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Judge, Jury, & Executioner
Series · 17
books · 2018-2023

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#1

You Have Been Judged

2018

Kriminelle begehen Verbrechen. Berufsverbrecher tun das im Geheimen. Sie sind gut darin, sich zu verstecken. Rivkas neuester Fall verlangt von ihr, Flüchtige zu jagen. Red ist auf einer Mission, um sie zu finden und sie für ihre Taten bezahlen zu lassen. Ihre Suche führt sie durch dunkle Abgründe politischer Intrigen und Umweltkatastrophen. Währenddessen schwingt Rivka die Waage der Gerechtigkeit, urteilt über die Schuldigen und vollstreckt das Strafmaß. Schurken und Abschaum haben überall in der Galaxie Fuß gefasst, aber Rivka macht es nichts aus, ihnen auf die Zehen zu treten, selbst wenn sie sie nicht verurteilt. Sie sieht es als ihre Aufgabe an, denn niemand steht über dem Gesetz. Ist Rivkas Suche sanktioniert oder ist sie abtrünnig geworden? Wird die Föderation ihr Vorgehen billigen? Richterin Rivka Anoa ist der juristische Adler, den du an deiner Seite haben willst. Es gibt keinen besseren Freund. Keinen schlechteren Feind. Hol sie dir noch heute. Richterin, Geschworene & Vollstreckerin ist eine eigenständige Serie im Kurtherianischen Gambit-Universum. Es müssen keine vorherigen Serien gelesen werden. Schnall dich einfach an, schnapp dir deinen Lieblingsdrink und mach dich darauf gefasst, dass du aus den Socken gehauen wirst.
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#2

Destroy The Corrupt

2018

Not in the Federation and not when it steals business from The Bad Company. Punish the interlopers! But justice must be served. Is it a racket? Or are they just better at business? Send in the Magistrate to investigate and apply the law. What will Rivka uncover? What justice will she deliver? Keep pulling the threads. See what unravels. They keep leading her... Somewhere. She knows she has to follow. Even if it smells like a trap. Criminals can run, but the Magistrates can run faster. Fear and fury, fire up the blasters and protect the business! You'll love following Rivka’s adventures where no one is above the law. You have been judged and now the corrupt must die. Get it today.
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#3

Serial Killer

2018

Alien ambassadors are dying. The locals are in over their heads. Or are they turning a blind eye? The Magistrates band together to learn about the law, each other, and even themselves. They still need outside help to solve the case. Who do they call? And Barnabas stops by to refuel and spin a tale. More training for the Magistrates. But duty takes them away. Another Ambassador is brutally murdered. Rivka takes her team to find the perp and end the violence. Very little is as it seems. Who are the good guys? Rivka is determined to set things right, no matter who is standing in her way. What will the Magistrate uncover? What justice will she deliver? You'll love following Rivka’s adventures where no one is above the law. Everyone lies, but why? You have been judged. Get it today. Judge, Jury, & Executioner is a stand-alone series in the Kurtherian Gambit Universe. No previous books need to be read. Just lock in your seat-belt, grab your favorite drink and be ready for your socks to be blown off. —- PLEASE NOTE —- \\\* This book contains cursing. Perhaps humorous cursing, but cursing nevertheless. If this offends you, perhaps this book isn't for you.
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#4

Your Life Is Forfeit

2018

Red has a price on his head. Rivka is determined to find those who put it there. Criminals commit crimes. Career criminals do it in secret. They are good at hiding. Rivka’s latest case has her hunting fugitives. Red is on a mission to find them and make them pay for what they’ve done. Her search leads her through dark warrens of political intrigue and ecological disasters. All the while, Rivka is swinging the scales of justice, judging the guilty, and delivering punishment. Villainy and scum have toe-holds throughout the galaxy, but Rivka doesn’t mind stepping on their toes even when she’s not judging them. She considers it her job because no one is above the law. Is Rivka’s search sanctioned or has she gone rogue? Will the Federation back her play? Magistrate Rivka Anoa is the legal eagle you want on your side. No better friend. No worse enemy. Get it today. Judge, Jury, & Executioner is a stand-alone series in the Kurtherian Gambit Universe. No previous books need to be read. Just lock in your seat-belt, grab your favorite drink and be ready for your socks to be blown off. —- PLEASE NOTE —- \\\* This book contains cursing. Perhaps humorous cursing, but cursing nevertheless. If this offends you, perhaps this book isn't for you.
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#5

Slave Trade

2019

No respect for life. Or the law. It’s the trade. In sentience. Run by the Corranites, creatures that have always traded in intelligent alien life. Bought and sold. Nothing more than property. Rivka is having none of it. With an eye toward taking the entire supply line down, she launches into the greater galaxy. All the way to the heart of the Federation. It’s bigger than anyone knows. She calls all her friends and finds that she has woefully few. With a snarl and a mandate, she dives head first into the firepit of the Slave Trade. Magistrate Rivka Anoa is the legal eagle you want on your side. No better friend. No worse enemy. Get it today. Judge, Jury, & Executioner is a stand-alone series in the Kurtherian Gambit Universe. No previous books need to be read. Just lock in your seat-belt, grab your favorite drink and be ready for your socks to be blown off. —- PLEASE NOTE —- \\\* This book contains cursing. Perhaps humorous cursing, but cursing nevertheless. If this offends you, perhaps this book isn't for you.
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#6

