Edward Maret was a happy man. He was young, carefree and engaged to be married, but Edward Maret had enemies. His cousin Philip envied him his money. Vincent FitzMichael envied him his fiancee, and Jason Deseret, a man with a dangerous secret, feared that Edward Maret could destroy him.
Six years later, the cyborg corps is humanity’s first line of defense against the alien Kliya, and cyborg AX-17 is one of the best–swift, skilled and deadly. His memories stolen from him, his face and boy mutilated beyond recognition, cyborg AX-17 has no choice but to obey the orders of his human masters, until AX-17 is unexpectedly set free, and Edward Maret returns, to seek revenge.
REVIEWS:
“…sophisticated and well written…you’ll find it more entertaining than many titles from more established writers.”–Science Fiction Chronicle
“…absorbing reading…an extremely rewarding piece of work.”–John Grant, in InfinityPlus
“Robert Katz’s EDWARD MARET touches all the bases: cyborgs, aliens, cyberspace, Thomas Aquinas, DNA, trips across the galaxy, political intrigue, betrayal, love, and more.”–Paul Levinson, Past-President, Science Fiction Writer’s of America
Richard Kurtz is a surgeon, a good surgeon, if he does say so himself (which he does). He has a luxury apartment on the East Side of Manhattan, a good-looking girlfriend and a busy practice. Kurtz should be happy, and he is, sort of, most of the time…despite a few vague, simmering regrets that he tries to ignore.
One of those regrets is Sharon Lee. For three months one summer, Sharon Lee and Richard Kurtz had thought themselves in love…until it ended. But when Sharon Lee’s dead body is found strangled in a hospital call room, Kurtz cannot getting involved, and soon finds himself embroiled in a twisted tale of murder and betrayal.
REVIEWS:
“Peppered with insightful comments on Medicine and its practitioners, Surgical Risk is a well-crafted and richly different mystery.”–Mystery Scene Magazine
“Desperate to find out what happened to the ob-gyn, Kurtz, whose name and profession bear some resemblance to his creator, Dr. Robert I. Katz (Edward Maret), Kurtz gets drawn into the escalating mystery in Surgical Risk.”–Publishers Weekly
“…Kurtz and Barent make a compelling investigate team, and Surgical Risk is a mystery with plenty of suspense and twists.”–Mystery Review Magazine
Richard Kurtz is a surgeon. He works more hours than he would like but that comes with the territory. Lew Barent is a cop. He has a job that he’s looking forward to leaving, a daughter that he dotes on, a son-in-law he can barely stand and recurrent migraines. Rod Mahoney is a Professor of Anatomy at Staunton Medical College.
Kurtz and Mahoney are old friends. They play chess together now and then, reminisce about their time in the army and drink beer…until Rod Mahoney’s dismembered body is found one day in his office, and Kurtz and Barent find themselves suddenly investigating a tale of bitter regret and ancient revenge.
REVIEWS:
“…hits the nail on the head…if you read Surgical Risk, you’ll be delighted with the characters’ flowering in this new novel.”–John Grant, in Crescent Blues
“…the expertly realized background and the solid professionalism of the prose and dialogue mark Katz a writer to watch.”–Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
“A fun read that you’ll find immensely satisfying and worth the time.”–newmysteryreader.com
Richard Kurtz and Lew Barent have solved two improbable murders at Easton Medical Center and neither of them are expecting a third, but when elderly philanthropist Eleanor Herbert dreams that she’s witnessed a murder and a young hospital administrator is found strangled in bed, Kurtz and Barent are drawn into a simmering tale of greed, conspiracy and murder.
