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

       Shortly before dawn Roy and Katreena walked into the central hall that housed the Landstone.  Each Kingdom was founded at the site of a Landstone, which was a large group of crystals that grew out of the ground and could focus the t-plasma energy contained throughout the entire planet.  Halfway in Katreena dropped to her knees and bowed her head.


"Shh, join with me," she said softly pulling on his hand.  He knelt down on the floor as she requested. "To touch the Landstone is to touch the hand of God.  One does not just approach it without showing proper reverence.  We will take time to pray first."


Chapter 46: The Landstone