Bøker av Austin Dragon

Want to improve? Whether it's something specific or overall aspects of your life, character or personality? Want to end bad habits? Reverse bad choices? Go beyond the tired perennial New Years' Resolutions?Or just do something new for the year! Begin visiting all those countries around the world you've been putting off? Do something crazy like switch to a completely new career? Do something big? Feeling blue, bored, or aimless? Want to roll up your sleeves and take control of your life? If so, then BE (LIQUID) COOL: 52 Weeks of Witty, Pithy, and Profound Sci-Fi-Based Inspiration For Positive Thinking, Planning, and Action! may be exactly what you need.Based on the author's popular Liquid Cool: The Cyberpunk Detective Series, which has ten main novels, a mini-series of three novels, four box sets, another companion case short story, and two new novels and another box set on the way, the book takes inspirational life lessons from our favorite sci-fi detective with an attitude, Cruz and all his family, friends, and associates. Be (Liquid) Cool is an easy-to-read practical guide to help you reach your self-improvement goals in a straightforward method. Book sections include:· The Pre-Launch Mindset· The Action Mindset· The Attitude Mindset· Don't Be Your Own Arch-Enemy· Don't Panic. Life's Supposed to Be Unpredictable· Give Back (When You Can)· Don't Forget the Fun Book chapters include:· Know the "Why"· Pick Your Associates Wisely· Have the Right Tools· Have a System· Hard Work· Avoid Drama· Resist the Urge to Be StupidThis is your guide in your self-development, self-help, self-growth journey. It is your 52 Week guide with stories, quotes, and humor to become the best version of you! That's what personal transformation or achievement should be all about.

THE KINGDOM OF ATLANTEA AT LAST!The Fabled Quest Chronicles concludes in Book Six of the epic fantasy adventure series!They began their odyssey in the Lands of Man. They traveled through Faë-Land Minor-the land of fairies and sprites, then across Faë-Land Major-the land of centaurs, elves, and goblins. They almost died in the Great Forest. Yet, none of those magical regions were as dangerous as the Oceans Omnis-the vast region ruled by merfolk, water fae, sirens, and sea monsters. After a year-long march, the final leg of their quest along Titan's Trail has arrived.As Traveler suspected, King Oughtred and his dark allies await in the final chapter of the Fabled Quest Chronicles saga.

"Cruz, do you remember NeuroDancer?"Our favorite, sci-fi private eye is back in the tenth novel in the Liquid Cool sci-fi noir detective series.New suit. New hat. New case. At first, he thought his natural paranoia was playing tricks on him, but now he's certain-he's being followed.Many villains have tried to kill Cruz, but NeuroDancer came closer than most and with flair to the very end. Cruz always feared her mind-control "powers" might fall into criminal hands, but it's far worse.An ultra-secret organization of corporate spies-all female-may have acquired the psi-tech. And now they seek vengeance against Cruz for their fallen 'sister.'But there are other desperate and deadly players in the shadows. Everyone is after the stolen corporate device known by the codename: Starlight.Action, thrills, and laughs. The sci-fi/cyberpunk detective series continues.Enter the high-tech, low-life world of Liquid Cool.

The Fabled Quest Chronicles continues in Book Five of the epic fantasy adventure series-warrior mermaids, storm-summoning sirens, and sea serpents large enough to rise and block out the sun.They began their caravan in the Lands of Man. They traveled through Faë-Land Minor-the land of fairies and sprites, then across Faë-Land Major-the land of centaurs, elves, and goblins. They almost died in the Great Forest. Yet, none of those magical regions were as dangerous or vast as the Oceanus Omnis-the ocean realms ruled by merfolk, water fae, sirens, and sea monsters. Their year-long march, guided by the man called Traveler with his shape-shifting dog, has reached its final leg in their journey along Titan's Trail.But what of the Four Kings and their dark allies who hunt them?And what dangers lurk beneath the near-bottomless depths of these ancient oceans?¿Siren Storms of Madness is Book 5 of the Fabled Quest Chronicles epic fantasy adventure!

Can you combine the Sci-Fi Detective Series with the Cozy Murder Mystery? Liquid Cool can!LIQUID COOL is the action-packed and funny, cyberpunk detective series!This time Cruz and family are off to the exclusive, secluded, French-Caribbean Jules Verne's island for a long-overdue holiday. Luck has smiled upon the Cruz family-Cruz, his wife, Dot, and the two kids, Cruz Jr. and Kat. A free vacation during the very weeks the island is shut down for an annual writers' retreat for the top sci-fi authors of Earth!Why didn't Cruz and family run away when they had the chance?There'll be no vacation for our famous private eye. There's been a murder. So it's Cozy Mystery time, Liquid Cool style!It was supposed to be a nice, quiet, relaxing family vacation. But instead, there's plenty of action, surprises, thrills, and laughs.Welcome to the high-tech, low-life world of Liquid Cool.

