Best Laid Plans

by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

Part of the Defending the Future series:

Editions:Paperback: $ 15.95

ISBN: 978-1-956463-01-9
Size: 6.00 x 9.00 in
Pages: 224

No (battle) plan survives contact with the enemy.

Winning a war has never been just a cold collection of numbers on a tally sheet. The Faiths always play their part in fifteen stories exploring when things go wrong.

With stories by James Chambers, Nancy Jane Moore, Maria V. Snyder, Jack Campbell (John G. Hemry), Bud Sparhawk, Peter Prellwitz, John L. French, Jeff Young, Keith R.A. DeCandido, David Sherman, Jeffrey Lyman, Judi Fleming, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Eric V. Hardenbrook, and CJ Henderson.

Fun and Games by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

When the action heats up on the front lines, the recruits are left to their own devices. Hijinks ensue and at times get out of hand, but is that all that's going on? Cadet Katrion Alexander uncovers details that point to possible enemy action in camp.

Published: October 29, 2021
Publisher: eSpec Books
Editors:

Mike McPhail

Cover Artists:

Mike McPhail

Genres:

Sci Fi, Sci Fi - Military

Tags:

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Tropes: Alien Invasion, Space Battles
Languages Available: English
Tropes: Alien Invasion, Space Battles
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.