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.

Jack Reilly’s luck ran out just before the war did. Released on a medical discharge shortly after the end of the war with the Serkins, he went out into the galaxy looking for a job. Signing onto the Glacier Runner 17, an old and rundown cargo ship, Rielly finds himself working for a clueless Captain, mixed up in an intergalactic conspiracy, on the run from assassins and involved with two women in relationships that he could only call ‘complicated.’

Fan’s of Matthew O. Duncan will recognize the universe as the same as from the New Terra Sagas, but this is not a sequel. This is a stand-alone, spin-off with new characters, new worlds and in a different format. Told in the first person from Reilly’s perspective, this is a fast moving, non-stop sci-fi adventure.

Lt. Reilly 2321

The computer woke me very early in the morning.  “Lt. Reilly.  You have a message from Captain Tansky.  Confirm.  Lt. Reilly.  You have a  message from…”


“Acknowledged!” I barked at the computer as my body and mind were not happy about waking up right then and there.  I don’t know if I had a full eight hours or just a couple, but it felt like the latter.  Sitting up I rolled my neck and winced at the sudden pain in my back.  Speed was not something I was going to accomplish this morning.  Rubbing my eyes, I said, “Computer, play message.” 


Captain Tansky’s recorded voice came over the speaker in the wall.  “Lieutenant.  Report to my office at zero-seven hundred hours and bring all the information you have on your investigation.”


“Zero-Six-Thirty Three hours,” it responded.


Chapter 31: The Ugly Truth