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Rude awakenings and hard truths. That's war. Matthew's thrown one curveball after another as he learns that just about nothing is sacred in war. Nothing is guaranteed. No one is untouchable. Now he's afraid that he might just lose it. Problem is, he doesn't have the time to lose it or to even fear that he might go crazy when the war is over. Instead, he's got one task after another. One mission always has yet to be completed when no one else seems to be doing any of the fighting. Now Matthew has to venture into no-man's-land at midnight to recover his lost mechanized infantry unit, Firefly....

Never take peace for granted. The Beets have fallen silent and Matthew is doing all he can to fortify the Bulwark for their next attack that may or may not come. He's got a lot of work to do and he doesn't know how much time he has to do it. Will Matthew manage to take the Bulwark from a putrid mess of mud and turn it into a respectable front before the Beets strike next? Read The Battle for Allegra: Fortify today! Fortify is the fourteenth book in the alien invasion space opera The Battle for Allegra. Dive into this thrilling story that is filled with all sorts of sci-fi tech, warfare, and...

Avel Barbas had a trick to staying alive: being the 'grey man'. All he did was try to stick to the shadows and avoid being noticed. It served him well. Until it didn't. Avel is part of a contingent sent out to some odd ranch. They aren't told why, but Avel will quickly find out that there is a rebel faction that is assaulting the location. However, these rebels aren't about to go down without a fight. Will Avel and the rest of the Coalition soldiers beat back the rebellious militia, or will they die trying? Read Settler's Ranch today! ***Please note, this is a short story that is around ...

Seemingly unstoppable alien invaders are invading the Milky Way. Archibald Dare's ship, the Huntress is dispatched to defend an uninhabited moon to keep the alien invaders, known as Beets, from getting a foothold in the galaxy. Will they succeed, or is their mission doomed to fail? Read on to find out! *This is a side story to The Invasion of Allegra story, but it can be read as a standalone. This, and the Invasion of Allegra, both take place prior to The Battle for Allegra.* **Note, this is an edited and republished version of the story that was first published on Kindle Vella in 2022.***

Carus Salvaggi is an 18-year-old in high school. He daydreams about graduating and marrying his lifelong love. But alien invasions have the propensity to ruin people's plans. Carus is now destined to a life far different from what he planned. Join him as the first of the alien ships touch down and the invasion begins! Read Barracudas today! ***Please note, this is a short story that is around 6,500 words. If you're interested in longer tales, I have full-length novels and other meatier works!***

When aliens invade Allegra, those who know what's best for them make a run for it. However, not everyone runs to the safest places. Some end up finding hidden dangers and secrets. Hreve and Horton are two of these unfortunate people. Beneath the Black Forest on Allegra there is a hidden, alien secret. Read The World Beneath today! ***Please note, this is a short story that is around 6,000 words. If you're interested in longer tales, I have full-length novels and other meatier works!***

Most see Bláan Tullius as a hero. Many see him as their savior. He sees himself as a man who isn't doing nearly enough to save the lives that he knows need saving. However, he isn't always allowed to do everything that he thinks he needs to do in order to stop slavers from trafficking people through his home, Amidst Station. There are just too many rules for him to save everyone. What drives him? Well, the slavers got his wife years ago and he still hasn't forgiven them for it. As he sees it, nothing can stop him. They'll have to kill him to make him stop. But that's just what he thought.....

There's a hidden army far behind Beet lines. This army, if the stories are correct, is enough to turn the tide of the war against both the Beets and the Coalition. But they've been sidelined for quite some time now. They've been biding their time. All Matthew has to do is find them. ...And convince them to talk to him. ...And convince them to join the war too. Easy. (Or not.) What could possibly go wrong? Read The Battle for Allegra: The Ranch today! The Ranch is the twenty-first book in the sci-fi novelette series The Battle for Allegra. Join Matthew as he goes over the top and ventures ...

The Coalition is threatening to withdraw its fleet from Allegra as the threat of alien invasion becomes real. The people of Allegra, including those who built those ships, aren't about to let that happen without putting up a fight. Join Franz Zimmerman as the people of Allegra take to the skies in an effort to show the Coalition that they are not a people who won't go down without a fight! Read Resist today! ***Please note, this is a short story that is around 7,300 words. If you're interested in longer tales, I have full-length novels and other meatier works!***

Nowhere is ever truly safe. The year is 2284 and wars are endemic across Coalition Space. Matthew Campbell was a fisherman before the Coalition arrived. All he had to worry about was bringing in the day’s catch. Now he is in the middle of a war that has already killed tens of thousands. Matthew makes all the wrong people angry and he finds himself in a "prime" spot on the frontlines. ...Without any traditional military training. It seems that everything he learned in his tiny fishing village and from his time on a fishing boat will have to be enough to keep him alive. The question is, ...