In The Moon Is A Good Place to Die (Liquid Cool, Book 8) the Sci-Fi Detective Series leaves Earth behind.Cruz has been framed for murder and Metro PD is after him. The victim wasn't just a client. He's the heir of a wealthy off-world dynasty and they want revenge-against him. Why won't anyone believe that he didn't do it?But Cruz knows who framed him. He fought the man-if that's what you can call him-for his very life. No matter how long it takes, what violence must ensue, he'll chase down this Three-Armed Man wherever the trail takes him. This time the client is himself, and he has no intention of letting him down.Cruz travels far beyond the supercity of Metropolis in this case to the Lunar Colonies above, where the average resident is richer than anyone on Earth. Visiting the Moon for vacation might be relaxing, but dodging laser blasts is no fun at all. The Moon Is a Good Place to Die-as long as it's not him!Plenty of action, surprises, thrills, and laughs in this sci-fi/cyberpunk detective series.Welcome to the high-tech, low-life world of Liquid Cool.

In the shadowy world of the megacorporations there's a rumor of a cyber-assassin like no other.LIQUID COOL is Sci-Fi Meets the Detective Crime Thriller! In the action-packed (and funny) cyberpunk detective series, tag along with Cruz, our sci-fi detective (and unlikely hero) with attitude in the fifty-million-plus, future supercity of Metropolis.What are the Crazy Maniac Files? Cruz has dealt with all kinds of criminal crazies-humans, cyborgs, robots-and even crazier clients. The supercity has a million victims and perpetrators but the LIQUID COOL Mini-Series features one "crazy maniac."Cruz enters the secret deadly world of corporate espionage and warfare. Corporate soldiers, cyborg soldiers, samurai soldiers, and digital samurai. Two sinister megacorporations are locked in a final battle to destroy each other. Cruz is hired by an assassin rumored to travel through the Net to find and kill her targets. But why would THE DIGITAL SAMURAI need a detective?Welcome to the high-tech, low-life world of Liquid Cool!If you're a fan of cyberpunk and sci-fi action-adventure or mystery, cyber-noir or funny science fiction, the Liquid Cool series is for you! So get your laser pistol and grab your copy of DIGITAL SAMURAI now!

It's Sci-Fi Meets the Crime Thriller! It's Blade Runner Meets The Maltese Falcon! It's cyberpunk reimagined.LIQUID COOL is the action-packed (and funny) cyberpunk detective series. Tag along with Cruz, our private eye (and unlikely hero), in the fifty-million-plus, super-city of Metropolis- ever-raining, colossal skyscrapers, hovercar-filled skies, and flashy neon streets below.Uber-governments and megacorporations fight for control of super-city, but so does crime.What are the Crazy Maniac Files?Cruz has dealt with all kinds of criminal crazies-and even crazier clients. This supercity has a million victims and perpetrators but this LIQUID COOL Mini-Series will feature one "crazy maniac."As you dive into the action, we could tell you to watch out for tech-tricksters, analog hustlers, neon gangsters, or digital mercenaries, but the only thing to fear in this story are the cyborgs-lots of them…and the legend known as CLASSIC CYBORG.Welcome to the high-tech, low-life world of Liquid Cool!

Book Three of the Fabled Quest Chronicles is here! COMES THE WAR WIZARDS' WRATH!They made it to Faë-Land Major-the lands of elves, fauns, centaurs, and goblins!Titan's Caravan is no longer merely an impressive caravan of humans-royals, berserkers, and a shape-shifter. Through many surprises and seeming setbacks, their numbers include humans, fairies, sprites, giants, elves and a multitude of other fae races and magical animals. The path is clear--the next markers along Titan's Trail then to the Great Forest.However, nothing is ever that simple in a long quest, and in the Lands of Magic, less so. They escaped the Four Kings but not their war wizards or their agents throughout Faë-Land. They face many enemies, but they have also gained many allies against the Xenhelmians.Continue the epic fantasy adventure of Titan's Caravan against the war wizards' wrath, caravan wars, and evil creatures, including one feared above most others!Can Titan's Caravan make it to the Great Forest, let alone to their final destination of the fabled kingdom of Atlantea coveted by human and fae alike?

