THE BIO-MECH WAR An existential war between biologicals and mechs. In the near future, scientists discover a flickering artificial sun headed towards Earth. Code named "Deimos", this alien threat becomes the impetus for a massive outworld colonization program, the creation of an army of mechs to defend the planet, and a bioengineering initiative to adapt the human race to survive the apocalypse. All of these projects are kept secret from the civilian population, including the orphan Junior Rangers they depend upon. Book 1. Orphan Rangers Book 2. Clone Pods Book 3. Space Turtles Book 4. Teardrop Bottles Book 5. Blue Iguanas Book 6. Crabb World Book 7. Big Teeth Book 8. Lightning Moths Book 9. Galactic Xoo Book 10. Orange Crush Book 11. Iron Termites Book 12. Black Claw Book 13. Hard Landing Book 14. Smiley War Book 15. Nowhere Man Book 16. Dawn Fire Book 17. Laughing Boar Book 18. Lost Cohort THE BIO-MECH WAR: ORANGE CRUSH On the mission to Cyclops-4, colonists find a barren planet with a gravitational pull twice as strong as Earth's. The colony brings mechs to help but a tyrannical mayor uses them to maintain power. Rangers need to find ways to deal with the mech army as well as Cyclops-4's crushing gravity. Back home on Earth, news leaks that an artificial sun is headed their way.