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Magnet
It's 2037. I'm Mike Williams, but you can call me 'Magnet'. Everyone else does. It's short for 'Chick Magnet', which is good old-fashioned military humour at its finest. At age fifteen, my face picked a fight with the propeller of my family's boat, on a shoal near Broome, off Western Australia. It was an accident, but, needless to say, the propeller won.
Twelve years later, I was a not-so-ruggedly-handsome fighter pilot assigned to the TFR Sydney. Not the Captain, or flight leader, or anything similarly exciting. Nobody special, just one mostly-unmemorable pilot among the many nameless, faceless masses.
I'm Magnet. This is the beginning of my story.
A 5500 word story in the Lacuna universe, set during the events of Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi but suitable to read as a stand-alone story.
Parts of the Lacuna universe:
Magnet
Imperfect
Faith
The Lacuna series:
Lacuna: Demons of the Void
Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi (New Release!)
Lacuna: The Spectre of Oblivion (Coming December, 2012!)
Twelve years later, I was a not-so-ruggedly-handsome fighter pilot assigned to the TFR Sydney. Not the Captain, or flight leader, or anything similarly exciting. Nobody special, just one mostly-unmemorable pilot among the many nameless, faceless masses.
I'm Magnet. This is the beginning of my story.
A 5500 word story in the Lacuna universe, set during the events of Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi but suitable to read as a stand-alone story.
Parts of the Lacuna universe:
Magnet
Imperfect
Faith
The Lacuna series:
Lacuna: Demons of the Void
Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi (New Release!)
Lacuna: The Spectre of Oblivion (Coming December, 2012!)
19 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 25, 2012
About the author
David Adams
54 books75 followersI've always been writing in my mind. I have way, way, way too many stories to tell and far too little time to tell them.
I've been involved in Star Trek roleplay-by-emails for a few years, where basically I learned my craft, but it's only last year that I actually started putting these thoughts to paper.
By day I'm a software engineer. But by night I write a little science fiction, a little fantasy, a little humour and comedy, and a little erotica under pen names.
I've been involved in Star Trek roleplay-by-emails for a few years, where basically I learned my craft, but it's only last year that I actually started putting these thoughts to paper.
By day I'm a software engineer. But by night I write a little science fiction, a little fantasy, a little humour and comedy, and a little erotica under pen names.
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August 13, 2016
-Un episodio individual y singular en medio de de un enfrentamiento espacial.-
Género. Relato.
Lo que nos cuenta. Mike Williams, más conocido como Magnet, es un piloto de caza de la fuerza aeroespacial de Australia que acaba de ser alcanzado durante un combate contra los Toralii al tratar de asaltar una de sus colonias mineras en las que se sospecha que puede haber prisioneros humanos. Sus posibilidades de sobrevivir son muy limitadas. Parte de la serie Lacuna y simultánea a los eventos de “The sands of Karath”.
¿Quiere saber más de este libro, sin spoilers? Visite:
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Género. Relato.
Lo que nos cuenta. Mike Williams, más conocido como Magnet, es un piloto de caza de la fuerza aeroespacial de Australia que acaba de ser alcanzado durante un combate contra los Toralii al tratar de asaltar una de sus colonias mineras en las que se sospecha que puede haber prisioneros humanos. Sus posibilidades de sobrevivir son muy limitadas. Parte de la serie Lacuna y simultánea a los eventos de “The sands of Karath”.
¿Quiere saber más de este libro, sin spoilers? Visite:
http://librosdeolethros.blogspot.com/...
March 2, 2023
A little sci-fi short story about a pilot that is forced to eject from his ship into the vacuum of space during an enemy engagement.
It's well written, and considering it's brevity it contains a decent amount of interesting details and small hints at the world-building.
It is written with an unashamedly boyish humour - which is actually somewhat refreshing at this point. Unfortunately it didn't seem to say much past that. There wasn't really a core message, moral or theme to it, which left it feeling little lacking in purpose.
