Bedford, K. A

James Dunne, a naive young officer newly graduated from the Royal Interstellar Service Academy, enters a world of corruption and paranoia aboard the starship "Eclipse, " where disrespect toward one's superiors can find one left for dead in the "dark.".

Homicide inspector Zette McGee is called out of retirement to help Kell Fallow, a former android accused of killing his wife and children who also knows a dark secret from Zette's past.

Senior time machine repair technician Spider has the opportunity to put his investigation skills to use when he finds the body of a dead woman and an explosive device in a machine he is called upon to fix, and finds a connection between them and a battle at the End of Time.