Jason Hutt: 5 books

As humanity attempts to survive and establish other homes throughout the galaxy, it will eventually rely on its courage, cunning, and strength to thrive in its new environs. Prior to that however, it will rely on a heartless, thoughtless, passionless entity to deliver it safely to its destination. The Scout is the tale of the Mayflower, the ship that will deliver humankind to its new home.

Reporter Miles Richmond has been dispatched to a remote Martian mining outpost where the robotic workers have taken their human masters captive. Miles gets an exclusive conversation with the masterminds of the operation. Is this the prelude to the robotic uprising humanity has long feared? Or is there a more civil explanation for what's going on here?

Captain Artemis Krane has been waiting 20 years for this moment, a chance to avenge the heinous crimes committed against him by an old nemesis. Pilot Nora Litely is newly assigned to Krane's crew and clearly sees the dangerous path that her captain's actions are leading them down. Nora attempts to save her captain and the rest of the crew in this tale of revenge gone wrong.

Henry Hull Jr. believes in monsters; he has seen one first hand. He has seen how the mind and body can be twisted into something beyond comprehension by the dark forces that dwell inside of it. Henry Hull Jr. has a story to tell of the night his father crossed the thin line between man and monster.

Lost amidst the stars, Isaac Hope awakens to a mystery. He has no memory of where he is, how he came to be there, or why he is there. This short story follows Isaac's journey of self discovery as he pieces together his past with only the companionship of his spaceship and some terrible food.