OTHER NOVELS BY JOHN COULTER
AD 2065
Friendly ETs in the Procyon System have invited humanity to visit them. They’ve sent Advanced Science tutorials to show mankind how to build Lightspeed Plus superluminals. Knowing a cataclysmic war has been started on Earth by Extremist fundamentalists, the ETs have secretly built Moon and Mars Safe Havens, so that the non-Extremist populations can escape before a nuclear apocalypse. While half of humanity is moved to the colonies built by ET AIs and drones, an interstellar is secretly constructed by the non-Extremists to transport 100 astronauts to Procyon.
Dr. Jessica Stormcloud, a fish-breeding oceanographer is hired to become a Naut and raise salmon to eat during the long voyage. But before the astronauts can depart, the Extremists trigger an armageddon that wipes out Earth, Luna and Mars. The Nauts aboard their ready-to-go interstellar above Earth are the only survivors. Heartbroken, they leave for Proycon, arrive safely and are embraced by the ETs, called Xzads. Over the months that follow, the Nauts come to realize the Xzads instigated the First Contact for a specific reason.
The Xzads reveal the existence of countless Time Doors spread across the universe that allow sentients to travel back and forth through spacetime. The ancient mechanisms were turned off by renegade marauders thousands of years ago. If the Nauts can help the Xzads retrieve the codes to turn the Time Doors back on, the Xzads will give them powerful weapons and show them how to use the Doors to go back in time and stop Mankind’s Apocalypse before it occurred. Prior to this happening, a mission to retrieve the codes from an incredibly lethal world occupied by ruthless enemies must take place, with humans, Xzads and their mysterious Khhapulu allies joining forces. Dr. Jessica Stormcloud helps to lead the mission.
AD 9,284
Dr. Sela Tori, archeologist/historical linguist, has discovered the lost brainlog of Akki historian Miboo Xchi on Nyama Tando Ya, an isolated Halo World. It takes Sela four years to deceipher the Akki Precursor language. The brainlog contains incontrovertible proof that a legendary advanced race of sentients known as the Akki existed for millions of years in the Milky Way long before the Five Known Races – Mobi, Earthlings, Doru, Suuva and Equusa – evolved into dominant sentients. Sela’s publication, titled “The Diary of Akki Historian Miboo Xchi,” sheds light on fabulous Akki Beyond Technologies including body regeneration, spacecraft design and super weaponry. It redefines history, tech, science and religion. Her bestseller generates trillions of sales throughout the galaxy, making Sela incredibly wealthy and super famous. Everyone wants a piece of her. Dr. Tori goes into hiding at her mother’s home, planning to return to Nyama Tando Ya, having kept its location a secret.
Ages ago, the Akki left the Milky Way Galaxy without a trace, using a wormhole to get to the Prio Galaxy. But a war in the Prio has made Miboo flee back to the Milky Way. She’s hid her warship under a mountain on Nyama Tando Ya and buried herself in a Revival Egg to hide from her enemies. Dr. Tori plans a clandestine mission to make First Contact with Miboo. Her trip is fraught with danger. Humans and their Mobi Sada allies are currently fighting ferocious Mobi Kara Insurgents. Mobi Sada Intelligence is convinced that Miboo’s advanced warship could be the key to winning
the conflict. The Head of Mobi Sada Intel sends an Interstellar Marine squad led by Commander Hunter Nova to hunt down Sela, who can lead them to Miboo. Arriving at Nyama Tando Ya, Sela is desperate to find Miboo and warn her to leave the Milky Way, before Mobi Intel can locate the Akki Precursor and take away her prized vessel.
A pirate armada appears in the sky, intent on capturing Dr. Tori. Fanatic Mobi Kara Insurgents arrive as well and begin hunting for the archeologist and Precursor. Fortunately for Sela, Hunter Nova intervenes, helping her with her First Contact efforts. He defends Sela and Miboo from the ruthless pirates and merciless Kara Insurgents. But the marauders encircle the jungleworld with their ships and make it impossible for Sela, Miboo and the Marines to escape.
