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Eric Aune

The Ripple Effect
Book 1

Our world has become very technologically oriented. Nearly every person in the developed world depends on electrical power in some form and the multitude of devices it powers. People living in every city, in every country, and on every continent, depend on computers to assist in their daily lives.

The delicate circuitry of computers is an integral part of many everyday things we rely on: Vehicles, ships, planes, factories, phones, kitchen appliances, watches, radios, and on and on. The satellites that support the flow of digital information these devices need in order to function are also totally dependent on electric power. If the electricity does not flow… our world will stop.

What would happen if suddenly all that technology was gone in an instant? What would our world be like then? Could our civilization even remain civil? What would happen to us?

A group of people from a neighborhood located in a Los Angeles suburb are forced to answer that question. They have to work together to survive in this new world that is facing them. Danger threatens them almost immediately, and they realize that staying where they are is not in their best interests. They have to find a safer place.

A member of this newly formed family, Brian Dailey, has a father who owns horse stables in Chino, about forty miles to the east. It’s less populated and they believe it will be safer than staying where they are.

When they arrive, they find things are not quite as safe as they hoped. Brian’s father, Richard, has a plan. He knows of a place they can go that will be safe for their new family, because it will be far away from any big cities, but first, they have to arrange transportation, and he has a plan for that too.

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Eric Aune

The Journey North
Book 2: The Ripple Effect

The Family has completed what Richard told them was the first part of the journey, they are at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, California. Soon after they arrive, Richard explains more of his plan. For the second part of their journey they would be taking a train from the museum to a small town in the California Gold Country, high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, named Jamestown.

Like Perris, it has a railway museum and Richard said he had gotten to know some of the museum folks in Jamestown, through phone calls and emails. It looked perfect. It was far away from any large cities. They should not have the problems with looters and marauders like those that had forced them to flee their homes in search of safety.

First, they had to get the train ready to travel. However, it wasn’t as easy as they hoped. While preparing the train for travel, they soon found Perris was just big enough to have some of the same problems they were escaping from, but they also found more people like themselves who wanted to work together to survive in this new world they found themselves in.

They had to survive marauders and extreme weather, but soon they were on their way north. The departure had come at a high price with the loss of Family members but they had also grown, as others chose to join them.

Their journey north will take them into the Mojave desert, through the mountains, and into the San Joaquin Valley. There are small towns and larger cities that they will have to contend with. Unfortunately, they have little choice on which route they can take to get to Jamestown, and safety. They have to go where the train tracks lead them. Their only goal was to make it north to Jamestown, and security, where they hope to make a new and safe life for themselves far away from the chaos they have seen.

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Kyle Matthew Aarons

Ripples of Aggression

Following in the same Universe as Brile and O’Connell’s Grenadiers, Kyle has developed The A.I.M. (Association of Independent Mercenaries) Chronicles and written a complete book, Ripples of Aggression.

Now set as The A.I.M. Chronicles: Ripples of Aggression, it is only available on Amazon in either Printed Softback or as an EBook.

The arrival in the Jakarta system comes with new challenges for the kids of the Blood Brawlers, but nothing they were unaccustomed to, or so they thought!

Would a lifetime of being a ‘merc brat’ allow one teen to regain redemption from a haunted past or would ripples of former aggressions be the downfall of not only himself but those who suddenly need to count on his lifelong lessons and scars that can only come with being an A.I.M. dependent?

E. Arthur Carkeek

Drummer Boy Book 1: Honour Thy Family

The Limehouse was among the poorest sections of London, in the early 19th century. Thomas Marking was born to a poor wounded veteran and his wife. Not able to work, due to his wounds, they were living on his meager pension. At almost twelve years of age, Thomas volunteers for the Kings service as a drummer boy to help his war-wounded father and mother survive. This was a time when most of Europe was fighting Emperor Napoleon, so going into battle was not at all out of the question. This is a tale of one young boy’s bravery, family honor, and finding out just what he was made of.

Drummer Boy Book 2: Beyond Talavera

After saving General Wellesly’s flank at Talavera, Thomas Marking was ordered to England as part of a recruitment plan. Along the way, he helps to capture a prize ship, dedicates his battle flags to the King, and receives a promotion along with orders directly from Viscount Chelsea, the most powerful man of His Majesty’s Army.

