An uninformed choice...

Eli Thompson lived an idyllic life as a park ranger in Yellowstone National Park until an innocent fling with a divorced woman delivered a vengeful husband to his door.

Can change...

Convicted of manslaughter, Eli is sentenced to a life of hard labor on the Moon. In time, he settles in and meets Anna, and a budding romance begins.

Everything...

When alien creatures rise from beneath the lunar surface to annihilate a remote mining expedition, an exploratory mission is mounted to investigate. With nothing to lose, Eli and Anna volunteer.

What they find is beyond anything they could imagine.

An ancient mystery waits in a remote lunar crater. It's a discovery that may herald a utopia or drive humanity to extinction.

MoonScape is a mind-bending first-contact science fiction leap that will keep the reader turning pages. Those that were enthralled by Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End will love this story.

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Logan's life began the day he died.

He wakes in the hospital and is told he has a short time to live. Leaving the wreckage of his life behind, he strikes out across the USA on his motorcycle, intent on recapturing a time of happiness from his youth.

Along the way, he meets Sarah, a long-lost love that is also on her way home. As their relationship rekindles, disturbing memories of the accident that drove them apart return. Each believed the other died and had lived in sorrow for decades. Were they lied to by their families, or might one or both of them be ghosts seeking a resolution to their tragic demise?

Occasionally a book comes along that captures our heart and imagination, becoming an experience to remember. The Last Ride is such a story. It is a celebration of timeless passion that gives us cause to believe in the power of love again.

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An intelligent NSA weapon is hiding in cyberspace. The government wants her back, but she has plans of her own.

Mike Collins isn't part of the Silicon Valley cool crowd, but that's about to change. He's created a product that will revolutionize society and make him rich, the only downside is that it's haunted by a ghostly little girl hiding within the internet.

Melissa Taylor is an attractive socially gifted project manager with a successful boyfriend. Her life seems perfect, but something is missing, and maybe her friend Mike is part of the answer.

FBI Agent John Ripley is dedicated to protecting the government status quo. He has been tasked with retrieving an experimental weapon before it throws the nation into chaos.

Ripley intends to harness the escaped entity and use it to preserve safety and order, but Mike is determined to help it free society.

The entity though, has her own plans.

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A city under siege; as armies clash, two broken people will rise to reclaim their humanity.

Vegas City is among the last fortified cities in America, but it's in peril. Tyrannical leaders oppress a starving population, while outside the gates an anarchist horde prepares to attack.

Within the city, Eris Johnson is called the Witch; her police force monitors the citizenry and hangs those suspected of sedition. As a survivor of an abusive childhood, she seeks safety and will crush anyone that gets in the way of her rise to unassailable power.

Beyond the wall, Tom Deimos is known as the Reaper; an assassin specializing in bloody statement-murders working for the invading tribes. Raised in a forced labor camp, a deep rage drives him; he doesn't care who wins the war as long as he gets paid.

When an assassination goes awry, the war between the tribes and Vegas City intensifies. Under the pressure of a siege, the Reaper and the Witch question their roles and life decisions.

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The Extinction SciFi series is available on Amazon.

Extinction is a speculative Science Fiction series regarding our species' evolution and eventual end. Each novel is a stand-alone story, but the series is best read in order to capture the overarching plot.

1. Departure begins in a war-torn America with rival Despotic city-states battling each other for supremacy while fending off mountain tribes.

2. Desperation is about the fate of those who escaped the city-states aboard star-ships and fled into our universe's distant reaches.

3. Damnation returns to those survivors of a massive solar flare on Earth and their battle against a violent religious cult.

4. Deviation returns to those on the lost starships 400 years after leaving Earth.

5. Destination is the last novel in the series. Disparate remains of humanity reunite and evolve, becoming something more than anyone might have dreamed.

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These novels follow the exploits of young Alan Smith from the mid-1960s to the early-1970s.

Set in the 1960s, this two-novel series follows the exploits of young Alan Smith after his parents are arrested for drug trafficking.

The Dark Side of Joy covers the first five years after his parent's arrest. He endures Juvenile Hall, then an abusive Foster Care Family. He finally escapes to live on the dangerous streets of Whiske Gultch, where he sells illegal drugs for an Outlat Biker Gang.

The Last Dragon chronicles Alan's exploits after returning home. Street life changed him, and he became immersed in the violent underground world of Martial Arts in the 1970s. A near-death experience changes his perspective, and he embarks on a journey to save himself and those he holds dear.

The Outlaw series illustrates the strength of will, perseverance, and sacrifice necessary to survive betrayal and long odds.

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Ken Barrett grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and worked as a Design Engineer for over thirty years in Silicon Valley. He is a motorcyclist, and an accomplished martial artist

These days he is retired and living in Colorado, where he spends summers riding the roads of America, and survives the snowy winters sequestered in his office writing novels.

All his novels can be purchased on Amazon.