Author:
Matthew O. Duncan is part of the resurgence of Old School Sci-fi.  His books are a mix of Military Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, and Mystery weaved together with non-stop action.  Matt started his writing career as a playwright. He won a number of awards and had his plays produced on local stages.  He put his pen down in the late ’90s but picked it up again in 2011.

O’Hara never wanted to be a hero. He was a combat pilot only because his skills made him the best and Earth needed men like him to fight the enemy amongst the stars. Living a life a service and duty, alone in a cockpit suited him well, but fate had other plans for him. Shot down over an alien planet he was saved by a beautiful and mysterious woman named Katreena. He soon learns that the world is populated by people who seemed to have been lost by time and controlled by stones that the people believe to be divine magic. Wanting only to return to his fleet, he discovers that he has more than a passing connection with the world’s people, a love that resurrects a heart long thought dead and a decisive battle to the war that followed him.

The New Terra Sagas

The life of a fighter pilot was kept extremely simple.  Every possession that they needed or kept had to be stored in a single duffle pack that could be carried with them as they moved from post to post.  Roy's belongings had been lost with the Phoenix, but a new duffle with basic gear was issued to him along with everything he was carrying on him when he was retrieved from New Terra.  The medical ship that he was on didn't take him all the way to Earth as it had to continue its duties in retrieving the wounded.


Chapter 32: The Prophet's Stone