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Threading the Needle

A NEW START—OR AN OLD CALLING?

Talia Merritt, a former military sniper once known as Death’s Handmaiden, is a woman haunted by her past. Her cybernetic arm and her phantom—the implant that allows her to control it—serve as a constant reminder of what she’s lost. But Talia is hoping to leave her past and her reputation behind and start anew on the colony world of Goruden, a hardscrabble planet of frontier-minded people seeking a better life. And she’s finally earned enough to start to make that dream come true.

In the bucolic town of Tsuri, she interviews for a job as a marksmanship instructor for local bigwig Signore Ferran Contesti. But Contesi is not what he seems. A recent arrival on Goruden, he hopes to mold the colony world in his own image—an image at odds with the unencumbered life free of government and corporate meddling that Talia has come to find.

Soon, Talia finds herself thrust into the start of another conflict. Talia desperately wants to stay out of it, but she may not have that luxury.

With the fate of a planet and her own peace of mind hanging in the balance, Talia must decide whether or not to once again take up the mantle of Death’s Handmaiden….

Cover for Ravages of Honor 3: Lineage

Ravages of Honor: Lineage (Book 3)

Darien and Syteria have been to hell and back. Their wounds and scars remain a part of them and who they are as they fight to stay together and prevent civil war. But when an old enemy is found alive he threatens their most precious secret and the future of both humans and donai. Will they be able to forge the new alliances needed to keep the Imperium from rising from the ashes? Or will the Imperium’s old guard rise to carry out a genocide that will doom the donai to extinction?

Ravages of Honor: Ascension (Book 2)

House Dobromil has stood against the emperor since the beginning. For generations, they have defied tyrannical edicts and stood up for donai and humans. 

Ravages of Honor: Conquest (Book 1)

Syteria was kidnapped as a child. The Rhoans enslaved her, brainwashed and masculinized her in order to turn her into a soldier against her will. Despite this, she has not forgotten who or what she is.

Dominion: A Ravages of Honor Novella

The fading chaos of rebellion gives rise to a new power. Rival Houses compete for precious knowledge essential to the donai’s survival.

Featherlight: A Ravages of Honor Novella

Lady Valeria Yedon, the emperor’s favorite assassin, thought herself free. But in the Imperium, oaths of fealty have no expiration date. The burdens of duty and honor bind everything, and everyone, together.

Catching the Dark: An Alt History Short Story

Sixteen-year-old Natalya loves to fly, to soar. And now she gets to. As the youngest member of the Tsarina’s Own Night Bomber regiment. A short story for anyone who loves WW2 alt-history, aviation, and stories about heroism.

The Heretic: A Joan of Arc Alt History Short Story

Jehanne, a peasant girl from Lorraine, aims to fulfill the prophecy by crowning a king.
But crowns do not make a king. Neither does Jehanne’s obedience to God. History tells us that Joan of Arc burned at the stake. What if history is wrong?

Promethea Invicta: A Novella

Theia Rhodos stands ready to free humanity from the shackles that keep lunar resources out of her reach. Done taking “no” for an answer, she acts boldly, ready to sacrifice everything. Only the gods of scarcity, woe and lament stand in her way.Everything in life has a cost. And a price.

Pretending to Sleep: A Communism Survivor’s Short Story

Based on actual events, this short story provides a quick glimpse into life under Ceaucescu’s brutal communist regime.

Rejection 101: A Writer’s Guide

Writing and rejection go hand-in-hand.  Told by a first-time workshop participant, “Rejection 101: A Writer’s Guide” goes into why a rejection is an opinion, not a death sentence.