REVIEWS:
“…a suspenseful medical mystery which grabs the reader from the first page and takes us on a ride you won’t soon forget…You can’t put it down.”–Midwest Book Review
“…one of the most unlikely and enjoyable amateur detectives around…this battle-loving doc with the snarky sense of humor is outrageous fun.”–Mystery Scene Magazine
“Recommended…”–Library Journal
Now available from award winning author, Robert I. Katz, The Cannibal’s Feast. In the Twenty-Fifth Century, mankind has spread throughout the solar system and beyond. Ships travel faster than light. Interstellar travel has become common. Asteroids have been hollowed out, are inhabited by millions and have become the prosperous center of human civilization. The Industrial Congress, a loose association of humanity’s largest, most powerful corporations, and its military arm, the Comity, tries to keep the peace in Sol system between endlessly feuding corporations. Governments are obsolete. Earth is a sleepy backwater.
Matthew Braden, a young man from a run-down habitat in Earth orbit, has graduated at the top of his class from the training institute of the Biotek-Itachi Gesselschaft, one of the largest of the industrial combines. Matthew is a Generalist, flexible, adaptable, highly intelligent and able to function well in almost any environment or situation. Assigned to Cygnus, the Security Division of the Corporation, Matthew soon finds himself a prime weapon in Biotek’s escalating war against its principal corporate adversary, the Hyperion-Narita Combine, as they plot to determine the future of all humanity.
Douglas Oliver loves to play games.
Playing games is in his blood.
Douglas Oliver’s ancestors were genetically engineered to be perfect soldiers for the Imperial armies. The Empire has been gone for 3000 years but it’s legacy remains. Strong, fast, smart and aggressive, the people of Illyria relish competition of every sort.
In Meridien, the richest nation on Illyria, the greatest game of all is the Game of Life, and in the Game of Life, keeping score is simple. Status, riches and power mean that you’re winning, but the rulers of Meridien know that too much competition can destroy everything. The Guilds and the Guild Council ensure that the rules of the Game are followed.
Douglas Oliver is nowhere near the most powerful player in the Game, but he’s young and he’s successful. He has time. He understands the rules and he isn’t afraid of being challenged, until a challenge arrives from an unknown agent and suddenly, the Game is no longer just a game. It’s an all-out war with Douglas Oliver at its center, a war that threatens everything and everyone that he loves.
Douglas Oliver survived the siege.
But will he survive the tournament?
The contest takes place every five years. The best and brightest fight for riches and glory. But the hidden battle isn’t with fists or weapons, it’s a game of words and diplomacy. Behind the scenes deals are being struck. Sides are being chosen. And betrayal is in the air.
Does this mean war?
Can Douglas uncover the truth?
And if he wins, can he survive long enough to enjoy his victory?
As the game unfolds, the Grand Tournament is just the opening gambit. What comes next will blow you away.
You’ll love this fast-paced science fiction adventure, because everyone loves a battle for freedom and justice.
Richard Kurtz has helped the police solve three murders in the past two years and he hoped that his involvement in crime fighting was over.
But life seems to have other ideas.
Kurtz has settled back into work as a general surgeon, teaching students and residents and planning his wedding to graphic artist Lenore Brinkman, but things are not so placid as they seem in Staunton College of Medicine.
The Chairman of Cardiac Surgery is about to retire. The Chairman of Anesthesiology is making himself so obnoxious that his department is in open revolt and the Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology is being stalked by a lunatic.
Lew Barent and Harry Moran are murder cops. Petty harassment is not their usual crime, but as petty harassment escalates into vandalism and then assault, the College of Medicine finds itself under siege, and Kurtz, Barent and Moran are once again thrown into the center of the mayhem.
You will love this latest medical mystery by award-winning author, Robert I. Katz.
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Michael Glover survived every mission the Empire assigned him and then he survived the revolution that ended it all.
But can he survive when everything he knew and held dear has vanished into the past?
Awakened after 2000 years to find a new Empire rising to replace the old, Michael is given a second chance to make a difference. Can he take advantage of that chance? Does he even want to?
Trouble is brewing among the stars. Ships are vanishing. Military bases are being attacked. Chaos is spreading. Is this random piracy or a wide-spread conspiracy?
Naval intelligence is desperate to find out and Michael Glover, a soldier without a country, a man thought dead for over 2000 years, reluctantly decides that he cannot stand by when duty calls.
It’s a new Empire but the same old mission, and Michael Glover, deep in his soul, is still a soldier who can be counted on.
