The Ani Maxima Files Series by Scott McElhaney

The USS Ptolemy should have arrived in the Eta Cassiopeia system over 200 years ago. As of yet, we’ve never received confirmation of their safe arrival even though it’s merely 20 light years away The crew of the USS Cepheus has been given a very dangerous mission, but if they succeed, they will be granted their freedom on an Earth-like planet in the Eta Cassiopeia system... moreThe USS Ptolemy should have arrived in the Eta Cassiopeia system over 200 years ago. As of yet, we’ve never received confirmation of their safe arrival even though it’s merely 20 light years away The crew of the USS Cepheus has been given a very dangerous mission, but if they succeed, they will be granted their freedom on an Earth-like planet in the Eta Cassiopeia system. You see, the eight-member crew of the Cepheus are all Rehabs which is slang for someone serving a life sentence who, although they cannot go free, have been deemed rehabilitated. The entire crew of ex-cons are woken after fifty-nine years of cryogenic sleep only to discover that the derelict ship USS Ptolemy is located further out in the system than originally expected. The ship is clearly powered down and tumbling aimlessly, but the moment that the Cepheus decides to hail the ship, they get a reply from a surviving member of the original crew. Yet after over 300 years now, such a thing would be entirely impossible. A boarding party is sent to the Ptolemy where they quickly discover that someone somehow is definitely still alive on that ship. And even more curious than that impossibility, it also becomes apparent that someone has spent a lot of time modifying the machinery and devices on that ship, bringing forth advances that don’t even exist aboard the Cepheus. But none of this answers the biggest question of all: where are the four missing shuttle craft and where are all the other members of the 100+ crew? The Ani Maxima Files:Ptolemy's ChildSuperVirusVeiled SkyEnigmaFlying in the RainSilent LucidityFlesh and BloodSoul SisterSocial AnimalBrought to you by the international bestselling author of the Mystic Saga, Dominion, Beyond the Event Horizon, Kepler Moon Alpha, and Ghosts of Ophidian. With over 300,000 books downloaded worldwide, Scott McElhaney continues to prove that reasonable Kindle prices do not have to mean poor quality. Also check out Saving Brooksie, Terraformer, One Crazy Summer, and Maelstrom by McElhaney. EDITORIAL REVIEWS: "McElhaney's story telling is deft, well-paced, and with an ear for conversation" ~ Akron Beacon Journal Book Review "The author does a good job of sucking you into the moment and feeling as if you are the main character. The technology and scenarios are realistic enough for this sci fi fan and if you like a good storyteller, Mr. McElhaney knows how to do it." ~Top 50 Amazon Reviewer and Vine Voice Michael Gallagher Given 5.0 out of 5 stars over 100 times on Amazon from various readers of the Mystic Saga! less

Never send a mission report back to your home world unless you’re certain that your home world is still populated by human beings. Nearly a hundred years after they left Earth, the crew of the USS Cepheus has arrived at their new home in the Eta Cassiopeia system. This was only after they rescued the beautiful and oddly talented Ani Maxima from her three hundred year imprisonment aboard the USS Ptolemy... moreNever send a mission report back to your home world unless you’re certain that your home world is still populated by human beings. Nearly a hundred years after they left Earth, the crew of the USS Cepheus has arrived at their new home in the Eta Cassiopeia system. This was only after they rescued the beautiful and oddly talented Ani Maxima from her three hundred year imprisonment aboard the USS Ptolemy.The life of a start-up colony on a distant world is quite busy, but they manage to find time for fun and for each other. Ani Maxima’s super-ability to control technology with merely her thoughts doesn’t serve much purpose for a farmer, however she can still reprogram spy satellites without losing track of her current conversation.Then the ships start to arrive, and although these are coming from Earth, they aren’t of human origin. They are searching for a ship that disappeared a couple days prior, only they don’t realize that the ship was vaporized by a blonde farmer with supernatural talents. How can Ani go up against a whole armada however when their antiviral technologies evolve so rapidly that she can barely get started before she’s detected. And just because she’s not physically on those enemy ships doesn’t mean that she can’t be killed.The Ani Maxima Files:Ptolemy’s Child SuperVirusVeiled SkyEnigmaFlying in the RainSilent LucidityFlesh and BloodSoul SisterSocial AnimalBrought to you by the international bestselling author of the Mystic Saga, Dominion, Beyond the Event Horizon, Kepler Moon Alpha, and Ghosts of Ophidian. With over 300,000 books downloaded worldwide, Scott McElhaney continues to prove that reasonable Kindle prices do not have to mean poor quality. Also check out Saving Brooksie, Hope Rising, One Crazy Summer, and Vestige by McElhaney. less

