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Authors: Doug Dandridge
Supersystem: Central
Systems in orbit around the black hole. Home system and seven
others. Sixteen habitable planets, four habitable moons, as well as
assorted asteroid belts and habitats. 102 billion citizens, 6.6 billion
of them aliens, with 26 percent of all Imperial space industry.
Translation:
The act of moving in and out of the dimensions of hyper. Accompanied by a
burst of
gravitons that can be detected
for from many light hours to several years.
Doug Dandridge
is the author of over twenty-five self-published books on Amazon, including the
very successful, Exodus: Empires at War series, the Refuge techno-fantasy
series, The Deep Dark Well Trilogy, as well as numerous standalone science
fiction and fantasy novels. In a two and a half year period as a
self-published author, Doug has sold over one hundred and twenty-five thousand
ebooks, paperbacks and audio books. He has amassed over 1,800 reviews
across his books on Amazon, with a 4.6 star average. He served in the US Army
as an infantryman, as well as several years in the Florida National Guard in
the same MOS. Doug, who holds degrees from Florida State University and
the University of Alabama, lives with his five cats in Tallahassee
Florida. He is a sports enthusiast and a self-proclaimed amateur military
historian.
The
Prometheus Saga
is the premier project of the Alvarium Experiment, a
consortium of accomplished and award-winning authors. The
Saga
spans the
range of the existence of
Homo sapiens
. The stories do not need to be
read in any particular order; each story is an entry point into the overall
story.
The
Prometheus Saga
stories & authors are:
“The Pisces Affair”
by Daco
Auffenorde. CIA operative Jordan Jakes meets Prometheus when the Secretary of
State becomes the target of a terrorist attack at a head-of-state dinner in
Dubai. Visit Daco at
www.authordaco.com
.
“On Both Sides”
by Bria
Burton. When a mysterious woman vanishes during the American Revolution, young
Robby Freeman searches for answers from a cryptic sharpshooter who deserted
Washington’s Continental Army. Visit Bria at
www.briaburton.com
.
“Ever After”
by M.J.
Carlson. Two mysterious women convey the same Cinderella story to Giambattista
Basile in 1594 and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in 1811. How different cultures
retell this story reveals humanity’s soul to those who listen. Visit M.J. at
www.mjcarlson.com
.
“
The Blurred Man
”
by Bard
Constantine. FBI agent Dylan Plumm's investigation of a mill explosion puts her
on the trail of the Blurred Man, a mysterious individual who may have been on
Earth for centuries. The case turns deadlier at every turn, placing Dylan in
the crosshairs of shadowy antagonists even as she unravels a centuries-old
mystery. Visit Bard at
www.barwritesbooks.com
“Crystal Night”
by Charles
A. Cornell. Berlin, 1938. On the eve of one of history’s darkest moments, a
Swedish bartender working in Nazi Germany accidentally uncovers a woman’s
hidden past. Can he avoid becoming an accomplice as the Holocaust accelerates?
Visit Charles at
www.charlesacornell.com
.
“Marathon”
by Doug
Dandridge. Prometheus, posing as a citizen of Athens, participates in the
battle of Marathon alongside the playwright Aeschylus. Visit Doug at
www.dougdandridge.net
.
“The Strange Case of Lord Byron’s
Lover”
by Parker Francis. Writing in her journal, Mary Shelley recounts
a series of perplexing events during her visit with Lord Byron—a visit that
resulted in the creation of her famous Frankenstein novel, but also uncovered a
remarkable mystery. Visit Parker at
www.parkerfrancis.com
.
“
Strangers on a Plane
”
by
Kay Kendall. In 1969 during a flight across North America, a young mother
traveling with her infant meets an elderly woman who displays unusual powers.
But when a catastrophe threatens, are those powers strong enough to avert
disaster? This short story folds into Kay’s mystery series featuring the young
woman, amateur sleuth Austin Starr. Visit Kay at
www.kaykendallauthor.com
.
