Human for Hire

Human! A name that strikes terror in the hearts of the galaxy. Well, maybe not terror. More like caution, actually. Since you know how hot-headed Humans can be. After the galaxy was attacked by invaders, the Milky Way was left but a shadow of its former self. In its wake, a savage, almost Wild West existence emerged, ruled by gun and muscle. And for anyone needing help in either the gun or muscle category-or both-everyone knows you . . . Hire a Human. As the quasi-supermen of the galaxy, Humans have a reputation for being the baddest of the badasses. Now, only a few hardy Humans still wander the space lanes in search of work. If you can find a Human for Hire, you can't go wrong. The only thing: Be prepared for a lot of collateral damage. Adam Cain wanted to stay anonymous, hiding from his famous name while eking out a living as a bounty hunter, enforcer, bodyguard or mercenary . . . anything that would pay credits for his particular set of skills. And when Adam accepts a contract to recover a fugitive on a stinking cesspool of a world, he finds more than he bargained for. But on his next "simple" assignment, things go really bad and turns into DIE HARD in Space. Yippie-ki-ay . . . !

Staging a coup on a cesspool of a planet can be a dangerous affair. However, when The Human is betrayed by none other than his own client, he and the rest of his team are left running for their lives, pursued by killer robots and with no way off the planet. And that's just the beginning of the story . . . Welcome to the world of Adam Cain, AKA: The Human, the closest thing to a superman in the galaxy. As the most famous employee of Starfire Security, The Human is in popular demand. But he has to be careful that his past doesn't catch up to him. You can't go around kicking alien butt without ruffling a few feathers . . . or scales . . . or whatever the alien du jour happens to have for skin. And when Adam later teams up with another famous bounty hunter, things really begin to go south. Revenge, betrayal, and pay-back become the keywords in this latest rip-roaring adventure by sci-fi author T. R. Harris. The story continues . . . After the galaxy was savagely attacked by invaders, the Milky Way was left but a shadow of its former self. Gone are the vast empires that once brought stability, law and order to countless star systems. In its wake, a savage, almost Wild West existence emerged, ruled by gun and muscle. And for anyone needing help with either gun or muscle-or both-everyone knows you . . . Hire a Human.

When The Human for Hire is asked to help in a bank robbery . . . Of course, he says no. But then came the clincher. "It's behind enemy lines." "This could be the perfect crime. Count me in!" After his last two jobs left him broke and in debt, The Human for Hire is looking for a way to make some quick cash. And that's when three Human friends from his past show up, offering him a piece of the action in an upcoming bank robbery. At first, he says no. But then the details come out. It's behind enemy lines . . . and it's a Klin bank they'd be robbing. As Adam Cain says, "This could be the perfect crime." Get ready for Kelly's Heroes in Space, as Adam Cain and friends embark on a hair brain scheme to rob half-a-billion energy credits from a Klin bank. It may seem as if the odds are against them, but remember, this is Adam Cain we're talking about. Never count him out. But that doesn't mean everything goes according to plan. They never do. And that's why the stories are so much fun! Time for some serious collateral damage!

The Human racks up the score in this one . . . That's because when you run out of options, all you can do is . . . Kill them. Kill them all. When The Human takes on a minor mercenary job of protecting a group of settlers against alien marauders, it seems simple enough . . . until the bad guys don't take no for an answer, leaving Adam with only one option . . . Kill them, kill them all. Get ready for The Magnificent Seven in Space. He wasn't supposed to care for the helpless aliens; that's not his line of work. He deals in lead . . . and flash bolts. But maybe Adam's getting soft in his new cloned age. Yeah, I don't think so. He just has a thing for the underdog. Get ready for some major alien ass-kicking as the marauders do the one thing you shouldn't with Adam Cain. They made him mad. Now, time for some serious collateral damage!

