Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Captain Tory Sabin knows all too well the dangers of the anacapa drive, and that sometimes ships enter foldspace never to return. The ships simply disappear, taking their crews with them. Responding to a distress call from Captain Jonathan "Coop" Cooper, Sabin knows she must race against time to find him and his ship. Because although the Ivoire becomes the latest ship to enter foldspace and not return, she refuses to give up hope. She resolves to find the Ivoire. But her search for answers will lead to truths that will change her life forever. Winner of the Asimov's Readers Choice Award for best novella, The Application of Hope adds a rich layer to the complex story about foldspace and the anacapa technology that drives the Fleet. Praise for the Diving Series: "The Diving Universe, conceived by Hugo-Award winning author Kristine Kathryn] Rusch is a refreshingly new and fleshed out realm of sci-fi action and adventure."--Astroguyz"Kristine Kathryn Rusch is best known for her Retrieval Artist series, so maybe you've missed her Diving Universe series. If so, it's high time to remedy that oversight."--Analog

Kristine Kathryn Rusch's novel Diving into the Wreck spawned a universe so vast that one novel can't contain it. The Spires of Denon doesn't involve Boss or her crew. Instead, this powerful novella follows Meklos Verr, hired to guard an archeological dig near the mysterious Spires of Denon. There Verr encounters the prickly Gabrielle Reese who heads the dig, and he meets some cave divers who aren't quite what they seem. Verr knows that someone wants to harm the dig, but he isn't sure if the attack will come from outside the tall mountain range or from the group of archeologists within. Verr must figure out the threat before it destroys him, his crew, and the beautiful Spires of Denon. Praise for The Spires of Denon: "...a story of exploration of an artifact on an alien world, a bit reminiscent of the sort of story that Jack McDevitt writes."--Eyrie"... Denon is literally luminescent in its depiction."--Suite101"The Spires makes for a very good read."--SFRevu

Mae, chief linguist on the Ivoire, heads a diplomatic mission to Ukhanda. Her handling of relations with the Quurzod leads to a battle that causes the Ivoire's anacapa drive to malfunction, stranding the ship in foldspace. Mae can't remember what she did wrong on the mission: all she knows is that she's one of the few survivors. If she doesn't recall it, she won't be able to prevent another disaster when the Ivoire escapes foldspace. If the Ivoire escapes foldspace. Because what no one talks about--and everyone fears--is that the Ivoire is becalmed...forever. One of the untold stories in Kristine Kathryn Rusch's award-winning Diving Series, Becalmed stands alone--yet answers questions long-time readers might have about the history of the Fleet. Praise for Becalmed: " Becalmed] is quite fascinating and another fine tale from Rusch."--SFRevu

Kristine Kathryn Rusch's novel Diving into the Wreck spawned a universe so vast that one novel can't contain it. The Spires of Denon doesn't involve Boss or her crew. Instead, this powerful novella follows Meklos Verr, hired to guard an archeological dig, where he must uncover a dangerous plot before it destroys the beautiful Spires of Denon.

Leaving Boss behind to continue diving the Boneyard, Ivoire Engineer Yash Zarlengo returns to headquarters to analyze the data from the runabout they discovered there. For the first time in six years, Coop, Yash, and the crew of the Ivoire feels real hope. But their hope might just lead them somewhere no one expected.

Fleet sector bases close as the Fleet moves on. But the announcement that Sector Base E-2 will close breeds anxiety. And two different mysteries-one on base and one off-bode of a danger no one saw coming. Expanding the rich history of the captivating Diving universe, The Falls provides an exciting and crucial backstory for future events.

Squishy vows to destroy stealth tech. Coop and Boss want to keep stealth tech out of the Empire's hands, but for different reasons. "Stealth tech" powers Coop's ship. When Squishy's actions threaten Coop's mission to find a way back home, he must make a choice-help Boss attack the Empire, or risk losing his hope for a future.

Years after stumbling across her first Dignity Vessel, Boss takes a team to Vaycehn searching for "loose" stealth tech. Captain Jonathon "Coop" Cooper and the crew of the Ivoire finally find a way out of foldspace, the ship's return to normal space is anything but normal. What Boss and Coop discover will change everything.

Captain Tory Sabin knows all too well the dangers of the anacapa drive, and that sometimes ships enter foldspace never to return. Responding to a distress call from Captain Jonathan "Coop" Cooper, Sabin knows she must race against time to find him and his ship. But her search for answers will lead to truths that will change her life forever.

The answers Captain Jonathon "Coop" Cooper and the crew of the Ivoire seek lie in the Boneyards. But they must wait for Boss and her team to dive it. In her absence, Boss trusts Coop to defend the Nine Planets Alliance against the Enterran Empire. But an encounter from Coop's recent returns up to haunt him, one that threatens everything.

