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GODSWAR 1 – The Mask of Ares – Chapter 20

GODSWAR 1 – The Mask of Ares – Chapter 20 Chapter 20. “The Wanderer.” Victoria’s voice was level, with just a hint of the doubt she felt. At that, she couldn’t deny that she felt a certain frisson of awe at the figure before her. A bit shorter than she had expected, perhaps, but in […]

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 17

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 17 Chapter 10 Paris was a long way from hilly Alsace where he had grown up, but it called to him from his youth. Youngest of eight children, there was nothing on the family farm to keep him there — not working in the vineyards nor cultivating hops (his […]

At The End Of The World – Snippet 20

At The End Of The World – Snippet 20 Steve was the one watching when they came into sight, clearing the headland just west of Busen Point about an hour after dawn. It was precisely when and where the captain told us to expect them, if they came. From about a mile to our southeast, […]

Battle Luna – Snippet 20

Battle Luna – Snippet 20 The outermost Lock 1 was designed as an outer pressure curtain against leaks, and slid like a hangar door. It was powered, but also had a rack and pinion for manual opening. The three-man element opened it manually and slowly, cautious in their entry. They cranked it about a meter, […]

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 20

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 20 Aguilar led the way to a set of weapons racks.  Inside them, secured with chains and a rotating irregular bar, were more than a score of shotguns.  “The trick,” Aguilar said, “is in the ammunition.  We don’t really know what the hull can take, up there, […]

GODSWAR 1 – The Mask of Ares – Chapter 19

GODSWAR 1 – The Mask of Ares – Chapter 19 Chapter 19. Urelle looked at the wide, soft bed with its black-and-green patterned coverlet longingly, but sighed. Can’t go to sleep right now. She had, with relief, let go of the enchantment on the distant Coin once Auntie had brought it up. She had been […]

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 19

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 19 The young Balboan tribune – short, brown, and stocky – answered through a Zhong-descended Balboan interpreter.  He was as level-voiced as possible given the stresses inherent in his very vulnerable position.  “A very important person – no, sir; they didn’t tell me who but my guess […]

GODSWAR 1 – The Mask of Ares – Chapter 18

This book is currently available in the Kindle Store as well as on the Eric Flint Ring Of Fire site.  Snippets will continue thru Chapter 21. GODSWAR 1 – The Mask of Ares – Chapter 18 Chapter 18. “Ingram,” Victoria said, “How are certain are you that we are still on the proper course?” “About […]

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 16

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 16 Chapter 9 They got the Cook’s tour. In the two and a half years the Danes had been in Newfoundland, they’d done a great deal, establishing a thriving colony that could keep itself fed while exploiting the mineral resources of the island. The Abrabanel brothers had prepared Roe […]

At The End Of The World – Snippet 19

At The End Of The World – Snippet 19 Silent Steve and I had hard days of a different kind: hiking with the captain. Although he gets winded sometimes — more and more, it seems — he can set a pretty exhausting pace for a while. He led us through two lowland valleys to the […]