Randy Dyess's Blog
March 6, 2017
First Contact
In the distant future, humans have colonized hundreds of planets and thousands of moons and asteroids. We travel between planets in large numbers and have made advances in all aspects of human achievement. As with the present, the future with all its advancements is not exactly Utopia. Powerful politicians and the extremely rich enjoy benefits on the planets closest to Earth that trillions of people on the outer planets only dream about. Large corporations have replaced nations and control planets and billions of workers. Workers live and work on the same planet and for the same corporations as generations of their ancestors. Generations have lived with no hope of ever having any life other than one of “just getting by”.
At least they don’t have to worry about other species competing with us. – Well, until now.
Join our unlikely band of heroes as they pull together to save the people on outer-rim planets that have been left by an uncaring government and greedy corporations to face the alien invaders as they sweep over planet after planet harvesting everything in their sight.
Battle At Pirate’s Bay
In the distant future, humans have colonized hundreds of planets and thousands of moons and asteroids. We travel between planets in large numbers and have made advances in all aspects of human achievement. As with the present, the future with all its advancements is not exactly Utopia. Powerful politicians and the extremely rich enjoy benefits on the planets closest to Earth that trillions of people on the outer planets only dream about. Large corporations have replaced nations and control planets and billions of workers. Workers live and work on the same planet and for the same corporations as generations of their ancestors. Generations have lived with no hope of ever having any life other than one of “just getting by”.
At least they don’t have to worry about other species competing with us. – Well, until now.
Humans are all alone in the stars and haven’t fought a war in hundreds of years, but that doesn’t mean everyone gets along. Pirates raid cargo ships in all of the outer-rim sectors and one pirate has risen above all of the others and has named himself King Florres. Join our young captain, Dakota Sullivan, and the rest of her family as they team up with a large corporation’s security team to try to rid their systems of this dreaded pirate king and make the lives just a little easier for everyone in the Taurus and Pegasus sectors. Find out how the spider wars’ heroes meet for the first time as they come together for the Battle At Pirate’s Bay.
March 5, 2017
On The Run
In the distant future, humans have colonized hundreds of planets and thousands of moons and asteroids. We travel between planets in large numbers and have made advances in all aspects of human achievement. As with the present, the future with all its advancements is not exactly Utopia. Powerful politicians and the extremely rich enjoy benefits on the planets closest to Earth that trillions of people on the outer planets only dream about. Large corporations have replaced nations and control planets and billions of workers. Workers live and work on the same planet and for the same corporations as generations of their ancestors. Generations have lived with no hope of ever having any life other than one of “just getting by”.
At least they don’t have to worry about other species competing with us. – Well, until now.
The spiders have attacked and wiped out whole planets taking everyone for food. Captain Moore and the Castle have attempted to escape and have been hit by the spider’s plasma weapons as they tried to enter FTL. The Sullivans have gone against the wishes of the Senate and Candus Corporation and rescued survivors from a destroyed planet. Humans are learning hard lessons about their governments and their place in the universe as the spiders continue to advance.
Does Captain Moore and the Castle survive their trip into FTL after being hit by a plasma ball?
What happens to the Sullivans and Sullivan Shipping as the spiders harvest all the planets in the outer-rims?
Who is Agent Smith and what is he going to do with our heroes?
Find out the answers to these questions and others as we continue the human story in book 2 of the Spider Wars series: On The Run.
March 4, 2017
Fighting Back
Enough is enough!
Spiders have taken millions of humans as food and it’s time we did something about it. Find out the fate of the human space in book 3 of the Spider Wars series: Fighting Back.
Fighting Back continues the story of the Sullivan Shipping’s fight against the spider harvesting fleet launched by the Syndicate. New armed freighters are built. A rescue mission is launched. A new contract by the Senate for sector security is signed. New business opportunities for the Sullivans are created. Old problems with pirates come back. All of this and more can be found in Fighting Back as the spider threat continues and humans fight for their survival while having to deal with corrupt politicians and greedy corporate leaders.
