Science Fiction Novels by Duane B. Lakings, Ph.D.

Dihydrides

Petunia 'Pet' Numdahl and Kyle Clawford are laser ball players, a sport played at zero gravity and on an enclosed court.  They find themselves caught up in a diabolical scheme by George Tsau to steal some prototype crystals, discovered by Jack Blodder, that in addition to their many positive attributes, have the potential to be used to blackmail the governments of the Solar System.

Scoelains

What would you do if you met two beautiful, human-appearing alien females who asked you to help them prevent a more militant faction of their species from taking over Earth?  That is the question posed to Jimmy Jorgenson, a minor league catcher, and LeRoy Bailey, the team's pitching coach, by Gwen Starre and Cheryl Moon, whose colony space ship is about to enter the Solar System.

The Zetacon Trilogy:  Encounter and Escape

Willy and Pug Jordan and Lynn and Lori Abbott are not just communication officers in the Space Police of the Consortium.  They are identical, telepathic twins who can share their thoughts with their sibling instantaneously, over any distance.  The Zetacons learn about the twins’ unique ability and devise a plan to capture two of them.  These aliens plan to use telepathy to further their desire for conquest.

The Zetacon Trilogy:  Friend and Foe

Pug and his pregnant wife Lori work with a new species, the Pellons, while waiting to rescue their telepathic partners and identical twin siblings, Willy Jordan and Lynn Abbott, who had been captured by and then escaped from the Zetacons.  The Zetacons attack Pell and Pug and Lori interact with Jac Lund, a Pellon leader, in battles against this aggressive foe.  Willy and Lynn hide on a planet in Zetacon space, where they have to first fight and then befriend the planet’s sapient species.  Lori and Lynn each have a baby.

The Zetacon Trilogy:  Grief and Glory

Penny, Willy and Lynn’s two-year old daughter, and Greg, Pug and Lori’s three-year old son, help their parents to be reunited.  The telepathic twins, their children, and other friends battle the Zetacons on planets and in space, with the encounters leading to some glory but also resulting in substantial grief.