The isolated mansion hiding dark secrets and a lonely heart. The castle with grief and love permeating its walls and influencing its guests. LOVE AMONG THE THORNS presents eleven contemporary Gothic/paranormal romances with the flavor of the classic Gothics of the 70s and 80s - locations and lives shrouded in solitude and secrecy, mired in mist and mystery, and where the spark of true love grows from the smallest candle flickering in the wind into a fierce light that drives back the darkness. These eleven authors looked beyond the traditional wind-rattled Victorian mansions and stately plantation houses shrouded in moss to introduce us to contemporary Gothic locations hiding in plain sight. In LOVE AMONG THE THORNS, the fog and forests of the Pacific Northwest cloud your vision, before blowing away to reveal the wind-swept plains of Montana. The damp of the Louisiana bayou gives way to the glittering lights of Manhattan. Across the ocean, secrets lie behind the walls of grand estates in the forests of Germany and the windy crags of Scotland, and danger lurks beneath the deep blue waters of the Mediterranean. In each locale, the sense of things not being quite right, not quite what they seem on the surface beckons you forward. Whatever the setting or obstacles placed before the lovers, the stories in LOVE AMONG THE THORNS focus on the relationships that develop between the characters, bringing them from strangers - or even antagonists - to the point where they leave the story hand-in-hand, with futures possible only because of the hardships they had to overcome to achieve them. Includes stories by: Kristine Kathryn RuschLisa MangumJL MadoreOlivette DevauxTami VelduraGayle Ann WilliamsMelanie CosseyJadelynn AsherMichele DeanC. J. MattisonSidney Williams

Superstitions pervade every culture and belief system. Often, the origins of such superstitions elude their practitioners. The seventeen authors in this latest volume of Fiction River create their own superstitious tales in fascinating stories ranging from dark and moody to light and fun, from introspective and thought-provoking to high-ratcheted tension. Distinct and realistic elements of humanity, love, fear, family, friendship, life, and death provide unforgettable experiences that prove we all practice some form of superstition, whether we admit it or not. "...fertile imaginations take these ideas to wild and wonderful directions."-Astro Guyz

As a young recruit, brilliant engineer Nadim Crowe accidentally destroys an entire Scrapheap full of ships. Now, decades later, he ends up on the crew of the Renegat, the only ship in the Fleet ever sent on a mission backwards to investigate an ancient Scrapheap. Something invaded that Scrapheap and the Fleet wants to know what. Or who. The Renegat The only ship the Fleet dares risk. The Renegat A ship of misfits and screw-ups sent on an impossible mission. All alone in deep space. A thrilling new addition to the Diving Universe. Praise for the Diving Series: Rusch's handling of the mystery and adventure is stellar, and the whole tale proves quite entertaining.--Booklist Online on Diving into the WreckThis is classic sci-fi, a well-told tale of dangerous exploration. The first-person narration makes the reader an eyewitness to the vast, silent realms of deep space, where even the smallest error will bring disaster. Compellingly human and technically absorbing, the suspense builds to fevered intensity, culminating in an explosive yet plausible conclusion.--RT Book Reviews Top Pick on Diving into the WreckRusch delivers a page-turning space adventure while contemplating the ethics of scientists and governments working together on future tech.--Publishers Weekly on Diving into the WreckRusch keeps the science accessible, the cultures intriguing, and the characters engaging. For anyone needing to add to their science fiction library, keep an eye out for this.--Josh Vogt, Speculative Fiction Examiner.com on City of RuinsFilled with well-defined characters who confront a variety of ethical and moral dilemmas, Rusch's third Diving Universe novel is classic space opera, with richly detailed worldbuilding and lots of drama.--RT Book Reviews on Boneyards

As a young recruit, brilliant engineer Nadim Crowe accidentally destroys an entire Scrapheap full of ships. Now, decades later, he ends up on the crew of the Renegat, the only ship in the Fleet ever sent on a mission backwards to investigate an ancient Scrapheap. Something invaded that Scrapheap and the Fleet wants to know what. Or who. The Renegat The only ship the Fleet dares risk. The Renegat A ship of misfits and screw-ups sent on an impossible mission. All alone in deep space. A thrilling new addition to the Diving Universe. Praise for the Diving Series: Rusch's handling of the mystery and adventure is stellar, and the whole tale proves quite entertaining.--Booklist Online on Diving into the WreckThis is classic sci-fi, a well-told tale of dangerous exploration. The first-person narration makes the reader an eyewitness to the vast, silent realms of deep space, where even the smallest error will bring disaster. Compellingly human and technically absorbing, the suspense builds to fevered intensity, culminating in an explosive yet plausible conclusion.--RT Book Reviews Top Pick on Diving into the WreckRusch delivers a page-turning space adventure while contemplating the ethics of scientists and governments working together on future tech.--Publishers Weekly on Diving into the WreckRusch keeps the science accessible, the cultures intriguing, and the characters engaging. For anyone needing to add to their science fiction library, keep an eye out for this.--Josh Vogt, Speculative Fiction Examiner.com on City of RuinsFilled with well-defined characters who confront a variety of ethical and moral dilemmas, Rusch's third Diving Universe novel is classic space opera, with richly detailed worldbuilding and lots of drama.--RT Book Reviews on Boneyards

