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

       A scream pierced the darkness.  Bradley sprang up and knocked his head on the low ceiling above the top bunk he was sleeping in.  With a few pats on the wall, he found a light switch and turned on a small book light.  Deb continued to scream in sheer terror as if she was being attacked, but there was no one and nothing touching her.  Bradley jumped down, sat on the edge of her bunk and put his hands on her shoulders.


"Deb, it's okay, you're okay," he said assuming she was having a bad dream.


Deb opened her eyes, still in a panic, grabbed him, pulled him down on the bed, wrapped her arms and legs around him like a pretzel and the next thing he knew she was calm and sound asleep.


Chapter 50: Screams in the Dark