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

Nearing Bryerstone in his small fighter, with Katreena sitting across his lap, Roy slowed the approach to a modest speed to minimize the sound and keep their arrival discrete.  Being a new moons night, the sky was fairly dark; but more so was the Kingdom.  Even in the middle of the night, it would usually be illuminated with numerous torches and fire stones that provided heat and light.  Without the stones, the firelight offered very little to indicate they were coming into a city of thousands.  


Setting down in a grove of dense trees a few hundred yards from the back of the castle, Roy and Katreena proceeded on foot.  


"I can feel the despair in the wind," Katreena said as they walked.    


Roy took her hand and squeezed it to offer comfort, but didn't say anything.  He was thinking the same thing but did not want to say it out loud.  He wanted answers before he spoke of anything more in the negative.  


Chapter 108: Bryerstone