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

Katreena rode her steed up the path to the Greely's simple farmhouse with joy on her face, and she could hear the sounds of her children playing in the orchard from far off.  Everything seemed to be back to the way it was, but she still had a sense that everything was not right.  She had clear memories of both the past couple of days in which the stones went dark and of the same days that had replaced them as if nothing had happened.  On her journey back home, she met and saw several people in the different villages and farms who seemed completely unaware of the crisis, and she said very little to clue them in that anything had been wrong.  


As Katreena dismounted her steed near the Greely's front door, Zohn walked out to greet her.  


"Hello Katreena," he bellowed in his very jovial voice.  "How are your Aunt and Uncle?  I hope they are well."


Chapter 113: Katreena Sacrifice