Azaria and Daisy were both kidnapped from their Omega convent and sold at a Klinok auction. The two are separated, sold to different buyers, with Daisy landing in a good situation. Daisy?s Alpha, Ryder, helps rescue Azaria, and after Quinn Strang assists Azaria during her forced estrus at his brother?s request, they go their separate ways. She doesn?t expect to see him again, but when the gangster who originally bought her tracks her to Paladin, she has no choice but to call him for help. Quinn recruits his brother and Ryder?s friend, Remy, to help rescue the Omega he walked away from weeks ago. He hasn?t stopped thinking about her, and once he rescues her from Aldrich Garros, he?s going to do what he should have done then?claim her despite all the reasons he didn?t the first time.

?Nothing can keep these Alphas from their Omegas. In "Alpha's Omega," Remy meets Maya, an Omega with good reasons to distrust and avoid all Alphas, but he's determined to prove to her they aren't all bad. In "Buying His Omega," Ryder had no intention of spending a year of credits on the Omega in the box, but her pain is undeniable, and his Alpha instincts insist he has to rescue--and claim--Daisy. In "Claiming His Omega," Quinn helped rescue Azaria but walked away. He doesn't want an Omega, and she doesn't need an Alpha until events bring them back together.

Nothing can keep these Alphas from their Omegas.In "Alpha's Omega," Remy meets Maia, an Omega with good reasons to distrust and avoid all Alphas, but he's determined to prove to her they aren't all bad.In "Buying His Omega," Ryder had no intention of spending a year of credits on the Omega in the box, but her pain is undeniable, and his Alpha instincts insist he has to rescue--and claim--Daisy.In "Claiming His Omega," Quinn helped rescue Azaria but walked away. He doesn't want an Omega, and she doesn't need an Alpha until events bring them back together.

Omega Maya keeps to herself working the fringes of known space to salvage derelict ships and other resources. She wants nothing to do with Alphas, so when Remy shows up at her current salvage operation, she?s at first displeased. He soon starts to win her over, but when her suppressant stops working, and he realizes she?s an Omega, he?s intent on claiming her. Maya doesn?t want to be any Alpha?s Omega, even Remy?s. Can she enjoy the pleasure he offers without surrendering everything she is and believes in or succumbing to her biological imperative to submit? Remy?s been searching for his Omega for years, and he?s convinced he?s found her in Maya. She stirs his need to love and protect, and it pains him that she doesn?t want what he?s offering. He understands the traumas in her past, but can he help her overcome them to embrace a future together?

In 2041 on Moon Base Alpha, thirteen-year-old Dash must solve the mystery of how Lars was poisoned before the base loses oxygen, forcing the colonists to return to Earth.--Provided by publisher.

As late as 1995, the anticipated widespread population of primeval galaxies remained at large, lurking undetected at unknown redshifts, with undiscovered properties. We present results from our efforts to detect and characterize primeval galaxies by their signature high-redshift Lyman-alpha emission lines utilizing two observational techniques: serendipitous slit spectroscopy and narrowband imaging. By pushing these techniques to their utmost limits, we probe the Lyman-alpha-emitting galaxy population out to redshifts as high as z = 6.5. Galaxies at this epoch reside in a universe which is just 800 million years old, a mere 6% of its current age. As such, this work provides one account of the manner by which observational cosmology has recently shifted from merely marveling at the incredible lookback times implied by the first few high-redshift detections, to the routine assembly of high-redshift datasets designed to address specific astrophysical issues.

Natural radiation levels in the biosphere on Earth vary from 6 microrem/hr over the ocean to values 300 times larger in certain geologic territories. The upper end of this scale overlaps the lowest galactic radiation levels in space. Except for acute radiation exposure in the radiation belt or from solar protons, the radiation environment in space would not seem to constitute a basic obstacle to man's survival in space. Since proton storm shelters on the Moon or planets could be built with indigenous rock, only galactic exposure has to be dealt with in long-term missions. This exposure can be expected to result in inconspicuous chronic damage, such as life shortening which can be estimated to amount to 25 per cent of the time spent in space. As far as acute effects from trapped or solar particles are concerned, these comparatively soft radiations will mainly affect the skin, possibly producing erythema or more severe skin damage, with bone marrow and intestines remaining essentially intact. Operationally, this problem would require the main attention to be focused on in-fight medical care. (Author).