Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

Strange things are happening on the icy planet of Petaybee. Unauthorized, genetically engineered species have been spotted, and the locals may be deliberately hiding something—perhaps even plotting rebellion. Yana is the ideal person to get close to the natives....

On icy Petaybee, the planet itself seems to be orchestrating its own evolution, but the planet is also rich in resources, and a ruthless company is poised to take advantage. Yana, an ex-company soldier with strong ties to the planet, tries to intervene....

Day by day the sentient planet of Petaybee is learning to recognize and understand the meaning of outside stimuli, to respond to those stimuli, to communicate its own needs and desires...even to use human speech. But few outsiders truly care....

Kitty McCulley is a young and inexperienced nurse tossed into a stressful and chaotic situation....

In the mountains of Tibet, a haven of peace and happiness, a mysterious illness spreads, and a young Chinese woman courageously ventures outside the valley to search for a cure....

In a world where unemployment is obliterated by putting all jobless people in the military to maintain the endless ongoing warfare, Warrant Officer Viveka Vanachek finds herself in a weirder place yet.....