Download or read book The Borsen Incursion written by Julian M. Miles and published by Lizards of the Host Publishing. This book was released on with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For five centuries, a unified Earth has been the centre, and ruler, of all it surveys: an empire that spans two thousand worlds. It has been unchallenged for three hundred years. The Borsen use strange technology to strike down any opposition with terrifying ease. Yet, their seemingly unstoppable forces show an inexplicable reserve. It leads a few to suspect they have a purpose beyond conquest. Faced with a dire threat for the first time in living memory, military bureaucracy and entrenched arrogance lead to grievous losses. Even when a miraculous new technology offers an upper hand, factionalism arises to threaten those who use it. As the Borsen escalate their offensive, the forces of Earth are hamstrung by infighting and political manoeuvring. Finally, one group rebels, turning against the edicts of the stultified command structure. But have they done so in time to save humanity? A centuries-spanning tale of space warfare told from major and minor viewpoints: using over fifty pieces of carefully-crafted short and flash fiction, this book will take you from the start of the incursion to its end, letting you witness the war while revealing its impacts and revelations from every angle.
Download or read book The Borsen Incursion written by Julian Miles and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-29 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For five centuries, a unified Earth has been the centre, and ruler, of all it surveys: an empire that spans two thousand worlds. It has been unchallenged for three hundred years. The Borsen use strange technology to strike down fleets and planets with terrifying ease. Their inexplicable reserve leads some to suspect that they have a purpose beyond conquest. But all are certain that for the first time in half a millennium, mankind is facing a dire threat. Centuries of bureaucracy and entrenched arrogance lead to grievous losses. Even when a miraculous new technology offers an upper hand, factionalism and jealousy arise to threaten those who use it. Can a visionary commander unravel the mystery that drives the Borsen? Can he prevail against the fear that spreads as losses mount? Can he realise the potentials of those who serve under him in time? A centuries-spanning tale of space warfare told from major and minor viewpoints: the victories and the tragedies, the decisions that make or break civilisations, the resilience of ordinary people striving to cope. Be there when heroes are made and villains fall. Understand the motives of an enemy that seeks to drive humanity to the brink. Using over fifty pieces of carefully-crafted short fiction augmented by comprehensive appendices, this book will take you from the start of the incursion to its end, letting you witness the war while revealing its impacts and revelations from every angle.
Download or read book The Borsen Incursion written by Julian M. Miles and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For five centuries, a unified Earth has been the centre, and ruler, of all it surveys: an empire that spans two thousand worlds. It has been unchallenged for three hundred years. The Borsen use strange technology to strike down fleets and planets with terrifying ease. Their inexplicable reserve leads some to suspect that they have a purpose beyond conquest. But all are certain that for the first time in half a millennium, mankind is facing a dire threat. Centuries of bureaucracy and entrenched arrogance lead to grievous losses. Even when a miraculous new technology offers an upper hand, factionalism and jealousy arise to threaten those who use it. Can a visionary commander unravel the mystery that drives the Borsen? Can he prevail against the fear that spreads as losses mount? Can he realise the potentials of those who serve under him in time? A centuries-spanning tale of space warfare told from major and minor viewpoints: the victories and the tragedies, the decisions that make or break civilisations, the resilience of ordinary people striving to cope. Be there when heroes are made and villains fall. Understand the motives of an enemy that seeks to drive humanity to the brink. Using over fifty pieces of carefully-crafted short fiction augmented by comprehensive appendices, this book will take you from the start of the incursion to its end, letting you witness the war while revealing its impacts and revelations from every angle. OpenDyslexic is an open sourced font created to increase readability for readers with dyslexia. The typeface includes regular, bold, italic, and bold-italic styles. Letters have heavy weighted bottoms to indicate direction, along with other features, like wider letter spacing and a unique italic style. Consistently weighted bottoms can also help reinforce the line of text. The unique shapes of each letter can help prevent confusion through flipping and swapping. For more information, visit opendyslexic.org
Download or read book Circuits in the Sky written by Julian M. Miles and published by Lizards of the Host Publishing. This book was released on with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing you stories of intrigue, action, love, and adventure from near and far. Every tomorrow reveals new possibilities, and the further you go from today, the stranger they could be. From alternate history, through dystopian tomorrows, to the furthest reaches of mankind’s exploration of space, Julian uses short fiction to conjure many visions of what could be. This book draws from the sixth through eleventh volumes of the Visions of Tomorrow series, and has been created for those who prefer longer-form flash fiction and short stories.
