[i]It's Not Over Til The Skinny Lady Sings…[/i] Working off of a piece of intelligence from the alien Hexosehr, the [i]Vorpal Blade[/i] is dispatched to investigate rumors of an ancient and powerful civilization that may have been the creators of the “black box” that drives humanity's only space ship. Any remnant technology would be nice but what the [i]Blade[/i] finds is much more than they bargained for. Worse, the ship is infested by an alien species of scorpion-like arachnoids that has the potential to wipe out a world. Worst of all, instead of being Astrogator, Captain William Weaver is now the XO and he is [i]not[/i] getting along with the new commander. And the new commander does...
In the midst of recovering from their successful if casualty prone first mission, the crew of the Alliance Space Ship [i]Vorpal Blade[/i] are suddenly scrambled back into action. All other priorities take second place as word arrives on earth of a gate colony which has fallen to an unidentified alien assault. As the only space ship currently available to the Human-Adar Alliance, the [i]Vorpal Blade[/i] is dispatched to find out what happened to the colony, rescue any survivors and learn the identity of the attackers. With new complexities added to the universe started in the novel [i]Into the Looking Glass[/i] and continued in [i]Vorpal Blade[/i], [i]Manxome Foe[/i] continues the tradition...
The sequel to [i]Into the Looking Glass[/i]. William Weaver, PhD. and SEAL Chief Adams are back and Bill got himself a ship! The former SSBN [i]Nebraska[/i] has been converted, using mostly garage mechanics and baling wire, into a warp ship ready to go “out there.” But as everyone knows, the people who really are going to bear the brunt are the poor Security guys, Force Recon Marines who are kept in the dark and fed manure all day. That is until they land on an alien planet, get partially wiped out and then load back up again. Ranging in topics from the best gun to kill armored space monsters to particle physics to cosmology to health and beauty tips, [i]Vorpal Blade[/i] is a return to the...