Triple V Publishing: 148 books

Planet Mapinkura. An idyllic, lush, beautiful corner of the galaxy. The perfect quiet backwater for Kelly Barton to get her head together. Away from corporate interests. Away from her history. Away from those past hurts. And with a bunch of like-minded researchers. An easy posting with plenty of opportunities. But Mapinkura hides secrets of its own.

Aidan Brooke knows the dangers of the cyberdrug L-Own. Too bad Beth doesn't. Now Aidan's in a race against time to stop her hurting herself. Or someone else. A short story sci-fi thriller from the author of "Crimson Birds of Small Miracles" and "Cat Leaps".

Gerstner's crossing the wastelands, starving and parched, his horse about to collapse. When he sees the forest of giant, artificial mushrooms, he thinks he might make it. Then the locals arrive. A post-apocalyptic story by Jill Pastone, author of "Uphill".

On a picturesque backwater, the Guest House Izarra makes the perfect getaway from the city hubbub and river pirates. Even if someone is siphoning off the cashflow. A simple investigation job for Flis and Grae. Couldn't be better.But when pirates arrive and turn things upside down, the simple...

Bren's on a Pacific atoll as Tammy's rehab support person when he gets a call from DeMason. A rocket launch platform's capsized and they're the closest team. Bren's hardly about to pull Tammy out halfway through her program, but there are people trapped underwater. A Bren Taylor sci-fi adventure.

Carly Bede's bent on solving the mystery of the pipe clouds. When a massive storm threatens, it looks like the Eastern seaboard will end up like Japan and Peru. Those storms wiped out whole cities. Carly's got to choose between her research and a risky do-or-die mission to kill the clouds. A sci-fi tale from the author of "Wing" and The Bren Taylor Adventures.

It started with a cockroach. At 4am Bren Taylor finds himself on another urgent job - pulling one of his neighbors out of a lift shaft. That should have been the end of it. Things have only just got started. Lucky he's brought Shinako along with him.

Max Deacon, music producer extraordinaire, works with any band with a good idea. Inspiration is more important than the money. Though the money's good. But with Unicorn Beluga playing their hits Max might just be out of his depth. Way out. A sci-fi story with a heart from the author of The Molenstraat Music Festival and Crimson Birds of Small Miracles.