The Saga Begins   Here! 14 The Farewell Tour   Christmas that year was a small and intimate celebration with my parents, grandparents on my mother’s side and the young twins. After Christmas I hit the road, visiting for two or three weeks at a time with various branches of my extended family. The trip led … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 14 →

The Tale Begins  HERE! 13 The Prom The following three months were my last of secondary school. I had already finished my studies before summer break and returned to school after Michaelmas to fulfill my mentoring obligation by tutoring the younger boys.  On the night of Gaudete Sunday, secondary schools celebrated the senior students promenade and … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 13 →

  The Story begins  HERE. 12 Michaelmas Our breakup cast a pall over the remainder of Summer. I brooded on it all through Saint Michael’s Lent but the festivities at Michaelmas managed to lift my mood. I spent most of the day with a small group of friends, parish and classmates and my two favorite cousins, … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 12 →

Begin The Tale Here With  Chapter – 1. 11 Jacinta   The truth is, by the time the Imperial Marines had proffered their invitation to join them, Jacinta had already put me behind her.  I was sixteen years old; she was fifteen. It was the last week of the summer before my final year of secondary … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 11 →

Start The Story Here With  Chapter – 1 10 Promotions The freed hostages were tended to, interviewed and allowed to send messages to their home planets. The majority of them were citizens of the Union of Free Worlds, the nearest galactic power. They were survivors of the plundered caravels out of Caraquador. They told us they … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter 10 →

The Tale Begins With  Chapter – 1 9 Surrender! Buoyed by the respite from enemy fire, we made short work of reorganizing for the climb up the crater wall. We ascended in three columns. It was rough going at first, but the higher we went, the firmer the ground grew under our boots. The Mechs were … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter 9 →

The Saga Begins With  Chapter – 1 8 A Hellish Pit The collapse of the defile forced the bulk of our assault group back down and off the precarious remains of the defile. Several, less fortunate marines and troopers toppled backward and plunged to their deaths on the hills sprawled out nearly a kilometer below the … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 8 →

The Story Begins Here With  Chapter – 1 7 Technical Difficulties We could not help ourselves. To a man, I’m sure, we turned our gazes to the sky. Our visors automatically polarized themselves to block out the harsh brightness. Even at full occluding, stinging light still seeped through. I couldn’t see anything at first but white … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 7 →

The Story Begins Here With   Chapter – 1  6Ground Assault As if to drive the captain’s point home, our Halberds and Hussars loosed a cannonade of bright, white-hot plasma overhead. The Spontoons lurched forward to meet the incoming threat. On the ground, the Kuvasz tanks raised their turrets and laser guns to the sky and loosed … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 6 →