Travis Starnes

The Plains of Pluto - Chapter 26 (Final)

Camp Banwīhraz, Central Germania

Medb walked quickly toward the door to the walled prison building from her carriage. She had too much dignity to run, ...

The Plains of Pluto - Chapter 25

Greece

Ky moved through the muddy forward trench that still had not dried in spite of the lack of rain for the past week and the relatively warm temperatures. The dampness wa...

The Plains of Pluto - Chapter 24

Alexandria, Egypt

Valdar watched Alexandria grow in size as his fleet approached the city, holding onto the short ceiling of the heavily armored riverboat that wasn't meant t...

The Barons' War - Chapter 4

Frozen Sea, Near the Silent Isles

William didn’t know if he’d ever been this cold. Even through thick gloves, he could barely feel his fingers, and ice crystals had forme...

The Plains of Pluto - Chapter 23

Greece

Mud caked their boots in thick, sucking globs as Ky and Modius made their way down the secondary trench. Recent rainfall combined with thousands of men moving through ...

The Plains of Pluto - Chapter 22

Greece

Gundomar pressed against the muddy trench wall as another shell screamed overhead. Thirty yards behind their position, it detonated, hurling dirt and metal fragments i...

The Plains of Pluto - Chapter 21

Factorium

“Empress,” Hortensius said to Lucilla, and she and her guards were ushered around into the firing range. “Your timing is perfect. We’ve just completed our f...

The Barons' War - Chapter 3

Sidorian Army Camp, Outside Rendallia City

Isolde crossed the muddy ground between the tents, her ladies-in-waiting and the handful of guards Pembroke required to be with her...

The Plains of Pluto - Chapter 20

Camp Banwīhraz, Central Germania

Medb settled onto the rough wooden bench in the watchtower just as the sun started to make its way over the horizon. S...

Out of Control - Chapter 9

For the next several weeks I became a ghost. Not literally, though after what happened in that physics lab, who knew what was possible, but at least socially. Classes, meals, sleep, and the bare mi...

The Barons' War - Chapter 2

Bleakwater Straight

The weight of Marrow’s Bane felt strange in William’s hands. For as long as it was, the full length of a longsword, it wasn’t as heavy as he would h...

The Plains of Pluto - Chapter 19

Eastern Germania

Ky frowned as he read over the latest reports from the observation balloons. While he had been pleased that they finally had good weather for the balloons to...

The Plains of Pluto - Chapter 18

Devnum

For the third time in a short few months, Lucilla made her way into the Imperial Forum in hopes of finally getting the conscription laws through and the men in trainin...

The Blackstar Legacy - Chapter 11

Other than the journal, which gave context for what was happening in the tower when the Calaphium fell, there wasn’t much else in the living area to give them information on the Blackstar. They h...

The Plains of Pluto - Chapter 17

Medb was happy to finally get off the train. With the exception of two short boat rides, she had been on one for the past five days, traveling up from Kalb to the coast of Gaul and then from Londin...

The Barons' War (Shattered Lands #3) - Chapter 1

Drayford, Dunwic’s Reach, Kingsheart

It took several minutes for the banging at the door, firm as it was, to push through into William’s consciousness. The days following...

The Plains of Pluto - Chapter 16

Southern Wistla River

Leodgar walked along the iron top deck of the Isarna, enjoying a few minutes of calm night air. These iron ships were a miracle and he’d shown dozens ...

The Plains of Pluto - Chapter 15

Lucilla set aside another report detailing Egyptian raids on Britannian merchant vessels. They were getting bolder by the day. Kalb had started to send out patrols to slow some of the bleeding, but...

The Blackstar Legacy - Chapter 10

Osric pushed against the massive doors, straining hard to get them to move enough to let them in. The entire thing strained against its ancient hinges. It occurred to Osric that if the baron’s me...

The Plains of Pluto - Chapter 14

Port Caralos

The sickly-sweet stench of sweat disease permeated the makeshift hospital wing. It was overwhelming. He made this trip every day, even with the quarantine in pla...

The Blackstar Legacy - Chapter 9

The night was an uneasy one. Even with someone on guard, no one slept well. The crazy old man wasn’t the problem; he curled up and slept the sleep of someone completely unbothered by his surround...

The Plains of Pluto - Chapter 13

Devnum

Lucilla walked with purpose, her head up and her face set like stone, as she crossed the courtyard and started up the steps toward the Imperial Forum. Ministers and ot...

The Blackstar Legacy - Chapter 8

Osric breathed a sigh of relief as he and his companions finally moved out of sight of the teeming mass of moths. They might not be able to cross whatever invisible line had stopped them, but the v...

The Plains of Pluto - Chapter 12

Factorium

Hortensius hurried onto the shooting range they had set up behind one of the factories on the west side of town. He’d scheduled this test two days ago, but a sudden emergency with...

The Blackstar Legacy - Chapter 7

The night spent in the shadow of the Claws had been an uneasy one, and Osric wasn’t sure anyone got enough rest. It was made worse by sounds, ranging from howls to strange clicking, that went on ...

Cover Reveal: The Plains of Pluto

Question for the future

What other genres would you be interested in seeing. I almost certainly won't start anything new for at least a year (cause I have enough ongoing stuff right now), but I have ideas for a bunch of d...

Out of Control - Chapter 7

Note: Not sure how I missed posting this. Sorry about that.

It was the sunlight hitting just across my eyes that woke me up. For a second, I tried to figure out where I was. ...

Out of Control - Chapter 8

I shut the door behind me and leaned against it. It was still afternoon and the dorm was mostly quiet. Some kids were moving in, but classes started Monday, so most were here already. I guess this ...

Second Down - Chapter 40

The next week flew by and before I knew it, it was Christmas morning and I was waking up to the sound of muffled voices downstairs. I loved Christmas and was excited, although a lot of that was tem...