About the SHEERSPACE series: Hot as the suns... Cool and sharp as spun steel... The alpha male heroes of futuristic romance will take you to the stars! ASSASSIN'S HUNGER was first published in the science fiction romance novella anthology, SCI FI NIGHTS. ASSASSIN'S HUNGER Stripped of her identity by a cybernetic mercenary corporation, Shaxi was a mindless killer until the corporation was destroyed and set her free. Now lost and alone, she desperately needs to master her unlinked programming before she succumbs to the rogue madness. But the electromagnetic storm that might save her also blows in the Asphodel, a sheership with more mysteries and menaces than Shaxi has ever faced…including the enigmatic Eril Morav, a heartless assassin on a quest to save the sheerways, even at the cost of his own soul. Eril thinks he’ll use Shaxi to do his dirty work, but she might be the one being in the universe who can light his black-hole heart. WARNING: Includes a brooding hero who needs a conscience adjustment, a kick-ass heroine who will definitely kick his ass, science fiction adventure, and steamy sex scenes. 55,000 words