In Harm’s Way

by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

Part of the Defending the Future series:

Editions:Paperback: $ 15.95

ISBN: 978-1-942990-19-2
Size: 6.00 x 9.00 in
Pages: 204

When fire and steel meet flesh and bone, a soldier learns a hard truth: you’re not fighting for Glory and Honor, but for survival, for you and your comrades, and you will be damned if you’re going to leave any of them behind.

Join us for twelve tales of military heroism and courage in the face of a hostile enemy.

With stories by Brenda Cooper, Bud Sparhawk, David Sherman, Robert E. Waters, Jeff Young, James Chambers, Lisanne Norman, Robert Greenberger, Aaron Rosenberg, Christopher M. Hiles, Eric V. Hardenbrook, and Danielle Ackley-McPhail

No Man Left Behind by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

When a soldier finds himself captured by the enemy, and forced to act against his own squad, help comes from an unexpected source.

Published: October 1, 2019
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

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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.

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