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El Finito
Series · 4 books · 2020-2021

Books in series

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#1

Welcome to the Stacks

2020

One-hundred years ago, the corporations ruled El Finito. They turned the planet into a single, massive city, covered by their factories, research labs, boardrooms, and skyscrapers. Blinded by greed, they went to war. They utterly annihilated each other. Their shining city was reduced to a planet-wide ruin, The Stacks. The only survivors were the genetically engineered, human-animal hybrids they had used as soldiers and workers. My name is Locke. As a member of the Delvers’ Guild, my job is to explore the ruins left behind by the corporations. Joined by Gnasher, my new girlfriend and partner, I brave the depths of The Stacks to bring back lost technology and forgotten knowledge. Until recently, my major concerns in life were making enough credits to pay the rent and learning how to navigate my relationship; I might be Gnasher’s boyfriend, but I’m not the only love in her life. I’m still trying to figure out how to get along with her girlfriend, Spinny. Then, almost by accident, the opportunity of a lifetime fell into our laps. We were given the chance to raid a previously undiscovered genetics lab and to loot its secrets. Little did I know, when we took that job, that the fate of my world would fall into my hands.
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#2

Finished Business

2020

My name is Locke, and my life used to be pretty simple; go into The Stacks, the world-spanning ruins that cover my planet, and bring back anything of value left behind by the corporations. That was until I got dunked into a tank of mutagenic goo and received an unwanted reproductive enhancement. Since then, my life has become incredibly complicated. When I’m not dealing with my girlfriend Gnasher or our two live-in-lovers, Gloria and Marcella, I’m being hounded by our State liaison. Everyone wants me to do my duty and use my gift, but all I want to do is get back into the field and go delving through some ruins. I’m not cut out to be anyone’s savior. That’s until a threat from our past, thought dead and gone, comes back to haunt all of us. Now we’re on a desperate rescue mission, journeying through mutant jungles and fighting off killer cyborgs, hoping to finish things with Valash and the Syndicate once and for all. Warning: This novel contains descriptions of violence, graphic sex, unconventional relationships, and limitless adventure.
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#3

Dea Ex Machina

2021

My name is Locke. Once, I was a delver and an explorer, venturing into the planet-wide ruins that cover my home planet, looking for the treasure and knowledge left behind after the Corporation Wars ravaged El Finito. But after receiving an unexpecting reproductive upgrade, I find myself embracing my abilities and helping people conceive the children they've always wanted. Not that everything is great. I’ve barely had a moment to myself the last few months and I’ve been fighting a lot with my girlfriend, Gnasher. Plus the Syndicate, the galactic government that wants to dissect me, is blockading our planet and slowly starving us out. When aid comes from an unexpected ally, I quickly find myself completely out of my element, heading to an alien planet ruled by a godlike A.I. Apparently, she’s having her own share of reproductive woes and she thinks I hold the secrets to saving her civilization. Warning: This novel contains descriptions of violence, graphic sex, unconventional relationships, and limitless adventure.
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#4

War Dames

2021

My name is Locke, and if I had known how bad that spaceship joyride would go, I would have definitely recommended we all stay for the party. Instead, we’re lost in a forgotten region of space, unable to get home. To make things worse, we find ourselves stuck between two hostile corporations, somehow still fighting a hundred years after the wars ended. The fact that we’re being held hostage by mentally unbalanced marines does not help the situation. We’re going to need to dig deep, literally, if we want to get out of this disaster. Warning: This novel contains descriptions of grim-dark violence, graphic sex, unconventional relationships (harem and poly), killer robots, and limitless adventure.

Author

M.E. Thorne
M.E. Thorne
Author · 29 books
An up-and-coming author writing sci-fi, fantasy, and exciting adventures.
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