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Dark Quest edition of "Breach The Hull" coming soon.

Now available from Dark Quest Books,
Book I in the award-winning Defending the Future series.

"So It Begins", Breach the Hull book II, Anthology of Military Science Fiction

Defending The Future Book II, So It Begins

On Site:

So It Begins, Homepage
"So It Begins", Icon / Patch Project
"So It Begins", Cover Art, CGI images
"So It Begins" Promo Page
Project Timeline Nov07-May09
Cover Image


Story Excepts:

"First Line" by Danielle Ackley-McPhail
"Cling Peaches" by Mike McPhail
"Confrontation" by Charles G. Weekes

 

Off Site:

Dark Quest Books (site is under redesign)
MilSciFi.com (Interviews w/t contributors)

 

Stats:

Publisher:
Dark Quest
23 Alec Drive
Howell, New Jersey 07731
 www.darkquestbooks.com

 

Genre: Science Fiction
Sub-genre: Military
Type: Anthology
Page Count: 224
Size:  Projected 6x 9 inches
Cover: Color, CGI
Illustrations: B/W, line art
First Edition: March 2009 AD (uc48)

 

ISBN (hardcover):  scheduled
ISBN (trade paper): 978-0-9796901-5-0
      Price: $14.95 (US)
ISBN (e-Book):       available
ISBN (Kindle):         available

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UPDATES:

Breach The Hull (BTH), So It Begins (SIB),
By Other Means (BOM)

 

 

   
09JUN24 Breach The Hull in the new Defending The Future series format-- from Dark Quest Books --is now available on Amazon! But remember, the older Marietta Publishing version is also on Amazon, so be careful when placing your order.
09JUN08a JDR was suppose to be launching his new Radiation Angel book with me at the SIB launch. Odds are his book also ran into this new problem.
09JUN08 Lighting Source has accepted the new cover for BTH; hopefully the publisher (I no longer get the proof) will get it shortly.
09JUN04 Okay, the reason we didn't have any of the new Dark Quest BTH, is because Lighting Source changed their submission requirement for covers. Instead of normal CMYK they require Rich Black in stead of K (plain 100% black). It took me three hours, and a trip to the internet to work it out (need to change the RGB conversion settings). We uploaded the new cover to the publisher yesterday, so hopefully they will get their acts together.
09MAYxx David Sherman is considering writing a new DemonTech short story for BOM.
09MAYxx The Dark Quest reprint of BTH (DTF series) should be available shortly online; as always, there is some glitch over at Lighting Source.
09MAYxx Almost forgot, SIB was a Finalist in the New Generation Indie Book Awards 2009, for both Anthology and Short Story. Why is this note worthy, we went up against mainstream books, not only small press Sci-Fi.
09MAY28a Sales of BTH are keeping pace with SIB.
09MAY28 The publisher of SIB, just confirmed that the book has already broken even (setup and contributor copy costs), not bad considering it took the first BTH over a year to do that.
09MAYxx We started work on DTF III, By Other Means, we have almost filled the 16 slots slatted for the book. Keep in mind, these are authors I've talked to who wanted to be in the next book; story submission officially start in 2010-02.
09MAYxx The launch party at Balticon went great, thanks to the leadership of Danielle, and the help of all our friends and fans.
 

PROPOSED PROJECTS:

"Hyperspace Engineering"
(an overview of translight drive engineering and hyperspatial  theory)
An article for MilSciFi.com Magazine
(scheduled for late 2009)

"By Other Means"
Book III in the award-winning Defending The Future series.
(scheduled for late 2010)

 

The continuation of the Defending the Future series:
(not scheduled, but under negotiations)
Book IV: "Best Laid Plans (BLP)"
Book V: "Dies Been Cast (DBC)"

 Book VI: "Issue In Doubt (IID)"

Publication of the Alliance Archive's Martial Role-Playing Game.
The All'Arc MRPG
(scheduled for 2010)

Published through
Dark Quest Games in association with MilSciFi.com.
 


PAST PROJECTS:
 

"Breach the Hull", Anthology of Military Science Fiction

On Site:

"Breach The Hull.1", Homepage
"Breach The Hull.1"
, Icon / Patch Project

"Breach The Hull.1"
, Cover Art, CGI images


Story Excepts:

"Wayward Child", by Mike McPhail
"In The Dying Light"
, by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

 

Off Site:

Marietta Publishing
MilSciFi.com (Interviews w/t contributors)

 

"No Longer Dreams", Mix Anthology, Horror, Sci Fi, Fantasy

On Site:

"No Longer Dreams", Homepage

 

Story Excepts:

"Chimera", by Mike McPhail

 

Off Site:

Lite Circle Press
Sidhe na Daire Multimedia

 

 

 

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