Military Stories

A man scarred by injustice, a lost love, and wounds of combat, finds himself volunteered as a foster father, a protector, and a combatant in a lethal struggle against a past bully and a vengeful cartel lord.

A Story in the Io's World Universe
This is a simple tale that involves changes to every aspect of human society on the planet. Wait... it's a story of the assassination of a President -- or it's a story of the 1%ers fighting for their lives --no, it's about a kidnapping by -- Well, it IS about the only non-human intelligence on the planet, who has decided she doesn't want to be the only thing alive in a few hundred years, and the steps she takes to make sure it doesn't happen that way.

A story in the The Regiment Universe
New members arrive. Old members return.

Readers have told me that they enjoy my fond remembrances from my days in Sodom-and-Gomorrah-by-the-Potomac. You might think that I am making this up. All I can say is - believe it... There is nothing here that isn't part of your present day reality. None of the operations, or agencies, their mission, or gear are a figment of my imagination. They all operate exactly as I describe them and they are doing it as we speak. Frankly, I don't know whether to be proud, or terrified... Enjoy!

In the Panjshir Valley, 1983, Zala Sadat learns to kill the way her father taught her to hunt: necessary, patient, never wasted. When a Soviet marksman is sent to find her, an unlikely correspondence unfolds in near-misses and left-behind brass, two patient killers reading each other across empty ridges. Command wants results, and restraint has a cost. When grief breaks hers, only one truth remains: better him than me. A quiet, devastating story of duty and the mountain that outlasts them both.

A Poacher's Progress Story
Follow Jack Greenaway, lawyer's apprentice and poacher, from Lincoln to Waterloo and beyond, as he experiences the life and loves of a soldier in Wellington's army, in war and in peace. He battles with Napoleon's troops abroad and Luddites at home, finds his true love (twice!) and eventually faces his nemesis on the duelling ground. All references to snuff in this novel apply to the tobacco product, and should not be confused with 21st Century usage. / (Reviews)

A Shadow Hunter Story
Darras was a veteran of a brutal five year war against a despicable yet powerful enemy. Ordered to hold for three days as the last of his defeated nation’s people were loaded onto colonisation ships, he’d done the impossible and held for ten, leaving the invaders with nothing but an empty port and massive casualties. He then discovered that death was not to be his, with a new life and a new challenge with the blessings of a goddess who needed his help. / (Reviews)

Man finds love on humanity's first trip to the stars. A follow-up to "The Armstrong Incident."