But Michael Glover has an independent streak. He’ll carry out the mission but he’ going to do it in his own inimitable way, whether naval intelligence likes it or not.
You will love this fast-paced science fiction adventure from award winning author, Robert I. Katz.
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Two thousand years ago, Michael Glover was a soldier. He still is.
In command of one of the most advanced ships ever built, posing as an itinerant merchant captain, Michael Glover has wandered from world to world, building his unorthodox crew and trying without success to avoid trouble.
He found a refuge for the citizens of Chronos, who fled a pocket Universe about to implode, and he helped Douglas Oliver, the Secretary General of Illyria, uncover the deadly plans of a rogue military commander allied with the slaver network, and now Michael Glover has accepted a commission to spy for naval intelligence.
The slaver network is expanding. The worlds and habitats of the Second Empire have come under attack from unknown adversaries. The enemy hits and runs and vanishes, slowly sapping the Empire’s strength.
The outlines of an Empire wide conspiracy can dimly be seen and so far, all attempts to identify the enemy have failed.
The Empire has almost unimaginable power, but power is worthless with no one to fight.
Michael Glover has been given a mission but he will carry out his mission in any way that he sees fit, because Michael Glover has secrets of his own.
What is a soldier to do when faced with overwhelming odds? Whatever is necessary…
Fans of Iain M. Banks, Peter F. Hamilton, Lois McMaster Bujold and David Drake will love The Empire of Ruin.
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Have you ever been burned by the stock market? Has it happened to you more than once? Would you like to have a strategy and a plan that will work to preserve your hard-earned gains and avoid big losses?
Maybe it was the bear market of 2000-2002 that ravaged your portfolio, or maybe it was 2008, or even 1987. Maybe it wasn’t a bear market at all that caused you to lose money; maybe it was your own inexperience and poor choices.
In 2008, Robert I. Katz founded a corporation, The Defensive Investor, which runs a website: http://www.thedefensiveinvestor.com. The purpose of thedefensiveinvestor.com is to give ongoing commentary, discussion and instruction on those investing rules and strategies that have been shown to lead to financial success, low-risk strategies that will allow you to invest your money with confidence, to sleep soundly at night knowing that your money is working for you, not against you, to get through those inevitable market downturns with minimal losses, to achieve financial independence and to retire without ever again having to worry about money.
This book, Make Money, Don’t Lose Money: The Defensive Investor on Thriving and Surviving Through Bull and Bear Markets summarizes the rules, strategy and philosophy that the author has used for over 35 years to navigate the financial markets and the ever-changing investing environment. Written specifically for the individual investor, it contains a wealth of common sense approaches toward investing your money, along with a description of numerous strategies that have been shown to be successful in stockpiling gains and avoiding big losses, time after time, through good markets and bad.
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Surgeon Richard Kurtz has no idea what’s going on, and this bothers him. It bothers him a lot.
Kurtz has the typical surgeon’s deep-seated mania for control and right now, too many things are happening, none of which make sense.
His most recent patient, an undercover cop, has had his brain scrambled by a sniper’s bullet. Another patient is dying because an incompetent colleague made one mistake too many. A third patient got hit by a car after OD’ing on a new, unknown narcotic, and Steven Hayward and his wife, both drug dealers, were found dead in bed with their detached heads propped up on the kitchen counter.
Not that any of this is Kurtz’ business. Kurtz is a police surgeon but as everybody keeps reminding him, police surgeons aren’t cops. They’re surgeons.
Kurtz and police detective Lew Barent have solved three improbable murders at Easton Medical Center. These latest murders have nothing to do with Kurtz…until more patients overdose, more bodies start to appear and a Russian mobster warns him to mind his own business.
How does the Russian mob fit into things?
Who is doing what to whom?
Kurtz can’t resist asking questions, but the wrong questions asked of the wrong people could get him killed.
If you love mysteries with a hero who pulls no punches and never backs down, you will love this latest thriller from award winning author, Robert I. Katz.
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