Welcome Despair

Welcome Despair

Maquel A Jacob

Maquel A Jacob

So, your stomach isn't strong enough to handle deep horror and gore? Then Welcome Despair is just up your alley. A collection of shorts that lets you dip one foot into the shallow end of horror. Just the slightest touch to create a tiny shiverA young corporate office worker with nothing left to lose finds himself with a group of hunters who don't discriminate when it comes to prey. Children on a ravaged planet are abducted by the enemy and learn just how strong they can be. A jaded reporter interviews the leader of a prominent neighborhood. One soul is chased into a plane of existence with no signs of escape.Each story opens a doorway into fear, pain, sorrow and blood. Looking for happy endings? Not here. Come, settle in and Welcome Despair.
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Purge Sequence

Purge Sequence

Maquel A Jacob

Maquel A Jacob

The Bi-Genetic population is in jeopardy of depletion, throwing a monkey wrench in the war efforts. To combat the epidemic, Hana joins forces with the Shadow Organization's top recruiter and some shady government contractors. A grid community is formed where parents are given an incentive for keeping their Bi-Genetic children. It proves to be a lost cause as an underground market emerges around the privilege, leaving Hana no choice but to initiate a new plan; a massive purge.Hana puts it all in the hands of the facilities leaders to complete the deed but can he really turn a blind eye against the carnage to come? And once the purge is done, will humanity get back on track in time for the impending war? Earth may be headed for destruction after all.
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Blood Descension

Blood Descension

Maquel A Jacob

Maquel A Jacob

Tavelo Endaga is having a bad day. He awakens from a ten year deep sleep to find his coven overrun by factions from the other merchants. The last thing he remembered was fighting the emperor of his home world. Already feeling taken advantage of, he learns the other coven leaders have set interstellar trade in motion. Earth is not ready for such a leap in commerce, let alone the influx of aliens. While Tavelo struggles to get his house back in order, rein in the merchants, and deal with their home world's insane emperor, he encounters a new wrinkle. One that reveals the secrets of his bloodline.
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Blood Doctrine

Blood Doctrine

Maquel A Jacob

Maquel A Jacob

The new generation of vampires has their elders disgusted with their ignorance and lack of social grace. Re-education is in order so they ship the blood thirsty ingrates to boarding school in hopes they catch some common sense. And the young ones don't like one bit.Chase Ambrook deems himself a social butterfly living the carefree life. Princess Adelia only sees humans as playthings for her sadistic games. Falson Sapienti spends his days engaging in carnal escapades.War is coming.As successors to take over their covens they must buck up and act responsible for once in their lives. Losing the battle means extinction but it may be too much of a burden for this group of spoiled blood suckers.
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Origins

Origins

Maquel A Jacob

Maquel A Jacob

During a brutal space battle, Captain Darnizva of the planet Karysilan's League, decides to flee the front lines with twelve ships in tow by jumping through a vortex based off random coordinates. Half of them crash land on Earth, resulting in a new evolution of mankind when the aliens interbreed with humans.Adding insult to injury, the enemy has tracked them down to finish the fight. Not caring about the impact it may have on Earth. Darnizva is put in an awkward situation to negotiate. The enemy's General Tartha proposes a timeline of fifty years for Earth to advance in preparation for defending itself.Now, Darnizva must try to convince humans to unite as one race but every faction of authority seems to sabotage his efforts. He begins to witness the ugly side of humanity; prejudice, bigotry, hatred and greed. Is Earth worth saving? Will offering humanity a helping hand be all in vain? Hope for survival dwindles as the clock ticks towards annihilation.
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Bonds of Contrition

Bonds of Contrition

Maquel A Jacob

Maquel A Jacob

Another battle has come to an end but no one feels like a winner. New Lassa is devastated from Chardon using his power in an attempt to save it. Azrom is in shambles from the Razznian armada's surprise attack, the palace crumbling and their people impoverished. Razzna's surface is now razed forcing them to flee, which leaves a bad taste on everyone's palate. Halfar may have gone too far.Commerce grinds to a crawl, and that does not sit well with the Dreridians who run the trade organizations. They want compensation knowing all three planets are in no shape to comply. To do so, drastic measures would have to be taken.Family, friendship, rivalry, betrayal, lust.These are bonds that can forever tie yet easily broken. With so many secrets filled with animosity and shame, both Azrom and New Lassa must face their own demons.
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Homecoming

