Frank Calcagno


Biography

Frank Calcagno, Jr. works as a senior engineering geologist and security specialist in the Washington, D.C. area. He and his lovely wife have two wonderful daughters. Frank has been involved in soccer at all levels for over forty years, is an amateur astronomer, an avid reader, a fan of the Napoleonic Era, and a wargame designer/developer. He holds degrees from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

The Tales of the Antares Rangers is his first published series.

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Books

The Centauri Project    by Frank Calcagno
Price: $2.99 USD. 180750 words. Published on November 29, 2011. Fiction.

The Earth has changed after 150 years of global terror. Leaders struggle to protect citizens. Humanity is poised to launch their first interstellar colony ship, but not if the environmentalists have a say. In addition, a Caliphate agent plots a plutonium theft. As Mark Taylor scours the solar system for stable colonists, little does he realize the future fate of the colony may rest in his hands.
The D'war'en Heir    by Frank Calcagno
Price: $2.99 USD. 95630 words. Published on July 14, 2011. Fiction.

The teenage crew of the sentient starship, Sampson K. Perry, has a forty-day supply of food...for a 500-year voyage back home. But the planet they discover harboring life holds one additional suprise—a feudal civilization that speaks an ancient Earth language. Why the D'war'en are hundreds of light years from the Colonies is one thing, but more importantly, will they willingly share their food?
Murder at Midnight on a Sailboat    by Frank Calcagno
Price: $0.99 USD. 59280 words. Published on May 19, 2011. Fiction.

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Norman and Kathy see their dream honeymoon turn into a nightmare on a resort filled with incompetent staff. Trying to salvage something worthwhile out of their dismal trip, they sign up for a murder mystery cruise on a small Italian yacht. After all, how could things get any worse? Join Norman and Kathy as they set sail with an odd set of fellow vacationers on a wild romp through the Caribbean.
The First Human War    by Frank Calcagno
Price: Free! 111200 words. Published on September 18, 2010. Fiction.

Fourteen year-old Peter Campbell and his four classmates are stuck on a sentient starship during a class trip when the base is attacked. The quirky ship has yet to develop his full personality, yet must escape the battle - until he is knocked off-line. The kids send the ship into hyperspace, coming out lost and with no adults left alive. Thus begins the 1,000-year Tales of the Antares Rangers.

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