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Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 32

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 32 She never saw her husband.  Indeed, she avoided seeing him.  In the first place, unlike her, he had some skills considered valuable by their owners. Hence he had a much better job at an office building on the base.  She found this humiliating, for she had […]

The Newton Cipher – Snippet 07

The Newton Cipher – Snippet 07 Arrival A Plane to London The woman sitting next to Trina was stunning. She was older; her skin stretched thin over her cheekbones and there was no shortage of wrinkles around her eyes, but her silver-gray hair, pulled back in a long, loose ponytail, was thick and silky. Her […]

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 28

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 28 Chapter 18 Boston Gordon did not want to go alone into town — he thought about giving the line he’d used in Newfoundland, that they only traveled in pairs — but Endecott left no choice; the troop formed up around him and they marched away from the wharf. […]

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 31

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 31 Chapter Eleven Land the landing force. –Traditional BdL ALTA An IM-71 shuddered and hopped on the pick-up area of the rear deck.  Into it shuffled a short line of cadets with one or two adults for leadership.  Another waited at the top of the ramp that […]

The Newton Cipher – Snippet 06

The Newton Cipher – Snippet 06 To O’Hare South Bend, Indiana It wasn’t until Trina was back in her Jeep and crawling slowly down Edelstein’s driveway that the tears came. She could barely see the ambulance tracks ahead of her, still fresh from when it rushed Edelstein to the hospital twenty minutes earlier. After they’d […]

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 27

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 27 “I thought it was all empty.” “Is that what your up-timer book told you?” “It didn’t tell me near enough,” Gordon said. “All I know is that there should be a good-sized town at Boston, and the governor is some guy named Vane.” “I believe that is in […]

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 30

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 30 “What’s that?” “If we use some demo to open more holes…” Ham let the thought trail off, suspecting, even before the division chief said anything, that it wasn’t such a good idea. “Nah, forget it.   Explosions sensitize other explosives.  A bang near the warhead might be […]

The Newton Cipher – Snippet 05

The Newton Cipher – Snippet 05 Kew Gardens Kew Gardens London, England Two days earlier Charlotte Dovey pinned a new slide onto the metal stage and adjusted the knobs on her digital microscope. It was late, and most of the other techs had gone home, but Charlotte had promised the director of the lab that […]

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 26

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 26 Chapter 17 Atlantic Coast North America Maartens took his time sailing Challenger south from Newfoundland. Gordon would have liked to see the pace pick up, but the Dutch sailing master insisted that there were all sorts of dangers — shoals and rocks and other things — along the […]

At The End Of The World – Snippet 29

This book should be available now, so this is the last Snippet. At The End Of The World – Snippet 29 Carbs had been a problem from day one, even though we left South Georgia with more than our fair share. Willow was confident that if she and Johnnie didn’t get infected, the food the […]