Stephen Goldin – författare

The Empire of Earth, spanning more than a thousand solar systems, is threatened by a conspiracy from within. Now, with more than three-quarters of the Galaxy ready to fall into enemy hands, the Empire is forced to call on its top-secret weapon: the renowned Circus of the Galaxy featuring the d''Alembert family, a clan of circus performers with uncanny abilities. But even these super agents may not be in time to save the Empire. The Imperial Stars is the first book in the "Family D''Alembert" series.

Gone from the galaxy... A startling discovery has shaken Earth''s galactic Empire: more than two hundred and fifty thousand people have vanished from the resort moon, Vesa, without a trace! Called to duty, SOTE''s most daring secret agents, Jules and Yvette D''Alembert - the former aerialists from the triple-gravity planet Des Plaines, possessed of lightning-reflexes and super-strength - are faced with a lethal and baffling conspiracy.Together the D''Alemberts have conquered many of the Empire''s most dangerous foes, but now the mighty pair must divide forces - each to challenge a deadly evil terror alone! Stranglers'' Moon is the second book in the "Family D''Alembert" series.

Jules and Yvette d''Alembert had faced challenges before - but rarely one as daunting as this. To them fell the perilous task of infiltrating a vicious conspiracy which threatened to destroy the Stanley dynasty and throw the whole of interstellar civilisation into chaos. Now, as rival candidates from all corners of the galaxy gather for the Progress, the two most daring space super-agents of all time go into action. For among the suitors competing to be consort to the royal heiress of the Empire of Earth, there is a traitor. And somewhere close to the Princess, a time bomb is ticking...

Helena, second in command of the Empire Of Earth''s security forces (and daughter of its head), has disappeared. She knows the identity of SOTE''s two most highly trained operators and their lives are now in danger . . . they have to find her before she can reveal their identities.Getaway World is the fourth book in the Family d''Alembert series.

THE MARCH OF THE ARMY OF THE JUST What is happening on Purity - an obscure planet peopled only by religious introverts? Hitherto the hairshirt brigade have turned their backs on the rest of the Empire. But now, inspired by the aggressive zeal of sinister evangelist Tresa Clunard, the Puritans are preparing to fight a holy war. Time, once more, for SOTE''s crack agents, the Family d''Alembert, to spring into action. And the responsibility for this mission rests with the new time of Yvette and Pias Bavol. Theirs is an awesome task, for the future peace of Stanley Ten''s interstellar civilisation hangs in the balance...

The evil conspiracy of Lady A takes a new and mysterious turn when Grand Duke Zander von Wilmenhorst - the secret Head of SOTE - is implicated in a deadly plot against the Empire. And an enemy is impersonating Jules and Yvonne d''Alembert and luring SOTE agents to their deaths. The trails lead the Family d''Alembert out into deep space to tackle the source of this disturbing operation. And Etienne d''Alembert has his own mission - to clear the name of Zander from accusations of treason. Before long, SOTE''s top agents are locked in mortal combat with some of the Empire''s most powerful foes...

THE LADY A OFFERS AN ALLIANCE Devastated by alien invasion, one of the Empire''s far-flung planets - Omicron - is the destination for an astonishing mission. For the first time in many years, top SOTE agents Yvette Babol and Jules d''Alembert agree to co-operate with the treacherous and dangerous Lady A. it is strictly an alliance of convenience. Together with the Empire''s deadliest enemy and two of her followers, the two SOTE agents set off for Omicron - easily the most distant planet ever settled. With them is Captain Paul Fortier of Naval Intelligence. And what they find on Omicron could lead to intergalactic war...

GALACTIC THREAT The awesome forces of the Empire of Earth have destroyed most of the evil conspiracy''s fleet, including the ship bearing the ice-blooded Lady A, when the Family d''Alembert uncover a plot on the planet Newforest, proving that the conspiracy commanded by the mysterious C is even more widespread than they have dreamed. For Yvette suddenly realises who - or what - C actually is, and she knows the terrifying true meaning of Lady A''s boast that the conspiracy is the Empire! Revolt of the Galaxy is the tenth and final exciting novel in the enthralling space adventure series whose heroes and heroines are the intrepid Family dAlembert.