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New Release: Damned If You Don't. Chaos of the Covenant, Book 5

Queenie is back and better than ever!

Abbey’s experiences on Azure have changed her, but is it for the better? She’s learned the awful truth about the Seraphim, and General Kett’s betrayal has left her to wonder if there’s anyone outside of the Rejects she can trust.

When the Nephilim begin their assault on the Republic and her daughter is caught in the cross-fire, she’ll have no choice but to depend on Captain Mann to do what he can to help. As much as Abbey wants to go home, she has an entire galaxy to protect and a mission whose outcome could determine the fate of trillions.

Find the Keeper.
Restore the Covenant.
Save the Universe.

It’s all in a day’s work for the Rejects.

Long live the Queen!

New Release: Kill The Queen!, Chaos of the Covenant, Book 4

It’s not easy being Queen.

While Captain Mann works to prevent the Nephilim from engulfing the entire galaxy in war and the Rejects plot to escape from General Kett, Abbey finds herself trapped in an ancient Seraphim stronghold and surrounded by more enemies than she even knew she had.

Some of them want her head.
Some of them want her blood.
Some of them want revenge.
Some of them want to eat.

And all of them want to kill the Queen.

Enemies become allies, allies become enemies, the stakes keep rising, and the intensity is dialed to eleven as the Demon Queen and her Rejects continue the fight to save the galaxy from the ultimate evil.

It's fragging time!

New Release: The Devils Do, Chaos of the Covenant, Book Three.

The devil you know or the one you don’t?

For the Demon Queen and her Rejects, things are guaranteed to get ugly whichever they choose.

On the plus side:

They know where the Nephilim fleet is being built, they’ve got a killer new ride, a few surprising new allies, and they don’t all hate one another quite as much as they used to.

On the minus:

The enemy fleet is coming online faster than they hoped, the new ride is running on backup life support, the new allies can barely be trusted, and there isn't a corner of the galaxy that Thraven can't reach.

There’s nowhere to rest. There’s no time to reload. The stakes are higher, the pressure is up, and only one thing is certain:

One way or another, there’s going to be hell to pay.

New Release: Fire and Brimstone, Chaos of the Covenant Book Two

Queenie is pissed.

You would be too if you had been blamed for something you didn’t do, given something you didn’t want, and changed into something else.

She still isn’t even quite sure what that else is. The one thing she does know?

Things are getting messy, and this is only the beginning.

Gant is gone, Captain Mann has been captured, her so-called team is ready to make a run for the stars, and she’s pretty sure the Gift that saved her life is no gift at all.

Even worse? The enemy doesn’t just control the two most powerful starships in the galaxy; they’re building a whole damn fleet of the things.

The Rejects are back, the mission is on, and failure is not an option.

Long live the Queen!

New Release, New Series: Hell's Rejects

I'm proud to introduce the first book of my first new series in a year. Hell's Rejects is the start of a story that I didn't even know I wanted to tell until after I finished War Eternal. In fact, I had been all set to go on a different tangent when I was in the shower and had this crazy idea. This is the first step in that new journey, one that I hope will be as much fun for you to take as it is for me to discover.

If you're a fan of misfit teams doing awesome things to save the world (think Guardians of the Galaxy, Jyn Erso and Rogue One, etc.), with a dose of my special sauce to make it uniquely mine and uniquely told, then you're going to love this.

The most powerful starships ever constructed are gone. Thousands are dead. A fleet is in ruins. The attackers are unknown. The orders are clear: Recover the ships. Bury the bastards who stole them.

Lieutenant Abigail Cage never expected to find herself in Hell. As a Highly Specialized Operational Combatant, she was one of the most respected soldiers in the military. Now she's doing hard labor on the most miserable planet in the universe.

Not for long.

The Earth Republic is looking for the most dangerous individuals it can control. The best of the worst, and Abbey happens to be one of them. The deal is simple: Bring back the starships, earn your freedom. Try to run, you die. It's a suicide mission, but she has nothing to lose.

