In The Company of Cowards
by D.A. Boulter
Price: $2.99 USD. 79980 words.
Published on September 12, 2012. Fiction.
Rel Panace believes himself a coward for running from hoodlums who would beat him. Only the intervention of Coll, a man with a brand upon his left cheek, saves him.
Only those guilty of cowardice in battle are so branded. Coll and his companions call themselves the Rookschlo: The Betrayed.
Though branded cowards, soon the city will depend on the Rookschlo for salvation - and Rel with them.
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D.A. Boulter
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Enemy of Korgan
by D.A. Boulter
Price: $2.99 USD. 109380 words. Published on June 26, 2012. Fiction.
Already prospector, smuggler and spy, after witnessing the ambush of a caravan, Lorne finds that life has just become complicated. What can a man of honour do when he finds himself working for both sides? After protecting those he would otherwise consider enemies, the hated Korgans take him in and honour him as a hero. Then Lorne begins to work for them even as he plots their destruction.
Price: $2.99 USD. 109380 words. Published on June 26, 2012. Fiction.
Already prospector, smuggler and spy, after witnessing the ambush of a caravan, Lorne finds that life has just become complicated. What can a man of honour do when he finds himself working for both sides? After protecting those he would otherwise consider enemies, the hated Korgans take him in and honour him as a hero. Then Lorne begins to work for them even as he plots their destruction.
The Steadfasting
by D.A. Boulter
Price: $3.99 USD. 94560 words. Published on April 19, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
When Karsten accepted the role of Steadfast, he knew not that he would get saddled with a stubborn, angry, young woman whom he could trust not with his life nor the secret of his mission. Arialla so desired to escape Kellok's Crossing that she accepted a man she believed both without honour and a coward. Yea, and superstitious, for who but a child believed in Lehr Cats, Woodsies and sorcery?
Price: $3.99 USD. 94560 words. Published on April 19, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review) When Karsten accepted the role of Steadfast, he knew not that he would get saddled with a stubborn, angry, young woman whom he could trust not with his life nor the secret of his mission. Arialla so desired to escape Kellok's Crossing that she accepted a man she believed both without honour and a coward. Yea, and superstitious, for who but a child believed in Lehr Cats, Woodsies and sorcery?
Courtesan
by D.A. Boulter
Price: $2.99 USD. 71790 words. Published on March 6, 2011. Fiction.
(4.50 from 2 reviews)
She needed a ship to escape pursuers; he a companion on a trip to the stars. The bargain seemed straightforward, but neither told the other everything. Jaswinder Saroya, hyperspace physicist, on the run from parties unknown who may wish to bury her research and her along with it signs on with Johannes Yrden, Family Trader and starship pilot, as a Courtesan in order to escape.
Price: $2.99 USD. 71790 words. Published on March 6, 2011. Fiction.
(4.50 from 2 reviews) She needed a ship to escape pursuers; he a companion on a trip to the stars. The bargain seemed straightforward, but neither told the other everything. Jaswinder Saroya, hyperspace physicist, on the run from parties unknown who may wish to bury her research and her along with it signs on with Johannes Yrden, Family Trader and starship pilot, as a Courtesan in order to escape.
Prey
by D.A. Boulter
Price: Free! 5990 words. Published on January 19, 2011. Fiction.
(4.50 from 2 reviews)
Science Fiction short story. Krin Tlento finds herself on the run from the bulls of the barendi herd she was hunting. Her radio sabotaged, she has but one option: to face death with honor, as befits one of the People of Tlar, with her fangs in the throat of a barendi bull. In the unlikely event she should survive, her second priority is to retake her ship from the mutineers who left her to die.
Price: Free! 5990 words. Published on January 19, 2011. Fiction.
(4.50 from 2 reviews) Science Fiction short story. Krin Tlento finds herself on the run from the bulls of the barendi herd she was hunting. Her radio sabotaged, she has but one option: to face death with honor, as befits one of the People of Tlar, with her fangs in the throat of a barendi bull. In the unlikely event she should survive, her second priority is to retake her ship from the mutineers who left her to die.
Ghost Fleet
by D.A. Boulter
Price: $3.99 USD. 104080 words. Published on January 19, 2011. Fiction.
(4.50 from 2 reviews)
Military Science Fiction / Space Opera Lieutenant-Commander Mart Britlot wants to save the human Confederation from the Tlartox by enlisting allies that no one else believes in; Tlartox Admiral Tlomega desires to destroy the Confederation in retribution and thus restore her people's dignity; and the Tlartox underground conspirators—well, no one knows what they want, but everyone will find out.
Price: $3.99 USD. 104080 words. Published on January 19, 2011. Fiction.
(4.50 from 2 reviews) Military Science Fiction / Space Opera Lieutenant-Commander Mart Britlot wants to save the human Confederation from the Tlartox by enlisting allies that no one else believes in; Tlartox Admiral Tlomega desires to destroy the Confederation in retribution and thus restore her people's dignity; and the Tlartox underground conspirators—well, no one knows what they want, but everyone will find out.
Pilton's Moon / Vengeance is Mine
by D.A. Boulter
Price: $2.99 USD. 40660 words. Published on October 1, 2010. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review)
2 SF Novellas. Pilton's Moon: The Tswentap, a spider-like alien species, murdered every human on Pilton's Moon. Now, Brendon Kinso must approach them to discover what lies behind the killing of his brother, a former miner on that Moon. Vengeance is Mine: After a surprise attack, the sole surviving human ship encounters an alien species which might alter the galactic balance of power.
Price: $2.99 USD. 40660 words. Published on October 1, 2010. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review) 2 SF Novellas. Pilton's Moon: The Tswentap, a spider-like alien species, murdered every human on Pilton's Moon. Now, Brendon Kinso must approach them to discover what lies behind the killing of his brother, a former miner on that Moon. Vengeance is Mine: After a surprise attack, the sole surviving human ship encounters an alien species which might alter the galactic balance of power.
Pelgraff
by D.A. Boulter
Price: $3.99 USD. 72660 words. Published on August 3, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Humans and the gorilla-like Pagayans lived in peace on the planet Pelgraff until the Damargs arrived. Now civil war has erupted. Alan McLean, bitter ex-New Brittain police officer, accepts an offer to help train the men of an Interplanetary Brigade going there to fight. He finds himself drawn into the conflict even as politics makes the prospect of eventual victory increasingly unlikely.
Price: $3.99 USD. 72660 words. Published on August 3, 2010. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review) Humans and the gorilla-like Pagayans lived in peace on the planet Pelgraff until the Damargs arrived. Now civil war has erupted. Alan McLean, bitter ex-New Brittain police officer, accepts an offer to help train the men of an Interplanetary Brigade going there to fight. He finds himself drawn into the conflict even as politics makes the prospect of eventual victory increasingly unlikely.