Kal Spriggs

Tag: Aliens

  • Renegades Out of the Cold Snippet Two

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    Snippet One brought everyone up to speed on what’s going on, snippet two leads right into the action: “Captain,” Simon said, “They’ve brought their weapons online and they’ve gone active on their radar.” Mike grimaced.  The piddling sensors on that ancient pirate vessel would probably be painfully inadequate under normal circumstances.  The Gebnar mounted some…

  • Renegades: Out of the Cold Coming Soon!

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    I’m excited to announce that the next book of the Renegades series will be coming soon to Amazon.   Renegades: Out of the Cold takes up where Renegades: Origins left off.   The band of misfits, pirates, and aliens have returned to human space. The Renegades are coming out of the cold. They have escaped…

  • Book Review: Frank Chadwick’s How Dark the World Becomes

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    Frank Chadwick’s How Dark the World Becomes is a space opera, adventure science fiction novel from Baen Books. I’ll admit that I was somewhat dubious about a “new” author, but I quickly became fully absorbed in the story of Sasha Naradnyo. At first glance he is an utterly reprehensible character: he’s a mid-level crime boss…

  • The Prodigal Emperor, Snippet Two

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    Here’s another snippet from The Prodigal Emperor, available for pre-order now on Amazon.  This is a short one, from the perspective of “Stavros.” Halcyon Colony, Garris Major System Contested November 23, 2403 “While it has been delightful to train together,” Captain Montago said, “I’m really getting tired of this shit. When do we get to…

  • Fenris Unchained

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      The Wolf is Loose. Ten years ago, after her parents’ deaths in a terrorist attack, Melanie Armstrong walked away from a military officer’s career to raise her orphaned brother. Since then she’s been captain of a tramp freighter – shuffling from world to world, scraping to barely get by, but content that she’s made…

  • Fenris Unchained First Snippet!

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    Here’s the first sample section from Fenris Unchained. CHAPTER I Time: 0815 Local, 01 June 291 G.D. Location: Dakota, Dakota System A yellow light began to flash on the control board. That was nothing new, not aboard the Kip Thorne. Warning lights lit up half the panel. It was a Christmas display of yellow caution…

  • Fool’s Gold Sample

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    Here’s a sample from the beginning of Fool’s Gold, a short story set from the perspective of Anubus from The Renegades series. ***  Anubus figured his safest long term option lay in the murder of the entire crew. Unfortunately, in the short term, he required them alive. He knew little enough in regards to navigation…

  • Runner sample

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    Here’s a quick sample from Runner, a short story written about the origins of Run the Chxor, a character in The Renegades series.  Runner will also be available in the upcoming Renegades: Compendium ***  Ghren paused as he pulled up his notes: “On 5674-Juhnar, Medical Scientist Rhxun, violated standard methodology and protocols with his current…

  • Renegades: Ghost Story out tomorrow

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    Here is the cover art from the awesome Robert Brockman Renegades: Ghost Story will be out tomorrow.  It is the fourth novella in the Renegades series.  This one follows the perspective of Eric and if I had to pick favorites, it would probably be the novella I enjoyed writing the most.  I’ll be doing a…

  • Renegades: Declaration is live

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    Renegades: Declaration is now live. It is available from Smashwords and Amazon, and will be available soon at Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and Sony.  I’m trying to do a book bomb today on Amazon, in order to bring up my author rank.  If you intend to buy Renegades: Declaration through Amazon, please buy it around…