Maria Hammarblad

• Feb-2020
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On the outskirts of the ever-present Alliance's watchful eye, William Reynolds leads a good life as preacher and mayor for a small town. He pays little attention to the iron fist that runs the galaxy, and ignores rumors of a paranoid government using...

• Jan-2020
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When Anette's car breaks down, she knows asking her ex-boyfriend for help isn't the best idea. Sadly, it's still the only idea she has. She doesn't expect the encounter to go smoothly, but she also doesn't expect him to drop the car off with a Russia...

• Jul-2018
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Adam always had a strong sense of duty, and when he feels obliged to accept command of the Palmetto, the starship's name bothers him almost as much as going into war and being separated from his family. As time passes, he suspects the ship has a pers...

• Jul-2016
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When Anne accepts a job in a German boarding school for gifted children, her main concern is surviving without California’s sunshine and beaches. She doesn’t anticipate anything more dangerous than getting lost in an unfamiliar place. Nowhere doe...

• Apr-2016
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Running away rarely solves any problems, but that doesn’t prevent Alexandra from trying. Feeling sad and defeated, she doesn't care about the big picture with a galaxy on the brink of war, or about aliens taking over and controlling people’s mind...

• Jan-2016
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Normally, law abiding Sharon Vaughan would have nothing to do with a Harley riding criminal like Jimmy Shaw. The web designer’s life is well organized and arranged just the way she likes it, and that does not include bikers. The loud, large, and so...

• Jan-2016
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To Alexandra, shore leave with her husband Adam is the best thing to happen for a long time and she isn’t thrilled when their vacation is cut short. Adam has been called back to their home on the Confederacy’s flagship, the Bell, and this is not ...

• Jun-2015
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Taking a day to decompress and watch the ocean seems like the best idea Alexandra ever had. That is, until a bright dot in the sky turns out to be a crashing spaceship. Before she understands what's happening a man in uniform approaches over the dune...

• Jun-2014
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Rhodesia runs through the forest, hunted by creatures wearing the faces of people she loves. They plead to her to wait in the voices of her family, and the sound sends chills down her back. What is worse? Succumbing, and becoming a mindless drone wit...

• Oct-2013
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• Aug-2013
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Seven billion people on Earth go about their daily lives, and no one is prepared when a global EMP slows the world to a crawl. With all our technology incapacitated, everything changes. Within days alien soldiers line the streets, and life will never...

• Jun-2013
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As the sole survivor of a Taliban POW camp, Steve Petersen is damaged goods. He is convinced he left his sanity within the horror-filled walls that held him captive for the better part of a year. His mind is trapped in moments of graphic, soul-crushi...

• Sep-2012
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When Jenny Moore meets Alexei Roshenko, it's love at first sight. The tall, dark, and handsome stranger appears to be the answer to every romantic fantasy any woman ever had. There is however more to him than meets the eye, and a dark and violent pas...

• May-2012
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It's a late winter night when Patricia Risden heads home in her car, on a road she's driven many times before. She doesn't have a care in the world, that is, until a man appears from nowhere, right in front of her. When she awakes, she finds herself...

• Apr-2012
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One shouldn't drink and fly, a fact Stephan Forks learns the hard way when he rams another ship in spite of the vastness of space. A moment later, a strange woman stands on his bridge, looking around with a frown. She's clearly a figment of his imagi...

• Apr-2012
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Stephan Forks should be dead. When he opens his eyes to an endless desert, he suspects he might have ended up in hell. It doesn't seem fair after staving off a threat that could have eradicated the universe, but life isn't fair. His girlfriend, demig...

• Feb-2012
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When genetically engineered Stephan Forks and demigoddess Maria Callaway attempt to settle down on a rural world, the result isn't entirely positive for the locals. Despite good intentions, the two wreck havoc with everything they do. Their friend Le...

• Oct-2011
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There might be a place Theresa fears more than Borealis, but she can't think of one. The old and decrepit station houses all sorts of cruelty, and to make it better, this is where her husband Dominic was imprisoned, drugged, and tortured. He returned...

• Feb-2011
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A collection of the first four Embarkment 2577 books: Arrival, Brand New World, High Gravity, and Adam and Eve. Taking a day to decompress and watch the ocean seems like the best idea Alexandra ever had. That is, until a bright dot in the sky turns o...

• Jan-2011
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In this third novella in the "Embarkment 2577" series, Alex thinks nothing more could possibly stand between her and the peaceful and secluded life she covets. There aren't any aliens standing in line to meet her, no vengeful humans sneaking up on he...

• Jan-2011
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"Brand New World" is the first novella in the "Embarkment 2577" series. When Alexandra wakes up in an unknown environment, populated by a cat-like woman with a tail and a hologram of a rockstar, she knows she has to be hallucinating. Maybe she hit he...

• Jan-2011
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In this second novella in the "Embarkment 2577" series, the story picks up shortly after it left off in "Brand New World." The main character Alex has come to terms with her new life on a starship in the year 2577, and reluctantly won both respect an...

• Oct-2010
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Drinking and flying is a bad combination. Stephan Forks learns this the hard way when he rams another ship in spite of the vastness of space. A moment later, a strange woman stands on his bridge, looking around with a frown. She's clearly a figment o...