Book 1 of 4 - Currently a FREE introduction to the series
A wrong turn in sub-space leads Sethran Kada to a cargo he never expected: an alien being whose people are being harvested as living weapons. Pursued by Air Command and hunted by rebels, Seth must navigate the galaxy's deadliest territory to return the stolen entities. But as his passenger begins to transform his mind, the rescue mission becomes a fight for his own survival.
→Quantum Tangle
Terminus Shift
Entropy's End
Killian's Maze
Sethran Kada, who annoyed Nova in The Catalyst and shows up later in Rebel Alliances, gained fans of his own along the way.
And so here is Quantum Tangle,the first of his own series of space opera adventure, which fills in a little of his background and dumps him into the middle of an alien invasion. Waging his private rebellion against both the rebel opposition and Air Command, he's on the run from both to save the day.
Seth is not the super-spy, unbeatable secret agent type. Things don't always go his way. He has no clever insights into the Big Bad. His missions are beset with emotional entanglements that a proper operative should avoid at all costs. But he's quick and resourceful and he knows all the right people to get the job done - in some way or another.
Also making a re-appearance is Caelyn, the Delphian navigator that helped out in The Catalyst.
In Book 2, Terminus Shift, Seth rescues a group of Delphians who were kidnapped by rebels as children and raised as their own. Turns out that they are deep space navigators of extraordinary talent which really solidified this Universe's concept of "subspace" as a main theme for the entire series. While Air Command's rebel wars are still raging all around, Seth moves within both systems and, like Nova Whiteside, frequently entrenched in the gray areas in-between.
Entropy's End, Book 3, came about because so many readers weren't happy about the disappearance of a certain character in Quantum Tangle. So they're back - in a quirky way typical of the character. Not saying more than that!
Most recently, in Killian's Maze, Seth's friend Caelyn has gotten lost and doesn't want to be found. Of course Seth goes on a rescue mission and finds far more than expected as the story unfolds.
Chronologically, Quantum Tangle takes place just after Only Human of the main Targon Tales series, but there is no connection between the stories other than settings and some of the characters.
"It should be filmed. Bravo"
"...pure gold if you like sci-fi ... Expect to laugh a lot, and run the gamut from happy and sad, to angry.
"Everybody knows that I love Nova, but I must say that this book was even better! ... I was asking myself constantly how would I feel and what would I do if I were in Seth's place. And I enjoy immensely when a book manages to do that to me!"
"I can't wait to get my hands on the next one! Chris Reher has created a vast, well peopled universe with diverse and fascinating characters. Completely and wickedly entertaining."
"I loved this book. I could see it as a movie! The writing was so good that I could see everything so clearly. It reminded me of how Stephanie Meyers book "The Host" was turned into a movie. This one would be even better! "
"Another great book from Chris Reher with a very interesting concept which I have not come across before in my SF reading"