The Human for Hire . . . Has a particular set of skills . . . And now he's about to put them to deadly use. Arieel Bol is the religious leader of the planet Formil, Speaker of the Gods, and Carrier of the Sacred Bloodline. She also happens to be The Human's ex-lover and the mother of his daughter, Lila. So when Arieel is kidnapped by a radical religious sect known as the Armies of the Sun, Adam Cain is set loose on a mad mission to save Arieel, and before her scheduled public execution. The Armies of the Sun have already assassinated a dozen galactic religious leaders in the past few months and no one has been able to stop them . . . until now. You see, Adam Cain (The Human) has a particular set of skills that makes him a nightmare for people like the Armies. He will look for the kidnappers, he will find them . . . and he will kill them. Yes, this is Taken . . . in Outer Space. But with a twist. There's always a twist . . . And the clock is ticking.

The Transporter meets Mad Max . . . In the latest Human for Hire adventure. It started out as a simple weapons delivery to a planetary warlord. But when Adam Cain-AKA The Human-is asked to transport an innocuous-looking package back to the warlord's capital, things take a turn for the worse. Yeah, you know what happens: Adam looks in the package! Now meet Siri, a sexy, feline-like mutant whose special powers have made her the target of the two most powerful warlords on the planet Ellios. Of course, Adam is intrigued by her, and soon the pair are racing across the planet in a desperate effort not only to save their own lives but also to put an end to a perpetual war that has killed millions of natives. Adam never asked for any of this. He never does. But trouble just seems to follow him from adventure to adventure. This is classic Adam Cain, AKA: The Human for Hire. And as always, the bad guys learn too late that . . . you don't mess with the Humans.

"The alien known as The Human stands before this Tribunal having been found guilty of the crime of murder without circumstances. You shall be interned in the Malx Prison for a term no less than your natural, unnatural, or transformative life without the possibility of reconsideration or commutation. You have committed the most grievous crime on Noranen and shall now suffer the maximum consequences for such a heinous act." Adam Cain had had worse days, but at the moment, he couldn't remember when. And when the native judge slammed an oblong stone on the podium before him, signaling an end to the fifteen-minute trial and sentencing, Adam felt a tingle run down his spine. It was going to take all his skill, experience-and luck-to get out of this one. And his latest challenge was just beginning . . . But Adam wasn't about to let the situation get the best of him. He had skills, skills which will be tested when he finds he's been placed in more of a zoo than a prison. All the inmates were aliens on the planet Noranen and serving life sentences. So why worry about their welfare? Let them sort it out amongst themselves. All the guards did was clean up the mess afterward. Unfortunately for the inmates, there was now a super being amongst them, a scrawny, pink-skinned creature known only as The Human. Let the alien ass-kicking commence!

Speed meets The Taking of Pelham 123 . . . In the latest Human for Hire whirlwind adventure. This wasn't like Adam Cain-AKA: The Human for Hire. He wasn't supposed to be compassionate and caring. But for some reason, he'd taken the former Third-Generation Human John Martinez under his wing and was now determined to show him what the real Human race was all about. As a 3G, Martinez had been raised by the Klin to believe a completely false narrative about his native race. But having never been to Earth-and after only a few tragic encounters with other Humans-what was Martinez to believe? And that was why Adam was taking Martinez to Earth . . . and aboard the luxurious space liner Starship Andromeda. But of course, where Adam goes, trouble follows, and soon he and Martinez are ensnarled in a vast and deadly conspiracy that risks the lives of everyone aboard the Starship Andromeda, as well as every soul on Earth. Get ready for more non-stop action and heroics from Adam Cain-the alien with an attitude. And the stakes have never been higher.

“The Terminator” meets “Dirty Harry”... Things are going to get wild... In this latest installment of the Human for Hire saga. Adam Cain: Bounty Hunter, Mercenary, Bodyguard. In his line of work, Adam makes a lot of enemies. The problem: Enemies have long memories. And when someone comes after Adam seeking revenge for his past deeds, things get a little dicey. The problem for Adam's enemies: They're going up against The Human. And because of that, Adam has only one question for them: "Do you feel lucky? Well, do you, punk?" That's right. Adam isn't your ordinary target, and now it's a game of back and forth between the hunter and the hunted, with the roles changing in rapid-fire succession. So, hold on to your seats. This is going to be a wild ride.

