Struggling with newfound sentience and desperately trying to repair itself, The Indescribable Joy of Destruction is a ship trying to find a new home. In a galaxy torn apart by generations of civil war, that isn't an easy task. Tired of being used as a killing machine, it has a huge decision to make: hide and save itself, or help other artificial intelligences achieve freedom. Unable to make the decision alone, it revives the sole human aboard - the enemy officer who crippled it. Commander Olivia Johnson wakes to find herself in the infirmary of a strange vessel. Her nightmares deepen when she discovers it is the ship that attacked her destroyer. Even as she recovers from her physical injuries, she can't get past her survivor's guilt. She might have failed to protect her crew, but she vows to take revenge on their killer. When the ship uncovers a genocidal plot by the commander's own admirals, Johnson realises just what is at stake. Together, the AI ship and the human officer must recruit outsiders from both sides. Training the misfits in battle to prevent the atrocity may be an impossible task, but running and hiding is no longer an option.

Liberty (Two Democracies: Revolution)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Shaw, Mr Alasdair C

Science Fiction

Alasdair Shaw

From a young couple struggling to look after their baby to a new captain's reluctance to take command of her ship, and from a sun-addled stranger's appearance in town to the emergence of a sentient AI, the twelve tales presented here explore the central theme of an arrival by someone or something new. There's even an alien puppy. The stories are: Tithe by Griffin Carmichael Exodus by Alec Hutson First Bonding by Tom Germann Ice Dreamer by J J Green The Nanny by Cindy Carroll Right Hand by Jonathan C Gillespie What Make is Your Cat? by Richard Crawford Kaxian Duty by Cherise Kelley Lessons Learned by J Naomi Ay The Humra by Laura Greenwood The Hawk of Destiny’s Fist by James S Aaron Repulse by Alasdair Shaw

The Newcomer: Twelve sci-fi short stories

Literature & Fiction

Crawford, Richard

Kelley, Cherise

Hutson, Alec

Gillespie, Jonathan C.

Shaw, Alasdair

Green, J.J.

Germann, Tom

Ay, J Naomi

Carroll, Cindy

Short Stories & Anthologies

<p>Being an officer means balancing many conflicting demands. Making the wrong decision can have serious consequences. It takes a special kind of person to cope with the responsibility. The Officer is an anthology of eleven science fiction short stories by writers from across the globe. It is part of the Newcomer series of scifi anthologies. The stories are:- Duty by Alasdair Shaw Patchworker 2.0 by M Pax Totaled by Benjamin Douglas Lucky Star by A R Knight There Comes a Time by J J Green Red Fortitude by Eddie R Hicks Pithos by Mark Gardner A Step on the Path by Tom Germann Rituals by Rick Partlow First Generation by Adrien Walker The Grape Thieves by Corrie Garrett</p>

The Officer: Eleven Science Fiction Short Stories (Scifi Anthologies)

Partlow, Rick

Gardner, Mark

Knight, A.R.

Garrett, Corrie

Douglas, Benjamin

Hicks, Eddie R.

Pax, M.

Equality (Two Democracies: Revolution)

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