After some time in England, Thomas Making sets out into the new and unknown world of the Guerrilla Fighter. Something totally unknown to the powers that be of the time. His new adventures take him into the sordid world of undercover spies with the inherent danger that that murky world was renowned for.

Ultimately, Thomas was assigned to a most mundane General who had no idea what Thomas and his little army could do but assigns Thomas and his men to what may be his last battle. Thomas’s future would ultimately be held in the hands of those around him, but even they, in the last minutes, would be hard-pressed to save the one they had given their trust and undying love to. The die is cast and only cunning and valour can save him and his beloved troops.

Drummer Boy Book 3: The Road North

After the battle at Albuera, Marshall Beresford assumes that Thomas Marking and his entire battalion perished at the redoubt. He reports this as fact to Viscount Wellington. Wellington takes the report as fact and sends it to London.

The War Department writes off Thomas and disbands his unit. Yet, while grievously wounded at Olivenca, Thomas has survived. Being reported as deceased, what was Thomas now to do? And what about his now disbanded battalion?

His faith was completely shaken by this turn of events, Was there a way to complete his sworn mission of seeing the French leave the peninsula and take revenge on his former British allies?

Cynus

Mask of the Hunter

Halloween is a night of mystery and magic; for Samuel Cleese, it is no exception. When attending a masquerade goes awry, he’s drawn into the most magical night of his life. Who is the mysterious man whose face is hidden by a dark mask, and what does the future hold for Samuel?

From the Cup of the Worthless

Family isn’t only a matter of blood, and sometimes the only blood required is that shed in defense of those you consider family. In the world of organized crime, the family you belong to is everything. Nobuyuki Sato, a young member of the Inagawa-kai Yakuza Clan, is eager to prove himself to his father, Masahiro Sato. When he attracts the interest of Viktor Karimov, the son of the Chief of Police, Nobuyuki is certain he’s gained an important foothold in the city of Vladivostok, but it all begins to fall apart as Nobuyuki develops feelings for Viktor. Nobuyuki must learn to balance love and loyalty in order to keep his father’s favor, and Viktor alive; not everyone is happy with Nobuyuki’s actions or position.

Rivers of the Dead

Death is better left undisturbed, but some people don’t know any better. After the death of his best friend, Ethan, Caleb Neild ventures into The Underworld to seek Ethan’s soul and bring him back to the world of the living. He requests the help of the mythical Orpheus, bard turned psychopomp, to find The One Who Rules Beneath and must cross the dreaded six rivers of the afterlife.

Ron Wolfwalker

Death God: The Necromancer

In a world where things that go bump in the night might eat you, Evan Falchion has kept Clark County, Nevada free of those creatures for years. Now with a new law that makes Vampires and Lycanthropes legal, he has to deal with the un-dead and furry crowd wanting to come to Vegas for a vacation.

Death God: the Vampire

Serving a warrant of Execution was becoming common place for Evan Falchion, the most powerful Necromancer in history. What Evan did not expect was to be handed a warrant on a human, granted the human had been involved in human sacrifice and the events that led to the death of his apprentice. But he did not expect to find a twin brother to his apprentice, nor did he expect to land a case that involved a Vampire that had messy eating habits and was forced to leave Europe because of said dining habits turned the stomachs of all the other Vampires of Europe.

Death God: The Warlock

Raising the dead so they can be moved to their final resting place is anything but routine for Evan Falchion. Feeling a pull to the east, Evan follows his power that had spilt over the countryside, where he finds another mass grave that feels exactly like the one he had just finished raising the last of the victims of what everyone thinks is a serial killer.

But as the mystery deepens and those who should be protecting the innocent instead serve evil Evan finds himself facing an evil that had destroyed the lush jungles of the Sahara. Facing an evil that does not belong in this world, Evan has to find the strength to do what in ages past took an army of Necromancers to destroy.

And if that was not enough to ensure Evan had a bad week, Rogue Werewolves decide to attack the homeless that live under the streets of Las Vegas.

Terence Audette

Protecting David

Haunted by the realization that he is gay, an Army Ranger quits the service so that he can return to the anonymity of the woods and streams of rural Wisconsin and live in peace in the land he loves. He never dreamed of meeting the handsome young man with Black hair and green eyes that would change his life completely.

Who would have guessed that Mark would fall for David instantly and that David would immediately fall ass over teakettle into the water he was fishing in. This inauspicious meeting soon blossoms into a partnership that could span a lifetime.