Damon Alan
Damon Alan was born in Columbus, IN in 1966. He grew up in different southern Indiana locations, moving many times in his youth. Wherever he went, he was always the geek in the crowd, developing an early love for science fiction and fantasy. An avid fan of early sci-fi on TV, he hungrily consumed what was available and was upset if he couldn’t be Spock on the playground. That’s not doing a good job of staying in character, is it?
After becoming an adult, at least in name, he tried several different paths at college before finally realizing he didn't fit well with that sort of structure. He left school and joined the Air Force to be assigned to Space Command, which sounded much cooler than it probably was. (Although it was cool.) After leaving the Air Force in 1990, he applied to the FAA to be an Air Traffic Controller. In 1992 that became reality, and Damon became an ATC at the Indianapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center. Retired from ATC now, Damon is pursuing creative writing as a second career, with a growing number of Amazon exclusive novels under his belt. His short stories have been traditionally published in a few places, including the 2018 Gen Con anthology as well as American Mensa’s annual fiction issue in 2016. |
The Anvil of Dust and Stars (Book 1 in the Dark Seas Series)
Military Space Opera
In the future, the human race is slowly dying. After millennia of expansion, an enemy has arisen that is slowly pushing the human frontier back toward oblivion. The Hive. Soulless and emotionless, they are colonizing star system after star system. The victims of the Hive suffer a fate worse than death... Against an enemy that is seemingly unstoppable, one woman fights and leads the crews of her fleet in order to save humanity. History has proven again and again that in the darkest hours, heroes arise. Heroes fight. And heroes find a way. Sarah Dayson is that hero in a dark and violent future where entire planets are swallowed into the abyss. Follow the rise of Sarah Dayson from fresh cadet fighting for her life in a four man ship to Fleet Captain, where she's commanding a squadron of ships designed for one purpose. War. The Hive may have the advantage in numbers, but they lack one thing that will always push humanity over the top. The will to live. Ships will die. Planets will burn. But humanity will survive if Sarah Dayson has her way, no matter what the cost. |
On the Shores of a Dark Sea (Book 2 in the Dark Seas Series)
Military Space Opera
Fleet Captain Sarah Dayson thought she'd found safety. A fertile world ready for life. A star system so far off the ecliptic plane of the galaxy that nobody would look for her people... but she was wrong. Refuge is not at all what she expected. Her fight isn't over, in fact, it's more dangerous than its ever been. With battle broken ships and her crews on the edge, Sarah must once again struggle for those who matter most to her, the crew of the Seventh Fleet. Winning might mean risking everything she holds dear, but losing means death. |
Renegades (Book 3 in the Dark Seas Series)
Military Space Opera
Sarah Dayson planned on uniting her people and the adepts after the death of the tyrant Merik in book 2. A great assembly is called, but she must abandon it at a critical moment to deal with insurrection among her own people. Will she succeed? Will she lose the hearts of the adepts she fought so hard to bring to her cause? Struggling to find peace for her crewmen, Sarah must juggle the politics of a world struggling for identity, a world trying to reach equilibrium between two species of humanity. Not everyone, however, shares her agenda. |
Stennis (Book 4 in the Dark Seas Series)
Military Space Opera
Sarah Dayson's people are settled on Refuge, and the colony she helped found there grows. Her alliance with the natives grows stronger. But as she seeks to bring a renegade crew to justice, another surprise awaits her that requires dramatic steps to ensure the survival of the human race. Follow Sarah as she once again puts herself on the line, pushing the limits of technology and her people to see her mission through. |
The Depths of War (Book 5 in the Dark Seas Series)
Military Space Opera
Sarah Dayson has done everything she can to keep herself and her crews alive. The Seventh Fleet is battered, down in numbers, and longing for a chance to come out on top for a change. Sarah, in alliance with the adepts of Refuge, thinks she finally has answers that will give her the upper hand against the enemies that threaten everything she cares about. The adepts, able to function as one mind through the nexus of power that is Emille Sur'batti, can bring almost unthinkable power to the battles that wrack the galaxy. Sarah needs to build up a defense for Refuge, both to protect her people and the natives from attack by the Hive now that the Hive have a general idea where she's located. She needs ships and crews, so she heads back to the galaxy for both. As usual, that doesn't turn out as expected when she finds yet another enemy on the field of battle. |
Komi Syndicate (Book 6 in the Dark Seas Series)
Military Space Opera
The Komi Syndicate is a thorn in Admiral Sarah Dayson's side when she left them at the end of Book 5. All she wanted was ships to fight the Hive with, but the evil side of human nature stood in her way. So she decided to take what she needed with no regard for the suffering of those who would say otherwise. She had no idea about the heart of evil that pumped foul blood through the Komi empire. Urdoxander Komi is like nothing she's ever seen. Heartless. Cruel. Murderous. Genocidal. Sarah will not have it. She has a universe to save and nothing is going to stop her. Particularly not the evil machinations of politicians. If a few vile opportunists have to be permanently removed from the picture, that's fine with her. Komi Syndicate has battles, both in space and on the ground. Psychological warfare abounds. Sarah finds herself in a conundrum, and she'll have to pick between two desperate choices to get her mission accomplished. Side with the evil she's come to revile, or risk killing the innocent lives that inhabit the planets of the Komi Syndicate. |
The Dragons of Dunkirk
Military Fantasy
Pushed back toward Dunkirk and facing the German occupation of much of France, British and French forces are in dire straits. Little do they know how much worse their world is about to get. In Rotterdam, German scientists working on a secret occult program have succeeded in opening a gate to another realm. The parallel worlds of Earth and Aerth are now connected, allowing fantastic creatures and magic to flow into our world. Unfortunately for both the Allied and Axis powers, the inhabitants of Aerth have their own agenda and a third side to the War in Europe is born. Aerth's armies, under the guidance of the human wizard Hagirr, have plans that go beyond conquest. Quickly realizing the potential of the new threat, the Germans scramble to establish a truce with their human adversaries. While World War II in Europe may be on hold, the real battle for the fate of humanity is about to begin as the dead of World War I rise from the ground and take up arms against their former countrymen. |
The Secrets of Axum
Military Fantasy
World War II started two months ago. And then fizzled out like a wet fuse, at least in Europe. An otherworldly army has invaded Earth. The Axis and the Allies must work together if they are to stop it. Ernst Haufmann, Director of Ahnenerbe, the German Reich's research into the occult thinks he knows a way to stop the invasion forces to Germany can once again look to its own plans for world domination. The powers behind the invasion from Aerth believe so as well. They'll do anything to find the ancient artifact Ernst seeks before Ernst does. And if they can't have it, they'll be just as happy to destroy it. Individuals can make a difference in war as well. A small team of British infantry are on the other side of the gate in Aerth. They might have something to say to the inhabitants of that world about the invasion of ours. |
Serum
Thriller
This book contains violence, sexual content, and strong language. Dr. Charles Whittaker is one of the top biochemists in the USA. A respected professor of pharmacology at the University of Washington in Seattle, he works diligently in his lab with his most trusted student and protege. Together they seek to find a cure for mammalian cancer as they urgently try to save the life of Dr. Whittaker's German Shepherd, Martha. The chase is on as more than one group find out about his formula, and he's chased by dirty operatives and criminals alike. Mica and Laura are a husband and wife CIA assassin team. They're assigned to kill Dr. Whittaker after an earlier team fails to eliminate him. As they pursue him tirelessly, they learn some things are more important than blind duty. Family. Patriotism. People. These are what matter the most in this life. |