With shadowy monsters and dark magic, the Kings' Caravan almost killed them all before the quest had even begun! But why?They escaped the treachery and dark magic of the Four Kings of Xenhelm, but not without losses. However, the Fates have smiled upon them all with the stranger-and now their leader-known as Traveler. He is a human who has not only traveled to the fabled kingdom of Atlantea before but lived there. They are now the new Titan's Caravan.They cross beyond the Lands of Man into the Lands Between, and into Faë-Land-or, more precisely, Faë-Land Minor-the lands of fairies, sprites, and giants. Here they must travel and survive to find fae members to add to their caravan. "We cannot make it to Atlantea as a caravan of humans alone," Traveler tells them. But which fae--fairies, sprites, giants, elves, or any one of the many fae races unknown to humans?They had escaped but they still travel In the Shadow of the Kings. Every step they take and every encounter with a new fae town or city could be a new trap. And there are new creatures and hostile fae races as diverse and dangerous as anything the humans can imagine.Many have died along Titan's Trail, but they are undaunted as their caravan grows with both fae and fantastic beasts. Their magical adventure will take them to many magnificent places and horrific battles. But to attain the ultimate treasures of Atlantea, all shall be gladly risked.In the Shadow of the Kings, Book Two of the epic fantasy adventure Fabled Quest Chronicles begins!

Many die along the Trail, but to embark on such a magical adventure and behold its ultimate treasures, all shall be gladly risked.Every three years it arrives-The Kings' Caravan to the legendary city of Atlantea. From the far reaches of the Seven Empires of Pan-Earth, men travel from Avalonia-the sole gateway into the realm of the Magical Lands for the year-long journey along a path created by the ancient Titans themselves.It is a journey like no other through unimaginable dangers, both mortal and magical, of men and monsters, by day and night-all to reach the limitless riches of the magic kingdom of Atlantea. Only under the protection of the Four Kings-the Kings' Caravan-is such a journey possible. Or is it?A new alliance forms under the stranger known as Traveler as the most fantastic and deadliest adventure of all time, this fable quest, Through Titan's Trail begins!This is the first book of the epic fantasy adventure Fabled Quest Chronicles.

"We're going to break wide open the biggest caper in Metropolis history!"Liquid Cool: The Cyberpunk Detective Series Is Back with more laughs and even more action in A.I. Confidential!The biggest caper in the supercity's history? Cruz has tangled with some of the most dangerous, cunning, and sinister villains around-Blade Gunner, NeuroDancer, Mr. Viper, The Ripper, the "Alien". But this case is even bigger?Liquid Cool is Blade Runner meets the Maltese Falcon, then this novel is much more on the noir side than any other (call it cyber-noir or sci-fi noir). Bright neon, sharp shadows, thugs in fedoras, laser guns at the ready, and bloody discarded bodies in alleys. You don't see this kind of gritty action, suspense, thrills, and even laughs in any "normal" science fiction. But this is Liquid Cool."We're on the case!" he says. And you get to tag along with Cruz and company through the ever-rainy world of mega-skyscrapers, hovercars, and futuristic tech. This case introduces our hero detective, Cruz, to a threat he has never dealt with before-killer androids!Welcome to the high-tech, low-life world of Liquid Cool.

In Liquid Cool Book 5 its Alien Meets Blade Runner…It's I, Alien Hunter!Liquid Cool, the action-packed (and funny), cyberpunk detective series continues.Our private detective, Cruz, has dealt with all kinds of criminal crazies-full human, cyborgs and robots-and even crazier clients. But he has never had to deal with…extraterrestrials.Is this case more than a missing persons? Have humans on the Main Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter actually found proof of alien life from another world? What does it all have to do with a missing scientist?"I'm a detective, not a secret agent," Cruz says. But never has he faced so much danger from forces on Earth and beyond in the 50-million, supercity of Metropolis-a gritty, ever-rainy, futuristic world of colossal skyscrapers, hovercars, and flashy neon streets.This time besides the action, thrills, and laughs Author Austin Dragon brings us Spacemen, Martians, meteors, androids, and possibly… a killer alien!Welcome to the high-tech, low-life world of Liquid Cool.

The Cyberpunk Detective Series Goes to London!But in The Electric Sheep Massacre does our detective come back? And, is that before or after someone tries to kill him in the world of virtual reality?Liquid Cool is the action-packed (and funny), debut cyberpunk detective series.Liquid Cool is Blade Runner meets the Maltese Falcon. In the next installment of the sci-fi/cyberpunk detective series, author Austin Dragon takes our private detective from the wild, concrete wastelands outside the supercity Metropolis across the Great Ocean to London Prime (that's what they call it in the future) to the most dangerous place in the world-virtual reality, where all of a sudden people are killing and dying.It's the cyberpunk novel reimagined-an ever-rainy world of colossal skyscrapers, hovercars, flashy neon streets, and futuristic mechanization. Metropolis isn't a bad place, but it isn't a good one either. Uber-governments and megacorporations fight for control of the fifty-million-plus supercity, but so does crime.Welcome to the high-tech, low-life world of Liquid Cool.

