A very interesting setup here in part one, and a cliffhanger ending that makes me eager to find out what happens. The first-person narrative style is interesting, and a departure from the norm is always welcome. Good character development and a suspenseful tone made this story one worth reading.
COOL THING THAT HAPPENED! I was recently cleaning out my garage, and I found a treasure trove of stuff I forgot I still had: the novelization of the movie Resident Evil: Genesis, my 2005 Spider-Man novel Down These Mean Streets, the 2001 anthology The Further Adventures of Xena Warrior Princess (with my story "Recurring Character"), and two landmark books -- the first book that ever had my name on the cover, OtherWere: Stories of Transformation (an anthology of alternative were-creature stories that Laura Anne Gilman and I edited in 1996), and my first novel Spider-Man: Venom's Wrath (written with José R. Nieto in 1998).
On top of that, the paperback edition of V-Wars is out -- edited by Jonathan Maberry, it has my story "The Ballad of Big Charlie." I'm also taking preorders for autographed copies of Gryphon Precinct.
So -- if you would like an autographed copy of any of those books, or some of my other books and comic books and stuff, but can't get to a convention that I'm attending, I'm making it easy on you. You can get any of the books or comics listed below just by buying them from me via PayPal (payments would go to keith at decandido dot net) or money order (sent to PO Box 4976, New York, NY 10185-4976) at cover price or less (see list below), and I'll send the book(s) to you.
Please add $5 for shipping, unless your order is $25 or more, if you're in the United States. If you're outside the States, please e-mail me at krad at whysper dot net and we can discuss shipping cost. If you're in the U.S. and buy more than $25 worth of books, then shipping is free.
If you want the book inscribed, please tell me who to inscribe it to -- and if you don't want it inscribed (or don't want it autographed) let me know. You also need to provide a shipping address, obviously....
Here's the full list of available books and prices (in U.S. dollars):
anthologies NEW!OtherWere: Stories of Transformation -- $7 NEW!V-Wars -- $10
Spider-Man NEW!Venom's Wrath -- $8 NEW!Down These Mean Streets -- $8
Star Trek A Time for War, a Time for Peace -- $8 Klingon Empire: A Burning House -- $8 Myriad Universes: Echoes and Refractions -- $15 The Next Generation: Q & A -- $8
World of Warcraft Cycle of Hatred -- $8
Xena NEW!The Further Adventures of Xena, Warrior Princess -- $7
Young Hercules Cheiron's Warriors -- $3 The Ares Alliance -- $3 both books -- $5
Speaking of Kira, Nana Visitor comes very close to owning this episode—no mean feat in a story that has so much Dukat-and-Sisko goodness. In her speeches to Thomas, we see the real sting of the betrayal of Starfleet’s values that the Maquis represents. Hudson never gave a good goddamn about being a hero, and was more than happy to blow up ships and kill people just to prove a point. He stopped being a Starfleet officer as soon as he joined the Maquis and phasered his uniform to prove it. Tom Riker, though, never takes his uniform off. In fact, it’s not even his uniform, it’s Will’s he’s wearing, as if trying desperately to prove that he should’ve been the one to wear it, and if not, he’s going to seriously disgrace it.
