Download or read book Dark Kin written by Martin Todd and published by Authors On Line Ltd. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After their parents disappear in mysterious circumstances, twin brother and sister, Sheriff and Celeste Kin, inherit Jupiter. A terraforming experiment gone awry many years previous, the planet has long since been abandoned and become a ghost planet shrouded in myth. Sheriff and Celeste, however, have found a way to make their fortunes from the hostile wasteland. All they have to do first is outwit the Japanese mafia, escape the long arm of the law and kill off an army of marauding space pirates. Along the way Sheriff and Celeste join forces with mass murderer Hallux, Nadir the thief, geneticist Doctor Godward, jarhead geologist Professor Keli and his assistant Zue, and netherbetween space pirate Rizco Sorin-Daak and daughter Myka. Dark Kin is a sexy action thriller set in a future where technology has affected the evolution of the human race. Also included are 8 short stories, covering a variety of science fiction genres, from comedy and satire to mystery and suspense.