Projects

This page is a list of all current unpublished projects, completed, planned, or in progress

A Fox's Tale Series
A YA/Fantasy Series which focuses on the life of Ember Wülf, who takes the name the Fox as she grows older.  The entire story is told within the frame of the Chronicler Marcus Minev meeting and writing down the stories Ember and her strange band of companions relay to him.

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A Fox's Tale: The Smith's Son
Book two in the Fox's Tale series.

The smith, both a workman and an artisan.  For Jonathan Smith, the search for a new master for his talents will lead him into opposition with the man's own son, intent on making Ember his own while the army of Lord Drake prepares to go to war.

Synopsis: Ember is badly injured as the pair approach the town of Dreipasse by a troll attack and is rushed by Jona to medical care.  She spends several weeks at the town inn recovering from her injuries with Jona trying to tend to her care. During this time, most of the money the two have is spent on remedies, potions, medicines, and ointments.

Forced to find employment, Ember and Jona are hired by the town smith, Mr. Macht.  Within a few days an intense rivalry forms between his son, Werner Macht and Jona.  Both ask Ember to the Winter Harvest Festival Dance, and Ember decides to side with her friend Jona.

Rodric delivers a warning to the town, that they have until the spring months to surrender to the forces of Lord Drake. As winter ends, an army marches from the south and moves to besiege the town.  Once again, Ember and Jona are forced to flee as Werner Macht opens the town gates for the invaders.

Genre: Fantasy/YA 
Length: Undetermined
Status: In Drafting


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A YA/Science Fiction Light Novel Series which focuses on the characters Daniel Logan, Michiko Hoshimoto, Rosa Löwe, and Lana Gurevich as they train and fight as the Valkyries, teenage ship pilots that are directly hooked up to their ships.

VALKYRIE #3: Outer Reaches

Project Valkyrie needs expanding as it becomes clear that the traditional older style ships aren't up to the task of fighting the Ixo after the Battle of Pallas.  As more pilots join the group, Danny and Michiko find themselves working with far more inexperienced people watching their backs and worry if they're up to the job.  All the while, the Ixo lick their wounds and lurk in the space out beyond Mars.

Genre:  Science Fiction/YA
Length: Undetermined
Status:  In Drafting

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A YA/Alternate History Light Novel Series which focuses on 1. Staffel, I. Gruppe, Jadgegschwader 54 Grünherz.  The main characters are the two newly minted aces, Leutenant Mira Marder and Unteroffizer Erik Weissmann along with their wingmates as they fight tirelessly to survive a Great War that has entered it's 20th year.
 
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The Ambrose Chronicles
A YA/Science Fiction series which focuses on the figures of Astra Tanaka and Miles Ambrose throughout their career in the United Imperial Navy, beginning with their earliest days working as apprentice officers aboard the UES Swift Fox.


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An Average Engagement: 
An Ambrose Chronicles Short Story

The UES Swift Fox detects an enemy ship shortly after completing a Quantum Jump. The two opposing vessels race toward a confrontation, where only one can survive.

Genre: Science Fiction/YA
Length:  5,500 words
Status:  Complete - Looking for a Publisher


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Energy Raid: 
An Ambrose Chronicles Short Story

As the ship nears the end of her patrol, the UES Swift Fox begins to suffer from a fuel shortage. The captain decides that a raid of a nearby enemy cache of supplies is just the thing to keep the ship running until the end of the patrol.

Genre: Science Fiction/YA 
Length: 10,800 words
Status: Complete - Looking for a Publisher (Currently Submitted to Analog)


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Lord Leveson's War
Book One in the Ambrose Chronicles Series

Newly christened Midshipman Miles Ambrose had no idea when he was assigned to the UES Swift Fox that he would soon be plunged into a world of intrigue, espionage, and betrayal.  Midshipman Astra Tanaka hoped to escape her mother's social circles with her first tour.  Both found much more than the bargained for when the Diplomatic Office sent them to protect Lord Leveson's Ambassadorship to C'Hall.

Synopsis:  The United Empires of Anglica and Nihon (UEAN) stand at the precipice of war with their neighbors, the Imperial Republic of C'Hall (IRC).  The new IRC government executes their former leader, Phillipe the III, and begins efforts to spread revolutionary thought across the stars.

In the midst of this, Midshipmen Miles Ambrose and Astra Tanaka (both 16) are assigned to the aging Peregrine-class Gunboat Swift Fox which has been hastily recommissioned with the crisis.  The two are apprenticed to the senior officers of the ship: Lieutenant Commander Joan Duke, Lieutenant Nicholas Fallon, and Sub-Lieutenant Ida Byron.

With the escalating crisis, the ship is sent to Lacaille 8760's Rumigny III to act as a military escort to Lord Leveson's diplomatic mission to the system.  The crew of the Swift Fox are thrust into the combination of diplomatic intrigue, espionage, and noble maneuvering that enshrouds the embassy.

All it will take, is one misstep, one misstatement, and the whole thing will go up in flames.

Genre:  Science Fiction/YA
Length:  To Be Determined
Status:  In Drafting

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