Fratricide

2019

Safety takes a back seat to profit. Until it crosses the line. Shipyard deaths. Labor complaints. Fear. Intimidation. Rivka gets called in to sort things out, investigate the safety issues, mediate the dispute. What she finds isn’t a negotiation at all. She puts on her Magistrate hat and gets to work sorting out crimes made to look like accidents. Her biggest challenge is finding out who is honest. Rivka ends up in a court of law, prosecutor and defender, fighting both sides of a new and intricate legal question. When fists and firepower have to give way to intellect and reason, Rivka and her team must rise to the challenge. Magistrate Rivka Anoa is the legal eagle you want on your side. No better friend. No worse enemy. Get it today. Judge, Jury, & Executioner is a stand-alone series in the Kurtherian Gambit Universe. No previous books need to be read. Just lock in your seat-belt, grab your favorite drink and be ready for your socks to be blown off. —- PLEASE NOTE —- \\\* This book contains cursing. Perhaps humorous cursing, but cursing nevertheless. If this offends you, perhaps this book isn't for you.
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#7

The Art of Smuggling

2019

Why would anyone steal art? Who can you sell it to? The High Chancellor puts Rivka on the trail of serial art thieves. Dismantle the ring. Recover the art. Put the thieves behind bars, thieves who stay one step ahead. Insiders? Or maybe outsiders with inside knowledge? No suspects. No clues. Rivka has to use all the resources at her command – her gift, her people, her ship, and tools that no one else has access to. Rivka has to chase the criminals across the galaxy to exotic planets with their own challenges when it comes to solving the crime. The big question is can Rivka find the criminals before they disappear forever? It’s not rocket science. It’s a whole new challenge; it’s the art of smuggling. Magistrate Rivka Anoa is the legal eagle you want on your side. No better friend. No worse enemy. Get it today. Judge, Jury, & Executioner is within the Kurtherian Gambit Universe, but you don’t need to read those to enjoy these. Start with You Have Been Judged and enjoy the stories of Rivka and her team. Just lock in your seat-belt, grab your favorite drink, and be ready for your socks to be blown off.
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#8

Dispute

2020

Two races. One war. Perpetual hatred. And the Magistrate crash lands right in the middle of it. Rivka and her crew take a much-deserved vacation, but find themselves on a jungle planet, cut off from the rest of the galaxy. Part by design, but mostly not. Isn’t that what a good vacation is supposed to be, disconnected from the rigors of everyday life? Until no one can hear your calls for help. The team has to resolve Yindle and Yangor’s dispute before they can find a way home. A vacation turned into a case morphed into a fight for survival. The crew meets new challenges head on because they have no choice. Rivka’s time off isn’t what anyone expected, not even the Magistrate. In Red’s immortal words, “Your vacations suck.” Magistrate Rivka Anoa is the legal eagle you want on your side. No better friend. No worse enemy. Get it today. Judge, Jury, & Executioner is within the Kurtherian Gambit Universe, but you don’t need to read those to enjoy these. Start with You Have Been Judged and enjoy the stories of Rivka and her team. Just lock in your seatbelt, grab your favorite drink, and be ready for your socks to be blown off.
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#9

Rise of the AI

2020

The Singularity enters the Federation. Its citizens are AIs. And no one knows how to treat them. From collaborations to master-slave, every relationship is different, when they shouldn’t be. The AIs fight back, but on a level none of the other members understand. The fight starts slowly, but when the realization of what’s happening hits too close to home, more extraordinary measures are called for. What is the legal framework in which everyone can coexist peacefully? Who better to build it than Rivka and the Magistrates? But only if they can survive. Magistrate Rivka Anoa is the legal eagle you want on your side. No better friend. No worse enemy.
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#10

Adverse Possession

2020

A planet in dispute. Farmers vs miners, and no one knows the full story. The Federation sends Rivka and her team to resolve a case of settlers squatting on a remote planet when the owners finally came calling. Not what it seems. Three generations of settlers and more. A planet that isn’t as welcoming as it appears. Crops coming ripe. Miners ready to dig. Tempers flare as the sides face off. Until the Magistrate gets in the middle of it with all the firepower at her command – the law, a calm voice. and a good railgun. Magistrate Rivka Anoa is the legal eagle you want on your side. No better friend. No worse enemy. Get it today.
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#11

