List of Story Ideas
Hi, everyone
I’m hoping to explore something new this year, so I’ve drawn up a list of ideas and concepts -some of which are detailed plots, some of which are nothing more than a handful of lines at the moment. I’m not promising anything, of course, but let me know which ones you want to see
Chris
List of Story Ideas
Cast Adrift (Mil-SF, Trilogy)
Three hundred years ago, the aliens occupied Earth. The human race was enslaved, with humans serving as everything from basic workers to soldiers and spacers. But now, with an increasingly restive human population demanding independence (or at least equality), the alien overlords cut the human race loose. Earth is independent again, with other alien enemies sniffing around for potential targets …
Jefferson Civil War (Mil-SF)
Jefferson, a planet settled during the early stages of human expansion, has long been on a knife-edge between the original settlers, who form an aristocracy of sorts, and the newer settlers, who have relatively few legal rights. Now, with the latter growing in power and the former trying to clamp down, a spark becomes a full-blown civil war …
Revenge (Urban Fantasy)
Years ago, a young sorceress lost her parents to the magic guild’s enforcer. Now, she intends to take revenge by killing him. But, as she gets drawn into the guild’s politics, she discovers that things are not as black and white as she thought …
Resistance (Mil-SF, Trilogy)
Humanity lost an interstellar war. Earth and the colonies are occupied. The last remnants of the once-proud human navy are in hiding. But … with a little help from other alien powers, humanity might secure its freedom … or be utterly destroyed.
The Unkindest Cut (Epic Fantasy, prob trilogy)
In a fantasy world undergoing something akin to the French Revolution, an exiled aristocratic woman is dragged into a plot to overthrow the revolutionaries, reignite the fires of magic and avenge herself on her husband (who forced her to marry him).
Godpower (Epic Fantasy, prob trilogy)
All magic comes from God, but the church has become increasingly corrupt and the power is finally starting to fade. Now, with the church seemingly having lost the divine sanction, the reformers are challenging the social order openly …
The Lunar Dream (Space Opera, Stand-Alone)
The lunar colonies are not nice places to live. The workers are being worked to death to feed Earth’s ever-growing appetite for raw materials and suchlike. And then they rebel against their overseers, plunging the colonies into chaos.
The Last Guardian (Epic Fantasy, prob trilogy)
In a world dominated by a dwindling empire, an emperor dies … with his son not yet a man. His last will asks his oldest friend – a common-born general, serving on the front lines – to serve as regent, which draws the poor man into a deadly contest to keep his charge alive long enough to take the throne.
The Great Interstellar War (Mil-SF, Trilogy)
A spark sets off a massive multi-sided interstellar war.
Second Chance (Alternate History ISOT, prob trilogy)
Modern-day Britain is – somehow – transported back in time to 1940.
Future Shock (Alternate History ISOT/Mil-SF, Trilogy)
In 3000, the human race lost a war against an enigmatic alien race. Only a handful of ships survive long enough to fall into a time-space warp …
In 2300, the human race is fighting its first real interstellar war. Now, the conflict is interrupted by the appearance of hyper-advanced ships from the future. But as the newcomers start to clash with the locals, and their arrival starts changing history itself, it sparks off a far greater conflict …
(Basically, Ark Royal meets Axis of Time)
