Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Two: Unpleasant Surprises I spent one very long, very trying week at Soldier's Peak. I had meetings with Levi, Avernus, Faren, Jowan, and Mhairi. Avanna, being both older and more experienced than Mhairi, should have been put in charge of the guard at the Peak, but Mhairi's organization and effectiveness had impressed both Faren a...
Sir Richard Loxton kicked his steed into a gallop. He could see the ancient city of Asran in the middle distance and was ardent to be home. Home where his loyal people would welcome him with enthusiasm; home where he could at last settle; home where his beautiful wife Adina would be waiting for him after his long absence. Sir Richard saw the standard bearer...
Chapter Seventeen – The Battle of Hórkustk Ris The Grand Duke and his entourage left the capitol and crossed the Rika Chorna river in a fleet of ferries. He commented to his commanders that, if he survived the upcoming war, he'd have to build a bridge to span the river closer to the capitol. It was ridiculous to have to cross like this, in boats like common...
The night had just begun with the sun creeping slowly under the horizon leaving the sky reminiscent of brighter blues. Now purples, oranges, pinks, and a darker blue lined the roof of the world. Sasha walked, as she was told, down the Boardwalk. Her hair free, was dancing lightly across her shoulders in the evening wind. Nervousness had taken its familiar pl...
Chapter 2 It's Nothing Personal, It's Only Revenge Alex's psyche was brought back through space and time, years before he ever existed to bear witness to the events that would forever shape his life. It was exceptionally quiet that day in Trifa, the capital of Kalryn. The Savant members were deciding whether or not to go on a salvage mission to the late Zen...
I want to thank Nick Bella for his great work editing this for me. * The Commander, his Adjutant, the platoon commander and several other officers are at a barracks for an inspection. "Sir we have 50 men who meet the highest standards, they have passed all of the genetic, physical stamina and intelligence tests and they are among the best looking men in...
How is a guy supposed to move on, when he's practically the only one of his kind? My name is Adam Javier, and I'm a guy living in the City of Toronto, Ontario. I wish I could say I was a regular guy living a regular life, but that would be lying. You see, back in the 1980s, a Canadian scientist named Madeline Adelson created this top secret formula which inc...
Mars - 3752 C.E. The gust of wind that blew over the red soil picked up a fistful of red dust and brushed it against Colonel Vashti's visor. Through the scattered grains, she was able to admire a landscape that was both splendidly barren and untidily littered with the detritus of war. A tank that had sunk inside a crater was weathered by wind rather than ru...
Charok As Blossom told the story of how he and I had met to Storm and Egra, I frowned thoughtfully, considering his previous story. So he had a 12 year old sister, who he'd left behind with his mother when he'd fled Theros. I wondered how much Blossom missed his family. When Blossom finished his story, Storm frowned. "So you used your powers of persuasion...
This story can be considered a continuation of the Cowgirls of Baghdad as it follows the main protagonist on another Iraq adventure. **************************************************************************** By May of 2006, I was coming towards the end of my year-long deployment to Iraq and had just been promoted from Private First Class to Specialist. I...