When Roderigo and Izzy form a group to stop the Angel of Death from taking more innocent lives, they realize they need help. One by one, Roderigo recruits people who see the Angel, who know its evil magic, who suffer from the damage the Angel wreaks. When Roderigo enlists the newest recruit-a war-damaged sniper-he achieves the formula for the group's ultimate success. But he might have just doomed the group to the ultimate failure. A gut-wrenching story about love, loss, and the powerful inevitability of grief." Rusch is a great storyteller"-RT Book Reviews

Alternate histories. Alternate realities. It's said that every choice creates multiple timelines, each one exploring what could have happened if a different decision had been made. Most of these alternate histories stem from different outcomes to a pivotal battle, or to an assassination attempt, or to the ending or escalation of a war. All violent, all bloody, all brutal. But what about those choices made during peacetime, when there was no monumental, ongoing conflict? After all, everyone knows how significant the flutter of a butterfly's wings can be, how far-reaching its effects can be felt. In these pages you will find fifteen new branches of history written by some of today's greatest science fiction and fantasy writers, including Elektra Hammond, Dale Cozort, Harry Turtledove, C. W. Briar, Rick Wilber, Juliet E. McKenna, Michael Robertson, Kat Otis, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Brian Hugenbruch, Stephen Leigh, Elizabeth Kite, Ian R. MacLeod, Mike Barretta, and Kari Sperring, all stemming from a peaceful divergence in our past. Join them as they wander down familiar paths......and then swerve down roads not taken.

When Lyssa Buckingham left her hometown of Anchor Bay, Oregon, she never planned to return. She thought she could escape her family's legacy. She thought wrong. To help Lyssa's daughter, 10-year-old Emily, Lyssa must rejoin her family and come to terms with its magical heritage. Now Lyssa fears she and Emily might pay the greatest price of them all. To quell the coming storm and save the lives of everyone in Seavy County, Lyssa must uncover the truth about her family's past-even if it changes her daughter's future forever. FantasyLife and Other Stories pierces the thin veil between the magical world and the human one to reveal the darkness and sacrifice that holds them together. Also includes a special introduction by the author, as well as the Seavy County stories "The Women of Whale Rock," "Strange Creatures," and "The Light in Whale Cove." "Rusch does her usual artful job with FantasyLife], mixing light contemporary fantasy with suspense and even a tinge of horror."-Science Fiction Chronicle "Welcome to a world brimming with mermaids, sirens, selkies and all the fantastical creatures one can imagine. FantasyLife] by Kristine Kathryn Rusch is not only a richly woven fantasy novel, but also the story of one woman coming to terms with her own destiny."-Romance Review Today "FantasyLife is a triumph, and a work of magic in its own right."-Wigglefish.com

Getting a book into readers' hands means achieving that modern marketing buzzword: discoverability. And the simplest way to gain that reader recognition? Branding. Branding helps readers find an author's work. But many authors fail to grasp the concept of creating an effective author brand. Now, New York Times bestselling author and renowned business blogger Kristine Kathryn Rusch expertly tackles the topic in this latest WMG Writer's Guide. In this guide, Rusch teaches the basic concepts of branding and helps authors convert those concepts into useful action to individually brand themselves to maximize reader recognition. "There are lots of books out there about how to market your book. Some of them are good. Some aren't. Discoverability is one of the best..."-TeleRead"Kristine Kathryn Rusch's new book Discoverability is by far the best resource I have read to date to help indie authors succeed after the book is written."-Chris Syme, Principal of CKSyme Media Group"Kristine Kathryn Rusch]'s extensive experience in both traditional and indie publishing shines through in this amazing book. Though written for fiction authors, all writers will benefit from reading this book."-Tim Grahl, "11 Best Book Marketing Books""Discoverability gets my highest recommendation and a must read for writers who want to develop a career and make a living in the Indie Publishing industry."-Marion Hill" Kristine Kathryn Rusch's blog, ] The Business Rusch...is full of sound advice and analysis about what's going on."-Jeff Baker, The Oregonian