Neil Hunt is a salvor. Some folks see him as a scavenger, some see him as a thief. The events of the salvage that you're about to read change all of that--he'll be seen as a hero. Provided he can survive betrayal, bounty hunters, and a seemingly impassable cloud of asteroids. What could possibly go wrong? Read Unlucky Ones today! ***Please note, this is a short story that is around 35,000 words. If you're interested in longer tales, I have full-length novels and other meatier works!***

There's a quirk about war, That quirk is that there are lulls in the action. Times where it becomes easy to forget that your life is on the line. And that kind of thinking is exactly what gets people killed. That kind of thinking seems to invite the enemy to pull a stunt they wouldn't have dreamt of trying before. For Matthew and his team in the Bulwark, they find out the hard way that no lull in the fighting on the front should be taken for granted. Buy The Battle for Allegra: Awakening today! Awakening is the eleventh book in the alien invasion sci-fi novelette series The Battle for ...

Dawn. With the dawn comes the rising of a new day. New possibilities, new opportunities, new life. With the arrival of the Dawn Clan's Expeditionary Force of highly-trained commandos, it seems a metaphorical dawn has arrived at the Bulwark. Is this the beginning of easy living for Matthew and his Mudders, or are the Dawns arriving just in time for things to take a turn for the worse? Buy The Battle for Allegra: Dawn today! Dawn is the thirteenth book in the alien invasion sci-fi novelette series The Battle for Allegra. Join Matthew as he goes over the top and ventures into the killing ...

*This is a piece of flash fiction, it's short!* Ships like the Cambridge served diligently in their day. They won massive victories and saved many lives. However, there comes a time when a ship reaches the end of its life. A time that it must go the way of the ships that it once destroyed. That time has arrived for the Cambridge as it is, at long last, scuttled. Read The Cambridge's Final Voyage today! ***Please note, this is a short story that is around 1,300 words. If you're interested in longer tales, I have full-length novels and other meatier works!***

There's a secret beneath the Bulwark... It seems that the more time Matthew spends on the front the more things he finds. Sometimes those discoveries are enclaves of ancient AI killer robots, sometimes it's a bunker, and other times, it's something even more unexpected than all of that. In this case, that underground discovery is something that will change the way everyone in the Bulwark can live for the better. However, mystery surrounds it and its discovery opens up more questions than Matthew is ready for. Read on to find out what it is! Read The Battle for Allegra: Underground Today!! ...

Captain Johnson arrives at the Bulwark bearing gifts, but that's not the most important thing Matthew has on his mind. Matthew is busy thinking about the mission he is about to go on. He is thinking about how he will be leading the first real incursion into Beet-held territory since the war began. What could possibly go wrong? Read The Battle for Allegra: Advance Today!! Advance is the twentieth book in the military science fiction series The Battle for Allegra. Dive into this tale as Matthew fights off aliens and prepares for a rebellion. If you love reading tales of military sci-fi action...

The Fireworks Begin in the War Maker Bunker The Dawn force opens fire on the War Maker robots that were left patrolling the bunker for an untold number of years. These robots have killed before, so it's obvious that they're dangerous. Matthew and his team are in charge of capturing one of them alive. The robots are only about ten meters tall, what's is there to worry about? Matthew has a lot of struggles in the book ahead. Join Matthew as he fights to save Allegra! Fireworks is the eighteenth book in the military science fiction series The Battle for Allegra. Dive into this tale as alien ...

Things always go wrong when you try to be God. In the case of Reinhardt Base, the Coalition's attempts have now cost them an entire planet. Now the survivors are just trying to get out with their lives. Can they do it? Read Flight From Reinhardt today!

Sometimes good things can come out of nowhere, Those good things could very well save your life, if you're lucky. With the Beet horde bearing down on the poorly defended Bulwark, Matthew is abundantly aware of his need for a miracle to survive the day. The same scene is replayed over every front on Allegra. People are dying across the entire planet by the thousands as the planetwide attack begins. Will Matthew and his Bulwark fare any better than the rest of the planet? Or are they destined to die alongside the rest of the Mudders? Buy The Battle for Allegra: Arrival today! Arrival is the ...

Clive Ranger was born into a war that has raged on for generations. Across the galaxy, families have been torn apart and cities have been razed. But Clive may be the one who shifts the tide of the rebellion that has risen up against the evil Coalition.  The Coalition has locked away countless men and women utilizing them as slave labor across the galaxy. Clive is one of these unfortunate souls. However, he isn’t alone. Most everyone in the prison has their own scores to settle against the Coalition. After all, it was the Coalition that killed their families, friends, and everyone they ...