“East of the Sun”
by Jade
Kerrion. Through a mysterious map depicting far-flung lands, a Chinese sailor
in 1424 and a Portuguese cartographer in 1519 share a vision of an Earth far
greater than the reality they know. Visit Jade at
www.jadekerrion.com
.
“Manteo”
by Elle Andrews
Patt. In 1587, Croatan native Manteo returns from London to Roanoke Island,
Virginia. Can he reconcile his strong loyalty to the untamed land and people of
his home with his desire for the benefits the colonizing English bring with
them before one of them destroys the other? Visit Elle at
www.elleandrewspatt.com
.
“First World War”
by Ken
Pelham. 40,000 BC: As the last remaining species of hominid,
Homo sapiens
and
Homo neanderthalensis
, fight a desperate battle for ownership of the
future, the outcasts of both sides find themselves caught in middle. Visit Ken
at
www.kenpelham.com
.
“Lilith”
by Antonio Simon,
Jr. In this retelling of the Adam & Eve story, a hermit’s life is turned
upside-down by the arrival of a mysterious woman in his camp. As the story of
their portentous meeting carries forward through the millennia, only time will
tell if Lilith is a heroine, a victim, or a monster. Visit Antonio at
www.DarkwaterSyndicate.com
.
“Fifteen Dollars’ Guilt”
by
Antonio Simon, Jr. 1881: After a close brush with death in a steamship
disaster, Prometheus encounters another survivor who gripes about how aimless
his life has become. Prometheus helps him find his calling, inadvertently
setting in motion the assassination of President Garfield. Visit Antonio at
www.DarkwaterSyndicate.com
.
For
additional info about the stories and authors, visit the official website:
The Prometheus Saga
TARGETS ARE LOCKED!
Five short novels by five masters of military SF
capture the excitement, and hell, of fantastic future war—on and off the
battlefield. Stories of terrifying monsters, dangerous aliens and staggering
cosmic dreadnaughts march alongside far-flung courtroom dramas and cautionary
tales involving man and his devices.
Michael A. Stackpole—The Star Tigers are commandeered by a
powerful alien overseer on a covert mission to a world long abandoned by an
ancient species. There, the ruins of a forgotten war will tip the balance of
their war, unless the Star Tigers can prevent it.
Sarah A. Hoyt—Lucius Dante Maximilian Keeva is a
well-respected leader of the Usaian Revolution, but treason in the ranks can
cost him everything that makes life worth living—unless he takes justice into
his own hands and breaks every military regulation in its pursuit.
Doug Dandridge—Faced with an enemy more than two
hundred times her own size, Cinda Klerk has two options: hide, and let it
destroy the planet she is supposed to protect, or find a way to even the odds
and kill the enemy, even at the cost of her ship and crew.
Eytan Kollin and Dani Kollin—As the
Unincorporated War envelops the entire solar system, a father must come to the rescue
of a daughter he never raised. But he'll have to convince her to save herself
first.
Kevin J. Anderson—In the war against an alien
menace, Earth’s greatest military commanders risk themselves on the front
lines, but with an escape hatch: If the situation goes terribly wrong, they can
switch places with a safe soldier far from the battlefield. But the
cannon-fodder volunteers don’t consider that such a good deal.
Set your cross-hairs on the Target Zone.
Excerpt from Goliath:
“We have a translation,
from the hyper VII dimension down to VI,” called out the Sensory Officer,
Ensign Emile Schmidt, in his soft New Berliner accent.
“Ours, or
theirs?” asked Lt. Commander Cinda Klerk, watching the tactical holo and
dreading the answer. She was not a large woman, in fact, the captain’s
chair still felt too big when she sat in it. And she had the kind of face
that attracted men, which she saw as a detriment to her career, not letting her
fit the image of the warrior woman.
“Theirs,”
answered Schmidt, a look of anxiety, no, fear showing on his face. “And
it’s a big one. Twenty million tons or more.”