The bounty is out on Ani Maxima. Her name, her photo, and her exact location is now known to everyone in the entire galaxy. And worse that that - the bounty even includes the exact instructions on how to beat her at her own game. Nearly a month had passed since Ani Maxima destroyed an alien armada and saved the entire planet... moreThe bounty is out on Ani Maxima. Her name, her photo, and her exact location is now known to everyone in the entire galaxy. And worse that that - the bounty even includes the exact instructions on how to beat her at her own game. Nearly a month had passed since Ani Maxima destroyed an alien armada and saved the entire planet. Life was normal again for the farming colony on Cassiopeia… at least up until every electronic device on the planet received a viral photo of Ani with alien instructions on how to kill this powerful SuperVirus. There was no telling what sort of alien bounty hunters would be coming. All that was known was that this time, her superpowers would be useless. The only way to protect Ani would be to protect the entire planet. And the only way to protect the planet would be to call upon some tactics that Ani might have buried deep inside her head from her time on the USS Ptolemy. Perhaps with the assistance of her new friend, a spacecraft engineer from the distant continent, she might find a solution. If only she could get his heart off of her and his focus more on saving the planet. The Ani Maxima Files: Ptolemy’s Child SuperVirus Veiled Sky EnigmaFlying in the RainSilent LucidityFlesh and BloodSoul SisterSocial Animal Brought to you by the international bestselling author of the Mystic Saga, Dominion, Beyond the Event Horizon, Kepler Moon Alpha, and Ghosts of Ophidian. With over 300,000 books downloaded worldwide, Scott McElhaney continues to prove that reasonable Kindle prices do not have to mean poor quality. Also check out Saving Brooksie, Maelstrom, Terraformer, One Crazy Summer, and Endeavor by McElhaney. EDITORIAL REVIEWS: "McElhaney's story telling is deft, well-paced, and with an ear for conversation" ~ Akron Beacon Journal Book Review "The author does a good job of sucking you into the moment and feeling as if you are the main character. The technology and scenarios are realistic enough for this sci fi fan and if you like a good storyteller, Mr. McElhaney knows how to do it." ~Top 50 Amazon Reviewer and Vine Voice Michael Gallagher Given 5.0 out of 5 stars over 100 times on Amazon from various readers of the Mystic Saga! less

He’s been watching her for days and she doesn’t even know it. It’s time now to move on the bounty. She’ll be his in the morning and there’s nothing that anyone could do about it. Bahn was one of the greatest thieves, smugglers, and bounty hunters of his time, but his time was a half a million years ago when humans didn’t even exist in the Milky Way. His host body died however, leaving his Ch-khana soul stuck waiting inside a black cerebral box. And there he waited. And he waited... moreHe’s been watching her for days and she doesn’t even know it. It’s time now to move on the bounty. She’ll be his in the morning and there’s nothing that anyone could do about it. Bahn was one of the greatest thieves, smugglers, and bounty hunters of his time, but his time was a half a million years ago when humans didn’t even exist in the Milky Way. His host body died however, leaving his Ch-khana soul stuck waiting inside a black cerebral box. And there he waited. And he waited. Then nearly half a million years later, he finds himself alive again, attached to a male human host on the planet Earth. It doesn’t take him very long to steal an intergalactic freighter and then shortly thereafter, he receives a notification regarding one of the largest bounties ever offered. And all it required was the capture and delivery of a young and beautiful woman in the Eta Cassiopeia system. Ani Maxima’s days were numbered at that very moment because Bahn has never failed before. The Ani Maxima Files: Ptolemy’s Child SuperVirus Veiled Sky Enigma Flying in the Rain Silent LucidityFlesh and BloodSoul SisterSocial Animal Brought to you by the international bestselling author of the Mystic Saga, Dominion, Beyond the Event Horizon, Kepler Moon Alpha, and Ghosts of Ophidian. With over 300,000 books downloaded worldwide, Scott McElhaney continues to prove that reasonable Kindle prices do not have to mean poor quality. Also check out Saving Brooksie, Hope Rising, One Crazy Summer, and Vestige by McElhaney. EDITORIAL REVIEWS: "McElhaney's story telling is deft, well-paced, and with an ear for conversation" ~ Akron Beacon Journal Book Review "The author does a good job of sucking you into the moment and feeling as if you are the main character. The technology and scenarios are realistic enough for this sci fi fan and if you like a good storyteller, Mr. McElhaney knows how to do it." ~Top 50 Amazon Reviewer, Hall of Fame Reviewer, and Vine Voice Michael Gallagher Given 5.0 out of 5 stars over 100 times on Amazon from various readers of the Mystic Saga! less