March 3, 2017
Fleet Action
Will Dakota Sullivan and the Sullivan’s Pride be able to continue in their fight against the spiders?
Will humans finally come together and fight the spider’s harvesting fleets?
What happens when the mightiest Terran naval vessel and the rest of the Terran Navy join in the fight against the spiders? Will they help or will their party-boy officers just make things worse for the rest of humanity?
Find out in book 4 of the Spider Wars series: Fleet Action.
March 2, 2017
Invasion
Humans have come together and won a battle against the spider fleet.
The spiders have been routed and humans are safe once again.
Or are they?
Does the Syndicate respond to their defeat?
Do the humans keep the spiders out of human space?
Do they attack and destroy the Syndicate?
Find out how Dakota Sullivan and the rest of the Sullivan family survive a new Syndicate threat as we continue the story of the Sullivan family’s struggle against the Syndicate and their spiders in book 5 of the Spider War series: Invasion.
January 23, 2017
Status Report: 1/23/2017
Pre-Order is up and running for Battle At Pirate’s Bay, First Contact, and On The Run. Final manuscript for Battle At Pirate’s Bay and First Contact have been uploaded and waiting the launch date: for Feb 5, 2017.
I’ve also finished and have up for pre-order the first book of the Spider Wars series: First Contact. The regular price will be $3.99, but I’ll have it on sale for $0.99 the first week so any pre-orders will only cost $0.99 and not the full price.
Get First Contact: here!
While I haven’t finished the rough draft of the manuscript, the second book of the Spider Wars series is also available for pre-order. It should be available the first week of March.
Completed This Week:
Battle At Pirate’s Bay:
Published and available for free for anyone signing up for my newsletter.
Available for pre-order if you would like to buy it.
First Contact:
Available for pre-order
On The Run:
Final outlines completed and rough draft started
Available for pre-order
January 8, 2017
Status Report: 1/8/2017
Ok, it has been 4 months since my last post. I haven’t been just sitting around, I have been able to finish the writing, finish the editing, and publish the free book (Battle At Pirate’s Bay) and if you want one, sign up for my newsletter and I will ship it to you.
I’ve also finished and have up for pre-order the first book of the Spider Wars series: First Contact. The regular price will be $3.99, but I’ll have it on sale for $0.99 the first week so any pre-orders will only cost $0.99 and not the full price.
Get it here!
While I haven’t finished the rough draft of the manuscript, the second book of the Spider Wars series is also available for pre-order. It should be available the first week of March.
Completed This Week:
Battle At Pirate’s Bay:
Published and available for free for anyone signing up for my newsletter.
First Contact:
Available for pre-order
On The Run:
Final outlines completed and rough draft started
Available for pre-order
September 8, 2016
Status Report: 9/8/2016
It’s been a few weeks since I last checked in. Things are moving along. I’ve finished the free book (Battle At Pirate’s Bay) and if you want one, sign up for my newsletter and I will ship it to you when I publishing it. I’m waiting for the first chapter of First Contact to be edited before publishing Battle At Pirate’s Bay.
I’ve finished all of the chapters for First Contact and have sent them to the editors. Can’t wait to get them back.
Completed This Week:
Battle At Pirate’s Bay:
Completed and waiting to be published
First Contact:
At editors
On The Run:
Redoing all chapter outlines to better flow with First Contact‘s actual content.
August 21, 2016
Status Report: 8/21/2016
This was a good week. Weather cleared and I felt a lot better this week than the last few weeks. I’ve moved the bar quite a bit for First Contact. Looking like I might be able to finish up on time and make my editing date.
Completed This Week:
Battle At Pirate’s Bay:
At editors
First Contact:
Final outlines completed
Rough draft completed for chapters 1, 6, 12, 13, and 14
Rewrites on chapter 1, 6, 12, 13, 14 finished this week
On The Run:
Scene outline completed for chapters
Paragraph outline for chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10)
