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The Best of Defending the Future

by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

COMING SOON
Defending the Future Anthology
Part of the Defending the Future series:
Editions:Paperback: $ 18.95
ISBN: 978-1-942990-38-3
Size: 6.00 x 9.00 in
Pages: 324

The embers of War still glow as memories of strange skies over an alien landscape, light-years from home, bring back the sensations of battle; a time when personal sacrifice meant the difference between salvation for all, or total destruction.

Gathered here is a cross-section of stories from the first decade of the award-winning Defending The Future series. Written by the known and up-and-coming in the military science fiction genre, these stories represent the fan-requested highlights from the series.

First Line by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

When a valuable asset falls in the line of duty, command proposes a radical new process to preserve her knowledge and experience before she passes to protect those left to carry on the fight. Only the process has unexpected side effects, and Trey finds herself a ghost in the machine. Literally.

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Publisher: eSpec Books
Imprint: eSpec Books
Editors:
Mike McPhail

Cover Artists:
Mike McPhail

Genres:
Sci Fi, Sci Fi - Military, Sci Fi - Space Exploration, Sci Fi - Space Opera

Tags:
author - american, format - book, format - kindle, format - paperback, format - series, format - short stories, where - non-Earth planet, where - space - space station, where - space station, where - spaceship, who - occupation - military, who - occupation - soldier

Languages Available: English
Languages Available: English

About the Author

Award-winning author and editor Danielle Ackley-McPhail has worked both sides of the publishing industry for longer than she cares to admit. In 2014 she joined forces with Mike McPhail and Greg Schauer to form eSpec Books (www.especbooks.com).

Her published works include six novels, Yesterday's Dreams, Tomorrow's Memories, Today’s Promise, The Halfling’s Court, The Redcaps’ Queen, Daire's Devils, and Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn, written with Day Al-Mohamed. She is also the author of the solo collections Eternal Wanderings, A Legacy of Stars, Consigned to the Sea, Flash in the Can, Transcendence, Between Darkness and Light, The Fox's Fire, The Kindly One, Dawns a New Day, and the non-fiction writers’ guides, The Literary Handyman, Build-a-Book Workshop, and More Tips from the Handyman. She is the senior editor of the Bad-Ass Faeries anthology series, Gaslight & Grimm, Side of Good/Side of Evil, After Punk, Footprints in the Stars, and Devilish & Divine. Her short stories are included in numerous other anthologies and collections.

In addition to her literary acclaim, she crafts and sells original costume horns under the moniker The Hornie Lady, and homemade flavor-infused candied ginger under the brand of Ginger KICK! at literary conventions, on commission, and wholesale.

Danielle lives in New Jersey with husband and fellow writer, Mike McPhail, and four extremely spoiled cats.