There are no good guys. There are only better guys, and worse guys.One of the worse guys is Val Toreth. In a world where torture is a legitimate part of the investigative process, he works for the Investigation and Interrogation Division .One of the better guys is Keir Warrick, a corporate director. His small corporation, SimTech, is developing a 'sim' system which places users in a fully-immersive virtual reality.Their world is the dark future dystopia of New London, where Europe is controlled by a totalitarian bureaucracy, which shares political power with powerful corporations. The oppressive government uses torture, violence and the various Divisions of the feared Department of Internal Security to maintain power. The corporations fight amongst themselves, using lethal force under the euphemism of 'corporate sabotage', uniting only to resist attempts by the Administration to extend its control over them.The series follows Warrick and Toreth, and their families, friends and enemies as they struggle to survive and hope to prosper.Oh, yes—and there is sex, and violence, and other things that upset the people who rate films. You may want to know that: * Most stories set in the Administration contain m/m or m/f sex scenes. * Many stories in the Administration contain consensual BDSM of varying degrees of severity. * Some stories contain non-consensual sex and/or violence. * Some stories contain 'issues of consent', such as a superior exploiting a subordinate, or other cases where full consent is in doubt. * Two stories contain references to child abuse.

    He realizes he is a jealous hypocrite but doesn't really know what to do. Sara steps in to help.

    America telling Maxon they are having a baby

    Toreth gets saddled with a Socioanalyst, who just so happenes to know Warrick from long back.

    It being sex. But can Warrick stand it as long as Toreth can?

    Another short story in The Administration series.

    Toreth lets his jealousy rule him.

    Warrick finds himself with a lovely present, but can he get it assembled in time to meet Toreth's demands?

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    Massive fleets of unknown origin had simultaneously appeared across the globe, attacking major cities and small towns. It was a violent display of full-spectrum global dominance - swift and clinical, rendering much of the world’s military forces into smoldering piles of ash before they even had a chance to respond. First contact was nothing less than a devastating surprise attack.Humanity’s end had arrived with grim finality.For Kentucky State Policeman, Matt Reeves, today’s shift will not only be a gut-wrenching fight for survival, it will also be the catalyst that changes his life forever, sending him down a path of all-out interstellar war.Read the thrilling prequel to The Earth Epsilon Wars, and find out why readers are calling it "The definition of page-turning science-fiction!"

    

    This short story from Jillian Ashe tells a little about the elusive Captain Wolfe's past.

    Thirteen-year-old Carswell Thorne has big plans involving a Rampion spaceship and a no-return trip out of Los Angeles.

    Imagine a world where the nazis begin to take over the world after a race war and reap havoc across Europe and America. Meet this new world order in the Wrath of David. It’s brutal, merciless, violent, and unforgiving.''An awesome slow-burning page-turner that quickly sprints into a fast-paced action-packed festival of violence and revenge. It's a book you will simply not want to put down until you reach the stunning conclusion. And the final chapter and twist will hit you like a sledgehammer to the face, guaranteed.''Between David and his conscience, Louise, I was sitting on the edge of my seat with awesome action scenes and a great body count. Neo-Nazi England. Pure hell on all immigrants.''The characters in the book are well elaborated, I really liked the end of the book and it will be a surprise to all who read it. The book is great and I would recommend it to all lovers of sci-fi post-apocalypse genres.''In my opinion, anyone who wants a violent read would enjoy this, most especially fans of The Walking Dead.''Not the ending would you ever have imagined'

    At fifty years old, he’s been living off the grid for over half his life. He’s never had a real job, never paid taxes, never been in a committed relationship. A good-natured henchman with a complicated and lonely past and an LSD microdosing problem, he spends his time hopscotching across state lines in his beloved camper van, running sometimes shady, often dangerous errands for a powerful and ruthless operation he’s never troubled himself to learn too much about. He has lots of connections, but no true ties. His longest relationships are with an old rescue dog with posttraumatic stress, and a childhood friend as deeply entrenched in the underworld as he is, who, lately, he’s less and less sure he can trust.Out of the blue, one of his many burner phones heralds a call from a twenty-year-old woman claiming to be his biological daughter, Cammie. She says she’s the product of one of his long-ago sperm donations; he’s half certain she’s AI. She needs his help. She’s entrenched in a widespread and nefarious plot involving Will’s employers, and continuing to have any contact with her increasingly fuzzes the line between the people Will is working for and the people he’s running from.

    There are many different types of worlds, from the paradise worlds where everyone is immortal, to the resource depleted, war-torn planets where every day is a struggle just to live.Freya O'Malley grew up on Earth, the worst of the war-torn planets, and wants nothing more than to leave. With few options, Freya joins the Federation Marines. But, unlike the past, it's a struggle to earn enough enlistment points to stay in. With the prize of a citizenship on a paradise world at stake, competition is fierce. Every week is a new war. Can Freya earn enough points in the constant warring of the Marines to modify her body and mind to stay competitive? Can a girl from the wrong planet make it against those who have all the advantages?Posting every Friday. Chapters will be roughly 4k-10k words. Edited by Aldous starting at chapter 19.If you like this story think about checking out my other web novel Super Soldier not Super Hero.

    They killed him, a human male, before I was born.I’m a hybrid, a genetically altered human, and a lone survivor of the Great Scouring. Scientists wanted to create something perfect, that’s what started the HGE program, but they hadn’t been prepared for the consequences of success. There’s no such thing as perfection, engineered or otherwise.The war, just like all the others before, has left the world bleak. But this too shall pass; their thirst for blood never quenched for long. Now, I spend most of my days at The Cage, my sponsor’s club. The irony of the name isn’t lost on me.It’s my cage and their cage. We’re all in this together, now.Even Jared, the angry man with blue eyes, is with us. Until he’s not. He wants out, and it’s because of me. He wants to take me far away, but there isn’t anywhere to go. The war has touched every land, every man, woman, and child.But there’s a secret, a small hope that may save us, or end us all.

    Dreamers are revered, rich, and powerful. They are protected from all the dangers this new world presents. So when Charlie discovers she has the talent, she’s shocked that her parents want her to hide it. Her father spends years secretly teaching her the rules and helping those she sees in danger, rather than sending her away to be trained and protected. Now in her final year at school, with her own future uncertain, she'll be faced with the choice of following her Dreams... or her heart. Combining elements of several genres, this debut novella will captivate readers who enjoy paranormal, dystopian, and young adult books.

    

    

    A lost queen A desperate assassin Together they will change the world. Maggie Abernathy always thought she was human, even though she could do the most peculiar things. Things no other girl in her village could do. Fifteen years after being abandoned as a baby, she begins to question who she is, where she belongs, and what she might be capable of. When a mysterious letter from the past calls her home, she embarks on a journey that will change her life forever-if she survives. Loravain-an enslaved, ember-breathing witch hunter-is hot on her trail and gaining fast. If he can find and kill her, he will win what he has sought for twenty years: freedom from the demon he serves. But he knows he isn't supposed to be the villain, and his conscience weighs heavily even as he continues his hunt. Will the prospect of freedom overpower his desire for redemption? As their fates intertwine, neither knows what the future truly holds.

    

    This episode was written by Amy Rose Capetta. You live. You love. You die. Now RUN. One moment proved fateful for a group of teenagers—and not just because it’s the moment they all happened to die. At the moment of their deaths, they were snatched forward into the future and remade in a world they hardly recognize. Now, after facing murderous robots and an unpredictable environment, the teens have begun to find their footing. But can they survive long enough to figure out why they were remade? And will they ever be able to stop running?