"Vulcan's Forge is a compelling journey into a fascinating future that combines intriguing speculation on social development and human nature with a richly realized, techno-noir future." Brian Trent, author of Ten Thousand Thunders Jason Kessler doesn't fit in the society of Nocturnia, the sole colony that survived the Earth's destruction. Between the colony's dedication to a distorted vision of mid-twentieth century Americana, its sexually repressive culture, and the expectation that his most important duty is marriage and children Jason rebels, throwing himself into an illicit and dangerous affair with Pamela Guest, but Pamela harbors a secret. Soon the lovers are engaged in a lethal game of cat and mouse with the colony's underworld head and the secrets Jason unlocks upend everything he knew, exposing dangers far beyond Nocturnia and its obsessions. FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.

"Vulcan's Forge is a compelling journey into a fascinating future that combines intriguing speculation on social development and human nature with a richly realized, techno-noir future." Brian Trent, author of Ten Thousand Thunders Jason Kessler doesn't fit in the society of Nocturnia, the sole colony that survived the Earth's destruction. Between the colony's dedication to a distorted vision of mid-twentieth century Americana, its sexually repressive culture, and the expectation that his most important duty is marriage and children Jason rebels, throwing himself into an illicit and dangerous affair with Pamela Guest, but Pamela harbors a secret. Soon the lovers are engaged in a lethal game of cat and mouse with the colony's underworld head and the secrets Jason unlocks upend everything he knew, exposing dangers far beyond Nocturnia and its obsessions. FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.

Horseshoes and Hand Grenades is a collection of five short stories exploring the darker side of man relation to the universe and his technology. THE HOUSE OF BAD BLOOD - Author Kevin Strike thought he had inherited a windfall, but he's discovered that that not all pitch sessions are the same. REGRET, I AM ALLOWED -- Phoenix is the self-aware computer at the heart of their starship and while a fully intelligence and emotional creature he's about to discover the limits of his actions. THE STATION ON THE EDGE -- Stranded, light-years from help, the station was their only means of survival, but they did not know about the station's masters. ARACELI -- Forced into smuggling for a corporation she loathes by a man she hates Araceli Castenada discovers the price she is willing to pay for justice. WHAT EVERYONE WANTED...-- Quantum computing held the answer and salvation to humanity's nearly insurmountable troubles, but everything comes with a price.