Piziks, Steven
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.

(1967- ) US author, who also writes as by Steven Harper, and who began publishing work of genre interest with "Hoard" in Sword and Sorcerers IX (anth 1992) edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley. He is noted in particular for two series: the In the Company of Mind sequence comprising In the Company of Mind (1998) and Corporate Mentality (1999), whose young protagonist, in a universe dominated by Nanoware, discovers within his own augmented body a governing AI, with whom he must come to terms; the Silent Empire Young Adult sequence as by Steven Harper, beginning with Dreamer (2001) and ending with Offspring (2004). Identity (2003), whose young protagonist, sold as a slave, is returned to the consensual Hive-Mind-like entity or location known as the Dream when it is discovered that he is a Telepath capable of knitting farflung locations together; and the Clockwork Empire sequence, beginning with The Doomsday Vault (2011), set in a not unexpected Steampunk Alternate History Victorian England: Robots, massively complicated forms of Transportation, and clockwork Zombies fill the scene. Most of Piziks's remaining work has been Ties, including one for the Star Trek universe, Star Trek Voyager: The Nanotech War (2002) and one for the Battlestar Galactica series, Battlestar Galactica: Unity (2007) as by Steven Harper. [JC]
Steven Harper Piziks
born Saginaw, Michigan: 1967
works
series
In the Company of Mind
- In the Company of Mind (New York: Baen Books, 1998) [In the Company of Mind: pb/Charles Keegan]
- Corporate Mentality (New York: Baen Books, 1999) [In the Company of Mind: pb/Charles Keegan]
Silent Empire
- Dreamer: A Novel of the Silent Empire (New York: Penguin/Roc, 2001) as by Steven Harper [Silent Empire: pb/Paul Youll]
- Nightmare: A Novel of the Silent Empire (New York: Penguin/Roc, 2002) as by Steven Harper [Silent Empire: pb/Luis Royo]
- Trickster (New York: Penguin/Roc, 2003) as by Steven Harper [Silent Empire: pb/Luis Royo]
- Offspring (New York: Penguin/Roc, 2004) as by Steven Harper [Silent Empire: pb/Tristan Schane]
Star Trek
- Star Trek Voyager: The Nanotech War (New York: Pocket Books, 2002) [tie to the Star Trek universe: Star Trek Voyager: pb/Sonia R Hillios]
Clockwork Empire
- The Doomsday Vault (New York: Penguin/Roc, 2011) as by Steven Harper [Clockwork Empire: pb/]
- The Impossible Cube (New York: Penguin/Roc, 2012) as by Steven Harper [Clockwork Empire: pb/]
- The Dragon Men (New York: Penguin/Roc, 2012) as by Steven Harper [Clockwork Empire: pb/]
- The Havoc Machine (New York: Penguin/Roc, 2013) as by Steven Harper [Clockwork Empire: pb/]
Books of Blood and Iron
- The Iron Axe (New York: Penguin/Roc, 2015) as by Steven Harper [Books of Blood and Iron: hb/]
- Blood Storm (New York: Penguin/Roc, 2015) as by Steven Harper [Books of Blood and Iron: pb/]
- Bone War (New York: Penguin/Roc, 2016) as by Steven Harper [Books of Blood and Iron: pb/]
individual titles
- Identity (New York: Pocket Star, 2003) [pb/]
- Exorcist: The Beginning (New York: Pocket Star, 2004) [tie to the film series: Exorcist: pb/]
- Dead Man on the Moon (New York: Phobos Impact, 2006) [possible first volume of the Lunar City Special Investigation sequence (no further volumes published): pb/]
- Battlestar Galactica: Unity (New York: Tor, 2007) as by Steven Harper [tie to Battlestar Galactica: Battlestar Galactica: hb/]
- Ghost Whisperer: The Plague Room (New York: Pocket Star, 2008) [tie to the Television series: Ghost Whisperer: pb/]
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