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

       After two weeks the trail of radiation picked up on Roy's handheld computer had faded to almost impossible to follow, but they had found the source, The Kingdom of Goldshire.   It sat northwest of all the other Kingdoms in one of the harshest lands for crops and livestock.  They traded mostly in sea life, lumber, and furs when the weather permitted travel.  Fortunately for Roy and Katreena, the first heavy snows had not yet fallen, and they were able to make the front gates with only frost as a burden.


A village of stone and brick, it looked rather modern compared to its counterparts.  Yet the once wealthy Kingdom had fallen on hard times as three unusually harsh winters had crippled all of their industries and left many on the streets to begging for scraps.


"Why haven't the other Kingdoms helped these people?" Roy asked as they rode through the cobblestone street towards the center of the marketplace.


Chapter 64: Goldshire Kingdom