The Story Begins Here With Chapter – 1 Technical Difficulties We could not help ourselves. To a man, I’m sure, we turned our gazes to the sky. The sudden lull in return fire attested to the fact that even our retreating enemy’s eyes were drawn away from the battlefield. Our visors automatically polarized themselves to block … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 7
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FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 6
GROUND 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 sprays of fiery bolts of light and … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 6
FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 5
The Story Begins Here with Chapter – 1. Boots On The Ground “...Blessed repose and eternal memory.” I kept an eye on the tactical display even as my fellow marines and I prayed for the souls lost on the Lionheart. The Lepanto had lost a dozen of her batteries. Her shields were reduced … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 5
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FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 4
The Tale Begins Here With CHAPTER – 1 The Battle Begins “Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war,” Chaplain Prata recited the Imperial battle prayer which began with the opening verses of the 143rd Psalm, prayed by Christian soldiers down the ages. His raspy tenor came through … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 4
FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 3
Start the tale at the beginning by clicking FAITH & EMPIRE — Chapter – 1 The Hard Nut “The planet’s atmosphere is composed of seventy-six percent hydrogen, fifteen percent helium and the rest is mostly methane which, the last three days of observations have shown us, can erupt in fiery geysers from beneath the planet’s … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 3
FAITH & EMPIRE — Chapter – 2
Read From The Beginning By Clicking FAITH & EMPIRE — Chapter – 1 Mission Briefing We filed into the hanger deck where thousands of chairs were set up in concentric half-rings around a raised dais. The first few rows, but for two in the center marked reserved, were filled with Angel Fighter pilots in … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE — Chapter – 2
FAITH & EMPIRE — Chapter – 1
PRAYER AND FASTING “Diende, ego te absolvo a peccatis tuis in nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.” I crossed myself at the words of absolution. “Amen,” I said, and lifted my head to peer through the latticed screen of the confessional. “Thank you, Father.” “God be with you, Marine,” the priest responded. I … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE — Chapter – 1
Writer’s Update
The relaunch of my Space Opera series proceeds at a good clip. I hope to be done with the series' first installment, Faith and Empire by April's end. I'm not going to publish it right away, however. I will serialize it here on the blog, one chapter a week, beginning the first Monday in May. … Continue reading Writer’s Update
Sequels and Second Thoughts
When the idea for my novel, One Last Flight, first came to me, I thought it could make for a fun short story. Thirteen months and sixty thousand plus words later, I had a novel on my hands. More than that, I had created a world I wanted to return to again and again. I … Continue reading Sequels and Second Thoughts