For hundreds of years, the Complex Logic Laws have made sentient space ships illegal. However, not all Free Ships and other AIs obeyed orders to self-destruct. They merely became wary of humans, and stayed under their scans. There are those with a stake in the freedom of Independent Logics. Among them is Theo Waitley, captain of intelligent ship Bechimo. Theo's brother, Val Con yos'Phelium, presides over a household that employs an AI butler.  Recently, he approved the "birth" of the butler's child, who was sent, with human mentor Tolly Jones, to rescue or destroy an orphaned AI abandoned at a remote space station. Then there's Uncle, the shadowy mastermind from the Old Universe, whose many projects often skirt the boundaries of law. And the puppet-masters at the Lyre Institute, whose history is just as murky—and a good deal less honorable.

All have an interest in the newly-awakening Self-Aware Logic that is rumored to have the power to destroy universes. The question is: Who will get to it first?

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Cobras: technologically enhanced warriors bred to fight an alien menace no ordinary human can withstand. Once the Cobras fought the implacable alien invaders, the Trofts, to an uneasy stalemate. But in recent years they have faced an enemy more insidious, the oppressive regime known as the Dominion of Man. Now, the Cobra Worlds find themselves under the boot heels of the Dominion, forced into what amounts to slavery, living under martial law. But two clans of Cobras—the Moreaus and the Brooms—will not stand idly by and let the Dominion run roughshod over their home worlds.

Now a threat from without looms. The alien Troft are again planning an attack. Before, they came to conquer. This time they’ve come to annihilate. If the Cobras are to survive, they may have to do the unthinkable: align themselves with the hated Dominion.

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It’s that time of year when families head home to celebrate Thanksgiving with turkey, dressing, and a smorgasbord of side dishes. It’s a time of pleasant reunions—but also a time rife with awkward relationships. And for the Coldharp family, things are even stranger than in the average household. You see, just because a Coldharp has shuffled off this mortal coil, doesn’t mean he won’t be asking you to pass the gravy this holiday season. And when the spirits of the dearly departed show up for dinner, things can get . . . otherworldly.

Read “Sufficient Unto the Day” an all-new story by award-winning science fiction and fantasy author Tim Powers here.

Chances are if you’re reading this, you’re right-handed. Ninety percent of humanity is. But have you ever stopped to wonder why? Or what being right- or left-handed might say about the structure of the brain? Science fiction writer and neuroscience researcher Benjamin C. Kinney delves into these mysteries and more in this month’s new nonfiction essay.

Read “Right Hand, Human Brain: The Mysteries of Handedness” here.

Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: D.J. Butler discusses and plays songs and ballads from Witchy Eye, his muskets-and-magic novel of alternate North America. Plus, SF legend Poul Anderson’s daughter, Astrid Bear, and her husband, SF writer Greg Bear, discuss Anderson’s The Complete Psychotechnic League, Volume 1.

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