It would be,
thought Cinda, the captain of the HIMS
Joel Schumacher
, one of the only
two hyper capable warships in the system. She was the largest ship
assigned to the Compton system. There were two more ships, both non-hyper
vessels of similar class.
Schumacher
was the most massive of the
three ships due to her carrying the extra mass of a hyperdrive. At a
hundred thousand tons she was not the smallest hyper capable vessel in the
Imperial Fleet. The couriers and fast attack ships were much smaller, as
were attack fighters, though only the fast messengers were capable of reaching
hyperspace on their own. Still, they were facing the prospect of a visit
by a twenty five million ton battleship, over two hundred and fifty times her
own mass.
And we’re
more suited to going head to head with pirates
,
thought the
Cinda. That was exactly what her ship had been envisioned to take on,
either hunting them, or protecting merchant traffic. It was ludicrous at
best to station her in a system as a defense against an opponent whose smallest
warship was in the six hundred thousand ton range. Especially with the
special orders that came down from the Emperor himself.
Cinda pulled up
a side holo and stared at the comp representation of the enemy that was en
route. An image originally taken thousands of years before.
They
haven’t changed
,
she thought, looking at the figure of a tall,
furred biped, standing on two strong legs, double shoulders extending from the
torso supporting four arms. The head was the horror, a medium muzzled,
red eyed carnivore with sharp teeth showing in a grin, two large horns growing
from the top of the skull. The creature stood three meters tall sans the
horns, and looked very much like the demons of some human religions.
“We’re receiving
a gravity pulse from
New Kiev
,” said the Com Officer, a young man who
looked like he had just walked out of the doors of the academy. “Her
captain is ordering us to support them in an action against that warship.”
Science Fiction
The Deep Dark Well
Trilogy
The
Deep Dark Well
: An Adventure 40,000 years in the making.
Pandora Latham was a Kuiper Belt Miner from Alabama. She’s used to
landing on her feet, even when the next surface is through a wormhole, halfway
across the Galaxy and 46,000 years in the Future. Pandora must discover
the secret behind the end of civilization, and the enigma of the Immortal
Watcher, the last survivor of the Empire that once ruled the stars. Her
decisions will set the path for Galactic recovery, or a continuation down the
roads of Barbarism.
To
Well and Back
: Pandora Latham is back, working Watcher’s plan to
restore Galactic Civilization. But first she has to deal with the
Xenophobes of the Nation of Humanity, back in the Supersystem with their sights
set on making the Galaxy their own. Pandora is angry at the hyper
religious Nation, and you don’t want to make a woman from Alabama angry.
Deeper
and Darker
: Pandora Latham is on the warpath. Watcher, her
lover, and the only man who can once again unite the Galaxy, is a prisoner of
the Totalitarian government of the New Galactic Empire. The Empire thinks
they have the upper hand, but they have never faced someone like Pandi, and the
peoples of the Galaxy that she has rallied to her cause.
The Exodus Series
Exodus:
Empires at War: Book 1
: The introduction to the Exodus
Universe. Two thousand years prior mankind fled from the Predatory
Ca’cadasans, traveling a thousand years and ten thousand light years to a new
home. Now the greatest power of their sector of space, things seem to be going
well for the New Terran Empire. Until the enemy appears once again at the
gates. And the years have not softened the aliens’ stance toward
Humanity.
Exodus:
Empires at War: Book 2
: The saga continues. The Ca’cadasans
attack at the moment when the government of the Empire is at its most
chaotic. There are other enemies as well, waiting for their chance to
fall on the overwhelmed humans. And a young man with no ambition for
power finds himself in the position he most dreads.
Exodus:
Empires at War: Book 3
: Sean is rescued, but he is not about to go
back to the safety of the capital without striking back at the Ca’cadasans who
have invaded his Empire. But will his decision put the lives of thousands
at risk, as well as risking the safety of his own Empire, by depriving it of
its leader.
Exodus:
Empires at War: Book 4
: Sean is crowned Emperor, and attempts to
organize the Empire for war against the Ca’cadasans. But he finds that
planning battles and winning battles are two different things. Defeat follows
defeat. Can anyone snatch victory from the jaws of defeat? Or will
the new Emperor fail before his reign even really begins.
