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The Sword of Jupiter (Imperium #1) - Chapter 13

 

The next morning Ky was led to the Emperor, who had set up a meeting  for Ky to lay out the groundwork of what needed to be done before the  Carthaginians descended on the Ro...

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The Sword of Jupiter (Imperium #1) - Chapter 12

 

His conversation with Lucilla lasted several more slow laps before  one of the Emperor’s guards found them, signaling it was time to head  towards the Colosseum. After they...

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Burying the Past Releases Nov. 23rd (22nd for Patrons)

The new Taylor book, Burying the Past, will drop on Amazon on the 23rd.  For patrons at the Supporter tier and up, the downloadable version of the book will post up here on the 22nd.

Kee...

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The Sword of Jupiter (Imperium #1) - Chapter 11

 

“Princeps,  I would like a word with you!” Ky said as they walked up the steps of  the imperial complex, away from the wildly cheering crowds.

“I thought you migh...

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Playing by Ear (Country Roads #1) - Chapter 1

(Rewrite 4/26/2023)

“Baby, wake up. Come on, you’re starting school today.”

I groaned as my dream vanished, the grand mansion replaced by the fake wood-paneled walls of our crampe...

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New Story

I've started work on a new story.  The Sword of Jupiter won't be stopping any time soon, but it's going to be really long, probably clocking in at 250,000 words (as opposed to the 75,000 words...

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The Sword of Jupiter (Imperium #1) - Chapter 10

 

While the legionnaires finished off the last pockets of resistance,  Ky found Velius near the front of his troops, yelling and even kicking a  few to get his units pulled bac...

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The Sword of Jupiter (Imperium #1) - Chapter 9

 

“Why are you fighting me?” Ky asked the AI as he walked back to the Roman lines.

“Query not understood. Please restate.

“I  have to work harder to ...

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The Sword of Jupiter (Imperium #1) - Chapter 8

 

Seventh Legion & Ninth Legion Camps, South of Devnum

Velius  led Ky towards a much larger tent in the center of the camp, which he  assumed was Vel...

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Burying the Past (John Taylor #4) - Chapter 17

 

“...and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God,” Kara said, finishing the oath and lowering her right hand.

T...

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Burying the Past (John Taylor #4) - Chapter 16

 

Both Taylor and Whitaker were winded as they turned the corner and finished the run from Allied Mechanical Systems to the water processing station that held Allied’s high-pressure in...

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$5 Tier and Above Not Seeing New Chapters

I've just been made aware that some patrons who are on the $5 or above tier aren't able to see the chapters that I've been posting (they show as locked even though you're a current patron who's at ...

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Burying the Past (John Taylor #4) - Chapter 15

Taylor moved around the edge of the car he’d been using as cover in case more terrorist had come out while the tac team was clearing the building and holstered his weapon. Considering the tac tea...

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Burying the Past (John Taylor #4) - Chapter 14

 

Highland County, Virginia

The helicopter trip to western Virginia reminded Taylor strongly of his days in the service. Looking at the slightly older, early gener...

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Burying the Past (John Taylor #4) - Chapter 13

 

Washington DC

They spent the rest of the day working on Bennett without much success. Taylor had been more right than he knew, as her rumblings became more incoh...

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Burying the Past (John Taylor #4) - Chapter 12

 

It was still dark outside when Whitaker’s cell phone rang. Taylor, who was usually the first of the pair to wake up thanks to being a light sleeper since his first deployment, found ...

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Burying the Past (John Taylor #4) - Chapter 11

 

Taylor found Whitaker in her office. It occurred to him, on the elevator ride up, the one actually good thing out of being an employee of the FBI, even temporarily, was the pass that l...

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Burying the Past (John Taylor #4) - Chapter 10

 

“You’re...” Kara started to say as Taylor and Whitaker walked into their apartment and stopped, staring at them. “What happened?”

“We had a very bad day,” Taylor sa...

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Burying the Past (John Taylor #4) - Chapter 9

 

Taylor turned and sprinted as fast as his legs would carry him through the gate of the water treatment plant shouting, “Gas.”

While the sheriff and deputy both just stared at...

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Burying the Past (John Taylor #4) - Chapter 8

 

The ring felt like an anchor in Taylor's pocket, weighing him down as he and Kara walked back into the apartment. It struck him as odd how easy it was to ignore the phone, wallet, keys...

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Burying the Past (John Taylor #4) - Chapter 7

 

University of Tennessee

It was still early enough in the day when they were able to track the sponsor down at his office on campus. Taylor started getting an itc...

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Burying the Past (John Taylor #4) - Chapter 6

 

It had taken them a while to get back, with a two hour stop at the hospital so the kid's cuts and scrapes could be cleaned and the one broken leg set in a cast. He also had a broken ri...

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Burying the Past Character Name Change

For those following along with the (admittedly very slowly) posting chapters, the name of the character Bullard has changed to Crawford.  I've gone back and altered the chapters already posted...

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Burying the Past (John Taylor #4) - Chapter 5

When they landed, a car from the local field office met them on the tarmac. The way Crawford started with the agent waiting at the car without prelude, suggested to Taylor that he’d either coordi...

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Burying the Past (John Taylor #4) - Chapter 4

As she’d suggested, Taylor and Whitaker found themselves available the next morning as agents continued to run down leads. While Taylor was glad that they were able to keep their appointment, he ...

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Burying the Past (John Taylor #4) - Chapter 3

Crawford broke off from them at the Tuscon airport, saying he still thought there was something to investigate there, and seemed pretty confident that Qasim or his men weren’t still in town. Whit...

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Compelte Destiny Saga #5: No Good Deed

The fifth book in the destiny saga is complete.  The full book will be available in a day or so here for patrons, and up for pre-order in the next few days.


It should release wide in...

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No Good Deed (Destiny Saga #5) - Chapter 26

 

When I’d said I was going to get tired of being on bed rest for multiple weeks, I hadn’t known the half of it. A week and a half into my recovery period, and I was starting to go stir cra...

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Updated to No Good Deed - Chapter 24

Somehow I managed to duplicate chapter 23 instead of putting up the real chapter 24.  I've updated that post to have the correct post.

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No Good Deed (Destiny Saga #5) - Chapter 25

 

Considering the number of times, someone’s pointed a gun at me over the last few years and my enhanced reflexes, I would have said I was ready to deal with situations like this. In fact, I...

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