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

       Momentum came as a blessing.  Ryan had pulled off another miracle, getting two of the three main engines working again.  With the capacity of moving at 2/3 cruising speed, the Phoenix was able to limp its way over to a small star system populated by a handful of gas giants and a few dozen rock-like moons.  No life detected of any kind, which made it a perfect hiding spot while they made repairs and proceeded with Ryan's plan to cut the ship down.


Life aboard the crippled beast almost seemed to return to a shadow of normalcy as everyone had duties to perform and more than enough work to keep the mind off where they really were.  After three weeks the repair bots and droids had removed most of the bottom two decks and welded on a thick titanium skin along the belly as if the lower decks had never been there.  The old bird was looking leaner and meaner, but it had yet to prove if it could truly fly again.


Chapter 59: Ryan's Miracle