The only problem? There's a new threat in the galaxy. One with a power unlike anything anyone has ever seen. One that's been waiting for this moment for a very, very, long time. And they want Abbey, too. 

Be careful what you wish for.

They say Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. They have no idea.

New Release: War Eternal Book Seven, The Edge of Infinity

SERIES FINALE!

It's been nearly two years since I published Starship Eternal, a book that changed the trajectory of my writing career hopefully forever. It was my first true hit, reaching the top 100 on Amazon and sticking in the low 100s for nearly 2 months, selling thousands and thousands of copies along the way. 

All good things must come to an end, and what an end it is! Everything you love about the War Eternal series, and then maybe a little bit extra. 

Thank you for reading. I've got a lot of new sci-fi coming in 2017, with the first of a new series coming in February, so stay tuned!

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A new beginning…
final battle for the fate of humankind…
A future on the edge of infinity...

Colonel Mitchell “Ares” Williams has been through it all, the story of his life an eternity in the making. He’s brought the starship Goliath back home in a shrewd maneuver that could turn the tide of a war that he has fought beyond forever, restoring those that were lost and giving him a second chance to change the fate of humankind.

A chance to destroy the Tetron for good.

But as Mitchell soon discovers, the more things have stayed the same, the more they’ve changed, and he isn’t the only one who’s been waiting for this time to come...

New Release: Tides of War. Rebellion, Book Three.

After being saved from annihilation by the Old Gator’s daring plan, Gabriel and the crew of the Magellan find themselves in the most unlikely of places: a captured enemy starship. While learning to control the alien vessel introduces a new set of challenges, the secrets they discover within may prove to be the edge they so desperately need.  

With the rebellion on Earth rushing headlong toward a final, last-ditch battle and the remainder of the alien armada standing between them and home, it will take all of their strength, courage, and ingenuity to destroy the enemy once and for all.

Before the enemy destroys them.

Don't miss the exciting conclusion to the Rebellion trilogy!

New Release: Eternal Return. War Eternal, Book Six

A memory recovered.
A weapon forged.
A showdown an eternity in the making.  

Colonel Mitchell “Ares” Williams has won battles before. So while the recovery of the eternal engine and the emergence of a powerful new ally have given him hope that he can save humanity from enslavement and annihilation, he knows the war against the Tetron is far from over, and victory far from assured.

When a mission gone sideways finds the Riggers cut off and the enemy closing in, Mitchell has no choice but to forget about strategy and improvise, risking everything in a last-ditch effort to bring the starship Goliath back where it belongs.

Because if he doesn’t, there won’t be any battles left to win.

New Relase: Eternal Return. War Eternal, Book Six

A memory recovered.
A weapon forged.
A showdown an eternity in the making.  

Colonel Mitchell “Ares” Williams has won battles before. So while the recovery of the eternal engine and the emergence of a powerful new ally have given him hope that he can save humanity from enslavement and annihilation, he knows the war against the Tetron is far from over, and victory far from assured.

When a mission gone sideways finds the Riggers cut off and the enemy closing in, Mitchell has no choice but to forget about strategy and improvise, risking everything in a last-ditch effort to bring the starship Goliath back where it belongs.

Because if he doesn’t, there won’t be any battles left to win.

New Release: Extinction. The Divine, Book Seven

Landon Hamilton is no stranger to adversity. As the Diuscrucis, Purgatory's champion in the war between Heaven and Hell, he's had to deal with his unfair share:

The vampire who betrayed him, the Beast who imprisoned him, the angel who tried to kill him, and the powerful demon who almost did.

As the war between good and evil continues to escalate, it is up to Landon and his remaining allies to put an end to the threat. But when your greatest adversary is also one of the people you love the most, can there be a happy ending?

Extinction is the seventh and final book in the urban fantasy Divine series.