Arcana Universalis: Terminus
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You might wonder why I’ve decided to go this route. The truth is that I’m a curious kind of guy, and I’d like to see how different publishing models can work with ebooks. This particular method was inspired by the way science-fiction was often released during the ’50s and ’60s, first in several parts through magazines and then as a finished novel afterward.
Will it work out? Maybe not, but I certainly won’t know until I try.
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Welcome to the Hyperbolic Age, a prehistoric era when men were mighty, women were buxom, and neither could be trusted in the dark. Into this melodramatic yet somehow lost epoch strides a mighty figure, a king cursed to never again remember his homeland who wanders the thousand and one kingdoms in search of what he's lost. His name is Vengar, and he's a barbarian.
Shudder with terror as our hulking hero faces unearthly creatures from the furthest reaches of possibility. Thrill as he seduces luscious ladies and wages war against vile sorcerers, and shake your head in dismay as he makes far too many decisions with that certain part of the male anatomy.
In this episode...
When Vengar comes to the sandstone city of Tensara, a mysterious maiden begs him to rescue her sister from a wicked sorcerer. He accepts the mission but it quickly turns into more than he bargained for, leaving him tangled up in a dastardly plot to start a civil war. Can Vengar prevent the coming war? Will he bed the maiden? What's the deal with the ridiculously big sword, anyway?
At roughly 30 pages, The King, His Son, Their Sorcerer and His Lover is a ton of fun in a bite-size package. "The perfect afternoon read," says the author's mother, and we think you'll agree.
Vengar the Barbarian! The mighty strange adventures of a strangely mighty man!
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Stars Rain Down (2010)
Meet Marcus Donovan; astronomer, day dreamer, and smart ass. He was just another researcher in a jumpsuit until he saw something that didn't fit. At the time, it was nothing but a blip on a sensor read-out, an asteroid that wasn't an asteroid, but it became his obsession. He named it Zebra-1, and now he's hurtling through the solar system on a mission to see it in person.
Meanwhile, the Earth has its own visitors. Seven massive vessels appear out of nowhere and rain hell down from orbit, reducing civilization to a pile of ashes and rubble. Our world is conquered before anyone even knows we're under attack.
Enter Jack Hernandez, a search & rescue specialist and true blue everyday hero. After crash-landing in the wasted ruins of China, he links up with the scattered resistance and begins to fight back. Having witnessed the invaders' cruelty first hand, he's driven to do whatever it takes to make them pay in blood.
Neither Jack nor Marcus ever could have predicted it, but humanity's future now depends on them both. One will be bonded to an ancient warship and asked to lead, while the other is imprisoned, tortured and forced to submit; before it's over, they'll each face challenges beyond imagination in a savage war as old as time.
When the stars rain down from the sky, who will rise up to meet them?
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Table of Contents
Commencement
Book I — First Fragment
Book I — Second Fragment
Book I — Third Fragment
First Interlude
A Letter From the Author