Railroaded into smuggling a shipment of contraband to a planet short on food, Rex finds himself on the run from an insidious corporation named Ubiqorp, which reaps obscene profits by keeping the planet dependent on shipments of synthetic rations. When Rex and his long-suffering robot companion Sasha are sentenced to work as slave labor on a massive Ubiqorp plantation, they learn the terrible secret behind the corporation’s products. Well, maybe not so much terrible as mildly unnerving.

To escape, Rex and Sasha team up with a mis-programmed combat drone and an intelligent mutant plant to lead a rebellion against their merciless corporate overlords.

Out of the Soylent Planet is a novel-length prequel to Starship Grifters, the book NYT bestselling author Hugh Howey called “one of my favorite space romps of all time.” You can start your adventures in the Rex Nihilo universe here or with Starship Grifters; you’ll be equally confused either way.

This edition of Out of the Soylent Planet also contains the story The Chicolini Incident, because Robert Kroese loves you and wants you to be happy. Pick up your copy today!

ATTICUS COVEN

Atticus Coven is lucky to have a job at all, let alone one with the Corporation. But the work is numbing and repetitive, and the pace is relentless on the brutally efficient AI-controlled factory floor.

Every day is a trial—until her.

It was just a glimpse, but it was enough—Atticus is spellbound and will do anything for just one chance to return her smile.

“Atticus Coven” is the first in a series of short stories set in the universe of the Bot Trilogy series.

MARK SCOTT

Mark Scott is just another boy trying to survive school, have fun with his friends, and enjoy a normal family life. Unfortunately, there’s nothing ordinary about his home. His mother is long since out of the picture—he’s forced to live with an abusive drunk of a father, every day creeping like a shadow to hide from his father’s rage.

Fortunately for Mark, there is always a bigger fish swimming in the sea.

“Mark Scott” is the second in a series of short stories set in the universe of the Bot Trilogy series.

TRAVIS ECKHART

Attending university as a young man, Travis Eckhart is researching technology he hopes will change the world—but will it be for humanity’s profit or his?

Maya Wilson is a beautiful young woman attending university as well—she is also Travis’s first love. There have been others, but she is the only one he has really cared about.

Could Maya possibly sway the intentions of the ruthlessly ambitious Travis, and help him find compassion before he discovers power?

“Travis Eckhart” is the third in a series of short stories set in the universe of the Bot Trilogy series.

It all started with a note, just a simple note hand written by a woman I didn’t know, never even met. But in that note is perhaps every answer to every question I’ve ever had in my life. And because of that note, I look for her, but find him. I’m drawn to his passion, his talent, a darkness in him that somehow becomes my light, my life. Kace August is rich, powerful, a rockstar of violins, a man who is all tattoos, leather, good looks and talent. He has a wickedly sweet ability to play the violin, seducing audiences worldwide. Now, he’s seducing me. I know he has secrets. I don’t care. Because you see, I have secrets, too.

I’m not Aria Alard, as he believes. I’m Aria Stradivari, daughter to Alessandro Stradivari, a musician born from the same blood as the man who created the famous Stradivarius violin. I am as rare as the mere 650 instruments my ancestors created. Instruments worth millions. 650 masterpieces, the brilliance unmatched. 650 reasons to kill. 650 reasons to hide. One reason not to: him.