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Book Recommendation: Star Runners

A fun read with a YA feel. “I wish I could tell you how cool this is.” High school senior Austin Stone didn’t know what his best friend meant by the comment uttered during an online chat, but he forces…

Book Recommendation: The Long Black

Morgan always assumed that if she could survive growing up in the mines of Planet Hillman – feared for its brutal conditions and gravity twice that of Earth – she could survive anything.
That was before she became a starship mechanic. Now she has to contend with hostile bosses, faulty equipment, and even taking care of her friend’s little girl. Once pirates show up, it’s a wonder she can get any work done at all.

Comms Lasers in Darkspace

So the question came up in regards to Privateer and Alexis’ use of a comms laser to communicate with Malcomson in normal-space: Why, then, do ships not use this in darkspace? Why the complicated, visible-light signaling process?

Aside from the author’s desire for Age of Sail signaling in an Age of Sail In Space book, of course.

Book Recommendation: Ordnance by Andrew Vaillencourt

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.0.88″ show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” align=”left” always_center_on_mobile=”on” force_fullwidth=”off” show_bottom_space=”on” src=”https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61fGyKqvRhL._SY346_.jpg” url=”http://amzn.to/2qnbdRF” /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.88″ background_layout=”light”] Roland Tankowicz wasn’t even legally a person anymore. The aging cyborg had never really recovered from being betrayed and enslaved by his superiors in…

2017 to 2018: The Past and the Plan

Authors usually do these year-end review things in December ... but I'm including my plan for 2018, so January seems a better fit.

2017 was a decent year for me. I published Privateer and Spacer (in the Orphans in the Black anthology) and finally, after years of trying, settled into a really productive writing regime that's starting to pay off bigly.

Book Recommendation: The Powers of the Earth (Aristillus Book 1)

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.0.88″ src=”https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51dOosucOpL.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url=”https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6?tag=carew-20″ url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” force_fullwidth=”off” show_bottom_space=”on” /][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.88″ background_layout=”light”] Earth in 2064 is politically corrupt and in economic decline. The Long Depression has dragged on for 56 years, and the Bureau of Sustainable…

Book Recommendation: Star Realms: Rescue Run

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61g1eSH%2BAEL.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url=”http://amzn.to/2rc5vyT” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” /][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Since being court-martialed by the Star Empire, smuggler and thief Joan Shengtu has done…