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Michael Duda

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Michael Duda has been dreaming about lone wolf mercenaries and cool tech toys since his VHS player days. His experience designing data encryption devices for a military contracting company during the early days of drone technology development informs the tactical authenticity of the War Dogs universe.

His previous works include the short story collections The Sound of Blue and Spectrum: Stories of Science Fiction, Fantasy, the Unusual and the Sometimes Ordinary.

War Dogs: Pit Bull is his debut novel and the first book in a planned military science fiction series.

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The Rattletrap Watch — A New Novella Series

I've been wanting to continue this since 2019, ever since the short story was first published in The Sound of Blue.

Fortunately, writing novellas are more manageable than a full length novel. I've learned this while wrapping up my second book. At about 20k words, outlining, plotting and actually writing the story turned out to be a fun diversion while finishing the horror book. Sometimes, I just mi Read more of this blog post »

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	The Sound of Blue 3.82 avg rating — 34 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spectrum: Stories of Science Fiction, Fantasy, the Unusual and the Sometimes Ordinary 3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War Dogs: Pit Bull 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Metal Heart Shines Brightest 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Michael Duda wrote a new blog post A battle-scarred mercenary navigates a technologically fractured future where dangerous contracts and unresolved trauma collide. WAR DOGS: Pit Bull opens with confidence, delivering a military science fiction thriller that pairs sustained action with richly imagined futuristic t Read more of this blog post »
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