Books and Ebooks by David L. Burkhead
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A novel:
War!
A series of diplomatic crises precipitate a limited nuclear war on Earth. Missile defenses block access to space. Nothing goes up and nothing comes down. The people of the various space stations, the moon base, and a space colony whose construction had just begun must find a way to survive until the war is over. The ultimate survival test. |
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A novelette:
Doctor Susan O'Bannon on Space Colony 42 attempts to find
a cure for a new disease that's putting people into comas. But when people
wake from the comas driven by rage and hunger, can she survive the onslaught,
let alone find a cure?
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Two novelettes:
The Future is Now:
Richard Schneider forms a new company to develop a space launch system. His philosophy is simple: don't cut corners; find better ways. His main rival, however, operates on a different philosophy. Originally written as near-future SF, the story is now alternate history, a tale of what might have been. Match Point: Set some years after The Future is Now, top ranked tennis player Tom Stryker is stricken with a neurological disorder that slows reflexes. No longer able to compete in professional tennis on Earth, he decides to try his hand at the low-G variant of the game, finding himself in a rivalry with the top-ranked low-g player in a match on the Moon. |
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A novelette:
Emergency Medical services on the Moon present new challenges,
not all of which come with the territory. Kristine is an EMT in the Lunar
Ambulance Service. Budget cuts and inadequate equipment make it increasingly
difficult for her to do her job.
William Schneider is finding that some of his subordinates
have ideas of their own, ideas contrary to the corporate philosophy he is
building, ideas that lead to shortcuts and trading lives for money.
They find themselves riding their problems on a collision
course to avoid disaster.
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A novelette:
When the star traveling Hospital Ship Mercy is captured by an Eres task
force, Staff Sergeant Mike Yamada must overcome Post Traumatic Stress
and face his worst nightmares returned. Alone among the complement of
the Mercy, he has been an Eres prisoner before and only he knows the
true horror that awaits if they do not somehow escape.
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Fantasy |
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A novelette:
A young mother hears the Norns. They tell her of terrible
things to come. When Ulfarr wants her gift of prophesy to serve him, he takes
her and steals away her children.
Can the young mother escape from Ulfarr's clutches and
save her children from him? Only the Norns know.
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A novelette:
Kreg and Kaila, knights of Aerioch, interrupt their
mission to chase down the raiders that destroyed a village. Much to their
surprise, the raiders turn out to be Kinmar, the half-man/half-animal
remnants of the magical Changeling War.
Outnumbered and surrounded, wounded, with only the strange
magic of the Knightbond on their side, can they survive, much less ensure
that no one ravages the people of Aerioch with impunity?
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Interesting ideas. These are books you've written, right? Your characters and worlds look unique, and there is nothing worse than trite, over-used story lines that are so overdone that you could write the story yourself without reading the story.
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DeleteYes, these are all stories I've written. Some are reprints that originally saw magazine publication. Others are new works. They are all available from Amazon. The "goo.gl" links take you to their respective pages. Only I notice that the text is wrong for Live to Tell. Let me go fix that.