Download or read book This Mortal Dance written by Julian M. Miles and published by Lizards of the Host Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-22 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetical contemplations on life, the nature of friendship and the various aspects of love and grief, verses reflecting on my pagan path, along with fantastical pieces that embroider on weird and supernatural themes. Sometimes humorous, sometimes solemn, occasionally both; a book of hope reflected.
Download or read book Scathe written by Julian M. Miles and published by Lizards of the Host Publishing. This book was released on with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the lead officer of a joint investigation is hospitalised, evidence retrieved supports the unbelievable reports that have been coming in. DI Dan Higgin is sent to take over the operation in NW13. He's to solve and conclude this gruesome case that had been thought closed. Dan's used to dealing with strange cases and interference, but the nature of the assailants and the escalating number of victims forces some unusual choices upon him. As he and his team start to discover what’s behind the situation, more mysteries come to light. The motives of those causing the mayhem are tangled. Some are modern, others rooted deep in the past. What eventually becomes clear is the nature of the threat. In a race against time, they must unravel this mix of mad science, elder secrets, greed and revenge before it kills them all and goes on to kill thousands more.
Download or read book Haajinn written by Julian M. Miles and published by Lizards of the Host Publishing. This book was released on with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “There’s a war on. It’s not about oil, or who’s oppressing who, or which dictator has or hasn’t paid their dues to the right superpower. It’s about the survival of everyone, but we’re still meant to do it without attracting attention.” Grif and his Solomon Team have been at the forefront of the war for many years. He’s beginning to think those who command them are missing the big picture. Then supposedly mindless opponents start demonstrating a malign intelligence, and the genie he formed a pact with out of desperation has to save him from certain death for the seventh time in under a year. Things have never turned this bad this quickly, and he’s sure it’s about to get worse: somebody seems to be trying to kill all the Solomon Teams. Who could do that, why would they try, and how does he stop whatever is sending jinn to wreak havoc on Earth?
Download or read book Hill written by Julian M. Miles and published by Lizards of the Host Publishing. This book was released on with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancients tore Blaecken down, killed the tribe, burnt the lore, and destroyed the settlement. 600 years after that, the king had Blackdean purged from the records, killed the villagers, burned the village, and salted the fields. 923 years later, a company thinks it can profit from what lies under Brackden Mire. They’ve found out why it should remain shunned – but have decided otherwise. D.I. Dan Higgin is getting back to being a police officer who deals with mundane things. Until a hunted man knocks on his door, and tells him of a strange girl, a flash drive, and the truth about a place called Blaecken Hill.
Download or read book The Last Chip from Greenwich written by Julian M. Miles and published by Lizards of the Host Publishing. This book was released on with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One night in future London town, where a theft goes awry and nobody is ready for what follows. The eternal truth of any capital city is that there are a lot of people not doing so well. These 'streets of gold' are tidal in places. Body modifying went from labs to back streets a long time ago. Science was done with it. They'd moved on to creating sentient beings from other species. Anywhere humanity shares home ground with animorphs, the descendants of those decades of genetic tinkering and enhancement science, there's always strong community. Within and about it, there's always brooding hatred. Throw in something that offers a once in a lifetime chance of attaining dreams, vengeance, or escaping the low-end? People will fight for that. Through it all stalk those sent seeking. Some are good. Many are bad. A few are stranger than any would guess. All have secrets. Tonight is a night where secrets cannot hold and may not even save. By dawn, every participant will get some kind of reward.
Download or read book Single White Male written by Julian M. Miles and published by Lizards of the Host Publishing. This book was released on with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fear the Tide. It washes everything away, or it brings lost things back: secrets, crimes, lies. Brannon's memory is like the tide; he can't control it, and he can't hold on to it. Detective Higgin has a problem that is turning into a nightmare, and Brannon is a part of it - or the cause. Under the waxing moon, something new is hunting. Out by the Tide Mills, something old has surfaced. Before the moon wanes, there will be madness, bloodshed, and revelations. Only the truth will survive.