There’s something hidden beneath the soil of the Cepheus colony and it might be worth killing for A satellite just passed overhead and it’s searching for something very specific. Oddly enough, the only person who might know what it is would be the same person who hid it on this planet a million years ago. And that person happens to still be alive and residing in the Cepheus colony today. Perhaps Bahn could explain why they’d be willing to kill Ani over such a buried treasure... moreThere’s something hidden beneath the soil of the Cepheus colony and it might be worth killing for A satellite just passed overhead and it’s searching for something very specific. Oddly enough, the only person who might know what it is would be the same person who hid it on this planet a million years ago. And that person happens to still be alive and residing in the Cepheus colony today. Perhaps Bahn could explain why they’d be willing to kill Ani over such a buried treasure. "It’s better to live an entire mortal existence of having never kissed an angel, than it is to have kissed one and then spend all of eternity with a beloved memory and an unquenchable desire that can never again be fulfilled. I’m ruined!" The Ani Maxima Files: Ptolemy’s Child SuperVirus Veiled Sky Enigma Flying in the Rain Silent Lucidity Flesh and BloodSoul SisterSocial Animal Brought to you by the international bestselling author of the Mystic Saga, Dominion, Beyond the Event Horizon, Kepler Moon Alpha, and Ghosts of Ophidian. With over 300,000 books downloaded worldwide, Scott McElhaney continues to prove that reasonable Kindle prices do not have to mean poor quality. Also check out Maelstrom, Endeavor, Hope Rising, One Crazy Summer, and Vestige by McElhaney. EDITORIAL REVIEWS: "McElhaney's story telling is deft, well-paced, and with an ear for conversation" ~ Akron Beacon Journal Book Review "The author does a good job of sucking you into the moment and feeling as if you are the main character. The technology and scenarios are realistic enough for this sci fi fan and if you like a good storyteller, Mr. McElhaney knows how to do it." ~Top 50 Amazon Reviewer, Hall of Fame Reviewer, and Vine Voice Michael Gallagher Given 5.0 out of 5 stars over 100 times on Amazon from various readers of the Mystic Saga! less

She’s pinned in a crevasse beneath a field of high grass where no one in the colony has ever been. There’s no chance that anyone will ever find her even after she’s passed on. As if that weren’t enough, pinned next to her is an armored alien who has enough weaponry to kill them both. Ani’s been getting better at maneuvering her hover board after much practice. Her skills will finally be put to the test however when an alien bounty hunter arrives in a flying armored suit... moreShe’s pinned in a crevasse beneath a field of high grass where no one in the colony has ever been. There’s no chance that anyone will ever find her even after she’s passed on. As if that weren’t enough, pinned next to her is an armored alien who has enough weaponry to kill them both. Ani’s been getting better at maneuvering her hover board after much practice. Her skills will finally be put to the test however when an alien bounty hunter arrives in a flying armored suit. Although her superpowers won’t allow her to control the suit or shut it down, she manages to find a way to communicate with the alien and even to borrow the eyes of the suit. Through those eyes, all she can are many weapons targeting her as she flees to the woods on her board. They’d never yet traversed the whole Northern Wood, so she’s headed into uncharted territory with a hunter close on her tail. What she doesn’t know is at the top of the northern cliffs are some hidden fissures beneath the high grasses and her hover board wasn’t created to leap those. The Ani Maxima Files: Ptolemy’s Child SuperVirus Veiled Sky Enigma Flying in the Rain Silent Lucidity Flesh and Blood Soul SisterSocial Animal Brought to you by the international bestselling author of the Mystic Saga, Dominion, Beyond the Event Horizon, Kepler Moon Alpha, and Ghosts of Ophidian. With over 300,000 books downloaded worldwide, Scott McElhaney continues to prove that reasonable Kindle prices do not have to mean poor quality. Also check out Terraformer, Maelstrom, Hope Rising, One Crazy Summer, and Vestige by McElhaney. EDITORIAL REVIEWS: "McElhaney's story telling is deft, well-paced, and with an ear for conversation" ~ Akron Beacon Journal Book Review "The author does a good job of sucking you into the moment and feeling as if you are the main character. The technology and scenarios are realistic enough for this sci fi fan and if you like a good storyteller, Mr. McElhaney knows how to do it." ~Top 50 Amazon Reviewer, Hall of Fame Reviewer, and Vine Voice Michael Gallagher Given 5.0 out of 5 stars over 100 times on Amazon from various readers of the Mystic Saga! less

