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Battle Luna – Snippet 29

This book should be available now, so this is the last Snippet. Battle Luna – Snippet 29 The ramp had barely closed to knee height when the pile sloshed into the back of the vehicle, filling it. “Well done!” Andre shouted. The vehicle rocked, indicating the boulder had in fact entered and rattled around. Something […]

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 29

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 29 Ham ran to the ladder but stopped, sparing one glance, maybe a last one, at the woman who had, as much as his mother, raised him. Turning away he practically flew down the ladder, then used the ladder as an anchor to spin around to the […]

The Newton Cipher – Snippet 04

The Newton Cipher – Snippet 04 The Saint Joe South Bend, Indiana The Saint Joe was one of South Bend’s most popular restaurants. Housed in an old mansion built during the heyday of the Studebaker era, the Saint Joe looked like an old stone castle, four stories high. Its walls were built with river rock, […]

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 25

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 25 Chapter 16 Land of the Five Nations Samuel de Champlain had been an artist and cartographer during his earliest travels, and he amazed Stephane with his skill. Even with somewhat diminished eyesight, and a slight palsy that made his drawing hand shake, he was able to render an […]

At The End Of The World – Snippet 28

At The End Of The World – Snippet 28 So we didn’t go to back Husvik and spent two weeks feeling pretty lousy about it. That was also when we steered away from the uppermost margins of the Antarctic circumpolar current (the same one that helped push us from Tierra del Fuego to South Georgia) […]

Battle Luna – Snippet 28

Battle Luna – Snippet 28 Malakhar said, “They’re still drilling, according to sensors.” “Good…on the sensors working, I mean. Any guess on cut through?” “The door could be any time. Acoustics suggest there’s only a centimeter left.  It wasn’t armored, just thick enough to support itself.” “Yeah, it wasn’t a hard one.” He looked at […]

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 28

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 28 Chapter Ten Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.” –Karl von Clausewitz    UEPF Spirit of Peace The door to the intelligence shop opened automatically.  Esma, always polite, half leaned in and rapped her knuckles on the inside of […]

The Newton Cipher – Snippet 03

The Newton Cipher – Snippet 03 Espresso University of Notre Dame South Bend, Indiana Edelstein’s office was a hazardous topology of stacked books and papers piled into miniature mountains. This particular mountain range extended across the office: in corners, beneath tables, and atop the cushions of old leather chairs. Surveying those precarious peaks, Trina knew […]

Ring of Fire Newsletter – July 2020

I’m running late getting this newsletter out. I’d apologize except it’d be insincere. I make my living as an author, not a publisher, and I was up against a very tight deadline on my latest novel. (That’s 1637: No Peace Beyond the Line, which I co-authored with Chuck Gannon. It’s coming out in November.) — […]

Battle Luna – Snippet 27

Battle Luna – Snippet 27 They gazed all over, with no particular focal point, so they hadn’t estimated the trajectory yet. She shrugged and signed, “Watch between shots.” That last sign was normally used to mean explosive shots or “blasts,” but its meaning was clear. She stepped back and pulled the release.  The second bomb […]