Military Stories

Following the romance and intrigue surrounding a 38 year-old ex-Marine who is retired for medical conditions and suffers from chronic degenerative spinal injuries. Fancying himself a writer, he stumbled upon an agent who not only loves his no-nonsense recollection of life in combat-but agrees to help him publish it. Throw in two rascally rottweilers, a single widowed mother of twin girls, as well as her extended Filipino family, and you have enough intrigue to unsettle the most hardened Jarhead.

An Imperium Story
Trench warfare has come to the ancient world and the results are brutal and deadly. As men are thrown into the meat grinder of the trenches and the war expands to Greece, Ky and Lucilla work to find new ways to regain the upper hand against the invaders. Ky attempts to bring a new weapon to the battlefield to help defeat the massive eastern hordes while Lucilla struggles to keep the western alliance together and strong. Their advantages may be short-lived, however.

A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
An advisor to the Coalition Security Council travels to an uncharted territory of Borealis in order to evaluate its inhabitants for admission into the alliance, but what he finds there goes far beyond the scope of his assignment.

A tribute

A story in the Lucky Jim Universe
Jim Reynolds has avoided accepting the moniker "Lucky Jim" for as long as he could, possibly too long. This fast-paced story is set in 2095 and covers the most important several months of his life. If you haven't read Lucky Jim I and II, large parts of this story won't make sense to you.

Eleven years of war made Kurdish female freedom fighter, Avîn the finest sniper in northern Iraq. One shot too many makes her a name the enemy will pay to erase. Getting her to America is the easy part. What waits there is a small house, a job teaching Americans to shoot, and a man who has already burned his career to keep her alive. What she has to learn is harder — that an ordinary life is the rarest and most expensive thing there is, and that almost nobody standing on one has any idea what it

A story in the Warlord and the Multiverse
A Tale of Deception, Corruption, and Betrayal. The Battle for Charassa has left the Allies victorious but shaken. Jason, faces a daunting intelligence task and tackles corrupt executives backed by ruthless pirates and people smugglers. He and his team encounter a threat to the Royal family that could lead to a worsening of the war. They train to rescue the Royal family, then engage in a bitter battle that threatens death for them all. Failure is not an option.

A Seneca Story
The regiment is posted to Texas. A horrific interlude in Colorado. And more.

John Taylor
An old love's husband and a team from the defense contractor Northbridge have been taken hostage in Somalia and the company is refusing to pay the ransom. Instead, a rescue mission is planned and Taylor is suspicious of the real motivations behind the rescue and the men picked to attempt it. With help from his old flame, Taylor gets a spot on the rescue team, where he must face hostile warlords and an even more hostile allies, all while finding out what Northbridge is hiding. / (Reviews)

A Story in the A Fresh Start Universe
This short story was written as an adjunct to rlfj's "A Fresh Start." It explores how a good man's actions and words might affect those who witness them, and how those effects might expand into something that is more far reaching, and longer lasting, than anyone could have contemplated at the time. It has spoilers, and should not be read before Chapter 162 of A Fresh Start. I hope you enjoy it.