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Battle Luna – Snippet 19

Battle Luna – Snippet 19 “Good.” Ravi continued, “Okay, my man outside is now inside. The man up on the peak can hold for four hours on his oxy supply if you need him to.” “If he’s comfy, it can’t hurt to do so.” Malakhar pointed.  “He even sent a pic.” The image showed a […]

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 15

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 15 * * * Dockside, Gordon expected to hear mostly Danish, but there was quite a mix of languages: English, German, even some French. The town, which was called Thomasville, had been here less than two years; the buildings were all new, with none of the weather-beaten look of […]

At The End Of The World – Snippet 18

At The End Of The World – Snippet 18 The captain stood. “That’s enough. The only fighting I’ll permit is against the Argie thugs. As for how we’ll defend ourselves, I’ll explain that tomorrow. We’re in no rush. They’ve got a way to go and we are certainly not their first port of call. Now […]

Battle Luna – Snippet 18

Battle Luna – Snippet 18 Rojas shrugged and took the wheel, and rolled back through to Inner Bay. Morton followed, disabling the lock control on this side, then doing a bypass on the inner control.  He couldn’t smash it completely; it housed all the circuitry here. There was a manual override for emergencies. No one […]

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 18

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 18 It was also crawling with antaniae, the septic-mouthed winged quasi-reptiles that fed on the young and the weakened and the foolish.  Though they looked reptilian, the Mandarin name for them translated out to, “Genetically engineered murder pigeons.”  Maybe worse, the air was alive with mosquitoes, their […]

GODSWAR 1 – The Mask of Ares – Chapter 17

GODSWAR 1 – The Mask of Ares – Chapter 17 Chapter 17. “Of course I want you to succeed, my son,” said his mother. “But there is only so much I can do for you without making my King and husband doubt that it is your success, and not mine, that he sees.” He nodded, […]

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 14

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 14 PART II May 1636 The grinding waters and the gasping wind Wallace Stevens, “The Idea of Order at Key West” Chapter 8 Thomasville, Newfoundland Gordon wasn’t sure what he expected to see when Challenger came in sight of land. He had a notion that the New World would […]

At The End Of The World – Snippet 17

At The End Of The World – Snippet 17 “I was a damned fool. Two helicopters went down. Everyone survived. Miracle that. Then they had to shelter until the last helo could fly in and recover them.” “And what did you do in the meantime?” “Not bloody much. There was nothing for it except to […]

Battle Luna – Snippet 17

Battle Luna – Snippet 17 Really, the number of people who knew about the device made the pretense of secrecy silly.  It was almost certain that everyone in Echelon 1 knew the rough details. The labor, support, outside contractors and family members might not, but all those with pull almost certainly did. He’d picked his […]

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 17

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 17 Chapter Six The difference between stupid and intelligent people – and this is true whether or not they are well-educated – is that intelligent people can handle subtlety. —Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age Estado Mayor, Sub camp C, Ciudad Balboa, Balboa Carrera didn’t really listen to […]