Exodus:
Empires at War: Book 5: Ranger:
Cornelius Walbroski enters the rigors
of Ranger training, becoming one of the augmented warriors of the Empire.
But his first assignment, Azure, is one of the most deadly planets in the
Galaxy, even prior to the coming of the Cacas. Can Cornelius survive his
first mission? Or will promising career end before it really
begins.
Exodus:
Empires at War: Book 6: The Day of Battle:
Sean and the Empire need a
victory before human morale goes completely into the black hole. He
develops a plan to bring the Ca’cadasans into battle in space of his
choosing. But the Cacas are not an easy opponent, and they have plans of
their own, for the
Donut.
Exodus:
Empires at War: Book 7: Counter Strike
: The Empire has weathered the
Ca’cadasan onslaught, and now it’s the time to strike back with an offensive of
their own. A victory could win the war. But will it?
Exodus:
Tales of the Empire: Exploration Command
: Three novelettes concerning
Exploration Command, the arm of the Fleet tasked with pushing back the
boundaries of the Empire, and discovering the technology needed to win the war.
Exodus: Machine War: Book 1: Supernova
:
When a civilization is discovered that has a special ability that would be of
tremendous benefit to the Empire, great excitement is generated. When it
is found that a nearby blue giant star is due to supernova in less than a year,
destroying that world, excitement turns to a frantic race to save as much of
that species as possible. And enemies from the past, lurking in space,
bring forth a new war to the embattled Empire.
Other Scifi
Diamonds
in the Sand
: When a perfectly healthy scientist falls dead of an
apparent heart attack, it is up to Sarasota Police Detective Lieutenant Gary
Lariviere to find out what really happened. The scientist was working on
Nanotechnology, a secret desired by everyone from the Government to the
Mob. There are too many suspects, including the woman that Gary comes to
love. The Army had made Gary better than human, but had they prepared him
for the terrors that had been unleashed by the new technology?
The
Scorpion
: The Scorpion had been the world’s deadliest living terrorist.
Kestral McMann had been in on the kill. Now The Scorpion is back as a
mind upload, using clones to penetrate the tight security of an isolationist
United States. McMann is the only man who can stop him. But can
McMann survive the threat of his own side, and the insane President who leads
the Nation, in time to stop The Scorpion from plunging the Great Satan back
into the Stone Age.
The
Shadows of the Multiverse
: Something has been periodically wiping
intelligence from our Universe through the ages. It’s back, and it’s up
to three unlikely heroes, the Captain of a Battle Cruiser, a Physicist turned
Archeologist, and a Child, to save the intelligence of the Universe from
Monsters from another Dimension. Can they learn to use the powers of
their unusual Quantum Minds to defeat creatures that have been playing the game
for billions of years?
Afterlife
:
What if you didn’t believe in the afterlife of the World’s Religions? And
what if science offered you the alternative, survival within the Virtual World
of a computer, where your mental abilities are magnified and you can do
anything you want? And what if the World decided that your way was wrong,
and declared war on you, meaning to destroy your reality? What would you
do? Afterlife, a tale of survival at all costs.
We Are
Death, Come For You
: When aliens strike the Tau Ceti colony,
humankind knows that something bad is on the way. They prepare as best
they can, but will it be enough against superior technology? The aliens
are death worshippers, and only the extinction of the human race will satisfy
their evil intent. There are wonders of tech on the horizon, but can they
be deployed in time? Or will humankind have to depend on the smallest of
their techs to save them?
Fantasy
The Refuge Series
Refuge:
The Arrival: Book 1
: A nuclear war in Central Europe opens the gates
between dimensions, sending millions of Earth Humans into a land of myth, archetypes
and fantasy. The Evil Emperor of the Ellala Elves sees the humans as
energy to fuel his transformation to immortality. But the humans have
brought their own weapons with them, as well as a race of Demigods who will
battle the fantastic armies of Refuge. The war is on, and only one side
will ultimately survive.
