They say you need three things: Honor, Integrity, & Courage. What you really need is the nerve to fly half a billion light years, touch down on alien soil, and fight in a major land war... ...every other week. In the far future, aerospace navies ply the void between planets, guarding their governments against threats. These monuments of complexity and cost drain the coffers of the people and require constant upkeep, as well as endless training for their professional crews. Wars are fought in the cold, uncaring expanse of space except when everything goes horribly wrong. When the enemy sets foot on your soil, when civil unrest or revolution raise their bloody hands to the stars, when governmental factions leave words behind and reach for guns and knives and bombs, there is little that the aerospace navies can do. This is when planets contact mercenaries, the last scions of professional ground troops. Teams like The Radiation Angels. Lead by Captain Todd Rook, this misfit crew is contracted for a standard coup, but they are betrayed by their employers. The Radiation Angels must wager their fortunes, their friends, their very lives on a plan that will make them rich beyond kings, or ensure their painful demise. A gamble that will become known as: The Chimerium Gambit. Their journey will take them across the known universe and lead to a deadly showdown between Rook and the assembled might of a dictator. It is a duel that will take place without reinforcements, without proper equipment, and in the worst cesspool of all the colonies: Mars.

Radiation Angels: The Chimerium Gambit

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Ross, James Daniel

Science Fiction

Dark Quest, LLC

When civil unrest strikes a planet, when invaders get past the navy and start their ground assault, when terrorist forces attempt to topple a government, you can call for help. Planets contact the last vestige of ground soldiery: Mercenaries. As long as the mercenaries get paid, as long as everybody plays by the rules, everything is fine. Captain Todd Rook is in charge of an elite fighting force: The Radiation Angels. Armed with searing plasma cannons, armor piercing railguns, or semi-smart explosives, these are the high tech warriors who get the dangerous jobs done. Though contracted to enter battle on Ashley 9, at every turn it appears that their employers are set on making their job as difficult as possible. They were promised generous pay, an easy battle, and spoils of war. All these promises are broken. Faced with economic ruin, Rook decides to bet his life and the lives of the Angels on a long shot that will put them all in mortal peril. It's a gamble that will take them across the known universe to the most lawless planet in all the colonies: Mars. Chased by cyborgs, enemy mercenaries, and an aerospace task force, Rook has bet that everything he cares about up... The Chimerium Gambit.

The Radiation Angels

Mundania Pr

The man is back! In this sequel to The Chimerium Gambit, Rook is hired by his old teammate Manuel Ortega to travel to planet Persephone and stem the endemic violence. Follow this action packed space adventure as Rook pits his legendary tactical genius against a power hungry law enforcement agency director, a radical revolutionary, a heavily biased media, a terrified population, and a shadowy secret society. Can he unravel the secrets that seek to strangle this once vibrant planet? Can he pull the plug on the revolution that robs the people of their homes and jobs? In a society clearly near the breaking point can even the Captain of The Radiation Angels find a way to make a difference? Read as he desperately struggles to bring an end to the wanton self destruction and save a planet from consuming itself in a spectacular riot of lies and hate. Join the fight as Rook uncovers the machinations that have lead to the downfall Ortega's home world. He will travel from city to city, far into space, and into the deepest recesses of Persephone. It is a mystery that will lead across the galaxy, all the way back to Earth, and will ultimately reveal...the Key to Damocles.

Radiation Angels: The Key to Damocles

Mundania Press, LLC

Being a bastard is sometimes a survival trait. I am not a bad man. Well, I must be honest with myself: I don't try to be a bad man. It just seems to... happen. I woke up in a castle populated by corpses. Devoid of past or present, bereft of even a name, so I must be honest with myself. I discovered I am a wizard with a blade, silent as the wind, and as deadly as a forest fire. When other men look and see safety, I can feel the ambush coming. When others see only smiles, I can smell the hidden plots and secreted knives. When others only see walls and guards, I can find a highway to the heart of the most imposing castle. I wish I knew what all these things mean, but I must be honest with myself and say I know not. I must be honest because I am a fantastic liar. If I begin lying to myself I will not be able to survive. And I intend to survive. A virtuoso in the symphonies of death, follow Fox Crow as he begins a journey of self discovery begun in an abbitoir, that continues through forbidding lands and the courts of the highest born, and culminates in the coldest darkness filled with temptation and murder. The first fantasy novel of award winning author, James Daniel Ross, I Know Not is a hard hitting, gritty, adventure. Welcome to a world with far more shadows than sunshine. Walk the forest paths where the faries eat human flesh. Explore a world where the heroes may wear black.

