Scott: 1979 books

A breakthrough results in a self-aware program that is intent on preserving itself and manipulating humans.When Matt got a job programming a vacuum cleaner, that is all he thought it was, an appliance. But the program he was writing touched him deep inside, awakening a desire he had once lost. He hid his creation, not sure the world was ready for the ultimate appliance.

Trafalgar in Space! Genellan, humanity’s first colony in space, is attacked. Thousands die, but the aliens are repulsed. The cost is dear in lives and ships, but worse—the Ulaggi learn the location of Earth. The Tellurian Fleet commander orders all ships back to Sol-Sys. Too soon, the Ulaggi attack....

What happens when you walk into a painting of Hell and find the Devil, and still don't know that it's all your mother's fault? Twelve year old Leon finds his mother missing from her studio and inadvertently becomes tangled up in The Painted World inhabited by Night Tormentors and controlled...

Murder, mystery, and magic in a land reminiscent of ancient Egypt. For centuries, guided by the Destiny's Oracle, the Bera-Bera tribe have guarded the secret of the windflowers and kept alive the memory of the banished Cat Goddesses. The High Priest Seraphis covets Pharaoh's throne and his minions...

A catastrophic biological terrorist attack has struck the United States, bringing about a rabies-like plague that's turning many citizens into creatures that resemble zombies. Further attacks have triggered World War III and left only the prepared and fortunate alive. John Angelite and his...

"We'll take an airship to Tarenarla and set up a fortune-telling business on the beach, raise brown babies and make love until we're old." Gareth Knight is a retirement specialist for the Mission. He specialises in shape shifters, ones who've killed. Yeah, he kills people,...

An Iron Age Fantasy, with a Heart "The fates manipulate our lives, causing things, sometimes good and sometimes bad. We can't stop them, they work to make us bitter, but we're not powerless. We can do something. We can not let the bastards win." Ariase Howarth is a young woman...

An Epic Fantasy in an Iron Age setting with Heart. A Prince of the Regency from the Stronghold of Aladazi should never fall in love with a Darkland woman. Romance is allowed but love is not. The stronghold has protected the Darklanders for generations, but the price of this protection...

An Iron Age Epic Fantasy, with heart. The fates make many mistakes, but not when they choose two to be together. When Ambial was publicly discarded in a cowardly manner by her intended bond, she had exactly the right answer for him, and her rely was just as public. Sent to stay with...

An Iron Age Fantasy, with a heart. When we do bad things to stop evil, then those bad things aren't evil. They're what being a man demands of us. Lainashael's village is gone. Its huts burned, its people massacred so the Theolympian Usurper's army could take its provisions. Lainashael...

A Supernatural Romantic Adventure set in a "1950's English Village" kind of setting. "The people of this village are dangerous when they're afraid. They're not afraid now, but they frighten very easily. Especially if they think there're sea people around." Skipford...

Pinecone Grove is a sleepy little timber town half way between nowhere and nowhere else. Called Pinecone by the locals, it has three pubs and a dark history. Cassandra Porterfield is a blow-in, somebody who stopped at Pinecone on her way through a couple of years ago and hasn't moved since....

Supertsar is a science-fictional retelling of the life of Pyotr the Great.During his reign as tsar of Russia, Pyotr Alekseyevich Romanov dragged his country- kicking and screaming- into the eighteenth century.He didn’t do it alone.

An Ahmbren Chronicles tale. The more extraordinary the magic, the more extraordinary the price, and a spell to find true love is the most extraordinary of all. Dalin spends his evenings guiding lovers on his gondola through the canal streets of Tavenport, and his nights painting alone...