Download or read book Daughter of Eons Second Edition written by Julian M. Miles and published by Lizards of the Host Publishing. This book was released on with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From dystopian tomorrows, through parallel worlds, to discoveries at the furthest edge of mankind’s colonisation of space, the stories in this book will take you far from the days and the ways that you know. Come and share the triumphs and wonders from over a dozen possible tomorrows. Julian M. Miles’ annual ‘Visions of the Future’ anthology series showcase tales from many possible futures in a heady mix of flash and short fiction. But he is aware that flash fiction is a format that simply does not work for some people. This book is for those people, and for anyone else who enjoys thrilling science fantasy tales: it collates the best of the short stories from the out-of-print first 5 years of his annual 'Visions of the Future' short & flash fiction anthologies into a single volume.
Download or read book Exiled Flame written by Julian M. Miles and published by Lizards of the Host Publishing. This book was released on with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DS Tanner and DC Reeves don’t know why this gang are stealing bodies, nor do they know where they get the advanced technology they use to ensure their successes. They’re sure the military know more than is being disclosed, and there’s a hacker involved in ways that are supposed to be impossible. They need to get lucky, and soon. Narbyl is doing the best he can to protect his people. Until they stop coming, he’ll continue to do what he has to, and deal with any consequences as they arise. However, what arrived today could have consequences beyond belief. If he’s unlucky, it’s going to kill millions. A tale about angels, bodysnatching, criminal investigation, demons, goddesses, hacking, loyalty, and magic in a cyberpunk future.
Download or read book Databane written by Julian M. Miles and published by Lizards of the Host Publishing. This book was released on with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lissa Carsen is dangerous. Born with an ability so rare she’s treated as a freak, or nothing but a weapon, by everyone except the team who work with her. Those who command them think they know what she’s capable of. When they find out the truth, everything changes. When her own side turns on her, who can she trust? A cyberpunk action thriller.
Download or read book Church of Rain written by Julian M. Miles and published by Lizards of the Host Publishing. This book was released on with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This planet has known many powers. Some have been regarded as divine. Many are still here. Several are departed, but not necessarily gone. These powers have often clashed. Myths speak of such cataclysms, or hint at forgotten atrocities. A few tragedies left their mark in other ways. Roy Neilder often dreams of an impossible church. He’s sure it’s waiting for something. That something just happened, and it's going to take his life if he doesn't work out what it is, and how to stop it.
Download or read book The Ballad of Septimus Mak written by Julian M. Miles and published by Lizards of the Host Publishing. This book was released on with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Septimus has been a warrior all his life. From legionary to citizen and back again, he’s fought for Rome across Europe and beyond. Now he’s in Albion, the mystical country from whence the druids sprang. Sent to scout the land, he finds a world far removed from the civilisation boasted by Rome, populated by beings beyond the wildest tales of bard and playwright alike. A chance encounter starts him on a journey that will change him from jaded warrior to fey legend. This is the tale of that journey.
Download or read book Six Sixteen written by Julian M. Miles and published by Lizards of the Host Publishing. This book was released on with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conn Docherty has been a contract detective in Metropolis London for twelve years. He thought he'd seen everything the 22nd Century could throw at law enforcement. Then a naked, three-metre-tall woman holds up a tube train. He’s about to find out that what he's experienced is nothing compared to the insanities and truths that lie just out of sight.
Download or read book Stars of Black written by Julian M. Miles and published by Lizards of the Host Publishing. This book was released on with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a tainted play written by a genius who killed himself when it was completed. Any who read it will experience epiphanies beyond endurance. Countless centuries of its malign influence are spanned by the stories in this book. From seventeenth-century buccaneers to twenty-first century soldiers, from Victorian slums to quiet suburban streets, the play and the monarch it tells of have brought ruination and salvation. Inspired by the weird, atmospheric horror of nineteenth century author Robert W. Chambers – Come and meet the original King in Yellow.