In a world of technology, her ability to remotely control anything electronic or digital at will makes her a formidable superhero. However, she’s about to face her most dangerous enemy yet – an enemy of mere flesh and blood whom she can’t control. A Ch-khana gunship has just arrived at the outer reaches of the Eta Cassiopeia System and due to the significant damage throughout the entire ship, it’s quite obvious that it had been in a recent battle... moreIn a world of technology, her ability to remotely control anything electronic or digital at will makes her a formidable superhero. However, she’s about to face her most dangerous enemy yet – an enemy of mere flesh and blood whom she can’t control. A Ch-khana gunship has just arrived at the outer reaches of the Eta Cassiopeia System and due to the significant damage throughout the entire ship, it’s quite obvious that it had been in a recent battle. Ani Maxima is prepared to finish it off when she learns that there are no living Ch-khana inside that ship. As a matter of fact, that ship is being flown by some human refugees who claim that there are several underground factions of survivors back home. They’ve come from Earth to seek out advice from the woman who destroyed a whole Ch-khana armada and upset the Ch-khana enough that they had issued a galaxy-wide bounty on her head.Seems like a simple and honorable request. However, things aren’t always as they appear. When Ani discovers that no one is home at the house of Reini Knight when they most certainly should be, she begins to question what’s really going on. Those visitors from Earth are headed for the Cepheus Colony and they’re not really interested in just talking. Unfortunately, Ani has no way to fight them because their weapons are mechanical in nature and they’re quite simply flesh and blood.The Ani Maxima Files:Ptolemy’s Child SuperVirusVeiled SkyEnigmaFlying in the RainSilent LucidityFlesh and BloodSoul SisterSocial Animal less

Ani Maxima has recently found a new friend that truly cares about her. The only problem is, she only gets to see this friend while she’s dreaming. For the past month, Ani has been getting visits from a little girl who seems to feel a real desire to take care of her. Unfortunately, she never gets to talk to this little girl unless she’s dreaming. It’s probably a good thing however that this little girl wasn’t a physical person... moreAni Maxima has recently found a new friend that truly cares about her. The only problem is, she only gets to see this friend while she’s dreaming. For the past month, Ani has been getting visits from a little girl who seems to feel a real desire to take care of her. Unfortunately, she never gets to talk to this little girl unless she’s dreaming. It’s probably a good thing however that this little girl wasn’t a physical person. Otherwise she might have gone down in the same plane crash as Ani, Cyril, and her parents.The Ani Maxima Files:Ptolemy’s Child SuperVirusVeiled SkyEnigmaFlying in the RainSilent LucidityFlesh and BloodSoul SisterSocial AnimalBrought to you by the international bestselling author of the Mystic Saga, Dominion, Beyond the Event Horizon, Maelstrom, Endeavor, and Ghosts of Ophidian. With over 300,000 books downloaded worldwide, Scott McElhaney continues to prove that reasonable Kindle prices do not have to mean poor quality. Also check out Saving Brooksie, One Crazy Summer, and Terraformer by McElhaney. EDITORIAL REVIEWS: "McElhaney's story telling is deft, well-paced, and with an ear for conversation" ~ Akron Beacon Journal Book Review "The author does a good job of sucking you into the moment and feeling as if you are the main character. The technology and scenarios are realistic enough for this sci fi fan and if you like a good storyteller, Mr. McElhaney knows how to do it." ~Top 50 Amazon Reviewer, Hall of Fame Reviewer, and Vine Voice Michael GallagherGiven 5.0 out of 5 stars over 100 times on Amazon from various readers of the Mystic Saga! less