Still, a decent little ebook read considering it was on sale for a penny.
It's well written, and considering it's brevity it contains a decent amount of interesting details and small hints at the world-building.
It is written with an unashamedly boyish humour - which is actually somewhat refreshing at this point. Unfortunately it didn't seem to say much past that. There wasn't really a core message, moral or theme to it, which left it feeling little lacking in purpose.
Still, a decent little ebook read considering it was on sale for a penny.
February 21, 2015
Excellent Short Story
In this short story, taking place in the Lacuna universe and parallel to the events of the second book, Australian pilot Mike Williams, the narrator, who suffered childhood trauma to his face, is tasked with assaulting a mine due to the rumor of human prisoners there. Very enjoyable and on par with the main books.
In this short story, taking place in the Lacuna universe and parallel to the events of the second book, Australian pilot Mike Williams, the narrator, who suffered childhood trauma to his face, is tasked with assaulting a mine due to the rumor of human prisoners there. Very enjoyable and on par with the main books.
February 20, 2025
The year is 2037.
Mike Williams (26), aka “Magnet,” is a pilot in the Australian Air and Space Force.
Their mission? Attack a mining colony.
The Toralii: alien invaders.
Firefight in space.
The story is hard to follow at times. The battle action—as well as Magnet’s situation inside his Wasp vehicle—confuses.
Hits. Ejection.
Hard edits needed.
No clue where this is going. All over the place in scope and narration. Perhaps book two shall bring some focus…
Mike Williams (26), aka “Magnet,” is a pilot in the Australian Air and Space Force.
Their mission? Attack a mining colony.
The Toralii: alien invaders.
Firefight in space.
The story is hard to follow at times. The battle action—as well as Magnet’s situation inside his Wasp vehicle—confuses.
Hits. Ejection.
Hard edits needed.
No clue where this is going. All over the place in scope and narration. Perhaps book two shall bring some focus…
May 10, 2021
Lacunaverse short.
Author freebie. Suitable for teens and adults. A space fighter survives a space battle. Intro to magnet. Describes some classes of ship.
Author freebie. Suitable for teens and adults. A space fighter survives a space battle. Intro to magnet. Describes some classes of ship.
August 8, 2014
I liked this story. It was considerably better than Faith, (of course, it's hard to be worse) and I even liked it better than imperfect (that one kind of dropped you off at the end of the block with no forwarding address), and it was actually a complete story that was enjoyable (was wondering of Mr. Adams was capable of writing short stories that were worth reading). It's the story of a space fighter pilot who gets blasted (not quite into oblivion) in his craft. He (obviously) survives, and gets a lesson in mortality in the process. Not a bad story really, and the only one I'd actually recomend of the three. It kind of bottomed out at the end though, when you're informed the whole battle was basically a wash, and this Magnet guy was the only one hurt on the human side, and one alien ship was too, but I've come to expect such nonsense from this author.
January 1, 2014
A fast, quick, but enjoyable sci-fi story. I was in the thick of battle immediately, and in a handful of pages, cared about the characters and what would happen to them.
I liked this a lot, and would definitely pick up another story by this author.
I liked this a lot, and would definitely pick up another story by this author.
December 2, 2012
Nice enough. Good space fight. Told a complete story. Nice little story to clean the taste of that horrible one I tried to read previously.
November 17, 2012
Not my sort of fantasy/Science fiction. There are some authors who'll write short stories that are satisfying.......this story are not one of them. Its tedium, and the ending is lacking..
March 1, 2014
I got the ending I wanted! I'm really enjoying the Lacunaverse!
March 22, 2015
ok
It was ok. Not a lot of themes to keep straight. I really do not think I would recommend it
It was ok. Not a lot of themes to keep straight. I really do not think I would recommend it
March 28, 2015
Pretty decent short story, and it was free so I can't complain.
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