EarthCent Auxiliaries Books
Can a writer turned freelance journalist uncover financial fraud on a galactic scale? It's been less than a century since ancient alien AI saved us from financial suicide by adding our planet to their interstellar tunnel network. Over half of Earth’s population has emigrated to live and work on alien worlds and orbitals, and humanity now aspires to that signature vessel of advanced species, a jump-capable colony ship equipped to support millions of pioneers on the search for a new world. With trillions of creds at stake, are humans doomed to repeat the mistakes that led to Earth's first galactic bail-out? Or might a more experienced investigative journalist look for fraud closer to home? Join the intrepid reporters of the Galactic Free Press, a senior EarthCent Intelligence agent, and an independent trader, as they try to make a living and do their best for humanity with a little help from alien friends. Freelance for the Galactic Free Press is a standalone novel that is the twentieth book in the EarthCent Ambassador / EarthCent Universe sequence, and can be read without starting back to the beginning.
Have aliens spent the last century looting Earth of its treasures? Ellen, the Earth Syndication Coordinator for the Galactic Free Press, and her partner, John, EarthCent Intelligence's roving troubleshooter, are back with Semmi the gryphon to investigate. Larry, finding himself stuck as the Minister of Trade for the nascent Human Empire, starts making the rounds of sovereign human communities, while his freelance reporter partner, Georgia, trades in educational toys and tries to land a big interview. Can the five of them put their heads together and solve the literal crime of the century? Traders on the Galactic Tunnel Network is the sequel to Freelance on the Galactic Tunnel network. Both books are spinoffs from the eighteen book EarthCent Ambassador series. Following the sixteenth book, Last Night on Union Station, the timeline order is: Independent Living (EarthCent Universe 1) Soup Night on Union Station (Union Station 17) Assisted Living (EarthCent Universe 2) Freelance on the Galactic Tunnel Network (EarthCent Auxiliaries 1) Con Living (EarthCent Universe 3) Empire Night on Union Station (Union Station 18) Space Living (EarthCent Universe 4) Traders on the Galactic Tunnel Network (EarthCent Auxiliaries 2)
Doing a favor for an alien can be a life-changing experience. EarthCent Intelligence assigns their roving troubleshooter to look into rumors of labor abuses in the Old Way movement. A hot tip to the Galactic Free Press turns the spotlight on Earth's children and puts Ellen's latest attempt at a vacation on hold. Orphans on the Galactic Tunnel Network is the third book of the EarthCent Auxiliaries series which I spun off from the eighteen book Union Station saga to focus on Earth. Following Last Night on Union Station, the timeline order is: Independent Living (EarthCent Universe 1) Soup Night on Union Station (Union Station 17) Assisted Living (EarthCent Universe 2) Freelance on the Galactic Tunnel Network (EarthCent Auxiliaries 1) Con Living (EarthCent Universe 3) Empire Night on Union Station (Union Station 18) Space Living (EarthCent Universe 4) Traders on the Galactic Tunnel Network (EarthCent Auxiliaries 2) Orphans on the Galactic Tunnel Network (EarthCent Auxiliaries 3)
In space, even the aliens can't agree on modern art. When does imitation stop being flattery and start becoming an economic and cultural threat? EarthCent's top intelligence agent and the intrepid journalists of the Galactic Free Press join forces to investigate whether alien art is taking over human culture. An undercover mission to the first major inter-species art festival to invite human artists attempts to get to the bottom of the galactic art market, and the bottom turns out to be very low indeed.
The New York city-state has a problem, and it's not just gryphons eating drones.. Earth is holding its first world's fair in over a century and the nascent Human Empire is building a pavilion. The non-human species of the tunnel network are worried that their tourists visiting Earth will fall victim to charity scammers, while the city-states and legacy nations of Earth are worried about their exhibitions being outshone by alien business operating on Earth.
The Ladies in Waiting are done waiting for Earth to get its governmental act together. A delegation that includes Georgia’s mother is on its way to the Vergallian homeworld to petition the Council of Queens to send princesses to rule Earth. Thanks to derivative treaties, the implications for the tunnel network reach far beyond humanity, and EarthCent Intelligence and the Galactic Free Press assign John and Ellen to keep an eye on things, with Semmi attending as guest royalty. Larry and Georgia can’t be far behind, and Myort is bound to show up anywhere there’s action.