Category: Science Fiction

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Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KTF1YGW Books2Read link: https://books2read.com/b/31xj8a The view of Sumabad Strait from a height of 23 kilometers was still breath-taking.  Even if it was holographic instead of ‘real’ Ferugio had apologized, but it wasn’t his fault Scimtar’s extended family was bigger than it used to be.  There were no living spaces available within the Residence…

Finally finished the first draft of “A New Embassy” I still need to go over it before I even send it to the editor, let alone betas, but the first draft is DONE. Clocks in at roughly 80k words, and I’ve never needed 16 months to finish a draft before. Relief! This is an Empire…

Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09SP1Q66M Books2Read link: https://books2read.com/b/31RXpa So Armageddon was upon us. There was no point in contacting the rest of the Advancement teams; they’d all received the same message we had.  They’d know what it meant, same as we did: The war we’d all been preparing for was upon us.  Imperial Intelligence – the Eyes…

Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WQGYK7L Books2Read link: https://books2read.com/b/3JDXpK Yalskarr was nothing impressive to look at – yet.  Docks, blocky wooden warehouses, and the occasional stone or brick edifice rising three or four stories off the ground.  It was Calmena’s answer to Houston at the dawn of the petrochemical age. This time, the hard work of setting up…

Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072J6YML1 Books2Read link: https://www.books2read.com/u/4AwOxA Tratruoh and Melise arrived early the next morning, while I was opening up the forge for the day.  They barely gave me a chance to put my tools down before they both hugged me.  “Uncle Joe!  Good to see you again!” Like Asina and myself, both had adopted the…

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Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NYH3K08 Books2Read link: https://www.books2read.com/u/4jwA1o From there, we took a public portal to the base gate, used our orders to pass the gate and approached the induction center.  Entering, we found that there was no line.  “Excuse me,” I asked the attendant, “We have orders to report between fortythree and fortyfour, but it’s only…

Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HX6XEE8 Books2Read link: https://www.books2read.com/u/mdN7Gl I announced myself to Helene and she invited me into her studio.  She was working on a voice project for someone else that day; she put it aside and sat with me.  “The first question I have to ask, Grace, is how territorial you are about the dog business?”…

Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FQTL7XY Books2Read link: https://www.books2read.com/u/b5MvQ7 The dog perked up.  Papi was parking the car.  I gave Riley a one last scritch beneath the chin, and stood up.  Time to face the music.  I put the “pocket” in my bag, next to my hand blaster.  Aurora I left wrapped in the closet behind two closed…