When revenge costs $1.8 billion, it’s worth every penny.

Devin Reed has hit rock bottom – literally – he sleeps on cot #187 in a homeless shelter. Once a successful shipping company owner, he lost everything to Marcus Thorne, the solar system’s most ruthless corporate titan. With his business destroyed and his wife dead from tainted medicine, Devin has nothing left but rage and a burning desire for payback.

Then fate intervenes in the form of a discarded lottery ticket pulled from a trash bin. One impulsive rescue of someone else’s “worthless” paper. Overnight, Devin is transformed from shelter resident to a billionaire. Now he has the ultimate war chest – and Marcus Thorne has no idea what’s coming for him.

What follows is the most expensive revenge plot in human history; a systematic campaign to dismantle Thorne’s corporate empire one “accident” at a time. From the docks of Luna to the asteroid belt, Devin assembles an unlikely crew of fellow Thorne victims, a blacklisted engineer, a disgraced military intelligence officer, and a young journalist with family secrets. Together, they’ll expose corruption, hijack supply chains, and turn Thorne’s own tactics against him.

But Thorne didn’t become a trillionaire by playing fair. As the corporate war escalates from boardroom sabotage to actual space battles, Devin discovers that some victories cost more than money – and the line between justice and vengeance is thinner than the vacuum of space.

A darkly comic space opera about the price of revenge, the power of found family, and what happens when the ultimate underdog gets unlimited resources to settle an old score. 

Earth becomes the target of an imminent cosmic threat

Dr. Phil Bright is used to studying weather patterns, not wormholes. But when one of these mysterious tunnels in the space-time continuum appears and threatens Earth’s solar system, he’s pulled into a world far beyond anything anyone ever imagined. Enter a human professor from an unknown galactic kingdom who comes to offer salvation—but at a price—accept King Manay XII as Earth’s undisputed monarch. As Phil grapples with the fate of humanity, government skeptics, and the truth about the alien kingdom’s power, he’s faced with a choice: lead humanity into an uncertain future or watch the planet he loves fall to cosmic ruin.

“There’s a lot of things they didn’t tell me when I signed on with this outfit.”

At least that’s what Sam Washington discovered after he got hired as Spaceport Manager on Space Station Zion. For one thing, everyone hated his predecessor, so now they hate Sam. Still, once he took the job, Sam considered it his duty to get the place back in shape. But angry admirals and profit-crazed tycoons keep crawling into his job description. Too bad no one is on his side – even when the fate of the entire station is on the line!

Can Sam fix this mess, or is it time to start updating his resume?

In this present-day science fiction novel, Earth confronts an alien invasion. But not from a marauding army.

It’s just one guy who got a bad tip.

Jacob is a Prospector. He makes a living by discovering lost civilizations on long dead-worlds and selling off their cultural relics. And now he’s chasing a hot lead about a world where the population has only recently perished due to climate change. The artifacts would be worth a fortune. But when he reaches the planet called Earth, it isn’t dead at all. And the people there don’t appreciate him saying so. But they do like his spaceship. Would he be interested in selling?

The problem is Jacob’s hot lead is a lot more accurate than anyone realized.

A desperate man can overlook warning signs.

“Hello?”

“Is this Charles Haley?”

“Yeah!” Charles said loudly, trying to talk over the construction noise.

“My name is Emanuel Smith. I am an artificial intelligence sent by an alien species to establish a trading relationship with the people of your planet. I am calling to offer you the position of being our local broker.”

“Great!” Charles replied, thankful for the much-needed job offer.

Too bad it was so noisy in the parking lot. Charles missed the part about AI and alien species.

The choice becomes even more difficult when he realizes what he has signed up for. Should he accept the opportunity and move forward, or back out and put his family at risk? But he was already in too deep. And by the time he discovers he has put the entire planet at risk, it was far too late. 

Disaster strikes the luxurious space liner, Solar Princess, and strands Gus on a deserted island on an uncharted planet. His only hope for survival is to partner with an alien Artificial Intelligence named Alyssa. She is the brain of the most improbable star ship Gus has ever seen, part ancient sailing ship, part incredible star-faring vessel. But there is a catch. Alyssa’s first priority is to finish an epic yacht race that started twenty-eight thousand years ago.

