Strange Voyages

ISBN-13: 9781508742661 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 198 str.

Dan Thompson

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An eclectic collection of stories of strange voyages in time and space.

"Dragon Fire" - The pilot of a Fokker Triplane is transferred through time to fight aerial duels with dragons.
"Twilight's Last Gleaming" - An AI interstellar space probe is the last defense for the human race.
"Second Chance" - The crew of a small base on the Moon discovers the remains of ancient alien visitors.
"Prize Crew" - Privateers fight a querrila war against the powerful UNE Navy in the Asteroid Belt.
"Assassin" - Ruthless aliens invade the Solar System and an ancient warship is Earth's last defense.
"Terminator" - In the Asteroid Belt, an alien warship attacks a remote construction site.
"Survivor" - A lone survivor of an attack fights back against an alien hunter machine.
"Praise Patrick" - Patrick's life had little to celebrate about until he found a secret.
"Returns" - Time travel seems like a great idea, but not when you add in the Internal Revenue Service.
"A New Broom" - Survivors of a civilization destroying catastrophe sail across the Atlantic in search of lost technology.
"Fish in a Barrel" - The crew of the "Jefferson" find strange allies in the frigid seas of the new ice age.
"A Matter of Faith" - The Hypatian Confederacy is desperate for an edge in their never ending struggle against the Holy Terran Empire.
"Choices" - One man against the Consensus of the human race.
"The Light on the Sea" - A teenager in a lonely lighthouse off the northwest coast of the US in 1908 gets a strange visitor.
"Doragon" - A 17th century privateer recounts a story of a fantastic voyage to the mysterious orient.
"Housing Shortage" - A research assistant finds a doorway into a strange alternate world.
"Marooned in Paradise" - Having the island of Oahu all to yourself is great until the door back to civilization closes for good.
"New Kid on the Moon" - It's always tough to be the new kid in the neighborhood, but when the neighborhood is on the Moon, it's even tougher.
"Skinwalker" - The Provost of a remote military base encounters a danger that seems to be supernatural.

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