ARISEN_Book Thirteen_The Siege

by Michael Stephen Fuchs

  Thanks to the fantastic web-comic Terminal Lance for the priceless characterization of Lance Corporal Schmuckatelli (scroll down).

  “But groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having.” is from John Perry Barlow.

  Thanks to Language Schools for the directory of Royal Marine slang.

  Thanks to the rugged (borderline hazardous) running trails on the east side of Battersea Park for forcing me out of my head for a few minutes every day.

  Thanks to ExpressScribe from NCH Software, for speeding the transcription work of notes from those runs.

  Thanks and much love to Tarifeños Nick & Helene for the outstanding co-working company, and space. They too are ARISEN, now.

  Very many warm thanks to Hollywood A-list screenwriter Dean Georgaris for equally (and startlingly) kind and wise support and advice about writing, life, and the writing life. (Also for challenging me to write an entire ARISEN book without a single Aliens reference. This is it. Back to our regularly scheduled programming in Fourteen!) (Also, for not making me retroactively make Juice black.)

  The full list of music used in this cycle of writing will be listed in the back of Book Fourteen. 8^)

  ARISEN

  Hope Never Dies.

  Fans of the bestselling ARISEN series call it “Staggeringly good - the most consistently excellent franchise in zombie literature” … “Wall to wall adrenaline - edge of your seat unputdownable until the very last page” … “totally stunning in its originality” … “jaw dropping” … “moves like an avalanche” … “You can smell the smoke, feel the explosions, and hear the rounds headed down range” … “edge of the seat, nail biting, page turning mayhem” … “had me holding my breath more times than I could count” … “a knock down drag out kick ass read - the best ZA book series around, period” … “rolls along like an out of control freight train” … “Left me shaking at the last page…”

  Alpha team will return – and humanity either saved or doomed – in

  ARISEN, BOOK FOURTEEN – ENDGAME

  They are the most capable, committed, and indispensable counter-terrorist operators in the world.

  They have no rivals for skill, speed, ferocity, intelligence, flexibility, and sheer resolve.

  Somewhere in the world, things are going horrifyingly wrong…

  Readers call the D-BOYS series “a high-octane adrenaline-fueled action thrill-ride”, “one of the best action thrillers of the year (or any year for that matter)”, “a riveting, fast paced classic!!”, “pure action”, “The Best Techno Military Thriller I have read!”, “Awesome!”, “Gripping”, “Edge of your seat action”, “Kick butt in the most serious of ways and a thrill to read”, “What a wild ride!!! I simply could not put this book down”, “has a real humanity and philosophical side as well”, “a truly fast action, high octane book”, “Up there with Clancy and W.E.B. Griffin”, “one of the best Spec Ops reads I have run into”, and “hi-tech and action in one well-rounded explosive thriller.”