Books with author H. M. Hoover

Meredith Ambrose was nicknamed "Merry" by her parents when she was a baby, but now that she can express her own opinions, they find her "boring". While visiting the family estate, she witnesses the crash landing of a strange boy (Mikel Goodman) who comes from the space habitat that Earth now calls the Shepherd Moon. Although those around her do not seem to recognize the danger that Mikel represents with his astounding abilities, she is able to convince her grandfather, the powerful General Ambrose, that Mikel is indeed a threat. In the 48th century, Earth has all but forgotten that the miniature "moons" that accompany Luna were the cause of the collapse of Earth's high-tech civilization and are still inhabited. Join Merry and her grandfather as they race to (re)capture Mikel, who is bent on taking over the entire Earth using his Controller talents. Along the way, Merry learns of the many inequities in her own society and by befriending a young girl, Sami, inadvertently learns the secret to neutralizing Mikel's most dangerous weapon.

Theodora (Theo) Leslie is a biologist for a large expedition from the Aurora Corporation surveying and exploring the planet Eridan. Something is happening at all three human bases so that almost all personnel there are becoming fearful to the point of being nonfunctional. Theo is out in the field alone for a month when she witnesses a murder. She and the lone survivor of the killing (Karen Orlov) set out to learn what has happened at the human bases and how much it has to do with a remarkable series of changes at the coming of the rainy season for Eridan. What they learn could doom (or save) the entire expedition.

Galen Innes returns to his native Earth, far in space and culture from the Marsat habitat he has left, where he hopes to make a choice about his successor as Governor-General. Samara Lloyd is a young woman whose birth into a leading corporate family on Earth is not nearly as magnificent as it might seem. Together, this unlikely duo falls afoul of a cult-like religious figure, the Dolmen, whose consolidation of power includes the murder of Samara's mother, the Director, as well as an attempt on their own lives. Follow Galen and Samara as they escape only to return once again and face down the Dolmen at the very physical and metaphysical seat of his power.

Tia and Rabbit, having been rescued from the impoverished "Base" where they were born, begin the introduction to their new home and family at Morrow. As they learn and grow, Ashira (the Elite of Morrow) decides to lead an expedition back to the Base, which Tia and Rabbit join. Their return to their birthplace is not without difficulties, but many ancient ghosts are laid to rest as Tia and Rabbit see the Base and the Family through new eyes.

In a future where mankind has wreaked havoc upon the Earth's slowly-recovering biome, two groups of humans have survived, unknown to each other. Tia and Rabbit live on the Base, under the rule of the Major, where life is hard, and they are ostracized for their differences from the others. They come to learn that the "dreams" that Tia has had since childhood about two people from Morrow named Ashira and Varas are not dreams at all. After they are compelled to leave the Base when Rabbit defends Tia by psychically killing one of the "Fathers," they journey cross-country to meet up with the Morrowans and be taken to LIFESPAN, the protected retreat of the descendants of a society preserved by SImon Morrow hundreds of years before.

Varina is a Delikon, a race that conquered and reshaped the Earth generations ago, and an instructor of the gifted and beautiful human children who will someday rule the Delikon-imposed society. As a member of the Ruling House, she is young as Delikons reckon age and has been restructured to better integrate and interact with humans - with only her over-large cinnamon eyes to set her apart. Follow Varina and her two students, Alta and Jason, as they are caught up in a larger conflict than they ever dreamed of while on a journey to deliver Alta and Jason to the academy where they will begin their next stage of education. Varina, who has served nine times the usual Delikon service period, will discover whether she is an alien among humans or a human among aliens.

Cody Oakton is the only child aboard the starship Annie Cannon. His parents, who he calls Gus and Olivia, were fined a year's pay and demoted for his birth, yet he hardly knows or interacts with them. When the Annie Cannon visits the planet Patma, Cody leaves the ship for the first time in his life. As the only human child on Patma as well, Cody is left somewhat to his own devices, but he never dreams what he will discover on his own - or what will discover him.

Annalyn Court is the daughter of the President of Mars, one of his many children over the years. She is a member of the elite of Martian society without truly understanding what that entails. She is thrust into a political struggle for her father's wealth and power in which the President defends himself against all comers, including his own family. Along with Hector Protector (her robotic bodyguard), Annalyn survives not only the destruction of the dome shields of the capital city Olympia but also an assassination attempt. As she searches for her commoner friend Shala in the ruins of Midtown, Annalyn comes to learn that dominion and leadership are not the same thing. She must choose for herself which path she will follow in the rebuilding of Olympia.

Abby Tabor is an orphan, living and working at her Uncle Mochi's inn on Earth - which someday she may inherit and run herself. Bryan Bishop is a colonial from the Triark habitat in space and the heir to his mother's fortune. Together, this unlikely pair is kidnapped from Earth to work as child laborers (or "Young Pioneers" in the parlance of VitaCon) in preparing a space habitat for its new population. Follow them as they adapt to this brutal existence and watch for an opportunity to escape from VitaCon to return to their homes.