With the death of his parents he was sent to a military school. His uncle had managed to take control of his parents estate and things were about to get worse. First there was the lone assassin and then a sparing bot that was hacked. While his lawyer tries to fight in court things are about to get real nasty.
A Clar war Story Close to the end of a second tour of combat in Clar the war had pushed them almost to their northern border. The fighting was more fierce but now even those Clar in the south were joining the fight. A simple night patrol and ambush turns into something else when a young Clar general is captured. First he was not armed and had come out looking for us to surrender. Second was he gave up enough intel for us to strike and break the enemy's lines.
Ahmed ibn Malik's Saracens are investing the Heights of Hattin in late twelfth-century Palestine. The Crusaders come out to parley, led by Guillaume de Chauvigny, bringing his three sons. Malik sees Chauvigny's 14-year-old reddish-blond and handsome son Andre and declares he must have him as a virgin. Turkish chieftain Yusuf bin Salah captures the boy and does everything he can to debauch him while leaving him technically a virgin for Ahmed's pleasure. Andre has his own secrets though.
Wanting to serve was how it started. Taking action and embarrassing my commanding officers was how my career ended. Of course when the federation declares war on my race and kills everyone on my planet it deserves an answer. My name is Stalker and if it is a mage war I know how that is done.
A desire to actually fly a fighter like in the sims caused a teenager to build his own. Of course it was not a normal fighter. His knowledge of the sims helps him create a drone that uses a different type of weapon tech. Before he can really use it the Deviants attack the system. Now his drone fighter is the only defense to stop them.
A short little story about living in a small town. Two young sisters, tossed out by their dad, try to make it on their own. The younger girl gets seduced by a low-life and her sister comes looking for her. Will she find her in time?