Patience Under Fire is the second book of the trilogy that began with A Great Deal of Patience. Lucas Smith must lead his robot soldiers through the radiation-strewn battlefields of eastern Russia, as his wife makes her way to America, and the rest of his family, including Mike and Patience must try to carry on their lives in an America that is changing as a result of the worldwide conflict.
Mike Smith and his robot wife Patience have overcome a great many obstacles in their life together. No obstacle is quite as great as a world war. As the United States, China, Europe and India mobilize against the shadowy Anarchists, who have carved vast swaths across Africa, the Middle East, and Russia, Mike and Patience deal with the fallout at home, and the public’s changing perceptions of robots. Meanwhile, Mike’s son Lucas finds himself in the heart of the conflict as he takes command of robot soldiers leading America’s war effort. A Great Deal of Patience is the first book of a new trilogy that ties together the previous books: His Robot Girlfriend, His Robot Wife, His Robot Wife: Patience is a Virtue, and His Robot Girlfriend: Charity.
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In a world substantially different from our own world in 1913, former Rough Rider and adventurer Henry Goode crosses the vast ocean to explore the unknown continent of Elizagaea. Spurred on into the wilderness by emotional trauma, he finds vicious creatures from a bygone era, savage natives, long lost civilizations, and a mysterious jungle goddess.
Transported to the mysterious artificial world of Ecos, Earth man Alexander Ashton struggles understand the society of his new friends, the humanoid Amatharians. As he does so, he finds himself falling in love with their princess and being thrust into a millennium-long war with their mortal foes, the reptilian Zoasians. Princess of Amathar is a sword-swinging novel of high adventure in a world filled with fantastic alien civilizations, strange creatures, and bold heroes.
In a universe so far in the future that Earth is considered a myth, Captain Rann Starr and his small crew fly through the galaxy in their starship Nova Dancer, negotiating primitive settlements and vast space stations alike, carrying freight, as well as the occasional passenger who might belong to one of a thousand alien species. Dealing with soldiers and gun-runners might be everyday business for Starr, but the breakup of his little ad-hoc family is something he won’t stand for.
In an alternate 1975, where men are almost extinct due to germ warfare, someone is trying to kill history’s greatest rock & roll band. It falls to Science Police Agent John Andrews, only recently arrived from the distant male enclaves, to protect them. As the band continues their come-back tour across North America, Andrews must negotiate a complicated relationship with Ep!phanee, the band’s lead singer; drummer Ruth De Molay, bassist Steffie Sin, and the redheaded clone lead guitarist Penny Dreadful, as he protects them and tries to discover who wants to kill the Ladybugs. This newly revised and edited 5th Anniversary edition contains the complete guide to the world and music of the Ladybugs.
I’ve recently been informed that paperback pricing will change by June 20th, 2023. I have removed the prices on the book pages of this site. If you follow the links, you will see the latest pricing on the retailers’ websites. As soon as things settle, I will put the new prices here on this site.
On a related note, I am in the process of revision/edit/review of all my current books. The first was HIs Robot Girlfriend and is complete. In addition to making the best ebook edition possible, I will make sure that there is a paperback edition for each book. Those books that are free will not have paperback editions. People aren’t purchasing a paperback when they can get a free download, so it makes sense to put the effort elsewhere.
As each book is update and out in paperback, it will be announce here. Thanks, and thanks for your support.
His Robot Girlfriend is no longer available in paperback. Remember, it is still avaialble as an ebook at Apple Books, Kobo Books, and Barnes and Noble, and best of all, it’s absolutely free. Pick up your copy today.
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Zurfina smiled as the dead grey tentacles caressed her.
“Now I will leave and now I will lay my vengeance on this stony prison and this little kingdom and this world!” She raised her arms and began her final incantation. “Uuthanum…”
At that moment a thin streak of light entered from the small window high up on the wall. It was so tiny that it might have gone totally unnoticed, had it not stuck the first and largest of the grey arms moving around the cell. But the tiny sliver of sunlight burned through the tentacle like a hot ember through a slice of bread. The great tentacle jerked and thrashed about the room and the other appendages did too, one of them striking the woman and throwing her halfway across the floor. More sunlight entered through the window and all of the unearthly, unholy members were yanked back through the portals that shimmered where the walls of the cell had once been.
“No! No, I’m not finished!” screamed Zurfina.
City of Amathar 