Nicholas J Ambrose: 8 books

Captained by Morris Flute, the two-man trade ship Exceptional Luck has lived up to its name—at least until coming under attack in a sprawling floating rainforest. In his last moments, Flute desperately fights to drop a beacon—and then something streaks from the abyss and his world turns black....

Prepare to enter a dangerous place—the world of sky pirates! After arriving at The Pharmacologist’s Eden, a grand floating port run by the cut-throat Rhod Stein, Ruby Celeste discovers the deckhand she arranged to purchase has been sold out from under her and replaced with a man kidnapped from...

A brand new standalone story set in the Ruby Celeste universe!  Seven years, Mona Holmes spent working as a hit person. Seven years of blood; bullets. Bodies.  All that ended when her sister Callie came along. Mona got out; settled down; found a girlfriend, and a life. A...

A collection of the first three books in the Ruby Celeste series: a fantasy series with loose steampunk inspiration, following the crew of an airship and their captain, the quick, smart, sometimes explosive Ruby Celeste. Included are the following titles, accompanied by blurbs: RUBY...

A chance encounter puts Ruby Celeste and her crew on the path to the city of New Calais. It is home to the Church of Ife, a tight-knit but simple community who believe themselves descendants of the first woman to have made the trip from surface to sky island. They promote peace and love. They...

Strake-on-Sea’s arcade has been dark for almost a year. But no more: at long last its doors are welcoming once again. And though it’s off-season—it’s only March, after all, and summer won’t be here for another few months—the reopening is cause for excitement among a handful of Strake-on-Sea’s...

Philip is a twenty-something aspiring writer. He’s also a space tourist, taking a trip to set foot on the moon.  In the final hours of approach, Philip meets Tom: a fellow traveller in his mid-sixties. As their module crosses the last stretch of silky space, they exchange stories: of life,...

Tired, strung out, and overworked Samantha Brown’s week goes from bad to worse when a collision with a stranger sends her folder of graphic design work flying—right into a well-placed puddle. At least she has the weekend to fix the damage. But the weekend is rarely peaceful. Samantha...