Liquid Cool is the action-packed (and funny), cyberpunk detective series. The thrills continue in NEURODANCER!Has Cruz met his supervillain match in NeuroDancer?Liquid Cool is Blade Runner meets the Maltese Falcon. In the next installment of the sci-fi/cyberpunk detective series, author Austin Dragon goes from less frenetic cyberpunk to a smoother, cyber-noir with our hero, Cruz, matching wits with the sultry NeuroDancer. There is always plenty of gritty action, suspense, thrills, and even a few laughs.It's the cyberpunk novel reimagined-an ever-rainy world of colossal skyscrapers, hover-cars, flashy neon streets, and futuristic mechanization. Metropolis isn't a bad place, but it isn't a good one either. Uber-governments and mega-corporations fight for control of the fifty-million-plus super-city, but so does crime."Don't hate me because I'm beautiful," she said to him. He should have listened to his instincts when she strolled into his office to hire him. "I knew I wasn't gonna touch this case with a 10-foot pole. It had danger written all over it, back and front." But he did take the Case of the NeuroDancer. Is this the private eye story where the bad "guy" rides off into the sunset and the hero lies flat on his back waiting for the meat wagon to fly down in their hoverambulance.Which is crazier, indeed: the criminal-or the client? Welcome to the high-tech, low-life world of Liquid Cool.

BLADE GUNNER is the second novel of Liquid Cool--the action-packed (and funny), debut cyberpunk detective series.Who is Blade Gunner?In the next installment of the sci-fi/cyberpunk detective series, author Austin Dragon shows you when two forces of evil want to kill each other-get the hell out of the way! The Liquid Cool Series is the sci-fi classic, Blade Runner meets the Old Hollywood classic, Maltese Falcon. There is plenty of gritty action, suspense, thrills, and even a few laughs.It's the cyberpunk novel reimagined-an ever-rainy world of colossal skyscrapers, hover-cars, flashy neon streets, and futuristic mechanization. Metropolis isn't a bad place, but it isn't a good one either. Uber-governments and mega-corporations fight for control of the fifty-million-plus super-city, but so does crime.Sinister secret megacorporations. Savage Cyborg cults. And the Blade Gunner. How does Cruz, our private eye (and unlikely hero), solve this case-let alone survive? Off-worlders will do anything to stop the unknown man called Blade Gunner-even to blow up a supercity from space! The seedy spousal surveillance case doesn't look so bad after all, but it's too late to go back. You haven't read a cyberpunk novel like this.Welcome to the high-tech, low-life world of Liquid Cool.

A Cyberpunk Thriller To Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat!Liquid Cool is the action-packed (and funny), debut cyberpunk detective series.How Much is One Life Worth?In the sci-fi/cyberpunk detective series, author Austin Dragon shows why you never want to meet a cyborg in a dark alley. Liquid Cool is a cross between Blade Runner and the Maltese Falcon. There is plenty of gritty action, suspense, thrills, and even a few laughs.It's cyberpunk reimagined-an ever-rainy world of colossal skyscrapers, hover-cars, flashy neon streets, and futuristic mechanization. Metropolis isn't a bad place, but it isn't a good one either. Uber-governments and mega-corporations fight for control of the fifty-million-plus super-city, but so does crime.We meet Cruz, our private eye (and unlikely hero), in this super-city with a million victims and perpetrators. Watch out for tech-tricksters, analog hustlers, and digital gangsters-psychos, samurais, and cyborgs aplenty. Visitors have a way of becoming permanent attractions.Welcome to the high-tech, low-life world of Liquid Cool.

Every Armageddon has a beginning! Pure Conspiracy (An After Eden Select Novel) is the companion novella in the After Eden science fiction and international thriller series by Austin Dragon. A Pulse-Pounding Futuristic ThrillerWhat's More Dangerous; Secrets or Lies?With all of the international intrigue of a Tom Clancy novel and all the mind-blowing futurism of an Isaac Asimov classic, Austin Dragon's After Eden Series will keep you turning pages and wondering what's next.The year is 2096. The FAITHERS are hearing rumors of a plot to wipe them off the face of the Earth. But, would the world's three superpowers really work together against them?Four men from four different Orders must uncover the sinister conspiracies that are taking shape at the highest levels of government. Failure will not only end their way of life, but may unleash a worldwide conflict whose destructive power could end all life on the planet.These four men must learn that sometimes the only thing more dangerous than doing something is doing nothing. And time is not on their side.But is a coming Armageddon inevitable? This thriller unfolds between the events of Rising Leviathan (After Eden Book 3) and Red Halo (After Eden Book 4). Discover just how dangerous the truth can really be.The After Eden Series is a dramatic mix of politics, religion, technology, and intrigue set almost eighty years in the future.