Part of Series
Experience the Human Cost of War! The battle rages on in book two of the award-winning Defending the Future series. Witness sixteen accounts of hardcore military science fiction, from planetside combat to fleet actions up among the stars. Featuring the works of David Sherman, Charles E. Gannon, John C. Wright, James Daniel Ross, Jonathan Maberry, James Chambers, Patrick Thomas, Andy Remic, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Jeffrey Lyman, Jack Campbell, Mike McPhail, Bud Sparhawk, Tony Ruggiero, and C.J. Henderson. DAVID SHERMAN "Surrender or Die" (DemonTech) CHARLES E. GANNON "Recidivism" JOHN C. WRIGHT "The Last Report On Unit Twenty-Two" JAMES DANIEL ROSS "The Mercy Rebellion" (Radiation Angels) JONATHAN MABERRY "Clean Sweep" JAMES CHAMBERS "War Movie" PATRICK THOMAS "The Battle for Knob Link" (142nd Starborne) ANDY REMIC "Junked" (Combat K) DANIELLE ACKLEY-McPHAIL "First Line" (Alliance Archives) CHARLES E. GANNON "To Spec" JEFFREY LYMAN "Gun Sergeant" (Compartment Alpha) JACK CAMPBELL (a.k.a. JOHN G. HEMRY) "Grendel" (Lost Fleet) MIKE McPHAIL "Cling Peaches" (Alliance Archives) BUD SPARHAWK "The Glass Box" TONY RUGGIERO "Looking for a Good Time" (Death Dealers) C.J. HENDERSON "Everything is Better with Monkeys" (The Roosevelt)
Author
Mike McPhail is the award winning Author and Anthologist of the military science fiction series Defending The Future, published by Dark Quest Books, and editor of the publisher's DTF Publications imprint. He is a member of the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA), and the creator of the Alliance Archives (All'Arc) series and its related Martial Role-Playing Game (MRPG), a manual-based, percentile system, that realistically portrays the consequences of warfare. Born into a military / engineering family, his lifelong dream was to join NASA and become a mission specialist; to that end, he attended the Academy of Aeronautics in New York, as well as enlisting in the Air National Guard. While working towards his goal, a sudden illness brought a halt to these dreams. After recovering, he came to grips with his new reality; so he chose to put his hard-earned technical skills and imagination to use as a graphic artist, writer/editor and game designer. To learn more about his work visit: www.mcp-concepts.com www.defendingthefuture.com www.milscifi.com
