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Free Ebook! Demons That Do Not Rest
Sharr Khan founder of the Falcanians at long last has all that he ever dreamed made real, but there are yet demons which continue to haunt the Shotar as he ascends to new-found power and glory.
This is actually a reissue of a very short story I had out long ago. I’ve reedited it a bit to bring it in-line with the current Neo-human canon and included my glossary to make it be an easy entryway into the Neo-human ‘verse.
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FREE Poetry Book
Star-Fire Poetic Collection.
Dark fire cast,
Flame of burning blast-furnace of my hearts core.
Where there should be light shadows reign!
I feel rage, in that moment I am alive.
Flames fueled, not by hate – no love sets this pyre aflame.
What can I do to still it? Do I wish to extinguish this blaze?
No the conflagration drives me on!!!
Dark fire cast on my soul,
A shadow reigns over its light!
On Smashwords, download it here.
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I Breath Life Into Thinking-Machines…
My children are not gears and sprockets, though each is calibrated precisely. I build them in different shapes, and ethnic varieties – Not that they share these human tribes DNA. Morningstars as you know, are not human. Yes, every model has its own skill sets which favor the disposition of that model’s physical and intellectual matrix. Even among clusters, no three are alike. Individualism persists, particular strengths will be greater or lesser than within a cluster. I’ve been asked how I create such diversity in my children. Its easy when I have my wife to help. The committee wonders why I spend so much time constructing distinctions? I’ll tell you why. For me this is an artistic affirmation. I breath life into thinking-machines.
– Dr. Turhan Korelia, Addressing GenKon INC. Board Of Directors
Epigraph from my new writing project, a spotlight story which follows “Among Bright Stars…“. It takes place a few months after book 2 and is meant to be another soft entry point for readers who might not have read books one or two. That is, you won’t need to know anything about either book to enjoy “November and Zeus“.
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Smashwords: Read An Ebook Week 3-9th
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The Smashwords, Read AnEbook Week is on.
All books are now listed as half-off with this code: REW50.
And my books can be found Here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/284822
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The Crisis of Empire Series – David Drake
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The Crisis of Empire Series:
David Drake‘s The Crisis of Empire Series is pretty awesome!
An Honorable Defense. With Thomas T. Thomas, 1988, Baen.
Cluster Command. With W. C. Dietz. 1989, Baen.
The War Machine. With Roger MacBride Allen. 1989, Baen.
Crown of Empire. With Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. 1994, Baen. 
These four books overlap and occur somewhat, but not totally concurrently. It actually wasn’t until the third book I realized they were concurrent with one another.
Now one of the things which might annoy people is that there is not one single hero to follow throughout the four books, rather each book has its own star.
Oh and they’re kind of formulaic, though that sort of is part of the charm.
The formula is that each novels hero is plucked out of his comfort zone, more often than not the would be hero is down on his luck or a virtual nobody the grander scheme of “The Pact” and its bureaucracy. In fact, the first book centers on a minor commutations bureaucrat, who sort of made me think of a young John Rhys-Davis…
Also part of the formula, the hero is hooked up with a woman, who he thinks he belongs with but along the way ends up finding the one true love his life.
These are good reads from a golden age of Sci-Fi, the 80s and 90s when the genre was in my opinion not so concerned with political correctness.
Don’t get me wrong, there is defiantly a theme of tolerance built into these books, but it’s not sickeningly preachy about it. The Pact is presented at teetering on the edge of its own implosion for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that aliens outnumber the human rulers of the Pact by a huge number, yet these aliens are considered second class citizens.
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Cyber Monday Ebook Sales!
Black Monday may be gone, but Cyber Monday is just around the corner! Check out some great ebook deals – for less than the price of a sandwich you can feed your imagination!
http://www.amazon.com/lm/R17NP7HPI2V7ZB/
Be sure to check out the link, lots of great books to read!
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