The Void Incursion - Book Five - Check and Mate

by M.J. Blehart

The endgame is at hand.The various races of the galaxy have come together to form the new Interplanetary Interspecies Treaty Organization (IITO). With its formation, they have satisfied what the extra-galactic Xorcerizts required. Now, the Xorcerizts will provide not just defenses, but weapons sufficient to fight the incursion of the Ditufgne.Because if the Ditufgne aren’t stopped soon, they never will be.The crews of the Dawnstrider and Ravusqan Raider have been drawn deeper into the conflict – while Jeck, Ashira, and Shi’tra balance their needs and the greater good. Hectir, Alvon, and Avra Pii K’tark’ah race to assemble the most massive force ever known for one closing gambit.Through critical positions, strategic crushes, and antipositional moves – the denizens of the galaxy have been set for one incredible match.Who will declare checkmate and emerge victorious?

236 pages, Paperback

Published November 21, 2023

About the author

MJ Blehart has been writing stories in the genres of high fantasy and sci-fi/space opera throughout his life, the first when he was nine years old. Over the years the scope of his writing has expanded, adding a variety of genres and styles.

MJ has been a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism (the SCA, a medieval re-enactment society) for over thirty years. In the SCA he is known as Malcolm Bowman, and practices 16th-century rapier combat (he is also an instructor in this), court heraldry, archery, and more.

MJ likes to think he is funny and has been known to pun and make snarky comments. Once, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a random stranger came up to him, offered to shake his hand, and then told him, "I just had to say...you're an odd-looking fellow."

MJ blogs regularly about mindfulness and conscious reality creation. He lives with his wife and three cats in south New Jersey.