Kal Spriggs

Tag: sf

  • New Release: Valor’s Cost

    New Release: Valor’s Cost

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    Valor’s Cost is out today! You can get your copy from Amazon, here:  https://amzn.to/2DCqO6J “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.”  -Norman Cousins Jiden Armstrong has seen death and destruction, visited upon people around her.  She has spent the past three years attending…

  • Valor’s Duty: Coming May 18

    Valor’s Duty: Coming May 18

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    Hey everyone!  I’m happy to announce that Valor’s Duty, book three of the Children of Valor series will be coming out on May 18th! Duty is heavier than a mountain; death is lighter than a feather.   Jiden’s life at the Century Military Academy is forever changed when she is asked to volunteer for a…

  • Second Snippet Renegades: Out of Time

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    Here’s the second snippet for Renegades: Out of Time.   Be sure to read the first snippet! *** Lord Admiral Valens Balventia sighed as his communications officer notified him of another civilian ship wanting to talk with him. “Lieutenant,” he said, “I’ve told you, give them the standard evacuation orders.  I’m trying to plan a…

  • Renegades: Out of Time Cover Reveal

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    Here’s the cover for Renegades: Out of Time.  See below for the awesome full cover art.  I’ve made a partnership with the very talented David C. Simon to do this cover art.  If you don’t know about his online military SF comic, Crimson Dark, you should definitely check it out! The Renegades are running out…

  • Free Short Stories for Honor Con

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    Since I’ll be at Honor Con this weekend, I’m making two of my short stories (Look to the Stars and The Freeport Mutineers) available for free from 28-31 October.  Read below for details. Mason McGann is a smuggler, a liar, and a cheat. With his ship impounded by customs, he figures he has no choice…

  • Review: Desert Strike by Leo Champion

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    Leo Champion’s Desert Strike is a book.  Okay, review done.  No, seriously, it’s a book.  And it’s got things in it.  Go read it. In all seriousness, there’s a lot going on in Desert Strike.  We see war on a global scale, with a Chamberlain-esque government determined to avoid it, a hyper-violent enemy determined to…

  • Book Review: Glynn Stewart’s Starship’s Mage

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    Leo Champion described Glynn Stewart to me as one of the best authors he’s had the experience of working with. Since I also work with Leo, I took that as a bit of a challenge to step up my game, but as a reader, it made me want to check out what Glynn has written,…

  • Author’s Toolbag: Creating Science Fiction and Fantasy Languages

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    One of the things that impressed me about reading Tolkien for the first time (and even more so, years later) is how he crafted entire unique languages for all of the nations and peoples in Middle Earth. The same has been done (with varying levels of success) by many authors. Some have created languages that…

  • Book Review: A Call to Duty by David Weber and Timothy Zahn

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    I first read David Weber and Timothy Zahn’s A Call to Duty last year.  I’ve long been a fan of both authors and I purchased the eARC (Advanced Reader Copy) from Baen’s eBooks without hesitation. I’ll say right off that the book is every bit as fantastic as I had hoped.  The characters are fantastic, the…

  • Treat for Halloween: Odin’s Eye

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    Odin’s Eye, the sequel to Fenris Unchained, is now available on Amazon! The crew of the Fenris are back from the halls of Valhalla to pluck out Odin’s Eye. Mel Armstrong has prevented an AI warship from destroying a planet, but she and her friends made many enemies along the way. Unless they can disappear,…