Forging of the Blade: 13 Battle Hardened Special Forces Soldiers. Being trained by aliens who can't kill. What could go wrong?

Phoenix Empire #2

by Michael Eves Shaffer

The first 13 Omegas have been brought onto the alien's ship. The aliens have all the technology, millions of years of society, and a higher intelligence. Not to mention that individually, they are all older than the oldest Terran. The Terrans have what we have always had, wits and a wiliness to do what is necessary for the survival of the race. The aliens are going to be fighting to maintain control and their way of doing things. The Omegas are going to be fighting to carve a place in this new galactic empire that isn't just as a subservient fighter-servent one. And neither side can lose if either is to win.

772 pages, Paperback

Published July 8, 2016

About the author

Michael Eves Shaffer was born on April 1st at one in the morning. Whether the birthday shaped him or he chose that date to represent his life, only the divine really knows. His tastes have always been extremely eclectic as well as his career paths. From his first job as a dishwasher, he went into the Army to become a turbine engine mechanic. After four years, he got out and joined the Army Reserve Military Police. Which immediately deployed for Desert Storm. Returning home, he worked as a bookkeeper for an accounting firm. But adventure still interested him, so rejoined the Army to become a Cavalry Scout. Which meant his job was to go behind enemy lines to observe what they were doing. While stationed in Baumholder, Germany, as part of the 4/12 Infantry Brigade, he was deployed to Bosnia. After his time there, he moved fully into civilian life, doing a number of different things before he settled into software engineering.

Currently lives in Youngstown, Ohio, with three cats (Scooter, Tanjay, and Isbit) and an Anatolian Shephard (Fafhrd). He had always been into fantasy and science fiction, a very avid reader since before he got into school. In October of 2014 he finally decided to put together the pieces and parts that had been running through his head. In April of 2015, he published his first book, Firing of the Crucible. His second book followed in June of the 2016, Forging of the Blade. Part of the delay was he had decided that he wanted to add illustrations. After going through a number of artists who said they wanted to be part of the project, he tried his hand at art. Forging shows his first attempts and a month after the released Forging, he re-released Firing with added artwork.

Reviews

[Blbat8541 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it. after you read the first one in this series you'll have to read this as well...I liked it more than a Hobo likes Valuerite Vodka.

Seriously...extremely fun to read!

[William B. Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good Sci-Fi Read

I have enjoyed the first two books very much. It reminds me of the Edgar Rice Burroughs "Martian Series" that I read forty years ago.