Confrontation

by Alan Spade

A la veille d’une bataille décisive, le capitaine Neleth Ortez, de la Confédération des Planètes Unies, se voit confier une mission d’importance vitale : s’approprier une arme secrète mise au point par l’implacable ennemi Zayborg. Pour cela, elle et son équipe doivent infiltrer le laboratoire secret de ces créatures génétiquement améliorées. Les choses se compliquent grandement lorsque sa flotte se trouve confrontée en pleine mission à celle de la Fondation des Indépendantistes. Fera-t-elle le choix de s’allier provisoirement aux nouveaux venus, ou celui de les combattre au risque de tout perdre ?

89 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 14, 2011

About the author

Alan Spade worked for eight years for the press, reviewing video games. In his youth, he acquainted himself with the classic French authors, while immersing himself in the works of H. P. Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov, J. R. R. Tolkien and Stephen King.

That wide range of influences is reflected in his style, simultaneously approachable, visually evocative and imaginative.

Alan likes to say that "a good book is like a good old pair of shoes: you feel at ease inside, comfortable."

The Breath of Aoles is his third book: previously, he wrote a fantasy novel for two years, between 2001 and 2003, but after submitting it to publishers, he decided the story wasn't good enough. He didn't try to publish it anymore. Then he wrote a Science Fiction short stories collection, and then, for six years, The Breath of Aoles.