By Other Means

Defending the Future #3

by Mike McPhail (Editor), David Sherman, C.J. Henderson (Contributor)

Suit up! The war is far from over in fifteen new Defending the Future stories. Fight alongside old comrades with tales of the Roosevelt, Cybermarines, DemonTech, Alliance Archives, Radiation Angels, and the 142nd Starbourne. Or explore new visions of Military Science Fiction from the leaders in the genre. Featuring the works of James Chambers, Bud Sparhawk, Jeff Young, Mike McPhail, Andy Remic, Charles E. Gannon, Peter Prellwitz, Jeffrey Lyman, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Robert E. Waters,James Daniel Ross, Patrick Thomas, C.J. Henderson, John G. Hemry (Jack Campbell).

Genres: Science Fiction

238 pages, Paperback

First published March 21, 2011

About the author

Mike McPhail is the award winning Author and Anthologist of the military science fiction series Defending The Future, published by Dark Quest Books, and editor of the publisher's DTF Publications imprint. He is a member of the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA), and the creator of the Alliance Archives (All'Arc) series and its related Martial Role-Playing Game (MRPG), a manual-based, percentile system, that realistically portrays the consequences of warfare.

Born into a military / engineering family, his lifelong dream was to join NASA and become a mission specialist; to that end, he attended the Academy of Aeronautics in New York, as well as enlisting in the Air National Guard. While working towards his goal, a sudden illness brought a halt to these dreams.

After recovering, he came to grips with his new reality; so he chose to put his hard-earned technical skills and imagination to use as a graphic artist, writer/editor and game designer.

To learn more about his work visit:
www.mcp-concepts.com
www.defendingthefuture.com
www.milscifi.com

Reviews

[Danielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had the pleasure of helping to edit this book and I can say without a doubt that it is the strongest of the series in quality and originality. Looking forward to seeing what the authors come up with next.

[Star · Rating 1 out of 5]

While I do enjoy science fiction, I am not a big fan of military science fiction. I tried to get into the stories in ‘By Other Means’, but they didn’t strike a chord in me. Don’t pass this book up just because I wasn’t able to get into it, give it a try for yourself if military science fiction is your cup of tea.

Defending the Future series: Breach the Hull (1), So It Begins (2), By Other Means (3), No Man’s Land (4)

[Erin Penn]

Received as part of the Defending the Future anthology Kickstarter from eSpec Books.