Raymund Eich is a science fiction and fantasy writer whose middle American upbringing is a launchpad for journeys to the ends of the universe.
His most popular works are military science fiction series The Confederated Worlds (novels Take the Shilling, Operation Iago, and A Bodyguard of Lies) and the Stone Chalmers series of science fiction espionage adventures (novels The Progress of Mankind, The Greater Glory of God, To All High Emprise Consecrated, and In Public Convocation Assembled). He has over ten other published book-length works and more than thirty published short stories. His short fiction has appeared in Odyssey, Analog, and the anthology Surviving Tomorrow, and has earned honorable mentions and a semi-finalist award in the Writers of the Future contest. His works are available worldwide in ebook, trade paperback, and audiobook editions.
His most recent prior novel, Exploration 2127, was published in October 2021 by CV-2 Books (https://cv2books.com).
After circling the world by age five, he grew up in the Ozark Mountains of southwest Missouri. He earned a B.A. and a Ph.D., both in biochemistry, from Rice University. Though he’s no longer a working scientist, hundreds of papers cite his graduate research on the reactions of nitric oxide with heme proteins.
In addition to his writing career, he works in patent law, won a national quiz bowl championship, dabbles at golf and Python, is a husband and father, and agrees with Robert Heinlein that specialization is for insects.
He lives in Houston with his wife, son, and daughter. His last name has one syllable and is pronounced “eye-sh.”
On the Road to Sibiu
Captain Khavanov's orders: occupy an old fortress on the road to Sibiu, to secure the Red Army's supply line. In the fortress lived a frail old man. What about him drew the interest of a commissar from division headquarters? And why did Khavanov's men disappear one by one?
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Stealing Fire from the Gods: Six Speculative Fictions
The future is bigger than we can imagine. Six speculative fictions by the author of The Reincarnation Run and the Portia Oakeshott, Dinosaur Veterinarian series.
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AffEctive Disorder
A Writers of the Future semi-finalist
A multi-millionaire heiress commits suicide after a biotech company implants an experimental treatment device in her brain. Her grieving, lawyer husband sued the company for millions more.
In comes a private investigator, ex-cop Albert Jimenez. Hired by the biotech company to dig up dirt on the "grieving" husband. He expected the usual: greed, a mistress, emotional manipulation, a marriage on the rocks.
Instead he found something far more sinister. Questions of brain chemicals and free will. Questions of what it means to be human.
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Seven Out
Three young men. One telekinetic power. How far will they push their luck?
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Strike Prices
Amer earned a very lucrative living by protecting large corporations from terrorist attacks... and investing wisely, through short sales and put options, on companies that failed to heed his offered "protection."
But Amer's success brought challenges...
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The Everpink Slaughter
One bitterly cold Iowa night, an assailant slits the throats of twenty genetically modified pigs. Pressured by a giant biotechnology company and the county's power brokers, Deputy Matt Schaffer must untangle a web of clues to find the assailant--and bring justice to a desperate small town.
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The Twenty-Eighth Amendment: A Political Science Fiction Short Story
President Archer faced an imminent war in the Middle East.
The audio-visual recording crew following his every public move limited how he could resolve the crisis.
Or did they?
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Space battles – speciale (Universo) (Collana Universo) (Italian Edition)
- Edizioni Scudo (http://innovari.wix.com/edizioniscudo) - Universo - UNIVERSO è una collana antologica di letteratura fantastica dal formato agile e dal costo contenuto. Ogni volume della collana è tematico ed ogni racconto è appositamente illustrato. In particolare questo volume è dedicato all...
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Under the Needle’s Eye
We were in the Clarion West Workshop for Science Fiction and Fantasy class of 2001. Other than that, we're about as diverse as you can get. This anthology is one of the broadest samples you can find of up and coming science fiction and fantasy talent.
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A Mighty Fortress
Eight light-years from Earth, the fate of a terraforming expedition depends on brave souls. Human and AI.
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New California
After a colony world's founder commits suicide, two men battle for control.
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Worldship Triplets
The Electrotelepathic Community bound Henri to the Unity and brought news of the Unity's many victories against its galactic rival, the Tiánquán... and the Unity would never lie.
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