Noah Hartley

The Argo: 50 Short Stories of Galaxies, Gentlemen, and Gallantry (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

These are the adventures of Clayton Wade.

Serving as a Leftenant aboard the 48 gun Argo, Mr. Wade operates the gun deck as the Nelsonian Class ship journeys across the galaxies protecting galactic trade routes from a dark enemy known as Scavengers. After commissioning from the Military Academy in 2632 A.D. on his home planet Thera, Midshipman Wade cut his teeth fighting these dark forces while assigned to The Ezra. After passing the exam for Ensign before the mast and a few close calls fighting Scavengers, he was promptly assigned to the larger and more maneuverable Argo.

Modeled after the 18th century Man-o'-War frigates fighting on the high seas, the Nelsonian fleet comprises a battle configuration outfitted with solar sails, tall masts, taut lines, and massive, modern guns capable of blasting out energy converted from the light of the galaxies as the Argo travels through the stars.

Along with the Captain and Commander, Leftenant Wade navigates life aboard and amidst the universe accompanied with his counterpart, Ensign Maury. A rarity amongst the other more modern starships of the day, the Argo and her crew are somewhat of an anomaly. Dressed in long coats, cocked hats, shined boots, swords, and high collars, the Officers of the Argo are Gentlemen volunteering and making the mark to serve on the ships most likely to fight, and be destroyed, as they sail across the universe to protect transports from Scavengers.

Star Ports and Stations, open space and known trade routes, Leftenant Wade's daily life is a struggle just to survive. While coping with such conditions, Clayton finds himself challenged with the same troubles as everyone else in the universe, human or not.

Set sail. Hold on tight. And run out the guns.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Noah Hartley
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781005269005
• Artikelnr.: 70232144

Autorenporträt

It was during the pandemic that I began writing the short stories that make up The Argo: 50 Short Stories of Galaxies, Gentlemen, and Gallantry. At that time my son was barely six months old and his eczema was flaring up really bad. As we worked to combat it with medication, I had to stay in his room every night and watch him for three or four hours to make sure he didn't rub his face. Keeping a six month old from rubbing his face, it appears, is a near futile effort. After a few hours he would fall asleep completely.

This went on for months, as the risk of exposing him to the virus was still too high when taking him to hospitals for more and more help, but eventually we found medication that started working. As the months went on, I think I watched just about everything I cared to watch from online streaming services before I ran into a website where people posted random short stories.

After reading and enjoying a few of them, I thought I would give it a try. That's when I came up with Clayton Wade and the 48 gun Argo. As some of the early short stories gained positive reviews, I kept posting, eventually leading to the 50 short stories of the anthology. Clayton has stuck with me since then, leading to the publication of Wade. I'm now happy to also add Chelsea Vela into the stories with her spotlight role in Eternal Dawn.

The Argo, Wade, and Eternal Dawn are a mix of my interests, hobbies, personal life, and experience in the military. I'm not in the Navy, but if they bring back the rank of Leftenant then I may try to switch.

I hope you enjoy the stories. Set sail - and run out the guns.