War Stories

A Tiger Team Story
Tiger Team faces a number of challenges on arriving at Special Operations Headquarters before they have their new unit, The First Mobile Headquarters Team, organized and ready to operate. Shortly after that, they and the new unit depart on their first mission, and this is where the real problems start.

An Imperium Story
An Uncertain Future in a New Past. During the test flight of a prototype faster-than-light craft, Lt. Commander Ky is flung into the ancient past that never existed. Rome has fallen, defeated by the mighty Carthaginian Empire. Hounded by the Carthaginians bent on conquering the known world, Rome is on the verge of destruction. Stranded and alone, except for a tactical AI implanted in his head, Ky has lost everything and must find a way to live in a world different than anything he's ever known.

A Story in the Damsels In Distress Universe
Al Adams is on his way back to Chaos for another rescue, and to do more about setting up his base of operations. This time he has a problem, he's being asked to make a rescue that all the other Heroes have knocked back as a fancy form of suicide! The Damsels are captives of Dragons, a protected species he can't hurt. The Dragons are big, and dangerous. What can he do? He's their last hope, dare he refuse, like the others have?

'Once a Marine, always a Marine.' was the code he lived by. His dictionary had no definition for 'impossible:' an exceptional man who wouldn't let his superiors stop him from doing what he saw as his duty, even if it's by himself after being retired. The story is told by his niece who's concerned about how the authorities are trying to rewrite his life for their own purposes.

A Swarm Cycle Story
Set in Thinking Horndog's Swarm Cycle universe. Not everyone with a high CAP score is gung ho to leave Earth. And sometimes, apparently unlikely people show remarkable loyalty and unmatched determination to stay here on Earth to fight off the Swarm. Among those are a bunch of game-developer nerds and a whole flock of porn starlets. It helps to have read other stories in the Swarm Cycle before reading this.

Book two of the "High Mountain Kingdom" Trilogy. Donta uncovers ancient scrolls revealing a buried truth: elves, dwarfs, men, and trolls once shared a forgotten history—and the orcs are rising again. As villages burn and armies fall, he must unite old enemies, lead refugees into the Dragon’s Teeth, and forge a kingdom before darkness claims them all.

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.

Shattered Lands
In a kingdom torn apart by war and political intrigue, William Whitton must navigate a treacherous landscape of political machinations and conflict following the death of the King. Sent to war by his stepfather the young prince learns the harsh realities of leadership and the toll of conflict on both soldiers and civilians. Back in the capital, the new king, begins to impose oppressive laws to limit the power of the barons and consolidate consolidate power, pushing the kingdom toward Rebellion.

A story in the Winds of Change Universe
Grant Maxwell is sent back to the Colonial period of America to try to thwart the actions of a Scottish professor who hates the United States. Unfortunately, too much damage may have already occurred and it may be up to Grant to try to salvage the Nation. Note - Slavery concerns life in Colonial America. - 119,900 words.