Kim J Cowie: 4 books

Starsin, an army cadet and minor member of the nobility, has escaped from a prison colony in the far north of the Virnal-administered Empire, during an attack by rebels. The rebels used mechanical warriors and other relics of a long-dead culture. Disparite forces are struggling against the Empire...

This short story is about what might happen if magic really worked on an industrial scale. And it isn't pretty...The story features a married couple: the husband is a scientist while his wife believes in all sorts of magical stuff.Lots of people believe in magic, but I couldn't help thinking...

Mohammed Habbash, an ordinary man from the Middle East, is employed by a mining company in the Alpha centauri star system. He doesn't like his job or the people he has to work with, but needs the money to support his family. The company becomes insolvent and Mohammed runs into trouble while attempting...

How far would you go to resist a brutal regime? Out hunting for relics, young Starsin sees a friend murdered by a High Master of the Virnal dictatorship, He makes a first act of resistance, only to fear the consequences as he comes under the Virnals' suspicious eye. Meanwhile, a mysterious adventuress...