In Harm's Way

Defending the Future #8

by Mike McPhail (Editor), James Chambers (Contributor), Brenda Cooper (Contributor)

When fire and steel meet flesh and bone, a soldier learns a hard truth: you’re not fighting for Glory and Honor, but for survival, for you and your comrades, and you will be damned if you’re going to leave any of them behind.

Join us for twelve tales of military heroism and courage in the face of a hostile enemy.

With stories by Brenda Cooper, Bud Sparhawk, David Sherman, Robert E. Waters, Jeff Young, James Chambers, Lisanne Norman, Robert Greenberger, Aaron Rosenberg, Christopher M. Hiles, Eric V. Hardenbrook, and Danielle Ackley-McPhail

242 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2019

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

[Craig Pearson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this title. Anthology books can be hit or miss with overall quality of the book in total or the individual stories. Some of the stories here are interesting but none are terribly thought provoking.

[Charl]

Just not in the mood for yet more military Sci Fi. I'll pass.

[Eric · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always, the five star review is in part because I have a story in this book. Of course I recommend it on that basis, but I went in and read the other stories in the book. There is some really great stuff in there. If you like military science fiction you should definitely have the entire Defending The Future series on your radar!