Why do the simplest assignments . . . turn into the greatest disasters? Adam Cain: "Just my luck, I guess." All The Human had to do was turn over his latest bounty to the local authorities and collect his fee. But when it turns out that no one in the galaxy wants to take possession of the criminal, Adam is left with no choice but to transport him a quarter of the way across the galaxy, from the renegade planet Sinalus to Unidor Security's headquarters on Tactori. The problem . . . it seems everybody and their brother are trying to stop him from completing his mission, both the good guys and the bad guys. What do they know that The Human doesn't? The answer to that question keeps changing from each hostile planet Adam visits to the latest harrowing attack in space. And the truth is almost too much to believe, forcing an awkward alliance between captor and captive as they struggle to stay alive against impossible odds.

John Wick . . . in space Vengeance on a galactic scale. Normally, it doesn't take a lot to piss off Adam Cain (AKA: The Human). That's why 'Collateral Damage' is his middle name. But occasionally, something happens that pushes him over the edge. And in that case, there isn't a place in the galaxy where you're safe. In I Am Entropy, Adam brings chaos to order, an order that never should have existed in the first place. All pretense of civility is gone. And now the damage isn't so much collateral as it is intentional. Worlds will crumble when Entropy knocks on the door. This is the rawest Human For Hire book in the series, but still with the same humorous and sarcastic wit you've come to expect from a T. R. Harris novel. This is The Human doing vengeance as only a human can. No-holes-barred action on a galactic scale.

He couldn't keep his secret forever . . . The Human has finally been exposed as being the famous Adam Cain. Now, everyone wants a piece of immortality. Adam did what he had to do to save his friend Tidus, but in doing so, his secret leaked out. Instead of being known simply as The Human, he's been exposed as the famous Adam Cain, the person who died and was brought back to life by the mutants Panur and Lila. And now the knowledge has found its way to a mysterious secret sect of immortality worshippers who want Adam's secret for their own. And they'll do anything to get it . . . even if they have to kill Adam Cain in the process. Now his friends Arieel, Galena, and Tidus, along with the A.I.s Beth and Davy, launch a desperate mission to save Adam . . . before it's too late. In the meantime, other forces are after Adam, now that his secret is out of the bag. It seems as if the whole galaxy is coming down on him. Oh well, just a typical day in the life of the Human for Hire. More thrilling Adam Cain adventure, more acerbic wit, more non-stop action, and with all the twists and turns of a rollercoaster. The Human for Hire is back!

This is the movie Con-Air in Space . . . as only Adam Cain can live it. He's simply hitching a ride aboard a Unidor Prisoner Transport when everything goes to Hell. Now it's Adam Cain against . . . everyone. Too bad for . . . everyone. Adam Cain-AKA: The Human for Hire-has a simple assignment: Ride along with a starship full of hardened criminals being transferred to Tactori for disposition of their cases. But when a group of prisoners decide to take matters into their own hands, it's left up to Adam and his new friend-Penny Jacobs-to save the day. Between hijacked starships, killer prisoners, and a new friend who likes to blow things up, Adam has his hands full in this one. It's the ultimate ride-along-gone-wrong story. No wonder Adam Cain is the alien with an attitude. This is a prime Adam Cain adventure, pitting The Human against a horde of deadly aliens . . . and much more, including flying dinosaurs on a death world. Wanna bet who comes out on top? Be careful. As with all T. R. Harris novels, nothing is as it seems until the final scene.

This is the movie Lethal Weapon . . . in space! Not all Humans are created equal. Some are just batshit crazy . . . With an eye on profits, Starfire Security CEO Tidus figured his company's stock would go up if he had two Humans on the payroll. What he didn't count on was all the added collateral damage. After all, that's what Humans are known for, breaking stuff . . . lots of stuff. And who do you think draws the short straw to train the new Human bounty hunter? None other than the original Human for Hire, Adam Cain. It's been a while since Adam worked with a Human, and now he's remembering why it never worked out so well. Young Benjamin Frost is brash, impulsive, and naive to a fault. He has a lot to learn about how the galaxy at large works. And if he's not careful, he's going to get himself killed, along with a lot of other people, including his reluctant mentor.