The Alcantarans Series

Volume 2 in the Alcantaran series. Why won't the Bugs leave them alone? All Ron, Gus and Tik wanted to do was to get back to their home planets to see their families. They wouldn't mind turning a profit on some trades along the way but when people threaten their friends and trade, they have a tendency to forget trading while they take care of the problem. It seemed like every time they turned around, the Bugs or some of their allies were threatening them or their friends. Maybe hitting them really hard one time, right where it hurt, would make them change their mind. That action took them to "The Key." Now, what do they do with it? Will it become a blessing or a curse? The Alcantaran Key is the second in the Alcantaran series.

A short story in the Alcantaran series. Zendo had learned from the star traders and they had given him money to expand his trading business. He was anxious to earn some money, so he could get married. He hired his cousin, Puri and they started on the trade route. Events along the way unwittingly led Zendo and Puri to help spread seeds of change. Puri's love of story telling and singing songs he had made up, helped spread these seeds of change even farther across the country.

Volume 1 in the Alcantaran series. Ron Calvin, Tik Michi and Gusissi 'Gus' Ugde Ghaolh were kidnapped from their separate planets by the Bugs. They were forced to work as slave laborers on the Bug's mother ship where they formed a unique partnership. Each partner has unique talents that complement the others. This creates a synergy where the partnership is stronger than the sum of its members. They form a friendship with another kidnapped being on the mother ship who teaches them to fly the ancient space ship the 'Galactic Antiquarian'. The Bugs found the 'Galactic Antiquarian' floating in space and have spent years trying to get it open to learn its secrets. The trio learns how to open parts of the ship and escape from the mother ship on the Galactic Antiquarian with a minimum of fuel, air, water and food. They must use their unique talents to unlock more of the secrets of the ancient space ship so they can restock these essential supplies while avoiding recapture by the Bugs and their allies. The Bugs want the ancient space ship back badly and are pulling no punches to get it back. Are the secrets of the ancient ship enough to help them to restock and avoid capture? How will the Alcantaran ghosts fit into the puzzle? Will the secrets or the ghosts help them find their three home planets somewhere in the midst of the trillion galaxies in the universe? Alien Abduction is the first book in the series "The Alcantarans".

A short story in the Alcantaran series. All Kota and Zibo wanted to do was to start a family and to make a living, using the space ship freighter that Kota had salvaged. They had the retrofit started when the trouble started. Some idiot bureaucrat wanted them to be super spies for the Charter Alliance. They turned him down! His boss was more persuasive but they still didn't want to be spies. They just wanted to trade. Circumstances didn't give them a choice.

Volume 3 in the Alcantaran series. Ron, Gus and Tik now have the Alcantaran Key. They have a wealth of technology far beyond most people's imagination. They want to put some of this technology to work and return to trading but the Bugs are at it again. They and their allies are threatening Earth and Vesta IV. The trio has had enough. It was time to teach aggressors that messing with their planets comes with dire consequences.

Volume 4 in the Alcantaran series. Elevin Shi was tasked with an impossible job. He had to find some answers on a distant backward planet but there was trouble in the Charter Alliance Intelligence Service. He couldn't even get a decent briefing. He had to turn to his personal network of spies for help. This trouble could spell the end of the Charter Alliance but could they get the answers in time? Would they live through it?

Book 5 in the Alcantaran Series What nerve. Earth had been blockaded by warships from Uyoki and almost invaded by the Bugs, the Hanami Federation and pirates. Ron, Gus, Tik and their families with a little help from the Dar Es Salaam Traders had defeated all of them and then spent a month rescuing survivors from the battle. This should have been a major boost to the Charter Alliance but instead the Charter Council had summoned the trio and Earth officials to answer to charges of starting a galactic war. Would the Charter Alliance try to take away their space travel? Could the trio and their friends satisfy those who had brought the charges or would they wind up as a rouge solar system locked out of the Charter Alliance and their trading space?

Zendo wanted to be out in the countryside trading. He needed to make money so he could marry Illy and also he had a debt to the star traders. The Sultan interrupted his plans when the troops messed with Zendo's customers and came after him. It was time to put a stop to this nonsense. But how could two ordinary citizens stop a well-armed army? What would the star traders do? How would the four young maidens from under the sea enter in to this conflict? It was time for action as the country erupted into civil war and Zendo became the key to end it.

Star traders Ron Calvin, Tik Michi and Gus Ghaolh came to Fen Avholog to attend a wedding and make a few relaxing, profitable trades. Then the Nodac- Liujians and Hanami Federation enemies arrived. Ancient Alcantaran secrets, old enemies and a new danger threaten to overwhelm the space traders. Can they unwind these secrets and nullify their enemies before their lives are forfeited?

Star traders Steflora, Jessie Lavin and Xator Ghaolh are finally on their own in their own spaceship. Four different planets and so far they've made few trades. Then Jessie meets an alien with something to trade. Before she can finish the deal, the man winds up dead. As the main suspect, she now has to try to clear her name while tracking down the fabled item. Others wanting the same prize have tried to have her jailed, kidnapped and killed. Can Jessie, Steflora and Xator find the item and clear Jessie's name? Who will survive this deadly game of find and seek?

Prequel in the Alcantaran series. What happens when a damaged space ship lands in your backyard? Would the aliens be friendly? What if you could help repair the space ship? What if a corrupt President and a handful of crooked advisors wanted to take over the area around the space ship so they could bring in their own scientist to exploit the technology in the space ship for their own personal gain? See how Pete and Linda Collins meet these and other challenges as they deal with the news media and swelling crowds around their house with help from the Kalispell, Montana community, some other loyal Americans and the three alien Traders from Dar Es Salaam.

Tik Michi just wanted to get married, but someone forgot to tell the volatile Mis'stear about all the hoops she had to go through. Throw in some pushy parents, unreasonable in-laws, an invasion of Bug spaceships, a dipsy wedding planner and you have a perfect recipe for wedding troubles. And that was just the start.

Sim Sulawesi stared at the approaching threat. His anthropologic knowledge could help solve this age old mystery, but time didn't appear to be on his side. Ron, Gus and Tik heard the cry for help and rushed across space to the planet of Jalan. Old enemies, already there, made them take another look at the planet and its mystery. The star trading trio once again called on their instincts, skills and the help of the Alcantaran ghosts to try to be the first to unravel the mystery.