AD 12,457
When the Orion Spur Conflict ended between Humans, Extant Illgos, Farridokko and 9th Racers, Spec Warrior Chint Hazard came to Eyre Lacuna to manage the Armed Forces FarWatch Surveillance Station – clandestinely erected to hunt for malevolent, peace-breaking intrusions into the Centaurus Arm of the Milky Way. For 20 years, Chint and his Dangos – two 1200 lb. wolfcats named Kima and Markati – have lived tranquilly on the uninhabited Exo World. Their existence on the wilderness planet is a secret. Only his Armed Forces handlers and the squad of five Interstellar Marines protecting the hidden FarWatch facilities know he and his Dangos are here.
Chint’s peace is shattered when malevolent 9th Racer marauders land on Eyre Lacuna. The lizard carnivores release passengers captured from a commercial liner – Humans, Extant Illgos and Farridokko – which they begin killing for sport. Forced to step in, Chint saves five sentients out of 1,000 and destroys the 9th Racers. His rescue effort triggers more enemy ships to arrive. Thousands of lethal soldiers begin to hunt for Chint and the sentients he rescued, forcing the Spec Warrior to use the FarWatch equipment and everything he’s learned about Eyre Lacuna during his 20-year stay on the isolated jungle world to evade them.
As it becomes evident that the 9th Racers have broken the peace negotiated at the end of the Orion Spur Conflict and are invading many realms in the light years surrounding Eyre Lacuna, Chint must do everything possible to alert the Armed Forces, kill the intruders occupying Eyre Lacuna and prevent them from discovering the super clandestine FarWatch equipment.
AD 4,670
Humans and their Kkolla allies have been fighting the Yyetta marauders for 60 years. Lieutenant Darko Ripper, a Spec Forces Asset Recovery Specialist, has been sent to Ukkado, an Exo World occupied by the Yyetta, to extract a deep cover surveillance agent. He’s joined on the mission by Tyndoo Orka, a ruthless Kkolla warrior, and Thor, a 7-foot tall ingenious Combat AI.
Locating Electra Prime, the agent to be extracted, Darko, Tyndoo and Thor learn she’s a Bio-Enhanced Future Warrior, a human cyborg given powerful combat skills and Next Gen physical and mental abilities. Electra reveals that Ukkado is an enemy staging base with an underground prison where 7 Human and 2 Kkolla warriors are being tortured and interrogated. Using her invisibility armor, she’s gone into the base to help the prisoners escape. Once inside, she realized she couldn’t do it alone and called for backup. “You’re the backup,” she tells Darko. “We need to get the prisoners out immediately. They’re all high-ranking Intel officers who know precious secrets we can’t allow the Yyetta to possess!”
The successful rescue Electra instigates with Ripper’s help triggers an intense pursuit by the Yyetta, who use all their resources to prevent Ripper, Tyndoo, Thor, Electra and the escapees from returning to Ripper’s ship hidden in the sky. Ripper’s original Asset Recovery mission has become a grueling life and death struggle to escape from Ukkado. Unexpectedly stumbling into an ancient city maze in the forest puts the evading group in great danger, as well as offering them a way to leave the treacherous planet safely.
AD 10,650
It’s been 2 years since the 100-year Great War ended and the Forever Peace was enacted. SpecWarrior Tio Nova and Chee, his 400-pound telepathic Incheena cat accomplice, accompanied by T-Rex, a faithful Combat AI, have been evading civilization aboard a stolen Armed Forces strike ship. Moving from one isolated planet to another, Tio is looking for an Exo World where he can hide out. He wants to avoid the demanding humans he protected during the war and stay away from the dangerous ETs he fought against. He’s sick and tired of dealing with obnoxious sentients and wants to find a place where he, Chee and T-Rex can be left alone.
On a backwater world he runs across scientists excavating relics left by Extragalactic Explorers called the Huuna, who frequented the Milky Way long before mankind and the 8 Sentient Races appeared. When the scientists are attacked by Sayyan marauders, Tio intervenes, but can only save the team’s leader, Dr. Mia Arko, a Mirror World Historian. The beautiful scientist has exhumed an incredibly valuable relic – a Huuna Mirror, which can transport users to a fabled Nirvana World where lifespans are extended and existence is godlike – or so many ancient fables say.
Needing a bodyguard, Mia asks Tio to come with her to the Mirror World. Tio knows the Mirrors are what caused the Great War. He’s reluctant. Possessing a Mirror is scary and dangerous. The Sentient Races will do anything to get one. But as powerful forces begin to attack and pursue Tio, Mia, Chee and T-Rex, Tio has no choice but to flee with the captivating historian down a path that leads to the Mirror World, whether he likes it or not.