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* ''Dick Simon'' duology (1998-1999) takes place in [[The Verse]] where the majority of humanity has left Earth for other worlds, taking not only their cities but also typical human failings with them. Shortly after the Exodus, Earth has been cut off from the galactic community by persons unknown.
** ''Wind's Shadow'', Dick Simon's warrior name obtained through blood and sweat on the planet Tayahat, populated by tribal four-armed [[Human Aliens]]. After being [[Raised By Wolves|raised by them]], Dick leaves to join the interstellar special forces, using a mix of the skills gained both in the jungles of Tayahat and the classrooms of the academy. He becomes one of the best agents, often sent on the most perilous tasks, such as preventing an escape on a prison world or stopping a rogue general on the planet Latmerica.
** ''Earth's Shadow''. It has been 300 years since humanity has settled the stars. The inhabited worlds are joined by [[Subspace or Hyperspace|hyperspace]] tunnels. But there are Closed Worlds, one of which is [[Earth -That -Was|Old Earth]], humanity's cradle. It is up to Dick Simon to travel to Earth and try to set things right. Surviving what is now a [[Crapsack World]] will require Dick to use every ounce of his training.
 
* ''The Slaughterer'' duology (2008) introduces a man named Pyotr Deutsch whose job title is "the Slaughterer", which surprisingly well describes what he does, which is traveling all over the world, tracking down and executing murderers, rapists, bastards, and freaks of all colors, who have suddenly decided that they can do whatever they want. Simply because they're [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampires]]. And that there's more and more of them every day.
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* ''Turn Around, the Aliens Are Near!'' (2005). The author explores the future of humanity and potential connections to extraterrestrials. The book looks at several facts and hypotheses.
 
* ''Captain French, or the Quest for Paradise'' (1998; co-authored by Christopher Nicholas Gilmore). While the description of the book claims it's a [[Space Opera]], the novel actually lacks certain things one would associate with the genre, not the least one being [[Space Battle|Space Battles]]. The authors try to be on the harder side of [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness]] in this novel, despite the presence of interstellar travel. While spacecraft do indeed perform near-instantaneous jumps to other systems, it is most definitely not [[Faster -Than -Light Travel]], as relativistic effects are present (the jump lasts decades, if not centuries for those planet-bound) and the main effect is key to the story. There is no [[The Federation|Federation]] or an [[The Empire|Empire]], as the nature of interstellar travel means any sort of interstellar government is impossible. Space travel is a rarity and only done by colonists and space traders, of which the titular protagonist is one. He is the first of only a few hundred space traders and is also the oldest man in the galaxy (he's actually ''only'' 2000, but constant jumps mean he was born 20,000 years ago, Earth time). Breakthroughs in medicine have resulted in a treatment that stops aging in its tracks and is available to most. Much of the book is devoted to expositions either through internal monologues by the protagonist or as conversations with others, especially his new wife. No matter how many planets humans settle, we will never change our ways and are condemned to repeat the same mistakes over and over.
 
* ''Assyrian Tanks at the Gates of Memphis'' (2008). The fastest things to undergo change in this world are weapons. Just a few millennia, and the sword and the chariot are replaced by machineguns and tanks. The slowest thing to change is human nature. If the soul is black, if it desires another's blood, then even centuries of civilization can't change it. But if it has bravery and love, then even the worst hardships won't force a man to run away or betray. No matter what enemy he has to fight. Be it with the [[Those Wacky Nazis|Germans]] near Moscow or with the Assyrian soldiers airdropped at the foot of the Egyptian Pyramids. Which means, "Get up, the land of Amun Ra, fight to the death, defeat the Assyrian disease, the cursed horde!"
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