Critics say Dark Forces of Nature II, like the first book, has all the excitement and imagination of the best works of classic science fiction. This collection of ten original tales of cosmic terror and mad science by Tristan Vick is sure to thrill and entertain you. It includes the sci-fi novella 1986: The Lords of Summer. Get ready for ten all-new stories in the vein of Black Mirror and the Twilight Zone. If you like Ray Bradbury, H.P. Lovecraft, or classic science fiction, you love the stories collected in Dark Forces of Nature volume 2. SUMMARY1. THE ARBITER -- A JAG Office must defend an Earth Alliance captain from an alien prosecutor with telepathic abilities.2. PATH TO VALHALLA -- Ragnar Lothbrok and his Vikings face off against aliens whom they mistake for Frost Giants.3. THE PROFANE -- On a stormy night, a beautiful stranger enters an unsuspecting diner. But she's got a dark secret and an unquenchable blood-thirst.4. THE STARSTONE -- An intrepid space explorer crash lands on a jungle moon and prevents a beautiful native from being sacrifice -- but things aren't what they seem.5. THE BLACK VAULT -- A man wakes up in a strange room and, suffering amnesia, tries to piece together how he came to find himself in this prison.6. THE ANUNNAKI -- An ancient ascetic monk runs into a blood sacrifice and must confront the demon goddess Lamatsu.7. SAVAGE JEGRA -- Jegra returns in this exciting romp through the jungle -- bounty hunters hot on her trail.8. THE PERSEUS GATE -- A group of terrorists hijack a science space station to steal a secret genetic experiment.9. IN THE SHADE OF HADES -- Largatha, the ex-wife to Ragnar Lothbrok, guides her shield maidens in search for the missing Viking warrior and enter a cave that leads them into a modern world of wonders where they find things that defy imagination. A sequel to Path to Valhalla. 10. THE NO GOOD DEED -- Raven Nightguard and the crew of the Skywend experience an engine blowout in dangerous space and must prepare to be boarded by Space Pirate Cannibals. (A Jegra series spinoff) NOVELLA: 1986 THE LORDS OF SUMMER -- A group of 14-year-old school kids spends their last summer at Fort Liberty, a treehouse in the woods near their town when a meteor shower brings a strange and deadly creature that stalks them through the forest.