When Alexandra wakes up to an unknown environment, populated by a cat-like woman with a tail and a hologram of a rockstar, she knows that she has to be hallucinating. Maybe she has hit her head, or finally suffered that nervous breakdown. It doesn't get any better from finding out that she died and was taken into the future by the elusive Adam, whom she can't remember, or from people telling her that she's on a spaceship.

The last year or so is gone from her memory, and she has no choice but to try to adapt. As days go by, her new environment becomes more and more unnerving. She finds herself helpless, and completely dependent on a man who isn't even human.

Contains all three novellas from the Embarkment series; "Brand New World," "High Gravity," and, "Adam and Eve."

In this second novella in the "Embarkment 2577" series, the story picks up shortly after it left off in "Brand New World." The main character Alex has come to terms with her new life on a starship in the year 2577, and reluctantly won both respect and admiration for her actions during an alien attempt to conquer the ship. Little does she know that a number of new trials are about to shake her world. Besides encounters with alien species and an unexpected relative surfacing, a fatal navigation error will test her relationships with both her android lover and her friends.

"Brand New World" is the first novella in the "Embarkment 2577" series.

When Alexandra wakes up in an unknown environment, populated by a cat-like woman with a tail and a hologram of a rockstar, she knows that she has to be hallucinating. Maybe she has hit her head, or finally suffered that nervous breakdown. It doesn't get any better from finding out that she died and was taken into the future by the elusive Adam, whom she can't remember, or from people telling her that she's on a spaceship. The last year or so is gone from her memory, and she has no choice but to try to adapt. As days go by, her new environment becomes more and more unnerving. She finds herself helpless, and completely dependent on a man who isn't even human.

In this third novella in the "Embarkment 2577" series, Alex thinks that nothing more could possibly stand between her and the peaceful and secluded life she covets. There aren't any aliens standing in line to meet her, no vengeful humans sneaking up on her, and no black holes anywhere in sight. She has found a home and a family and nothing more could possibly go wrong. Right?

All she has to do before curling up in the sofa is to escort an unexpected visitor to the guest quarters until the Captain has the time to meet the newcomer.

Maria Hammarblad, more known for writing Science Fiction romance, treats readers to a little book with short stories, showing monsters lurking both all around us and in the human psyche.

The pages are filled with feminism, dead babies, accidents, and murder, accompanied by aliens and the supernatural.

An ordinary day turns bad when Carol finally stands up to her tormentor. A family going to church is in too much of a hurry. A young woman, newly divorced, goes to look at an apartment, yearning to move out of her cousin's basement. Everything seems perfect; the price is right and the architecture thrills her, but what really did happen to the man who used to live there? A matriarchy of human ancestors comes to assimilate Earth. The options seem to be willfully submitting, or being taken by force. Could there be a third way to go?

When Stephan Forks gets drunk and rams another spaceship in spite of the vastness of the galaxy, it's more than an accident; it's fate. A moment later, a mysterious woman appears on his bridge, frowning as she looks around.

Adventures and danger go hand in hand during the upcoming days, as the collision not only resonates through his own life, but changes the destiny of the world as he knows it.

The Goddess's Saga is a collection of the novels "Touch of the Goddess," "Wrath of the Goddess," and "Return of the Goddess."

When Jenny Moore meets Alexei Roshenko, it's love at first sight. The tall, dark, and handsome stranger appears to be the answer to every romantic fantasy any woman ever had. There is however more to him than meets the eye, and a dark and violent past is catching up with him. Jenny decides to follow him back to Russia, and gets entangled in a web of deceit and secrets beyond her wildest imagination.

When Stephan Forks gets drunk and rams another spaceship in spite of the vastness of the galaxy, it's more than an accident; it's fate. A moment later, a mysterious woman appears on his bridge, frowning as she looks around.

Adventures and danger go hand in hand during the upcoming days, as the collision not only resonates through his own life, but changes the destiny of the world as he knows it.

It's a late winter night when Patricia Risden heads home in her car, on a road she's driven many times before. She doesn't have a care in the world, that is, until a man appears from nowhere, right in front of her.

The next thing she knows is being a prisoner of the unscrupulous Alliance Commander Travis 152; an intimidating man who demands information and complete cooperation. Travis soon realizes his mistake; Tricia doesn't know anything, and she is incapable of even getting a glass of water from the ship's computer.

Infamous for being a ruthless executioner, conditioned since childhood to feel nothing besides fear and pain, he still deems her harmless, and finds enough pity for the lost young woman to let her out of the cell. It's a decision that will change both their lives forever.