chapter: Hugh bets on future markets
Background: This scene is near the end of the series. The final battle is raging in the underground tunnels of Aristillus. A dozen vast invasion...
chapter 88: Hugh talks to Ewoma
== 2064, Evergreen Court Apartments, Aristillus, Lunar Nearside Hugh looked at the empty iced coffee cup and crumpled donut bag on the kitchen table and...
chapter 202: Dogs program the armed rovers
== 2064: The Den, Aristillus, Lunar Nearside Blue stared at a block of code, then shook his head in disgust. There were too many bugs...
chapter 196: Dogs prepare for the invasion
Blue watched the small lifting beam crane hoist the cargo container off the bed of the automated delivery truck. The truck pulled forward, leaving the...
gravel boats
I’ve blogged this chapter at least once before. It’s one of my favorites. Here it is, after the fourth draft. ============= == 2064: Nan Garde,...
chapter: 40 kilometers above Aristillus
The background: John and the Dogs have been hiking around the equator of the moon for six months. While they were on Farside Earth forces...
chapter: John and the Dogs react to 2nd loss of sat coms
{{{*** 81: John == 2064: Icarcus Crater, Lunar Farside Duncan kneeled on the lunar graveled and rolled up the tent’s sun shield. John walked past...
chapter: John learns about the augmented reality game
Here’s draft 4 of chapter 76 where John learns about the augmented reality game. This is a fun little scene where we take a break...
new scene from book 1, Act 1: Darcy is a private person
A quick refresher. Modern narrative theory says that all books have three acts: Act 1: introduce the characters, make the conflict clear Act 2: the...
new scenes: cry “LARP” and let slip the Dogs of war
Some setup first. Recall that in the first book that when John and the Dogs were hiking across Farside, the Dogs were playing a MMORPG...