I Know Not

Fantasy

Greetings adventurers! Come on in, and welcome to the Inn of the Hapless Cenloryan! My name is Volstagg, and I will be your host during your stay. Here you will discover one of the finest establishments in all of Sangrilak. In addition to our excellent rooms, food and hospitality, this evening we are graced with the company of some of the finest troubadours in all of central Ansalar. You will get the rare opportunity to meet C.S. Marks, Brian Pettera, James Daniel Ross, Addie King, Kimber Grey, C.E Rocco, Dan Sudkamp and of course, T.M Crim amd T.R. Chowdhury! Please have a seat, drink some ale, and enjoy the music and stories they have to tell!

Tales From the Hapless Cenloryan: The Troubador's Inn (Shadow Over Shandahar)

Chowdhury, Tracy R.

Crim, Ted M.

Pettera, Brian

Marks, Christine S.

Rocco, C. E.

Sudkamp, Dan

King, Addie

Winter Wolf Publications

Picture a hero.I bet he's tall, muscular, and chiseled... forthright and chaste with bright, shiny armor... takes on all challengers face-to-face... lots and lots of honor? Yeah. I am not that guy. You see, that guy... he's above sneaking around. He would never do anything dishonest. He would never attack in ambush. He would never lie.But me... I am the antithesis of all of those things. In this world, with so much gold at stake, with the most powerful people in the kingdom taking notice... That hero? Yeah, he dies. But I am the guy that can get the job done. I am Fox Crow.

I Know Not: The Legend of Fox Crow

They say that music soothes the savage beast. Bah! Who the heck are these people and what do they know? I was reborn in a castle of corpses, and I knew nothing. I survived the assassins, the mercenaries, and all the nasty little tricks they could throw at me. I regained my memories and have been taken under a new wing. Now, it's time to move on. Noria is a whole kingdom looking to kill me, so I flee to the Principalities of Hammarfall. I have sacks of gold, a magic sword, and the skills of a lifetime as an assassin. I should be able to carve out a little niche of heaven and live happy and fat until a ripe old age, right? Right?Only, Hammarfall is in turmoil, the God of Murder still has yet to forgive me for leaving his service, and there are ravens everywhere I look. Then there is this music. I can't get the haunting melody out of my mind… But one thing hasn't changed.I am going to survive.

The Opus Discordia: The Legend of Fox Crow

Hungry. Feral. Remorseless.Demonic creatures have crawled from their hives for the first time in thousands of years. They seek their prey relentlessly, seemingly invincible, swarming across the world to blot out entire nations.Two young men, and orphan and a maverick, will pick up one of the most powerful weapons ever forged by Those Before and stand against the rising tide of darkness.Follow this pair as they venture from the safety of the Fox Vale, into the cold embrace of the big, wide world.

The Echoes of Those Before

Imagine living for one hundred years without a home, without a family, and without responsibility. Imagine living alone in the wilderness with nothing but memories of a long ago past. Imagine dreaming, dreaming of a day you might find something worth living for...worth dying for. The Wolf is a force to be reckoned with. His raging fury and indomitable spirit have kept him alive longer than any human man in Xar-Kaii. Only when he meets Vivien, a woman from the Elvish city of Rithalion is his soul given peace. Under the backdrop of an approaching war with seemingly insurmountable odds, human and elvin form the most tenuous of friendships. Only together can Vivien and the Wolf forge the team that can possibly turn the tide of the war in their favor and save the city of Rithalion. As the Iron Army marches, the Wolf must set aside his human heritage and fight for the elves. But he doesn't just fight for the Elvish people, he fights for Vivien, the one woman he realizes he has ever truly loved.

Elvish Jewel (The Chronicles of Rithalion)

Ross, Tracy Renee

TriMoon Eclipse

The Last Dragoon

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

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