Dale Smith: 39 books

Mathilda Brandt is one of the Empowered: men and women who possess extraordinary abilities that set them apart from the rest of humanity. The rare few who do become Empowered face a stark choice. They must either join the Hero Council, following any and all orders in the service of protecting humanity,...

12 Stories Of Women's Bravery And Love Sweet Young Things By Kristine Kathryn Rusch Make Myself Just One More By Dean Wesley Smith Poisoned Pearls By Leah Cutter Tainted Waters By Leah Cutter Broken Women By Anne Hagan Relic By Anne Hagan A Simple Love Story By Rei Rosenquist Warning! Do Not...

Forget the old adage that cautions against wishing. The sixteen stories in this latest Fiction River contain just the right amount of heart, magic, pathos, and even hope. From a daughter hoping to save her father with a crash-course in wishery to an unfortunate victim at the wrong end of someone else’s...

What do you do when a conspiracy suppresses super powers? Mathilda Brandt fights to keep her fellow Empowered friends and the Imbued refugees from Sanctuary alive and safe. Environmental disasters are ravaging the world. Her former master, the secretive government agency known as Support, hunts her...

In this second Fiction River Special Edition, award-winning editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch performs editing magic in assembling this anthology of stories saved by not one but six different Fiction River editors. Culled from stories that did not fit in the magazine’s regular run, these gems piece...

I am supposed to destroy the Scourge, but the alien song of artificial life threatens the Earth. I infiltrated the world’s most dangerous Empowered criminal group, the Scourge, and stopped a psychopath from destroying a city. Now, the secretive government agency I work for wants me to help...

The world believes only a few can possess superpowers, but what if that’s a lie? Mathilda Brandt, one of the rare Empowered, has just learned her missing sister is also one. Even more shocking, Mat’s sister belongs to a hidden cult that believes anyone can possess a superpower, in defiance...

What happens when a simple two-part cargo-hauling job with a tight deadline pays too well? Captain Alisa Marchenko was ready to settle down to a quiet life aboard the Star Nomad hauling cargo with her finance, the cyborg Leonidas, and her daughter and crew. But, when a layover on Sherran...

The world sings to me but I shut it out, because my parole forbids me from using my power. I went to prison because I didn’t want to join the Hero Council, become one of the so-called “good guys” and give up my freedom. I just wanted a place where I could be free, with other Empowered...

Describes landmark free speech decisions of the Supreme Court while highlighting the issues of language, rhetoric, and communication that underlie them. At the intersection of communication and First Amendment law reside two significant questions: What is the speech we ought to protect, and...

Humans prove great fodder for fiction. But what about the universe of possibilities offered by the nonhuman protagonist? The eighteen daring humans of Fiction River’s latest volume explore just that. From a goblin who must choose whether to risk everything for love to a heroic rat adventuring at...

A healthy man is hit with a devastating neurological disease and completely paralyzed. The probable cause? Agent Orange in Viet Nam. The book follows his struggles with the American medical system and his reintegration into society after he becomes quadriplegic. He draws on his time in the Marine Corps and life's lessons to try and regain control of his life.

The African American presence in St. Louis began in 1763 with the arrival of several free men of color who accompanied Pierre Laclede from New Orleans to set up a fur trading fort on the Mississippi. Within a few decades, the fort had become a prosperous commercial center whose proximity to the western...

Despite the drastic evolution of warfare since the close of World War II fighting in urban environments has remained a constant. Despite the advances in modern warfare the tactics, techniques and procedures developed for urban combat operations remain largely unchanged. As the sole remaining superpower,...