This first book of my space opera series was suppose to tell the story of Zephyrinus Zapatas' rise to knighthood while simultaneously relaying the history of The Holy Terran Empire. While it started out well enough, the middle section was turning out to be unwieldy and clunky, weighed down with too many long blocks of … Continue reading Writer’s Update
The Saga Begins Here! 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 – 14
The Tale Begins HERE! 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, Francis and … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 13
The Story begins HERE. 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 term of secondary school, a whole four years before … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 12
Begin The Tale Here With Chapter – 1. Jacinta Long hauls through space were everyone’s least favorite part about being an Imperial Marine. The eight-month journey to Muvuru certainly bore that out. It was certainly the longest trip through space I had ever endured. The ten-week trip from Earth to our Regiment’s HQ on Saint Ambrose … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 11
Start The Story Here With Chapter – 1 10 REPAIRS and RESEARCH 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 Democratic Worlds. They were survivors of the plundered caravels out of Caraquador, pilgrims on their way to visit … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter 10
The Tale Begins With Chapter – 1 Surrender! Buoyed by the respite from enemy fire, we made short work of 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 forced to wait … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter 9
The Saga Begins With Chapter – 1 A Hellish Pit The collapse of the defile forced the bulk of our assault group back down from the precarious remains of the land bridge. 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 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
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
Carlos Carrasco 