For the first time in years, Forge of War is available on Barnes and Noble once more. So if you have a nook, or just like the epub format that Barnes and Noble sells in, you can finally get the story once more. I do hope you like it. 🙂
In 2205, we learned the answer to one of the oldest questions of all time. Are we alone? They brought medicines with them that nearly wiped out diseases, and extended the human lifespan into the centuries. They helped us study advanced technologies, and expand our colonies hundreds of lightyears from Earth. It was a golden age that many thought would never end.
Jack grew up in a world at peace, his only interests, partying and girls. But when a sneak attack killed millions of Americans, and wiped out almost everything and everybody Jack knew, he volunteered to serve and get some payback. But the Marines want more than people looking for revenge, and cybernetic partners demand a higher commitment. If Jack wanted to earn his commission as a Marine Corps fighter pilot, he had to let himself be forged into something stronger than he’d ever felt the need to be. A man willing to live up to the name of his squadron. A Cowboy.
Forge of War, third edition, is now live on Amazon if you wish to buy it. I have learned much about writing in the last three years, and put that knowledge into making this a much better version of what I wanted it to be. Now on to other stories I wish to write. In the meantime, you can get it here if you wish.
The middleclass workers of Middle America were sick and tired of being told what to do by people who did not understand them. They believed that America was a fundamentally good nation, but mired in government corruption that was affecting their lives. So they voted for the people they thought might be able to drain the swamp. This was an allusion to the fact that Washington DC had been built on a swamp. Then they watched the leftist reactions with mixed humor and disgust. They made fun of the special little snowflakes who could not handle the concept of losing. They kept track of those who rioted or worse. And they went back to work or looking for work in hopes of making it through this crisis just like the others before it. Life changed little for most of them at first.
What I learned at New Washington was simple. And it was hard. Like the simple often is. It was also complicated. I know. That’s full of contradictions. Well, that’s life. Never as simple or easy as we would like. But what did I learn? A lot. But one thing was this. I couldn’t do what I wanted to do if I remained the same old fun loving party animal I’d been as a kid. But I also couldn’t do it if I let people realize I’d changed. What did I learn? I learned that the best way for me to win was to act like I didn’t care about winning at all. People don’t tend to take the party animal seriously. And one thing growing taught me was how to do a fantastic party animal.
One of the primary differences between Peloran and Terran humanity is the Peloran growth cycle. The Albion originally created the Peloran as test tube babies grown in artificial wombs. The first batches were all male, since they were supposed to be soldiers. They grew from implanted embryos to delivery in a month, as quickly as a rabbit. They manifested their superior intelligence immediately and could talk and walk within another month. They rapidly aged through childhood, and their healing factor began to manifest until they reached puberty at two years of age. That was when their superior strength and speed began to manifest. The plan was for the Peloran to be combat ready troops within two or three years of initial implantation. Puberty was where all their plans went sideways.
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