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Schemes of the Unknown Unknown Ch. 22

by bradley_stoke on Sep 14, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Chapter Twenty Two Almond Grove - 3755 C.E. There were many good reasons why Alexander Iliescu had earned a reputation as a man with an abnormally high sex drive. There were few moments in the day when he wasn't either enjoying sex or anticipating it. And sex was exactly what he was enjoying at the time he expected the arrival of a very important visitor....

Battle for the Known Unknown Ch. 03

by bradley_stoke on Sep 15, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Chapter Three Intrepid - 3754 C.E. "It's beautiful here, isn't it!" exclaimed Beatrice who squeezed Paul's hand in hers as they walked through a park not far from their home on the Intrepid's outermost level. Paul squeezed her hand in return. He gazed lovingly into her eyes. What he wanted to say was that the park was nothing like as beautiful as she was...

Battle for the Known Unknown Ch. 20

by bradley_stoke on Sep 15, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Chapter TwentyMilton - 3751 C.E. It was the couple's good fortune that the only space ship Lieutenant Korolyov could provide for Paul and Beatrice at short notice for their journey onto Earth was the Ambassadorial Cruise Ship, SS Milton. The luxury space ship was diverted from its journey from Jupiter orbit to the Asteroid Belt to carry the diplomatic bagga...

Battle for the Known Unknown Ch. 16

by bradley_stoke on Sep 15, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Chapter Sixteen Ulysses - 3751 C.E. It only when the space ship Ulysses had travelled far enough from the Schmidt Republic that it appeared as nothing more than a tiny dot in the distance that Paul and Beatrice received a visit from Lieutenant Korolyov. He introduced himself as the Interplanetary Union military officer whose assignment was to ensure that th...

Battle for the Known Unknown Ch. 02

by bradley_stoke on Sep 15, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Chapter Two Godwin - 3749 C.E. "Frankly," said the consultant as he hovered cross-legged in the air beside Paul, "you're not doing especially well for a man of your age." "What do you mean?" Paul asked nervously. The doctor consulted the holo-manual at eye level by his side. "You're nearly eighty years old, aren't you? That's an age that might once have...

Battle for the Known Unknown Ch. 17

by bradley_stoke on Sep 15, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Chapter Seventeen Feynman - 3754 C.E. Jaden was in love with the wrong woman. By rights the one he loved the most should be Michelle, but it wasn't his long term partner whose mere presence shortened his breath and excited his heart however much he wished otherwise. Instead, the chief object of his lust was Svetlana. This was an utterly futile love, of...

Schemes of the Unknown Unknown Ch. 01

by bradley_stoke on Sep 15, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Chapter One The Moon - 3749 C.E. "So, remind me," requested the Interplanetary Union's Minister for External Affairs. "How have we managed to commit ourselves to the horrendous expense of this mission?" "Do you mean the Alpha Project, sir?" asked Permanent Secretary Alfredo Miskiewicz from his office at Mare Cognitum on the Moon. "Whatever it's called n...

Into the Unknowable Ch. 10

by bradley_stoke on Sep 15, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Chapter Ten Serenity – Year 27.32.15 The thick mane of blue and gold feathers tingled along the back of Gwark's sinuous neck. What was that noise? Were the eggs in the incubator hatching ahead of time? Gwark wasn't sure he was quite ready to be a father again so soon. He turned his head away from the screen of runic characters he'd been reading and focus...

Battle for the Known Unknown Ch. 11

by bradley_stoke on Sep 14, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Chapter Eleven Paradise - 3751 C.E. The space station may have been christened Paradise, although it hadn't always been known by that name, but even Isaac knew that the real paradise to which he expected to ascend would never be like this. This eight hundred year old space colony in the war-torn Meteorite Belt could never deserve such a name. But for Isaac...

Into the Unknowable Ch. 14

by bradley_stoke on Sep 15, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Chapter Fourteen I.TR8.76.93 -- Year 1576 It wasn't much more than a matter of curiosity at first when the wardrobe-sized artefact first appeared on Earth's surface. Its materialisation in the Arizona Desert was too sudden and unexpected for its arrival to be intercepted. Although no one knew this at the time, it had just travelled across Interstellar space...