Darkspace Press

Month: November 2015

  • Wronged: A New Short Story in the Alexis Carew Universe

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    Jon Bartlett’s path is clear before him. Finish his last year of schooling, then off on the family’s ships to learn the intricacies of interstellar trade. Then a message of tragedy at home comes for him and his expected life is flung far out of reach.

    Wronged is a short story set in the Alexis Carew universe. It takes place some thirty years before the start of Into the Dark (Alexis Carew #1). It is best read after The Little Ships (Alexis Carew #3).

    Wronged will release sometime between now and February 15, but is available for preorder now.

    Wronged is also offered free of charge when you join my mailing list, so there’s that — and you get the story now via the mailing list, without having to wait for the release date. So free and early — what can top that?

     

     

     

     

     

  • Book Recommendation: The Miracle of Dunkirk

    dunkirk“Stranded on the beach with the Nazis closing in, the British army managed one of the most unlikely maneuvers in modern military history
    In May of 1940, the remnants of the French and British armies, broken by Hitler’s blitzkrieg, retreated to Dunkirk. Hemmed in by overwhelming Nazi strength, the 338,000 men who gathered on that beach were all that stood between Hitler and Western Europe. Crush them, and the path to Paris and London was clear. And so, unable to retreat any farther, the Allied soldiers set up defense positions and prayed for deliverance.

    Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered an evacuation on May 26th, expecting to save no more than a handful of his men. But Britain would not let its soldiers down. Hundreds of fishing boats, pleasure yachts, and commercial vessels streamed into the Channel to back up the Royal Navy, and in a week nearly the entire army was ferried safely back to England. Assembled from interviews with hundreds of survivors who witnessed the evacuation, The Miracle of Dunkirk is a striking history of a week when the fate of Britain hung in the balance.”

     

     

    Moving farther afield in recommendations this time, with a non-fiction title, but it seems appropriate with the release and success of The Little Ships. Nothing I could write can capture the bravery and amazing achievement of the men who evacuated Dunkirk more than their own stories. If you found the The Little Ships at all interesting, I encourage you to read the history that inspired it.