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Featured Sci-fi: No One Left Behind The Complete Series by John Walker

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Featured Sci-fi: No One Left Behind The Complete Series by John Walker

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Edgar Bryce thought his war was over. Then he heard the signal.

Once a decorated soldier, Bryce now roams the stars as a freelance prospector, trading danger for solitude. The battles may be behind him, but peace has never come easy. He’s drifting until a strange signal pulls him off course.

A hidden transmission. A plea for help. A distress call from human prisoners long thought lost.

The authorities won’t act. Peace is too fragile. Diplomats would rather look away. But Bryce remembers what it means to wear the uniform and the unspoken vow that comes with it.

He’ll have to do the impossible: form a team, cross the border, and bring them home.

Because some promises don’t expire. And some missions… choose you.


This box set includes all six books in the Veterans Code series:
Veterans Code
Veterans Gamble
Veterans Honor
Veterans Duty
Veterans Wrath
Veterans Legacy

Featured Sci-fi: Artifact (Old Man’s Comeback Book 1) by John Walker

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Featured Sci-fi: Artifact—Old Man Comeback by John Walker

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Veteran soldier Raymond “Flip” Kinnely believed his battle days were behind him.

Now, in the quiet twilight of his life, he toils as a janitor for a powerful military contractor, far from the chaos of war. But when he arrives to find his workplace in lockdown, his routine is shattered.

An otherworldly artifact has been discovered, harbored deep in the compound. As his employers attempt to understand how it works, a mysterious prisoner stands on the verge of a brutal interrogation. Through a chance encounter, Flip hears her plea for help. Drawn to her vulnerability, he discovers she may be the only thing standing between Earth and a coming disaster.

Flip must decide: will he walk away and condemn an innocent to torture and death? Or stand against his ruthless employers?

In a moment when age and experience weigh heavily, can one former warrior summon the courage to defy the odds?

Featured Sci-fi: Too Old to Die the Complete Series by John Walker

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Featured Sci-fi: Too Old to Die the Complete Series by John Walker

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Gareth Weston feels old.

After a lifetime as a soldier, he’s retired to a quiet part of Earth where he expects to live out the rest of his days in quiet tranquility. With the universe at peace, he experiences a sense of uselessness.

Long hikes in the woods only go so far in keeping him busy and active.

But sometimes, fate isn’t content to allow obscurity to set in. When a mysterious force descends upon Earth, Gareth learns how battered his body has become. What starts off as a threat to his small community swiftly escalates as the invaders obliterate major cities.

With few chances for survival, and only a rogue doctor as an ally, Gareth must find a way to escape his home.

If you enjoy seasoned heroes, high-stakes action and stories of resilience against impossible odds, then you’ll love Too Old To Die, the complete 9-book sci-fi adventure from John Walker.

Featured Science Fiction: Owning a Spacebar by John Walker

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Featured Science Fiction: Owning a Spacebar by John Walker

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When Carson Flint traded his Commonwealth military badge for the quiet life, he thought he’d left his battles behind.

Two years of running a saloon called the Bulwark, a volatile hub for refugees, smugglers, and the occasional war-weary soldier, was the peace he’d been looking for.

He’s never had it easier, or been so bored.

But when a fugitive Commonwealth operative arrives with dangerous secrets and a war criminal on his tail, Carson’s sanctuary quickly becomes a target. Drawn back into a world of interstellar conspiracy and dangerous militias, Carson faces a decision that could alter the fate of not just the Bulwark, but perhaps the entire galaxy: risk everything to help old allies or turn his back and let the chaos close in.

The Bulwark may have given Carson an escape from his past, but adventure and old debts are calling.

If you enjoy reluctant heroes, unexpected twists, and high-stakes galactic intrigue, then you’ll love Owning A Spacebar, the latest sci-fi adventure from John Walker.

Featured Sci-fi: Alpha Colony The Complete Series by John Walker

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Featured Sci-fi: Alpha Colony The Complete Series by John Walker

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The End Has Arrived

The civilization of man has fallen. A mindless alien race has swept across the colonies, consuming structures and people along the way. As humanity stands on the brink of destruction, we have one hope to preserve what’s left of our culture and very lives. The Passage.

One of the greatest scientific achievements of humanity, a gateway that will hyper-accelerate our faster than light drives so we can cover an unimaginable distance. A new home waits beyond, one far from our aggressors. But can we escape the desolation of our old empire before it’s too late?

Featured Sci-Fi: Ether War the Complete Series by John Walker

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Featured Sci-Fi: Ether War the Complete Series by John Walker

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A Resource as Precious as Life

Ether. It revolutionized human technology. Made faster than light travel possible. With this new form of energy, people expanded beyond Earth to distant stars in other galaxies across the cosmos. After years of conflicts, a rebellion, and countless skirmishes, the Human Confederacy is a thriving government, a beacon of civilization.

Until an ether facility is destroyed out of the blue with no one taking credit for the destruction. Enter the Morrigan, a state of the art ship with a brilliant but inexperienced crew. Their captain Noah Markel is no stranger to battle and he believes this may not be as simple as an act of terrorism but rather an incursion. Their first contact with an alien race. One bent on crippling human space travel in preparation for something far worse than a border dispute.