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 Kerkes extended its landing struts as Julie shot out four spiked cables from the underside of the ship at a large asteroid that was about the size of Rhode Island.  The cables went taught and pulled the ship into a secured landing.  The asteroid was part of a large belt of floating rocks in the same system as the planet they were just on, an ideal hiding place, just in case that small Sa'larie ship had a mothership nearby.


Simon had laid himself out on the table in the center compartment as he couldn't put any more weight on his injured leg.  Laura pulled out an emergency med kit, pulled off the blood-soaked shirt that she had used on his leg, cleaned the wound, put a cold blue gel on it and then covered it.  Then she tended to Frank's arm, cleaned it out, treated it and put a proper bandage on it.  As Juan made his way to the compartment, Laura looked up to see blood running down the side of his face.


Chapter 68: Putting Down