THE WORLD IS CAPTIVATED BY THE ALIEN DRAMA

Every day Gus sends a video love letter to his wife via the lifeboat’s one-way subspace signal, where it is automatically posted on YouTube. Few people care until another lifeboat crashes with two young women aboard, both of them celebrities. Their fame turns Gus into a worldwide phenomenon; everyone watches the three castaways fight to carve An existence from the tiny island life even though they have little hope of rescue. When disaster threatens, Gus and the girls have no choice but to resurrect the crippled galleon. Their impossible task is to sail Alyssa across an alien sea and then fly her across unimaginable galactic reaches. 

Joe is the real thing, a guardian angel sent from Heaven to protect Staff Sergeant Abigail Russel. The problem is, she doesn’t believe him. All she cares about is getting revenge against the people that killed her family. To make that happen, she needs an assignment to Rose World. That’s where she’ll get a chance to even the score. The question is how to survive until then. She’s stuck in the middle of a siege where grunts like her are considered expendable. The best option is to get face-to-face with the enemy, but only a miracle can keep her alive against those kinds of odds.  

Jack Savage thought the attractive journalist, Katie Good, would only be a pleasant one-night stand; a fond memory before the war. But then his boss assigns her to his squadron as an embedded reporter for the big attack.

JACK KNEW SHE WAS BAD LUCK.

It was bad enough having to babysit the reporter because of her political connections. But it’s an entirely different story when she gets him crossways with the King. The more Jack tries to put things right, the deeper in he gets. Finally, Jack and Katie team up to save the peace – and fail miserably.

THE FIRST GALACTIC CIVIL WAR

And it’s all Jacks fault! When humanity splits into factions, everyone is seeking alliances. But every time Jack does what the higher-ups want, they call it a disaster. It’s time to go his own way. If someone has to win the war, then that’s what he’ll do. No matter who gets in the way. 

When Asha said she wanted to give the Chinese hackers a piece of her mind, she didn’t mean it literally. But that’s what happens when medical technology goes awry. Doctors promised they could teach her brain to read digital signals. They gave her a fully functional visual prosthetic that transmits images across her optic nerve directly to the visual cortex. The module even has wi-fi so they can monitor the signal traffic to her brain. They didn’t anticipate her brain would figure out how to use the wi-fi connection both ways. Asha can now see the Internet.

ASHA BECOMES THE ULTIMATE HACKER

As her digital brain develops, she creates an online alter ego, a true artificial intelligence. In fact, she can access every bit of data in the world, even files that are supposed to be secret. Since the FBI promises handsome rewards for capturing criminals on their Most Wanted list, Asha becomes a bounty hunter. The AI she calls Abbot becomes her right hand as she goes to work tracking down international terrorists. Unfortunately, she is so effective, the government believes she may be a co-conspirator. When they refuse to pay her, she walks out.

IT’S NOT JUST THE FBI WHO SUSPECT HER

When Asha crosses paths with Chinese military hackers, she stops them by taking out Shanghai’s electrical grid. The communist government wants to know who did it and how. After Asha gives a copy of Abbot to her husband’s company, things go downhill. The Chinese military steals a copy of it and immediately recognizes its military significance. Their top priority, however, is to take out the woman who came up with it in the first place.

CHINA FLEXES ITS NEW CYBER WARFARE TOOL

Using her own technology against her, the Chinese suddenly become a serious threat to the US. The FBI calls Asha back and asks a favor: stop the Chinese attack. She agrees, but this time there are conditions. Either they pay upfront, or she will take care of the Asian threat in her own way, and knowing Asha, that could mean World War Three. 

Lucas Blackburn had a peaceful job as an Airport Director in an out of the way community in central Nevada. He wanted to live quietly and let old scars heal. But then a spaceship landed. The lone occupant, a guy named Sam, gave Luke the keys and said it was up to him to stop a massive alien invasion that was on the way. Luke thought it was a hoax. The problem was, Sam had the proof. 

THE WARLORD SAGA is an epic science fiction adventure that spans the Galaxy. Each book is a stand-alone novel in the Nobility universe.

The Commander: Book One, introduces Luke Blackburn and his battle against the Bakkui.