Refuge:
The Arrival: Book 2
: The Ellala have a plan to destroy the human
military and capture the civilians. And the humans find that their
weapons will soon cease to function. So it’s use it or lose it for the
Earth Humans, and they use it with a vengeance. Tanks against Mages,
Attack Helicopters against Dragons, and Nuclear Weapons against Death
Gods. And the other peoples of the planet come forth as allies to the
humans that they see as the fulfillment an Ancient Prophecy. But will it
be enough?
Refuge:
Book 3: The Legions
: The human invaders are now without their
technologies, at least those using explosives and internal combustion
engines. But they still have knowledge of many other techs, especially
the arts of warfare as practiced by the greatest infantry of the ancient
world. Will it be enough to stand up to the half lich Emperor and his
magical forces.
Refuge:
Book 4: Kurt’s Quest:
When the evil half lich Emperor sends his
minions on a mission to find the Crown of the Lost Gods, an artifact which can
control the minds of millions, it is up to Kurt von Mannerheim to stop
them. Along with his fellow immortal, Jackie Smith, the human
Physicist/Mage James Drake, the Ellala Ranger Fenris and the Grimakan Priest
Garios, they must head to the frozen north to foil the plan, and ensure that
the evil artifact never sees the light of day.
Refuge:
Doppelganger
: Set thousands of years after the arrival, Kurt von
Mannerheim, the Immortal Emperor of the Imperium of Free Nations, must give up
everything to save his Empress, the Elfin Princess Gwenara Elysius von
Mannerheim. The world is at a crisis point as the Evil Tarakesh Empire,
under its Immortal Emperor Heinrich Stuppleheim, prepares to overrun the world
with its Nazi Ideology. And Kurt must face a creature of legend that may
prove too much for even his physical and mental abilities.
Other Fantasy
The
Hunger
: Abused wife, drug addict, prostitute; Lucinda Taylor had been
victimized by men all her adult life. Left for dead by her pimp, Lucinda
was turned by a passing vampire. When he is destroyed she becomes a free
agent, slaking her hunger for blood on the bottom dwellers of society, the type
of men who once victimized her. The crime boss of Tampa is her next
target, and the City by the Bay is about to become a bloodbath. But can
Lucinda avoid those who are hunting for her; the Priest, the FBI man, and a
pair of Vampires who would like nothing better than to send one Avenging
Vampire forever into the dark?
Daemon
:
A Steampunk Fantasy. The world is dying, the victim of the magic used by
society for the last three hundred years. Daemon Corporation thinks they
have the answer, stealing the life from other worlds, bringing from other
dimensions the intelligences that inhabit them for sacrifice on Earth.
But something has come with them, a force that is killing the employees of
Daemon Corp. It is up to Forensic Mage Detective Jude Parkinson to find a
way to stop the unstoppable, while keeping the head of Daemon Corp from
silencing him to keep the dark secrets of the company out of the public eye.
Aura
:
Triplets are born on a world where the magical Aura decides the fate of its
owner. Ariel is a girl with more than double the normal Aura, destined to
become a mighty Priest or Mage. Aiden has a less than normal Aura, and is
destined to be a soldier or laborer. While Arlen has no Aura at all, and
is seen as an abomination in the eyes of the Church of Baalra the Dragon God,
which has no power over those with Negative Auras. Fate will rip the
siblings apart, then bring them back together as they battle to defeat the
Dragon God and leave the Evil Empire, before Ariel is taken as the Avatar of
Baalra, his mortal vessel on Earth.
Books with other Authors:
Five By
Five 3: Target Zone
: Novellas by New York Times Bestsellers Kevin J.
Anderson and Michael A. Stackpole, along with Prometheus Award Winner Dani and
Eytan Kollin, Baen Author Sarah A. Hoyt, and Exodus Empires at War Author Doug
Dandridge, make this a must have book for the military science fiction
aficionado.
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