The Last Outpost and Other Tales

"Imaginative" -PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. Stories from the edge of space to the edge of consciousness... DNA theft means death in a society where people live encased within individual energy suits... The only survivor in an alien attack, Reus must deliver intelligence to the Inner League planets. Stuck on an alien station, all he needs to do is survive to fulfill his duty... Spore is a penal planet inhabited by ruthless psychopaths and some of their descendents in "A Fistful of Tassels." When a spacecraft crashes onto the world, Ataki, born of a convicted criminal, rescues the sole survivor from the canibs. Is criminal tendency really a genetic trait passed down to offsprings? As Jon is the only innocent on Spore, Ataki wants him to survive the deadly conditions and contribute his genes to his Tribe... In "Tomb" explorers land on the planet of the same name and find an ancient menace that must be destroyed at any cost.