Deception

2021

Lies & deceit leading to a domino of crimes. The Trans-Pacific Task Force is getting ready to deploy but they don’t have what they need. Someone’s been skimming. A contract won through mistruths. Incomplete payments limiting the army’s readiness. Colonel Marcie Walton is angry and calling anyone who will answer. Magistrate Rivka Anoa is on the job and thrown into the middle of two shooting wars. Which way is up? Chaz and Dennicron explore a wider galaxy while Ankh and Floyd get some prime time. Rivka drops the gavel and delivers the judgments. Magistrate Rivka Anoa is the legal eagle you want on your side. No better friend. No worse enemy.
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#12

Blood Trade

2021

A crime against all – stealing one’s life blood. It prolongs life! It gives strength and power. Such exotic luxuries come at a high price. Those who have been drained? “Donors” but not quite volunteers. That’s why they’re kidnapped, never to be heard from again. Taken from their families and removed from existence. Who would do such a thing? Do the ones paying for this blood know where it comes from? Which crime is greatest? The Magistrate is called in to end the nightmare, but she can’t do it alone. Rivka enlists the aid of two with the most intimate knowledge. The Magistrate heads out to dismantle the Blood Trade, going for the throat of both buyers and suppliers. The perpetrators have money and power and won’t easily give them up. Magistrate Rivka Anoa is the legal eagle you want on your side. No better friend. No worse enemy.
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#14

Jack the Ripper

2021

Carving a swath of terror across the Federation, one planet after another, no one knowing who’s next. A serial killer the likes of whom hasn’t been seen in centuries. A pretender who has outdone the master. Fifty planets. The dead are screaming for vengeance and only Rivka and her team can hear their cries. The Singularity. The Magistrate and her crew. How many more must die before the killer can be brought to justice? The battle of wits has begun, and only one can survive. Win or die trying. Rivka has to dig deeper than ever before into her investigative skills to figure out who’s next and how to stop the one masquerading as… Jack the Ripper. Magistrate Rivka Anoa is the legal eagle you want on your side. No better friend. No worse enemy. Get it today. Judge, Jury, & Executioner is within the Kurtherian Gambit Universe, but you don’t need to read those to enjoy these. Start with You Have Been Judged and enjoy the stories of Rivka and her team. Just lock in your seatbelt, grab your favorite drink, and be ready for your socks to be blown off.
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#15

Say My Name

2022

The arrogance of success. The criminality of using it to crush people under one’s thumb. A license to destroy. More than a single life, entire cultures replaced. For a few credits more. Find the crime! Rivka can’t touch him or can she? Will he allow it? In this part of space, he calls the shots. The Federation is on the outside looking in. From the frontier, a single business starts to take over. Not a crime family, like Nefas, but a single individual forcing people to sell their souls. Unlimited power. Like Satan has returned and demanded payment. You’ll know his name, soon enough. “Say my name!” Is what he’s doing illegal? Rivka is going to find out. Can she stop him if it’s not against the law? Magistrate Rivka Anoa is the legal eagle you want on your side. No better friend. No worse enemy.
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#16

Succession

2022

Can you succeed yourself by downloading your consciousness? Will your family let you? Hidden micro-blasters, paper-thin blades, plasma torches, and surges in voltage come into play as the jockeying begins for the vast estate of the honorable J. Bennet Johnstone. Is a downloaded consciousness eligible to be a citizen of the Singularity? Erasmus goes on a mission without Ankh. Will their worlds end, one without the other? Rivka tossed into the middle of deceit and selfishness. Even seeing into their minds cannot unravel the sordid truth. She has to spend more time with the Johnstone legacy if she’s to keep the family from killing each other while the bigger question of consciousness is considered. Will it ever be resolved? If Rivka has her way, it will be, once and for all. Magistrate Rivka Anoa is the legal eagle you want on your side. No better friend. No worse enemy.
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#17

Crime Spree

2022

When the criminals come after All Guns Blazing, the Federation teeters on the brink of war. Magistrate Rivka Anoa and her team are ordered to get to the bottom of what’s plaguing businesses across the Federation. Getting supplies and turning those into a product that can be sold is the foundation of every business. When those basics devolve, it throws the system into disarray. A new mob with a new life, sending legitimate businesses into turmoil. Or is it? Rivka has to get to the bottom of it and quickly. Terry Henry Walton and his werewolf wife Charumati join Wyatt Earp’s crew to create a little turmoil of their own as they seek to find those responsible and put an end to… …the crime spree. Magistrate Rivka Anoa is the legal eagle you want on your side. No better friend. No worse enemy.
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#18

The Mob

2023

The Mob. But a new mob, with leaders that Rivka hadn’t run across before. Decentralized control. Like rats in a station’s bilge, they reared their ugly heads both near and far. Rivka needs to uncoil the tendrils and rip off the heads of the hydra. while others hunt the underlings to take down the top and middle layers, leaving the drug trade in a shambles. That’s the plan, anyway. Who is stepping up to help? A blast from the past, someone Rivka isn’t sure she trusts. They’re not partners and they aren’t friends, but they have to slip into the dark alleys to find a way to the top of the mob. Rivka goes undercover in the latest case that is certain to drive Red into an apoplectic fit. Magistrate Rivka Anoa is the legal eagle you want on your side. No better friend. No worse enemy.

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