Book Recommendation: The Long Black

Morgan always assumed that if she could survive growing up in the mines of Planet Hillman – feared for its brutal conditions and gravity twice that of Earth – she could survive anything. That was before she became a starship mechanic. Now she has to contend with...

Comms Lasers in Darkspace

So the question came up in regards to Privateer and Alexis’ use of a comms laser to communicate with Malcomson in normal-space: Why, then, do ships not use this in darkspace? Why the complicated, visible-light signaling process? Aside from the author’s desire for Age...

Book Recommendation: Ordnance by Andrew Vaillencourt

Roland Tankowicz wasn’t even legally a person anymore. The aging cyborg had never really recovered from being betrayed and enslaved by his superiors in the Army, and the final insult of being permanently classified as “defunct military ordnance” had been a bitter pill...

2017 to 2018: The Past and the Plan

Authors usually do these year-end review things in December … but I’m including my plan for 2018, so January seems a better fit. 2017 was a decent year for me. I published Privateer and Spacer (in the Orphans in the Black anthology) and finally, after...

Book Recommendation: Star Realms: Rescue Run

Since being court-martialed by the Star Empire, smuggler and thief Joan Shengtu has done what she needed to do in order to survive—gaining a reputation along the way. When a new client’s mission goes sideways, Joan finds herself caught in the middle of dueling gambits...