Ryan M. Williams – författare

Brock Marsden isn’t quite human any longer.

Using technology from the Galactics, Brock incorporated DNA from other species into himself. It gained him longevity, better vision, and faster reflexes. All traits valuable when tracking down the worst killers on the planet.

A banker hires Brock to track down the being that murdered and mutilated his daughter.

Brock’s partner at their detective agency saddles Brock with an alien intern. With a complicated love life, a police chief who’d like to shut him out of the case, and a threat from his distant past—Brock faces a case like none other.

It will take all of Brock’s alien-enhanced abilities to stop this killer—and maybe more than he imagines.

When bodies turn up in the Reed Moore Library''s book drops, the library cat, C. Auguste Dupin, goes to work to help librarian Penny Copper solve the mystery.

As a library cat, Dupin receives the attention and admiration of the public, as one would expect. He allows his human, librarian Penny Copper, to take care of the mundane business of running the library while he reaps the benefits.

Until a body turns up in the large green metal book return in front of the building. Now Dupin must turn his razor intellect to the problem of the murder—or risk further disruption of his routines. A hint here and a clue there should give Penny all the help she needs to solve the murders of the Reed Moore Library.

The secrets to the Crunch Bang drive lay in the remnants of the Big Bang—there for any species to discover.

Many years after humanity joined the galactic civilization of space-faring species, starship cruise liners take the wealthy and the humble to the greatest sights and places in the galaxy. From the ruins of the T’Kon civilization to the azure seas of Ceti Alpha 5 and every other place Cantorians exult in song. Which means everywhere, even places that anyone with an ounce of sense would stay away from.

A starliner means passengers, and passengers love to eat and drink. Mostly. Which means that they excrete waste and it’s Chrystal Eagle’s job as First Technician on the Elegant Slipstream to manage the entire complex system. The greatest gig in the galaxy—except for the passengers.

Crunch Bang collects the three stories that launched the Crunch Bang universe: “The Greatest Gig,” “Love, [unpronounceable],” and “Shore Leave.” Also includes an excerpt of the full-length novel Stowaway to Eternity set in the same universe.

Buckle up and take the plunge!

A killer holds an entire planet hostage. Brock Marsden uses Galactic technology to incorporate alien DNA into his body—gaining super-human abilities. As a member of the Moreau Society, Brock knows the risks, the dangers of using such advanced technology. Those reckless, ignorant, or simply unlucky risk becoming Dumpties, scrambled beyond saving, dying a horrible death.

Now a rogue ex-member of the Moreau Society has twisted the Galactic technology into a horrible weapon capable of murder by mutation. The killer holds the entire planet hostage to his demands for a Galactic to surrender to him—something that the Glittering Throng will never do.

With everything at stake, Brock Marsden must track down the killer and stop him before the unthinkable happens. In a case that demands everything, how much will Brock sacrifice to save a world?

More than a case…

…it threatens his past, present, and future.

Events threaten Brock’s past, in a time he thought he left behind with his humanity. Now he teams up with a former enemy to track down a missing alien artifact. It could prove the key to unlocking time itself.

Trapped in the past, on a spaceship destined for war, Muriel fears changing the future. With an alien intern for company, can she survive this time? With no hope of rescue, can she save herself, the future, and find a way home?

You’ll love this sci-fi space adventure because of the mystery, excitement, and tension that spans worlds.

A murder. A missing persons case. Both a hundred years in the past and key to Brock’s—and the galaxy’s—future.

Partnered with an old enemy and a new friend, Brock faces a case unlike any before it, traveling back in time to a past he thought he’d escaped. He barely survived the first time. This time the fate of the galaxy is at stake.

Stranded in the past, trapped between Human and Nosferan forces, Muriel searches for a way home to the future and Brock. Is it possible to escape the past without destroying the future?

Brock and Muriel fight through time and interstellar war in search of answers in this galaxy-shaking case of murder, deception, and fate.

If Lovecraft and Heinlein wrote a Christmas story it might look a lot like this.Left with next to nothing after his divorce, Nick moves to an isolated property outside of Fairbanks, Alaska, and builds a tiny cabin designed to look like a futuristic space over. He launches a successful online blog and YouTube channel as Europa Nick, the guy who builds spacesuits, simulates exploring Jupiter''s moon Europa, and author of Build Spacesuits, Will Explore, the hit D.I.Y. book on creating a functional spacesuit using 1960s technology. Europa Nick never expected that his fantasies might take on a terrifying new reality.A strange, elfin young woman shows up during a potentially deadly blizzard and proclaims that Nick is the one they seek. Nick''s disbelief soon turns to terror when his space-age cabin is taken on an impossible journey. Nick''s dreams and nightmares collide in an adventure he never imagined possible.Europa Nick is trapped in a Christmas miracle that threatens humanity''s existence in this exciting science fiction adventure. If you love weird science fiction with a sense of wonder, buy your copy today.

Sixteen and stressed. It wasn’t the driver’s test that had Ravyn on edge. It was the Inquisition’s test.

Every four years, the Inquisition tested her for any hint of paranormal abilities that would mark her as a witch.

Oh, their methods had evolved over the centuries. They didn’t burn witches at the stake anymore. Today, burning a witch meant chemical and surgical brain surgery to eliminate any unnatural talents the witch possessed. Internationally backed, the new secular Inquisition formed an elite police force standing against darkness.

Yeah, right. Ravyn knew firsthand what it meant. She helped her mom take care of her grandmother, accused witch, burned by the Inquisition, and barely able to function now. Just being her granddaughter was enough to put Ravyn under suspicion.

So, yeah, turning sixteen was stressful. Especially since she suspected she might be a witch after all.

1968. The Glenda Barker incident. The dead things rose. People died. And Stefan Roland was on the scene to capture it all in glorious film.

It wasn’t planned. You didn’t plan life-changing and career-making events like that. You kept reporting and maybe you got lucky. Maybe you got something so big that the Inquisition couldn’t keep it quiet or hush it up. Maybe you got to show the world what was going on.

And if you were really lucky, maybe you survived the dead things instead of becoming one.

College is a nightmare.

Four years ago, Ravyn discovered the truth that she had feared her whole life.

She had the power to wake dead things. The sort of power that caused the Inquisition to brand people as witches. She’d managed to pass the Inquisition’s test and keep her secret. Now it was time to be tested again.

Every four years, as the granddaughter of a witch, Ravyn faced their tests. It couldn’t come at a worst time with her college studies. And the nightmares.

If the Inquisition discovered her abilities, she could end up burned like her grandmother. The methods had changed. Witches that weren’t killed faced chemical and surgical brain surgery designed to eliminate any supernatural abilities. If it left the witch a burned-out shell barely able to function? That was too bad.

It isn’t only mid-terms Ravyn faces now. Her worst fears are coming for her.

It doesn''t get easier waking dead things.

Four years ago, Ravyn hoped the nightmare had ended. She tried putting her life together after college. But the Inquisition returns to test her again.

They trained her, a witch, instead of the usual burning—chemical and surgical methods designed to strip a person of their abilities. The lucky ones could function after the process. A witch working in the Inquisition was unheard of, and it didn''t last. Political forces expelled her from the ranks of inquisitors.

Lockwood hasn''t given up on Ravyn and returns. He wants her help with a secret treaty with witches and a possible new future for her. The answers—and secrets—lie in the isolated Oregon coast town of Bramson Bay.

There''s a war within the Inquisition and Ravyn is right at its heart.