Joe Vasicek: 37 books

War takes all from some people. Others give all to save the ones they love. The war has arrived at home. James McCoy, the youngest son of a starfaring merchanter family, never thought he would face an invasion. But when an undefeated enemy slags his homeworld and carries off his brother and...

This double novel bundle contains the complete and unabridged Gunslinger to the Stars and Stars of Blood and Glory. GUNSLINGER TO THE STARS: Sam Kletchka here, freelance gunslinger and interstellar privateer. This, my friends, is how I went from being stranded in the armpit of the galaxy...

The only hope for the last free stars now lies on the path of blood and glory. The princess of Shinihon could not have picked a worse time to run away. The largest Hameji battle fleet ever gathered threatens to overrun the last of the free stars. To make matters worse, a rogue assassin from...

The future of the Outworlds now lies in uncertain hands. The war for the Outworlds is on. The Imperials may have lost the first round, but they're back—and this time, a ragtag flotilla isn't going to stop them. When Aaron recieves a captain's commission in the new Outworld Confederacy,...

There is no escape beyond Star's End. The deadliest pirates in the galaxy have stolen the technology that will transform it. Now, on the edge of known space, they are poised to start an empire of their own. Isaac and Reva are running out of time. Neither of them knows the extent of Gulchina's...

When all else is lost, the bonds of war become a cause all their own. It is the Outworld's darkest hour. Gulchina's betrayal has eliminated the Outworld Confederacy's only strategic advantage in their war for independence. As the full force of the Gaian Imperial Navy bears down on them, defeat...

When fellowship draws the line between life and death, trust must be proven. Two men, both strangers, hardened by blood and steel. Both are poised to kill. Neither knows whom to trust. Only one thing is certain: any mistake will result in death. This story appeared in the Autumn 2017 issue of Mirror Dance.

War is not the only hell in the cold, empty void of space. Two planets on the verge of war. Each has sent a single soldier to a military outpost so remote that the only other people to talk with are each other. What happens when one of them gets shot down—and survives? This story was...

A tale from the fringes of an interstellar empire that has forgotten its holiest legend: the story of Earth. He was the sole heir to the Najmi camp, a young man raised by tribesmen after falling to the desert from his home among the stars. She was the sheikh's most beautiful daughter, promised...

Every death is a rebirth. Every end is a new beginning. Though I do not know what awaits me as I leave my cloud-mother, I am not afraid.

Every time traveler wants to kill Hitler. Only one actually stopped him. Yes, I'm a time traveler. Why didn't I go back to kill Stalin? Because in my timeline, there was someone even worse. No, I didn't kill him either. Why? Because sometimes, history's true pivot points aren't where you think...

What if the Amish are secretly guarding a naturally-occurring time portal in the Pennsylvania countryside? It was thinking about Sarah that made me notice the unusual headline on the paper that the Amish man was reading. It had something to do with an assassination attempt against the President. Then...

When all the world is afflicted by the plague, sometimes the greater curse is to be whole. In a post-apocalyptic world where everyone normally dies before the age of twenty-five, one man searches for meaning when he realizes he is destined to live a natural life. This story was originally published in the Sci Phi Journal in June 2016.

The revolutions passed, and the stars spun silently underfoot. Starchild's father was a star wanderer, and that was what set her above her peers. It gave her the freedom to choose her own mate, no small thing on an isolated space colony. In her innocence, though, she failed to see her place...