A Devastation Diary Story Lady Betty is a sailing barge; the Wars have forced a return to much older technologies. Her captain needs a crew; where can he find one?
Mythical creatures are real, or at least two of them. Twins but different creatures, like their late parents. A danger to those who wish to control them, but pleasure for those who don't.
A university graduate girl buys a ring, the ring is the mind/spirit of a person, who is related to a god. She agrees to do his bidding in return for pleasure. With her ability in assisting the destroyer of evil she is transformed into wealth. This is a book of fiction, It does contain some scene that are current. This is just for setting and events, as far as the writer knows, this did not occur, I think... Notes: Shiva is the "destroyer of evil and the transformer"
A soldier with a year left before retiring is in a last battle when things go bad. First he is knocked out of a shuttle and then he is shot destroying a carrier and the enemy command. He is taken prisoner and they try to torture him before he is dumped on an isolated island with other prisoners.
They were created during the war. They were stronger and faster and used in the hardest battles. Now the war was over and out of ten thousand only fifty were left. Times are changing and passing and finally Tiger has found a mate and more of his people.