Homecoming

Maquel A Jacob

Maquel A Jacob

A new creator has re-terraformed Earth with the help of the Litigator and they are ready to bring back its population traveling in cryochambers on interstellar arks. But, there's a catch. The guardians of the sector want to ensure humans do not venture too far into the galaxy because we just aren't ready. With a new lease on their existence, humans will have to take a hard look in the mirror and vow to not make the same mistakes.
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Along the Curve

Along the Curve

Maquel A Jacob

Maquel A Jacob

Dive into the side of the Curve Series universe with this collection of short stories. Each one focuses on minor characters briefly mentioned or worked behind the scenes to make a big impact.Meet the first human Sphere Wielder. An average warehouse worker minding his own business who ends up caught in a government fight.See the work of an ambitious Relliant scientist hiding among humans add anguish to the Terror Agents with a new procedure in ocular transplants. Watch the leader of the Organic race throw his hand in the fight between Earth and the Relliants with no intention of helping either side. Follow the origins of the Cybok Trade and its devastating effects to the Estelarian race.Explore a ghost ship in the center of an uninhabited solar system with two unsuspecting Arenans falling into its trap.
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Aftermath

Aftermath

Maquel A Jacob

Maquel A Jacob

In book 5 of the curce series, Earth is devastated. Humans and aliens are left to survive the treacherous terrain and against themselves. A group of underground diplomats decide to form a new world order. They want to bring civilization back. This is one task where they may have bit off more than they could chew.
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Seeds of Conviction

Seeds of Conviction

Maquel A Jacob

Maquel A Jacob

The battle on earth is over but a new one rises from the Razznians, bitter about the broken deal set up long ago by Sestis.Chardon, the leader of New Lassa and Halfar, Supreme Ruler of Azrom, must try to convince both their races to learn from each other and work together. It doesn't help their cause when everyone seems to have their own agendas. Even the loyal manbeasts are throwing havoc into the fray. With Razzna on the move and an enemy assault on the horizon, they have a lot of work to do.The two leaders must bring everyone together as a united front, or fall apart. Time is running out.
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Blood Dominion

Blood Dominion

Maquel A Jacob

Maquel A Jacob

The cities surrounding the covens are left in tatters after the blood bath with their enemy and apologies are not enough. Humans are angry, demanding restitution for the massive damage. Amid all this, millennial vampire Chase Ambrook's crazy plan to take back their parents' home world is set in motion. While the coven leaders reminisce about the early days, the enemy lands on Earth causing mass hysteria. Now they have a battle to wage on two fronts and the outcome isn't looking victorious for either side.
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Crippled Earth

Crippled Earth

Maquel A Jacob

Maquel A Jacob

Book four in the curve series finds humanityn dropping the ball on preparing for the impending battle with the Relliance. Darnizva startst o wonder if all the work his race has done for Earth was all for nothing. By the time humans get their ducks in a row it will be too late. Earth's fate is to become a ball of wastelands.
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Wrath of Acquisition

Wrath of Acquisition

Maquel A Jacob

Maquel A Jacob

Our favorite hot mess leaders are back with bigger problems impacting entire empires. New Lassa has finally settled into galactic trade under Chardon's leadership. Everything was going great until representatives from four planets arrive unannounced, begging for help. His former mate, Sestis, acquired Regency over their system before her untimely death. Now the responsibility lands on him. He barely rules New Lassa. Taking on a whole solar system is asking a bit much. To make matters worse, a new relentless enemy leaves carnage in their wake across the five solar systems. And the Dreridians have declared it not their problem. Until the alien empire hits their home world. If a galactic war breaks out, each race in the five solar systems will have to unite and fend off this new threat.
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