Innocence is a beautiful thing, unless it hinders you from acknowledging the real dangers of an alien and untamed world. The banda are playful yet dangerous equine creatures native to Cassiopeia. Their natural curiosity has finally negated their timidity or fear of the citizens of the Cepheus colony. A deadly visit was bound to happen one day and that day was finally upon them... moreInnocence is a beautiful thing, unless it hinders you from acknowledging the real dangers of an alien and untamed world. The banda are playful yet dangerous equine creatures native to Cassiopeia. Their natural curiosity has finally negated their timidity or fear of the citizens of the Cepheus colony. A deadly visit was bound to happen one day and that day was finally upon them. These colonists would understandably risk their lives for the people they love and when it comes to a potential banda attack, they'd do that without question! Someone is going to sacrifice what they have for the hero of the Cepheus Colony. Ani Maxima, however, isn’t the sort of person to just accept what's happened. She is going to fight for that hero and demand that the hero fights for her! After all, just like the rodents living under the porch, she’s a social animal. She requires social interaction to survive. Take away her loved ones, and you take away her life. The Ani Maxima Files: Ptolemy’s Child SuperVirus Veiled Sky Enigma Flying in the Rain Silent Lucidity Flesh and Blood Soul Sister Social Animal The entire Ani Maxima series was voted in the top 10 for "Best Kindle Space Opera" and "Best Amazon Prime Books to Borrow" by Goodreads! Brought to you by the international bestselling author of the Mystic Saga, Dominion, Beyond the Event Horizon, Maelstrom, Endeavor, and Ghosts of Ophidian. With over 300,000 books downloaded worldwide, Scott McElhaney continues to prove that reasonable Kindle prices do not have to mean poor quality. Also check out Saving Brooksie, Hope Rising, One Crazy Summer, and Terraformer by McElhaney. EDITORIAL REVIEWS: "McElhaney's story telling is deft, well-paced, and with an ear for conversation" ~ Akron Beacon Journal Book Review "The author does a good job of sucking you into the moment and feeling as if you are the main character. The technology and scenarios are realistic enough for this sci fi fan and if you like a good storyteller, Mr. McElhaney knows how to do it." ~Top 50 Amazon Reviewer, Hall of Fame Reviewer, and Vine Voice Michael Gallagher Given 5.0 out of 5 stars over 100 times on Amazon from various readers of the Mystic Saga! less

Is she a beast sent from the pits of hell or is she an angel sent from God? Opinions vary, but all can agree that she has a heart of gold and a supernatural talent that can hopefully save her planet. Here are the first three books in one volume for your enjoyment... moreIs she a beast sent from the pits of hell or is she an angel sent from God? Opinions vary, but all can agree that she has a heart of gold and a supernatural talent that can hopefully save her planet. Here are the first three books in one volume for your enjoyment. Ptolemy’s Child:The entire crew of ex-cons aboard the USS Cepheus are woken after fifty-nine years of cryogenic sleep only to discover that the ancient derelict ship USS Ptolemy is located much closer than they originally expected to find it. The ship is clearly powered down and tumbling aimlessly, but the moment that the Cepheus decides to hail the ship, they get a reply from a surviving member of the original crew. Yet after over 300 years now, such a thing would be entirely impossible. A boarding party is sent to the Ptolemy where they quickly discover that someone somehow is definitely still alive on that ship… SuperVirus: Nearly a hundred years after they left Earth, the crew of the USS Cepheus has arrived at their new home in the Eta Cassiopeia system. This was only after they rescued the beautiful and oddly talented Ani Maxima from her three hundred year imprisonment aboard the USS Ptolemy. The life of a start-up colony on a distant world is quite busy, but they manage to find time for fun and for each other. Ani Maxima’s super-ability to control technology with merely her thoughts doesn’t serve much purpose for a farmer, however she can still reprogram spy satellites without losing track of her current conversation. Then the ships start to arrive, and although these are coming from Earth, they aren’t of human origin. They are searching for a ship that disappeared a couple days prior, only they don’t realize that the ship was vaporized by a blonde farmer with supernatural talents. How can Ani go up against a whole armada however when their antiviral technologies evolve so rapidly that she can barely get started before she’s detected. And just because she’s not physically on those enemy ships doesn’t mean that she can’t be killed. Veiled Sky: Nearly a month had passed since Ani Maxima destroyed an alien armada and saved the entire planet. Life was normal again for the farming colony on Cassiopeia… at least up until every electronic device on the planet received a viral photo of Ani with alien instructions on how to kill this powerful SuperVirus. There was no telling what sort of alien bounty hunters would be coming. All that was known was that this time, her superpowers would be useless. The only way to protect Ani would be to protect the entire planet. And the only way to protect the planet would be to call upon some tactics that Ani might have buried deep inside her head from her time on the USS Ptolemy. Perhaps with the assistance of her new friend, a spacecraft engineer from the distant continent, she might find a solution. If only she could get his heart off of her and to focus more on saving the planet. The entire Ani Maxima series was voted in the top 10 for "Best Kindle Space Opera" and "Best Amazon Prime Books to Borrow" by Goodreads! Brought to you by the international bestselling author of the Mystic Saga and Ghosts of Ophidian. Over 300,000 books downloaded worldwide! Also check out the others in the Ani Maxima series: Enigma, Flying in the Rain, Silent lucidity, Flesh and Blood, & Soul Sister EDITORIAL REVIEWS: "McElhaney's story telling is deft, well-paced, and with an ear for conversation" ~ Akron Beacon Journal Book Review "The author does a goo less