Cold Creek Tribute Writer: Stories

A tribute story in The Vallis Defense universe, continuing worlds created by Refusenik and Cold Creek
Defenceman: Parallel Ice (A Non-Canonical Saga) builds on Cold Creek’s Defenceman series while offering a new interpretation. Michael Stewart’s journey extends beyond the rink into intrigue, modeling, and the launch of his AI: Aegis. From Ann Arbor to London, Japan, and Spain, the story explores honor, love, betrayal, and resilience. Rivals and allies test his limits in the arena, courts and shadows—where triumph demands sacrifice and heart both on and off the ice.

A tribute story in The Vallis Defense universe, continuing worlds created by Refusenik and Cold Creek
A sovereign on Mars. A Marine veteran in West Texas. A defenceman in Michigan. Three men who have never met, and a signal from deep space that will not wait for them to be ready. Waylon Eckermann builds a nation. Scott MacIntyre wants a quiet life and gets a much larger one. Michael Stewart picks up where Parallel Ice left him and writes code that reshapes the world. They begin as strangers. They do not end that way. A tribute blending Cold Creek's Defenceman with Refusenik's Human novels.

A tribute story in The Vallis Defense universe, continuing worlds created by Refusenik and Cold Creek
Three worlds. One saga — and you don't need to have read a page to start. This companion to The Vallis Defense: Cold Human catches you up on every source story, from Refusenik's Island Mine and Human novels to Cold Creek's Defenceman series, then hands you a full codex of the characters, locations, and lore behind Waylon's Mars, Scott's Texas, and Michael's Michigan. New readers start here; returning readers keep it close.