J.L. Doty - Dead Among Us 01 - When Dead Ain’t Dead Enough
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Own her. We must have her, all of her, nothing held back.
“No,” he snarled, closing his eyes, grimacing as he tried to shut the voice out of his soul. “Not this time. Please not this time.”
Yes, always. Look at her.
He opened his eyes. The young girl had stopped to talk to a boy her own age, a little blond white kid.
Imagine touching her, caressing her carefully, running your fingers along such delicate, flawless skin.
“Yes,” he said. “Yes . . . yes.”
Once she knows how much you love her, how deeply you care for her, she’ll love you back, love you with all her heart.
He could see that she must have a loving heart, a kind heart. “Yes . . . yes, she will.”
Other books available by J. L. Doty:
A Choice of Treasons (hard science fiction)
To save himself, he first had to save two empires . . . but when he tried, his options were limited to a choice of treasons.
As a lifer in the Imperial Navy, York Ballin’s only hope at an honorable discharge is the grave. Matters only get worse when he finds himself deep behind enemy lines on a commandeered imperial cruiser without a trained crew, commanded by an incompetent nobleman, with the empress and 200 civilians as passengers, and everyone hell-bent on turning them into a cloud of radioactive vapor.
The Thirteenth Man (hard science fiction)
Beware the curse of the thirteenth man, for should he not fall, all may fall before him.
Charlie Cass returns from five years in a squalid POW camp to find the nine Dukes and the King conspiring against each other, and plotting with Charlie’s old enemies. As interstellar war looms, he’s forced to assume the mantle of the thirteenth Duke de Lunis, who, according to legend, is destined to fall beneath the headsman’s ax. But if he can survive the headsman, all may fall before him.
About the Author
J. L. Doty was trained as a scientist and studied optical physics and engineering, earning a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. His specialty has always been laser science and laser physics. He spent all his working life in various facets of the laser industry including a number of years in research and development, even working briefly on laser weapons in the early ‘80’s. For the last twenty-five years, he has been writing fiction in stolen hours on the weekend, or on long flights overseas.
When writing science fiction, Jim is sometimes hindered by his deep knowledge of laser physics, and for that reason you’ll never see a laser weapon of any type in his science fiction books. In fact, you can visit his website to read his rant on laser weapons, and how they are almost always badly misused in science fiction. You don’t have to be an engineer or physicist to understand it, and you might find the information on lasers of interest.
Jim lives with his wife and their three cats in Northern California where they are horribly spoiled by the weather.
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