With Stars Underfoot - Adventures in the Liaden Universe®, #10

Wimsy can kill you... Ask Jen Pierce, late of Baltimore, and now the proud owner of an old farmhouse in the country, a cat named Jasper, and an at-risk job at the local newspaper. Not long ago, she survived a run-in with a murderer from away. Now there are several new deaths in town, and she's the reporter on the spot.

Gunshy - Jen Pierce, #2

Together again for the first time. Three stories set in the Liaden Universe®, featuring characters who may not embrace honor fully.  Included are:  Excerpt from Two Lives, Dark Secrets, and Revolutionists. All three stories have been previously published.

Bad Actors - Adventures in the Liaden Universe®, #33

Two new Liaden Universe® adventures! Novelette "Kin Ties" explores the ties that bind beloved kin -- and desperate enemies. Short story "Guaranteed Delivery" is a tale of love, leadership, and insurance fraud. Both stories appeared in slightly altered form on the authors' Splinter Universe website

Courier Run - Adventures in the Liaden Universe®, #18

Commander Vepal is a Hero. He is also the Yxtrang ambassador to the greater universe. These two facts do not make Vepal's life easy. But they do make it interesting. It was Commander Vepal who discovered the continuing orders from Headquarters, far back in old and moldy archives, which directed those of the Troop who had survived the collapse of the old universe to locate, in the new universe, the proper authority to which they might, with honor, offer their allegiance, and their skills. Because of this discovery, Vepal is made ambassador, while the rest of the Troop continues to prey on those it finds weaker than themselves. In pursuit of his duty, he and his small delegation put into Inago Station, where there's a military job fair in full swing. This is a brand-new story set in the bestselling Liaden Universe® created by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller!

Shout of Honor - Adventures in the Liaden Universe®, #29

A faction of renegade priestesses is seeking to circumvent the Dyan City High Priestess to outlaw "hedge magicians." Their reason is that such "bogus magic" confuses the simple, and diverts awe and respect that ought to be reserved for the true magic worked by priestesses in the name of the Goddess. Meanwhile, Master Magician Lute arrives in Dyan City on Beltane Eve, driven there by the will of the Goddess. Is he a sacrifice? Or is he the Hammer of the Goddess?A novelette detailing a first meeting between priestess of the Goddess, Moonhawk, and traveling magician, Lute.

Moon's Honor - Adventures in the Liaden Universe®, #20

Children are the glue ...that holds a society together......but not all children are born to fortunate times.  And not all children bring joy. Calamity's Child introduces two children of mischance and explores the ways in which they changed the world around them. In "Sweet Waters, " a Liaden survey pilot discovers a planetary tragedy, only to have it take on a decidedly personal flavor when his ship crash-lands and he must make his way in a doomed culture."A Night at the Opera" explores the correlation between great heart and great magic - and what price is too high to pay for revenge. By the authors of the Liaden Universe®

Calamity's Child

Adventures in the Liaden Universe® Number 5The short story "Balance of Trade" introduces Jethri Gobelyn, an aspiring Terran apprentice Trader who comes to the attention of a Liaden Master Trader. In "A Choice of Weapons, " Daav yos'Phelium must Balance an insult amid the elegant formality of a Liaden garden party."The writing is as rich with detail as anything by C. J. Cherryh, while the general approach... reminds of Andre Norton." -- Tom Easton, Analog"...the authors' craftsmanship is top-notch, recalling the work of Elizabeth Moon and Lois McMaster Bujold..." -- Publishers Weekly

Trading in Futures - Adventures in the Liaden Universe®, #5

This chapbook contains two tales from the Liaden Universe®: short story "Out of True, " and novelette "The Rifle's First Wife.""Out of True" is a first contact story that takes place around the time of Balance of Trade and Trade Secrets. "The Rifle's First Wife" takes place soon after Korval's relocation to Surebleak, and explores the necessity for society to adjust to new realities, and a new culture. Both stories were previously published in A Liaden Universe® Constellation, Volume 3, from Baen Books, August 2015.

With Stars Underfoot - Adventures in the Liaden Universe®, #10

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