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David Bruns (www.davidbruns.com) has served as an officer on a US Navy nuclear-powered submarine and traveled the world as a high-tech corporate itinerant. Today, he writes futuristic speculative fiction, contemporary thrillers, and everything in between.

He is the creator of the sci-fi/fantasy series, The Dream Guild Chronicles, the military sci-fi thriller Invincible, and co-author of The SynCorp Saga corporate sci-fi series. A graduate of the prestigious Clarion West Writer’s Workshop, his short fiction has appeared in more than two dozen spec fic venues, such as Compelling SciFi and Future Chronicles.

In his spare time, he co-writes national security thrillers with retired naval intelligence officer, JR Olson. Their next book, Rules of ...more

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Book Review: G.I. JOE: FALL OF MANN by Ernie Lindsey

Until this week, I had never read a piece of fan fiction. Ever.

So when author Ernie Lindsey sent a note out asking for volunteer reviewers for his latest fanfic novella G.I. Joe:Fall of Mann, I decided it was high time to take the plunge.

A quick search on Wikipedia tells me that G.I. Joe has been a Hasbro staple since 1962, but the Joes I remember are the ones from the 1980’s. You know, the G.I. J

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	Counter Strike (Command and Control #2) by David Bruns (Goodreads Author), J.R. Olson 4.58 avg rating — 3,133 ratings — published 2022 — 6 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
	Command and Control (Command and Control #1) by David Bruns (Goodreads Author), J.R. Olson 4.37 avg rating — 3,272 ratings — published 2022 — 5 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
	Order of Battle (Command and Control, #3) by David Bruns (Goodreads Author), J.R. Olson 4.44 avg rating — 1,775 ratings — published 2022 — 6 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
	Threat Axis (Command and Control #4) by David Bruns (Goodreads Author), J.R. Olson 4.50 avg rating — 1,255 ratings — published 2023 — 6 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
	Covert Action (Command and Control #5) by David Bruns (Goodreads Author), J.R. Olson 4.50 avg rating — 820 ratings — published 2024 — 5 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
	Proxy War (Command and Control, #6) by David Bruns (Goodreads Author), J.R. Olson 4.60 avg rating — 539 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Rules of Engagement (The WMD Files #3) by David Bruns (Goodreads Author), J.R. Olson 4.26 avg rating — 482 ratings — published 2019 — 7 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
	Line of Succession (Command and Control, #7) by David Bruns (Goodreads Author), J.R. Olson 4.49 avg rating — 358 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Valhalla Station (The SynCorp Saga: Empire Earth, #1) by David Bruns (Goodreads Author), Chris Pourteau (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 2019 — 6 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
	Invincible (Legacy Fleet; The First Swarm War #1) by David Bruns (Goodreads Author), Nick Webb 4.28 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 2016 — 5 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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Command and Control (7 books)
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J.R. Olson

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The SynCorp Saga (6 books)
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Chris Pourteau (Goodreads Author)

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The WMD Files (4 books)
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David Bruns (Goodreads Author),

J.R. Olson

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The SynCorp Saga: Empire Earth (3 books)
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Chris Pourteau (Goodreads Author)

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message 7: by Rusty (last edited May 07, 2014 03:05PM)

May 05, 2014 10:53PM

Hello There,

Merry Meet. Hopefully, we will become great buddies. I am an 42 year old southern gentleman author. I am working on my third novel. It's an paranormal, horror, adventure, magical, romantic, urban, dark fantasy book series, named Moonwarriors: Guardians of the Night. Come by and we'll chat, leave a comment.

Until Next Time . .

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Jan 24, 2014 08:08AM

Thanks for being my friend. I'm fairly new to GR so it will take awhile to get up to speed. Any tips will be must appreciated. Beth L Barnett

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Sep 20, 2013 09:46AM

Thank you for the friend request! Always good to meet more Michael J. Sullivan fans. :D

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Sep 16, 2013 10:03AM

Thank you for accepting my friends request, David... Now (I was in a handheld) I see that you are an author and that your book has good reviews from common friends.

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