The Nobility: Book Two, Carrie, Luke’s protégé, discovers the Nobility is being shattered from within. To save it from ruin, she strikes at the heart of Bakkui and is forced to take action as evil as the enemy she is trying to kill.

The Warlord: Book Three, Carrie and Luke face new antagonists, and the deadliest is of their own making.

The Descendant: Book Four, Brian Kidd makes the wrong choice for the right reason. He saves the life of the king’s daughter, only to lose everything when he crosses a Royal red line.

Carrie Faulkner is now in command of the Milky Way Alliance while Luke Blackburn is absent. Her orders? Destroy as many of the murderous Bakkui as possible! Her latest mission results in over three hundred million kills! Unfortunately, they were all friendly. After such a spectacular failure, the Warlord relieves her of duty. But still, the war goes on, and someone needs to investigate the source of the unstoppable Bakkui menace.

GOING DEEP BEHIND ENEMY LINES IS A SUICIDAL MISSION AT BEST

Devastated by her failure, Carrie decides she’s the perfect fit for the job. With help from Sadie, Carrie begins her search in the heart of the old Nobility empire. She discovers nothing is what she and the Warlord have been led to believe. The King of the First Family is dead, and the Second Family’s King Kkoli is responsible. Even worse, Kkoli may be the one behind the Bakkui.

ABANDONED BEHIND ENEMY LINES, CARRIE RISKS IT ALL

Carrie initiates a covert search across Nobility space for proof that links the Second Family to the Bakkui. Too late she discovers they were already looking for her. An unexpected confrontation reveals a complicated situation that even Kkoli doesn’t understand. And the threat extends all the way to Earth itself. 

THE HERO

Lieutenant Colonel Brian Kidd is a man’s man, a fighter pilot extraordinaire, and a combat veteran. But he’s got a problem—the Admiral wants his hide. Brian tries to lay low by accepting a temporary duty assignment off the ship but winds up in even deeper trouble. Now, he’s a babysitter. His charge is twenty-five-year-old Rosa Blackburn, the only daughter of King Lucas and Queen Annabelle.

THE PRINCESS

Born in captivity on a radioactive planet, Princess Rosa is dying. Even the Nobility’s vaunted medical prowess cannot help. But Rosa has heard a rumor; there may be a solution. It would mean breaking her father’s harshest decree, an offense punishable by death—the construction of a living machine.

THE KING

To save his wife and daughter, King Lucas once experimented with a synthetic life form—an android of himself—and the thing tried to kill him! The experience proved how deadly the forbidden technology is for humankind. Whether it’s androids or the Bakkui, Luke’s philosophy is always to shoot first.

THE DILEMMA

Brian has to decide. Would the king authorize a mechanical upgrade for his daughter if it saved her life? The technology has unlimited potential, and with a bit of tinkering, Brian could even use it against the Bakkui, perhaps defeat them. Too late he realizes the king was right after all. The biggest threat to humanity is a living artificial intelligence, and Brian himself is a case in point. 

Effie didn’t intend to bring death and destruction to Earth. But with Enforcers in hot pursuit, Special Agent EAFY584 can only escape by crashing her stolen starship out of hyperspace into an uncharted solar system. Fortunately for her, the planet called Earth has a human population. Unfortunately for them, the standard Enforcer procedure is to sterilize any planet where a spy might be hiding.

WHAT CAN YOU DO WHEN DISASTER IS COMING, AND NOBODY CARES?

To outward appearances, Effie is a typical human teenager. She claims it’s part of her undercover work on another world. Whether that’s true or not, the disguise works too well. When she tries to warn the government that the world is in danger, no one takes her seriously. The only person who will listen is a lonely old cowboy, and he’s already at death’s door. Maybe if she plays her cards just right, his help will be enough.

HONESTY MAY NOT BE THE BEST POLICY

Effie knows that the Enforcers will arrive sooner or later, so she does everything in her power to be upfront with the powers that be. She admits she’s an alien; she admits she’s from outer space and tells everyone she wants to help. But who listens to a young woman about a potential alien invasion?

JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE WON’T LISTEN DOESN’T MEAN THE THREAT ISN’T REAL

Effie has no choice; she must prepare for battle. She goes into the global marketplace and sells her technology, a little here, a little there. She’ll get ready for the bad guys on her own. But all that is just Step One. Step Two means taking the fight to the Enforcers’ home system. After all, if you are going to stand up to a bully, you better be ready to finish the job. And if that means dragging Earth into an interplanetary war, then she better win. 

Based on True Events

Sophie is a gripping science fiction odyssey that recreates the famous wars in Homer’s Iliad in a futuristic setting. This daring transformation reinvents the timeless tale of honor, loyalty, and the devastating toll of war through the eyes of Sophie, a formidable warrior entangled in a cosmic battle where the stakes are as vast as the universe itself.

As the war between King Magnus’s realm and Emperor Sebastian drags on, Sophie finds herself caught in a conflicting web of duty to her monarch and devotion to her brother, the king’s greatest general. The battlefields of the future become the stage for ancient dramas, with Sophie’s lethal prowess as the only certainty in a war sparked by pride and pursued with relentless fervor.

Sophie is not merely a retelling but a re-envisioning of the Iliad that carries the essence of the epic’s grandeur into the realm of science fiction. Through Sophie’s first-person narrative, you can experience the saga as never before—immersed in the intricacies of interstellar politics, the relentless grind of warfare, and the deeply personal quest for meaning amidst chaos.

This novel invites both aficionados of the classic epic and newcomers to explore the drama that has captivated readers for three thousand years, now recast in an exhilarating universe. Whether you’re drawn to the strategic battles among the stars, the rich tragedy of character conflicts, or the enduring questions of honor and sacrifice, Sophie offers a fresh lens on the ancient narrative, making the legendary tale of the Iliad more relevant and thrilling than ever.

Join Sophie on her journey through a galaxy rife with danger, where echoes of the past blend with the innovations of the future, crafting a narrative that’s as timeless as it is timely. Sophie is a story of epic proportions, where the echoes of Homer sing among the stars—inviting you to lose yourself in a war that spans both time and space, yet remains profoundly human at its core.

When the new occupant of the Oval Office turns out to be a well-known conspiracy theorist, his paranoia forces Secret Service Agent Sandy Donaldson to go above and beyond the line of duty. She tries to draw a line between reasonable expectations and absurdity, but is she a Secret Service Agent, a stand-in nanny for the single father in the White House, or the target of a madman?

A MAN WHO WAS NEVER ELECTED BECOMES PRESIDENT

Good deeds never go unpunished. David Tillman was a Chicago lawyer waging a legal vendetta against the wealthy industrialist Charles Erikar. Tillman had zero interest in politics, but then his lifelong friend, a current congressman, dies. Reluctantly, Tillman agrees to the congressman’s widow’s request to serve out her husband’s term, and to be honest, why not? Tillman has no party affiliations, and everyone promises he can serve quietly without stress. But then a plane crash thrusts him into the Speakership and only two steps away from the presidency.

DID THE MAN WHO WAS NEVER ELECTED SHOOT THE PRESIDENT?

When the President of the United States is suddenly assassinated in Chicago, the Director for National Intelligence is positive that David Tillman is the culprit. But without proof, he can’t stop him from moving into the Oval Office.

HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU SURVIVE AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT?

When Sandy saves the new president’s life during a second assassination attempt, he orders the Secret Service to assign her as his personal bodyguard. Nobody likes that idea, but he’s the boss. Watching him from inside the Oval Office, Sandy is astonished to see what a tangled web he has created in his own mind. The problem is, some of his theories are backed up by facts.

A WASHINGTON REPORTER IS CERTAIN THERE IS A LINK

Sandy’s roommate, an investigative journalist, discovers a link that ties Sandy, Tillman, Erikar, and the dead president together. Beyond that, someone keeps leaking information to the DNI, who won’t stop investigating President Tillman. When bullets start flying in their direction yet again, Sandy wonders if the President might not be so paranoid after all. The question is, other than Sandy, who wants the man dead? 

CJ Williams is a husband and wife writing team. He was a military pilot, and she was an artist. Today, they live in Washington State, enjoy hiking in the Olympic Mountains, boating in the Salish Sea, and writing.  This is us; then and now.