timely fashion. The system is far removed from the normal travel lanes of the Civilization, there is no extant population, and another archaeologist has already begun a standard exploration. These are positive factors to Sea in choosing the mission.Discovered years ago, the distant, abandoned system presents an enticing mystery. Three planets display the remnants of a single civilization. The people of that civilization are missing. There are no signs of war, natural disaster, or atmospheric disruption. There is no obvious explanation for the missing populations of three planets. While the three planets have been inhabited by a single civilization, there is little or no evidence of spaceflight. This absence could either heighten the mystery or simplify it… if answers could be found.While another archaeologist is investigating the three planets, CSIC asks for Val to join the expedition, bringing her expertise to bear on the mystery. The corporation hopes she can find information within the alien computers.Even before they left for this system, they get hints of the difference awaiting. The commander of the support ship for the current mission seems haunted. His unease piques Val's interest and Sea's wariness. It isn't until they arrive on the first planet in that system that they get their own hints of unease. Sea has always been uncomfortable amidst the abandoned locations Valeria must investigate. She has been especially troubled by dead ancient starships.Arriving on a planet filled with empty buildings and unanswered questions, Sea finds her discomfort growing. This unease spreads through all the family and eventually among the crew. It has already grown within the crew of the archaeological mission… within each across all three planets.While Sea never dreams, but sharing in the dreams of her others and family, she begins having nightmares. Distractions and unusual preoccupations in her mind further the unease she owns. With nothing to fight, she must simply deal with the situation, coping while healer and doctor work to mitigate the discomfort they all feel.After making an amazing discovery of a hidden temple events soon rumble out of control for their family. Their pair of toddlers vanishes from…They encounter a group of aliens, of a species they'd never seen before… trouble ensues…Voices from her nightmares reach out to Sea, creating a different and unusual situation.There is a fight… or two… the puzzle is solved… and life goes on…It's not as easy as that, of course, it never is with Sea, but it's an adventure the family will not soon forget. Born and raised in and around Baltimore, Maryland.(I started the year the Orioles moved there) I started reading at an average age, then I found fiction - Ghost stories - and my imagination kicked into gear. Between reading science fiction, fantasy, comic books, detective stories, westerns and other tall tales I didn't have much time for writing. But in those spare moments when the dreamer held rein... I considered what might go on paper.During a busy life I met all kinds of interesting people and have seen some interesting situations, both fun and tragic. What that richness has given me, (besides two wonderful daughters) is a wealth of information to create characters who enjoy tel