Forget the ballroom, Valeria’s ready to take on the galaxy 🚀🎵 Who needs fancy dresses when you can fly a starship? #PilotLife #GalacticEmpire #SciFi

Updated on 09/27/2024 by Kayelle Allen

Beats of Love by Jacqueline Westwoods

When you fall in love with a secret alien noble bastard...

A spacecraft accident made her crash into a mysterious empire soldier.

Valeria, a coming-of-age heir of a noble house within the Galactic Empire, was eager to prove herself through her piloting skills rather than dancing at parties.

But her debut flight to Zafirah, the capital city of the empire, was nearly disastrous and led her into great danger, confronting rebellious native tribes. Valeria's last breath was almost gone, but she was luckily saved by an empire soldier, Geoffrey.

These two young people face different identity issues. Their meeting sparked a flame, but class differences tore them apart.

The fire ignited within their hearts soon spirals out of control. If they embrace true love, how will their desire clash against their family and political obligations? Do they dare to choose love above family, duty, and even fate?

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Clash of Titans: Epic War and Battles in Fantasy and Science Fiction #BookNerd #ScienceFictionBooks #SciFi

Updated on 09/11/2024 by Kayelle Allen

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Posted in Fallen Empires | Tagged Bringer of Chaos, Immortal Heroes, Lights Out, Military SciFi, Pietas, Pietas and Six, Six |

Rule #1 in war: Calculate, dominate, stay ahead. Oh, and unleash that hidden trick when you need it. Cheat code engaged 🚀 #SciFi #MilSF #Military

Posted on 07/12/2024 by Kayelle Allen

As a former E4 myself, I'm proud to share a military sci-fi anthology featuring one of my favorite editors and an altogether awesome person - Barb Caffrey.

Tales of the E4 Mafia

Edited by Keith Hedger. Authors: Andrew Heymann, Barb Caffrey, Charles R Scott, Chris Sommercorn, Dan Kemp, Gaige Mosher, Gail Sanders, Joshua Hill, Keith Hedger, Michael LaVoice, Ray Daley, Scott Rieche, and Jacqui Venturini (Illustrator).

They are specialists, corporals, and petty officers. They are the military personnel who have learned some leadership and gained expertise in their specialty. "Work smarter, not harder" is their watch phrase, followed by "If you aren't cheating, you aren't trying."

They are masters of avoiding work, getting up to shenanigans, and, when a mission needs to be completed or job done, it's an E-4 that others turn to. They are the near mythical E-4 Mafia, and their ability to avoid work, solve problems, and create trouble is the stuff of legend.

Here are eleven stories of the E-4 Mafia in a variety of settings and situations that are sure to thrill and entertain anyone with an interest in military fiction, science fiction, a sense of humor and the curiosity to peek under the rug to see what got swept there when something needed done.

Read Tales of the E4 Mafia

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From Lights Out: “Saving humans is not your job, soldier.” #SciFi #MFRWhooks #FreeBook

Posted on 05/29/2024 by Kayelle Allen

In this scene, Tornahdo is reeling from the death of two of his compadres in the Ghost Corps. Although they were no friends of his, he had tried to protect them. The following takes place early in the morning, not more than 24 hours after Tornahdo had been disciplined for sacrificing his life to protect humans. If the military can bring you back to life, how is that not a good thing? Saving humans is not his job, as he is constantly reminded. He's to kill immortals, and that's all he's to do.

But what are they fighting for if not to protect humanity?

Excerpt from Lights Out

Standing at attention in the general's office at oh-three-hundred, Tornahdo maintained his silence. The smell of burning flesh clung to his clothing. Wails of the dying rang in his ears. He kept his gaze fixed on the star map opposite while the general paced.

"Master Sergeant." A civilian coat covered her. Her pink pajama bottoms and fuzzy slippers didn't paint as intimidating an image as her medal-covered uniform, but her voice still held command. "Can you not stay out of trouble for one full day?"

He knew better than to answer.

"You intervened for a human." She stopped pacing and turned to him. "Again."

"Yes, ma'am."

"And it wasn't your single death you caused this time. It was the death of two ghosts."

Not technically. Morally, maybe, but he'd tried to spare them. "Yes, ma'am."

"Irreversible death. Ultras don't come back from fire. Ghosts with Ultra blood don't either. They died because of you."

"Ma'am, they died because Ravenstongue is a certifiable crackpot who never deserved the uniform, let alone a weapon." The words hadn't left his mouth before he knew he'd overstepped. Why couldn't he keep his mouth shut like he'd been told his entire life?

The look of disdain on the general's face said far more than words. She resumed pacing, but then stopped again, not facing him. "That may be true, Master Sergeant." Her voice had gone quiet, all but gentle. "But that's not your call. Ravenstongue is being dealt with."

"Thank you, ma'am."

"Don't thank me." Her gaze snapped to his. "You are not innocent. The bartender told us his side. According to him, you were trying to save him."

Same stuff. Different day. He took a deep breath. "Yes, ma'am."

"Do I hear annoyance in your tone, Master Sergeant?"

"Not my intention, ma'am."

"Didn't we have this discussion about humans?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"Are you not tired of having it?"

Oh, for so many reasons. "Yes, ma'am."

She paced again. "The fire damage to the bar will be compensated out of Ravenstongue's salary." The general paused, slapped her hands behind her back and smiled. "And yours." She stared at him as if daring him to argue.

What would he spend it on? Why did they pay him? He could go nowhere and do nothing.

"Master Sergeant, if there were more than fifty ghosts, you'd be history."

Fifty? That was all they had?

How could fifty humans hope to defeat an army of nearly one million warriors who could never die?

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Posted in Fallen Empires, Science Fiction Books | Tagged Bringer of Chaos, Lights Out, Military SciFi, Pietas and Six, Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels, Six |

Against All Odds: A Military Sci-Fi Series by Jeffery H Haskell #MilSF #SciFi #Military

Posted on 10/02/2023 by Kayelle Allen

Against All Odds

The wrong crew. The wrong ship. The right Captain.

Idealistic navy lieutenant Jacob Grimm just wanted to honor his mother's sacrifice in the last great war. When he's forced to return fire and destroy a squadron of ships to save his own, he thinks he's the hero…

Until they discover the ships are full of children.

Disgraced and denied promotion, Jacob's career is over. That is until the head of ONI needs a disposable officer to command a battered destroyer on the rim.

There's just one problem, Interceptor hasn't had a CO in months and the ship is a mess. Worse, the system he's assigned to is corrupt and on the verge of all-out civil war with the Alliance.

However, no one told Jacob he was disposable.

Pirates, smugglers, and Caliphate spies complicate the situation and one captain with an old ship can't enforce the law, let alone stop anyone.

The single greatest discovery of all time is about to change intergalactic politics forever. If Jacob doesn't find a way to succeed, then it won't just be the end of the Alliance, it will be the end of freedom for humanity.

From USA Today bestselling author Jeffery H. Haskell comes a military science fiction epic in the tradition of Honor Harrington and Star Trek. If you love heroes and starships, you will love to stand with Commander Jacob T. Grimm Against all Odds. You're in the Navy now!

"Against All Odds is classic space fleet military science fiction in the tradition of David Weber, with memorable characters and thrilling action. Haskell is a new shining star in the genre." --Rick Partlow, author of Contact Front

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