Cats of War III (my third Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire collection) has arrived at its release day! Fractured Fragment Friday moves on to the eleventh story in the series– “Copy Cat.” (BTW – I’m participating in the 14th Annual Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale! Swordsmaster and all my collections are available at 50% off – … Continue reading
Cats of War III (my third Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire collection) has arrived at its release day! Fractured Fragment Friday moves on to the tenth story in the series– “The Cat’s Paw.” (BTW – I’m participating in the 14th Annual Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale! Swordsmaster and all my collections are available at 50% off … Continue reading
**I’m participating in the 14th Annual Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale! Swordsmaster and all my collections are available at 50% off – you can find the links to all of them on my Current Book Promotions page. Meanwhile, Cats of War III (my third Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire collection) is on its way to a … Continue reading
It’s official! Cats of War III (my third Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire collection) is ready for its July 8th release date. So this Fractured Fragment Friday, we’ll visit the eighth story in the series (and the first in the collection) – “Imperial Imperilment.” Here’s the Blurb Lord Phylo and his Canine Armada have … Continue reading
Time for the sixth story in the Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire series. “Cats Out of the Bag” combined the final return of the Lost Baastards (the routed fleet from “Nipped in the Butt”), the escape of the exiled Empress Isabella, and the return of The Lynx with the introduction a new and powerful … Continue reading
“Imperial Purrogative” is the FIFTH Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire tale. It was time to revisit the Rotter Dame, and bring justice to the as yet undiscovered conspirators who had enabled the Rotters to return to Ramses in “Cat and Mouse.” The story introduces a new, recurring character in the mysterious Lynx, as well … Continue reading
“Baastard’s Revenge” is the FOURTH Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire tale. The devious cats of Baast don’t view our hero with fondness – Herc Tom has single-handedly (well, at least he thinks so) thwarted their last two attempts to defeat the Empire (in “Purr Mission” and “Nipped in the Butt”.) “Baastard’s Revenge” was an … Continue reading
In the third installment of Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire, I felt it was time to get away from a feline only milieu and add in a couple more evolved races – the subservient mice and their evil Rotter cousins. As in all generalizations, not everyone in a group fits neatly into their stereotypes. … Continue reading
“Nipped in the Butt” (I do like double entendre) gave me a chance to expand a little more on the conflict between Ramses and the Baastians (I don’t care how many times you think you have a peace deal with your enemies – it is ALWAYS necessary to remain vigilant; you are in “trust, but … Continue reading
For the next few Fractured Fragment Fridays, we’ll visit the eleven stories in my Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire series. First up is “Purr Mission”, and an explanation of how Herc Tom came to be. So – cats. Why did I decide to write a story about cats? I didn’t, really. “Purr Mission” started with … Continue reading
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