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Darkness Within, the third book ofĀ Tales of the Associated Worlds, is now officially released, in both paperback and Kindle e-book formats. It can be obtained here: Primarily set after the Core War, this book returns to the style of āVignettes of the Star Empireā, with more nanofiction from the
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The Kindle version ofĀ Darkness WithinĀ isĀ now available for pre-order on Amazon, with delivery expected on December 13th, priced at $6.99. (The paperback, for those of you who prefer physical books, is slightly held up in processing, but should also be available shortly.)
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Also, for those of you who donāt yet own copies of the earlier books in the series, special countdown deals on the Kindle editions of bothĀ Vignettes of the Star EmpireĀ andĀ The Core War and Other StoriesĀ are now running on Amazon.
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After a troubled period in its development, I am delighted to be able to announce that the third book in the Tales of the Associated Worlds series, Darkness Within and Other Stories, will be released on December 12th this year in Kindle e-book and paperback. Pre-orders will be open soon.
Darkness Within
Sometimes AthnĆ©Ć«lās random factors are kind. I grin like an idiot, staring into the hole my obliging drones have cut into the engineering bulkhead. Although, to be fair, that might be the oxy-tox. Itās there. Itās intact. A geodesic sphere wrapped in golden foil, glittering in the
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(And now, we continue.) The bytescanner sings in my ears, a song of disconnected network segments, lost packets, and failed rerouting attempts, interrupted by the few remaining segments of the shipās mesh still on-line in the hulk of the aft section. Few were major nodes, most were isolated, and
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I frown at the vibration ā almost a mechanical scream ā of the reaction gyros against my back, then dismiss the thought. For certain, they are out of balance: holding this much mass on true means overdriving them, even if they havenāt been damaged by the collision. Nothing canĀ be done;
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ping ping ping ping ping Grid minus two, plus eleven. Negative ping response. This is taking too long. Itās been almost two of my three hours. And so farā¦ ping ping ping ping ping Grid minus one, plus eleven. Negative ping response. ā¦no sign of the cutter. Just some
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FROM: CS GRITFISTĀ (FIELD FLEET RIMWARD) TO: FIELD FLEET RIMWARD COMMAND (CS ARMIGEROUS PROPERTARIAN) *** ROUTINE *** FLEET CONFIDENTIAL E256 *** OVERDUE FOLLOWUP REF: TASK GROUP R-4-118 REF: OVERDUE STATUS, CSĀ GUTPUNCH 1. AS PER TASK GROUP ORDERS ORIGINATING CS UNDERBELT, HAVE PROCEEDED WITH COHORT, CS GOUGER, TO LAST KNOWN POSITION CSĀ GUTPUNCH,
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Z plus four seconds Mind-state transmission received: 3.301229 exp 16 octets validated. Identity confirmed: Isif Alclair-ith-Alclair [UCID and mindprint match]. Reinstantiatingā¦ Dynamic mind-state analysis confirms mental integrity. Cannot contact Am-I-Me service [no endpoint]. Cannot contact Identity Tribunal (proxy) [no endpoint]. Cannot contact incarnation insurance provider (proxy) [no endpoint]. Identity
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Z minus four minutes: Damn it. Well, Iāll try, sister. Iāll try hard. Last parts are mounted, the couch from the cutter ā right through the forward viewport ā and the spare PLSS pack. Software tests clean. The script is ready to shut me down onĀ Gutpunchās servers and
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Transfer complete. Transfer complete. Transfer complete. Transfer complete. Transfer complete. Initiate final testing sequence. There IĀ go, then. All ready, and at least three minutes ahead of schedule. The new guidance code; the suit life-support hackage; the router rewire; a command VUI; and some scripts to hold the damned mess