The Orion's Factotum follows the story of a servant named Raina Toro who works in the city endlessly to supply her and her daughter with a decent life. The jobs she works are menial and pay little. Then, Raina hears of a position from a bookman friend of hers named Caster Veil. He speaks of a high turnover position in...
Merco, a human veteran of the last future war, finds himself marooned by mercenaries on an alien world inhabited by tiny humanoid aliens. Wounded and far from anything he knows he tries to survive and somehow find a way home. Meanwhile, the natives try to keep themselves a secret from this new threat.
When the wealthy, lonely home bound Julien Anzo gets his hand on a matter reduction device, he goes ahead to have too much fun. Over the course of seven years, one by one, five unfortunate people are picked and betrayed to be a victim. They are turned into a mere toy for the very person who they had the misfortune to...