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In Her Name - Empire
by Michael R. Hicks
Genre: Science Fiction/Epic
Format: Most e-book formats
Total words: 127,892
In the first book of an epic futuristic fantasy trilogy, this is the coming-of-age story of Reza Gard, a young boy of the Human Confederation who is swept up in the century-long war with the alien Kreelan Empire. Captured and enslaved, Reza must live like his enemies in a grand experiment to see if humans have souls, and if one may be the key to unlocking an ages old curse upon the Kreelan race.

February 2011 Deil's Chosen
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Tillian 5 - A New Beginning
by Kalifer Deil
Genre:A Science Fiction/Epic
Format: Most e-book formats
Total words: 99,569

This epic is in three volumes of which this is the first "Tillian 5 - A New Beginning." It is a story of as told by the Captain Malcolm "Skip" Rogers of The Tillian Star. This starship was specifically designed to go to Tillian 5, a planet 60 light-years away from Earth. The Tillian Star was controlled by a computer called Maggie. Maggie became a key player in the survival of this small group of colonist on this very odd alien planet.

The follow on volumes of the trilogy are "Tillian 5 - Return to Earth" and "Tillian 5 - The Overseers" which will be coming out soon.

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Tillian 5 - Return to Earth
by Kalifer Deil
Genre:A Science Fiction/Epic
Format: Most e-book formats
Total words: 112,130

This is Vol. II of the Epic. Maggie and Skip Rogers become quantum paired android twins of themselves to return to terraform Earth to back to what it was using the advanced technology of the Keepers. The Earth population has dwindled to approximately one-million since it was devastated by a gamma ray burst from star WR104 going supernova. Earth is now ruled by pockets of extremely dangerous criminals and religious fanatics in the US and the Middle East who believe Maggie is the AntiChrist. The religious fanatics have access to nuclear weapons and use them without mercy.

McCambrie's Army
by Kalifer Deil
Genre:A Science Fiction Novella/Space Opera
Format: Most e-book formats
Total words: 23,390

McCambrie Corporation had a monopoly on off Earth mining of vital materials. Their armed space force dwarfed that of the UN so they where almost impervious to Earth law. U.S. President Thorton wanted to rein in MacC as it was called. Her spy, John Crowley, had a rough start but soon fell in with Barbara Makowitz who seem to have a penchant for sex, murder and mayhem.

Well of Mirrors
by Kalifer Deil
Genre:Science Fiction Novella
Format: Most e-book formats
Total words: 27,946
A novella length ebook about a group of monks assigned to an old mission in the California desert. They decide to dig an old stone lined well a bit deeper in the hope of increasing their water supply. They hit a metallic surface that they at first think is a shield that someone dropped down the well. It turns out to be the ceiling of the most fantastic archeological find of all time but its about to set civilization back to the stone age. As the number of investigators grows so does the danger to humanity.
Transcendent Epoch Times
by Kalifer Deil
Genre: Two Sci-Fi Short stories
Format: Most e-book formats
Total words: 16,450
These two rather long short stories deal with brain downloading a real possibility in the not too distant future.
Eternal M
This is a tale about a Mafia Don that hears about a professor's experiment in brain downloading that got him fired from his university professorship. The Mafioso wanted eternal life and this looked like his ticket to immortality. The professor worried that his life wouldn't be worth a nickel after his work was completed. He had no idea what was in store for him.
Big Al
A community of brain downloaded people were running into financial trouble due to the high cost of running their virtual existence. A multimillionaire used car salesman with severe health issues was invited to join their cerebral group in the hopes of improving their operational capital. From the start this appeared to be a very bad idea.
End Times
by Kalifer Deil
Genre:Collection of four science fiction stories
Format: Most e-book formats
Total words: 10,900

Ex World Leader
These aliens were looking for the smartest man on Earth to help adjudicate the future history of Earth. They ended up with Henry Kissingweig who did a bang up job.
The Survivor
Global warming reached its apex with everything turning worst case then the unthinkable happened.
Corpus Deletum
He loved the three beautiful androids and they loved him. He would do anything for them, and he did.
The Picnic
Damien and Christy went on a picnic. Their objectives were quite different. The result, well, it was very different as well.