Bio: Paula Downing King lives in Pinetop, Arizona, where she works as a managing attorney of five Legal Aid offices and is also the Public Defender for the White Mountain Apache Tribe. She sold her first two novels, MAD ROY'S LIGHT and RINN'S STAR, in 1989 to Baen Books and Del Rey. She has since sold many other novels and is currently at work on a fantasy trilogy of which the first book will be published in 2001. She is married to fellow writer Tom King and in her spare time enjoys reading, cross-stitch, and playing guitar.
when new books by Paula Downing King are released.
1 – 8 of 8
|
|
Floating in the caverns beneath the surface of an asteroid has been the only existence Jahnel has ever known. She is accustomed to the effortless freefall lifestyle of living with the alien race, Avelle, and the necessity of hiding behind her cloak when they approach. When intruders threaten the Avelle, Jahnel prepares to defend the only companions she has ever known. But when the invaders arrive she is stunned to discover her enemies are human. Torn between defending the Avelle and honoring her... more info>>
|
|
|
|
Jennan Bartlett is the first human captain of a guild trading ship on Sagittarius. But when humans begin to migrate to Sagittarius in droves, she is torn by her conflicting loyalties. Jennan sees a good and prosperous life in the guilds, but the humans begin to do things in slightly more efficient ways. She must now make the most difficult choice of her life: choose between her career and her species.
|
|
|
|
Rinn McCrea is a Starfarer, an indentured telepath whose contract belongs to the Chinese. They are highly displeased when hostile aliens attack her ship, massacring her entire crew. Her worst transgression is her desperate decision to seek refuge on a Soviet ship, whose government is the greatest enemy of the Chinese. The Soviets consider telepathy to be a crime, but are willing to use Rinn's talents for their own benefit. She helps them repair their trade relations with alien merchants. Rinn's ... more info>>
|
|
|
|
She was found alone, lost in the stately ruins of an alien city. And when they hunted for the child's people, and found no clue that would lead them to the truth, they adopted her as humanity's first alien. Medoret grows up with the archaeologist who discovered her in her alien city, but dreams of her early years plague her, and as her curiosity grows, she begins to study the glyphs that were once carved into the stones of the alien ruins. Many mysteries of the alien land were waiting to be solv... more info>>
|
|
|
|
The Wolf II colony's only sun, the flare star, has been dormant for so long that when it reawakens in one fiery eruption, a destructive radiation bombards the planet. As supply ship Ceti Flad approaches the flare, Jason Roarke witnesses the explosive scene, but he's not a trusted member of the crew, and no one believes his account of the event. In every effort to save the ship, he defies orders and prepares a plan to evacuate the colony's survivors. But Young Magda on the colony's station isn't ... more info>>
|
|
|
|
In an almost hopeless crusade to find desperately needed tritium, the Cloudship Siduri's Net not only came through and survived but also discovered a new variety of super heavy particles that could become the ultimate energy source to propel them across the galaxy. If only the ship's scientists could harvest this strange new discovery. Upon returning home, they would be able to control its power and unleash its potential. However, upon arriving at Sailmaster Pov, their homeport, the crew is spli... more info>>
|
|
|
|
With ORION'S DAGGER, Paula E. Downing presents the thrilling final installment of THE CLOUDSHIPS OF ORION trilogy, which Starlog magazine called "special...a thoroughly engrossing story." The trio was originally published under the penname P.K. McAllister. In the first novel, SIDURI'S NET, gypsy descendent Pov Janusz raced through space to find the rare molecules of tritium to save his people's mothership, which had been damaged by an errant comet. In his second adventure, MAIA'S VEIL, the Sai... more info>>
|
|
|
|
A descendant of Earth's gypsies, Sailmaster Pov Janusz continues the nomadic existence of his ancestors as he guides his cloudship Siduri's Net through the perils of deepspace in search of rich mineral treasures. Originally published under the pen name P.K. McAllister.
|
|
1 – 8 of 8
|
![Maia's Veil [The Cloudships of Orion Book 2]](/mindwise/books/small_downing-maia-veil.jpg)
![Siduri's Net [The Cloudships of Orion Book 1]](/mindwise/books/small_Downing-Siduris-Net.jpg)