This collection contains seven more thrilling science fiction stories, from the author of Hostile Configuration. Featuring workers’ rebellions, black market deals gone bad, colonial disasters, and parasitic aliens, Corrosive Agents is a electrifying, fast-paced story collection that will take you to the edges of the galaxy and beyond.
Cleanup Crew Two maintenance crew workers are forced to work in hellish conditions aboard a dilapidated industrial space station. After one sacrifice too many, and nearly broken by the job, they channel their rage towards those holding the guns.
Dead on Arrival A colony ship’s crew arrive at their destination and find their mission is a failure: the planet is dead. One vat-grown boy is chosen to decide their next move, and they grant him the power to decide the fate of millions.
Haven One dirt-poor provincial planet. One tourism board worker with a deadline. Just what can he do to transform his out-of-the-way planet into a thriving tourist destination?
Arbitrator Finally stumbling into some good luck, a young woman seeks to sell contraband on the black market. Then chaos erupts, and she is left to fend for herself in a race against time - and hard vacuum.
Pharma An outsider with a substance problem is feared and shunned by everyone he meets. He is forced to evade persecution by living on the margins of society, until he meets one man who finally treats him with some humanity.
Pest Control When their ship is attacked by a vicious alien race, the crew of the Scorcher race to expel the intruders before they are able to conclude their nefarious and horrifying plan.
Blowout Disaster strikes an outpost on a verdant but hostile planet. But who is responsible, and can the sole human survivor trust the story the badly damaged robot tells her about what happened?