Bloom Chronicles

The Exception Clause is book one in The Bloom Chronicles by Jason Halstead. Nyx Bloom is an independent salvage specialist- no, that doesn't mean she's a pirate. She and her devoted sexbot-upgraded-to-first mate, Zelda, search the galaxy on her utility ship for the ruins of alien civilizations, scuttled starships, and the occasional overlooked asteroid full of rare ore. As glamorous as the job sounds, the loan shark out to repossess her ship, the Rebexa for too many late payments is proof that the glamour is nothing more than an illusion. She needs a big score and she needs it quick if she's going to lose everything she has. What she finds makes "big score" seem like space dust scraped off the bow of her ship. Her problems become much worse when she has to figure out what, exactly, she found, and how she can make money off of it without destroying all life in the Milky Way in the process. Keep checking for more Bloom Chronicles stories!

Roughneck is a standalone book in the Bloom Chronicles series by Jason Halstead.Danis IV showed a lot of promise. It was an earthlike system with similar size, gravity, and climate. The problem was the system was out of the way of any major shipping routes and there was next to nothing else in the solar system worth the time spent exploring it.New Horizons wasn't a bottom line corporation focused on just exploiting existing natural resources. They played a longer game – a game that involved setting up a colony to inhabit the planet and then recoup their considerable expenses over the long term.What the would be colonists didn't, and couldn't, know is they weren't the first ones there. As quiet and idyllic as the planet seemed, it had a dark secret. For all their technology and experience, the colonists of Danis IV are about to find out they're the top of the food chain anymore. Look for these Bloom Chronicles stories!Book 1 – The Exception ClauseBook 2 – DominationBook 3 – RoughneckBook 4 - No ExceptionsBook 5 - Aluzia Jason Halstead has always had colorful stories to tell. At an early age that creativity usually resulted in some kind of punishment. At long last he's come into his own and has turned his imagination into an asset that is keeping thousands of people entertained. When he's not writing Jason spends his time with his wife and two children, trying to relive his glory days as a powerlifter, or developing new IT systems for his dayjob. He enjoys reading and responding to fan mail as well, so if you liked any of his books, don't be shy! Sign up for his newsletter, find him on the web at http://www.booksbyjason.com, email him at: jason@booksbyjason.com, or follow him on Twitter: @booksbyjason.