Matthew S Rotundo: 3 books

The prison world is free. Or is it?A grieving Kane Pythen, exiled on Petra light years from his family, has found a haven among the inmates he aided in a failed escape attempt. But after a devastating attack on their settlement, he must lead a dangerous foray into Bone Tribe territory, in search...

Welcome to Petra.It is the ultimate prison. Inmates from all of Ported Space are dumped there, forgotten, and left to survive however they can. Hope dies. Escape is impossible.Disillusioned war hero Kane Pythen comes to Petra on a fact-finding mission, but gets caught in an uprising...

Humanity is coming up against the limits of the physical world—but the imaginations of the writers in this anthology reach far beyond those boundaries.   The Launch Pad Astronomy Seminar aims to bring more hard science into science fiction. These twelve stories look into our...