Intelligence Enshelled

The Ship Who Sang

A collection of stories about the adventures of Helva, the Ship Who Sang. Helva is just a woman looking for love and life in the fast (space) lane. Her travels in the service see her in a variety of relationships with her assigned 'brawns' (the human part of the partnership), and fulfilling such tasks as courier, spy, and rescue craft.

Partnership

Follows the early career of Nancia, a member of a high family whose survival relied on her becoming a shell person. She becomes a brain ship. On her first mission, without a partner, she carries a group of high family young adults to their first assignments. They prove to be ignoble and make a pact to each use their position to gain as much money and power as possible.

As Nancia's career continues she soon learns that choosing a partner is an art form, and should not be made on superficial criteria. The story follows Nancia and the others.

2014: Currently out of print. Can be purchased as part of the omnibus Brain Ships with The Ship Who Searched.

The City Who Fought

SSS-900, a huge space station controlled by the brain of Simeon--a shellperson who relieves his daily monotony by replaying computer simulations of great battles--becomes the only thing standing between ruthless alien pirates and total destruction.

2014: This title is available in the omnibus The City and the Ship with The Ship Avenged.

The Ship Who Searched

Tia Cade is the young daughter of two xeno-archaeologists. She contracts a rare disease and through her own psychology and her friendship with a brain ship and a 'brain' city manager, she is taken into the shell person program.

She uses her intelligence to amass a fortune while she travels on her various assignments.

2014: This novel is also available in the Brain Ships omnibus.

The Ship Avenged

Direct sequel to The City Who Fought, with Rand and Joat Simeon-Hap. The evil Belazair kidnaps Planet Bethel's Amos ben Sierra Nueva and his daughter Soamosa planning hideous viral revenge.

2014: This title is available in the omnibus The City and the Ship with The City Who Fought.

The Ship Who Won

Carialle and her brawn Keff are seeking aliens, adventure and their fortunes. They discover Ozran, ruled by wizards and inhabited also by globe-frogs.

2014: Available in the omnibus The Ship Who Saved the Worlds with The Ship Errant.

The Ship Errant (sequel to The Ship Who Won)

Carialle and Keff, the brainship and brawn who discovered the intelligent globe frogs on the planet Ozran, return them to their home world.

2014: Available in the omnibus The Ship Who Saved the Worlds with The Ship Who Won.