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The Emperor's Conspiracy
A space war adventure for those who enjoy space opera! So far, only a few people realize that the Empire is in decline. One of them is the Emperor, and another is Sander Cord, the Emperor's closest (and maybe only) friend. The Emperor has appointed Cord Viceroy of the Rim Sector, whose dynamism and remoteness gives it a chance of surviving the fall. After twelve years, the Emperor is about to grant the Rim Sector almost complete independence.
But first, they must defeat a corrupt Admiral with a powerful battle group and plans of his own to seize the Rim. Cord recruits Val Kedron, a trader captain with military experience, to organize and command a force to oppose Jonas.
Val and his people must use ingenuity, imagination, and even a sentient ship to counter the admiral's massive firepower advantage and salvage the Emperor's plan to preserve human civilization.
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The Rim Rebels
For the space opera lover! 75 years ago an academic was banished to the very rim of known space for predicting the fall of the Empire. Now, the decline is becoming noticeable, and warned by the predictions, some on the rim are planning for the Fall and plotting to rule man-settled space afterward. The crew of the Free Trader Bonny Lass is trapped between the terrorists' plots and the machinations of a top-level secret agent. Now they must transport a multi-million-credit letter of credit halfway across man-settled space while running a gauntlet of pirates, and then return to the rim to risk their lives and their ship, or face certain death. Eventually, they will have to depend on the agent to save their lives while preventing a violent civil war. Along the way, the Captain finds love, and a crewman finds hidden depths in himself. Adventure on the rim of known space!
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Man's Hope
The time is the present/near future. Frank Weatherly built a small custom computer company into the dominant force in the field of business computers, but his board of directors forced him out, and despite his billions, he is a lonely widower in bitter seclusion. David Tarrant is a grounded US Air Force Astronaut desperate to get back into space. David tracks Frank down and proposes an idea to get man, and himself, on a new, aggressive drive back into space. They must find or build a spacecraft capable of a three-year mission. Then, the crew must ride a comet through perihelion and outward to the Asteroid Belt. There, they plan to not only board an asteroid, but to bring it back to Earth! It will cost Frank his entire fortune, and even his reputation, and David must risk his life to give man a boost to the stars! Definitely "hard" science fiction! You'll wonder if it could really be done!
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The Privateer
More Space Opera from William Zellmann! John Smith was a crusading attorney whose crusade ended in a rigged trial and slavery in the mines – a death sentence. The slaves stole an ore carrier and escaped, and desperation and hatred drove them to piracy. John was a hugely successful pirate, until forced to confront the horrors committed by his men. He grabbed a ship and a bag of gems, and ran away. Pursued by his former colleagues, but determined to regain his self-respect, he fled across man-settled space. Along the way, he learns that his ship is much more than a simple yacht, deals with a stowaway girl, almost accidentally buys an orbital scrap yard, finds himself responsible for a beautiful young woman, fights off a pirate attack, makes a friend, and learns that his refuge has been invaded by another planet. John, now Cale, and his friends plan to use derelicts from his scrap yard to free his sanctuary planet. But can a bunch of resurrected hulks really defeat a planetary fleet? And just what IS a Privateer, anyway?
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The Privateer 2: An Honest Living
In The Privateer, John Smith fled the life of a pirate, fled from his former associates, became Cale Rankin, bought a junkyard, met a beautiful woman and fell in love, and met a friend who helped them win a war and save a planet. Now he, his new wife, and some friends are taking on a planet that's been unexplored for centuries.
They've formed Colonies, Inc., and they specialize in finding homes for people desperate to flee uncertain futures. Their first customers are from Santiago, the planet they just defeated in the Junkyard War. Can these peaceful farmers find paradise on a planet that destroyed its own civilization 500 years ago? And if they do, there's still the renegade Santiagan general and his 300 crack troops! This time the action is planet-bound, with medieval warlords, murderous savages, and equally murderous special operations forces with state of the art weapons! It's not as easy as Cale thinks to make AN HONEST LIVING!
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Exiled to the Stars
2203 AD (281 AE) An overpopulated and desperate Earth has devised the “Colony Program”. Criminals, agitators and other ‘Undesirables’ supplemented by thousands of ‘Nonproductives’, or ‘Drones’ gathered in sweeps through slums and “squatter areas” worldwide, are crammed aboard a starship manned by a one-way crew, and sent to colonize the stars. This is the epic story of Colony Ship 7N-364, with its cargo of 3500 “Drones”, 1500 “Undies”, and 130 crew. With nearly a third of the colonists made up of street toughs, gangsters, terrorists, political agitators, and other troublemakers, can the crew hope to maintain control? Will they find a home before the ship dissolves into chaos? And if they do find a suitable planet, what then? Can a population of mostly illiterate peasants, political and social misfits, and outright criminals even survive? What kind of world could such a wildly varied group possibly produce? A sweeping adventure spanning generations!
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About the Author …
I was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, where I achieved nothing notable. I joined the U. S. Navy, and for the next twenty years was largely successful in tricking the Navy into thinking that I wasn't really a lazy slob. During this time, I met and married a wonderful woman. We had a beautiful daughter together.
After retiring from the Navy, I attended the University of Arkansas. I received a BSBA in Human Resources Management, to my utter surprise (and that of some of my professors!).
My wife passed away in 2008, and I had the incredible luck to meet another amazing woman. We married in December 2010. I seem to be attracted to low-paying government jobs, and upon graduation, I became employed by the State of Arkansas as an Employment Interviewer and Employment Services Supervisor. There, I completed another 20-year career. Since then my life has been devoted to writing and convincing my new wife she didn't really marry a lazy bum.
I retired in March of 2011, and we retired to the Philippines. Yep, I actually Ran Off To An Exotic South Seas Island With A Beautiful Native Girl! How many people actually get to live a cliché?
Unfortunately, health issues have forced us to return to Texas for long-term treatment, and of course treatment and the move have slowed my writing. But I still have two partially-written manuscripts to work on, so stay tuned!
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