Kathleen McClure
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A former actor and fight choreographer (and constant 14 year old), Kathleen has always been fiercely engaged by rip-roaring, escapist adventures, which is why she launched her novel-writing career with The Fortune Chronicles, an ode to the science fantasy novels she’s been devouring since childhood.
In addition to exploring the planet Fortune, Kathleen has joined with fellow writer L. Gene Brown to create The Gemini Hustle, a spy fi romp and first book in The Zodiac Files. She currently lives in Austin, TX with her stoic husband, two teenagers, and three cats.
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Soldier of Fortune: A Gideon Quinn Adventure
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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Steampunk
On the planet Fortune, tech is low, tensions high, and heroes… unlikely, and none more unlikely than thief-turned-soldier, Gideon Quinn. Wrongly convicted of treason, Gideon has spent six years harvesting crystal under the killing suns of the Morton Barrens, so when a general of the Colonial Corps arrives with an offer of freedom, and the chance to clear his name, Gideon doesn’t have to think twice. With his pet draco Elvis on his shoulder, Gideon takes 'ship for the city of Nike, looking for justice. What he finds is a dodger named Mia, a city steeped in corruption, and a menace at the heart of the Corps which could bring Fortune's new and fragile peace to an explosive end. And that’s just his first night in town. Soldier of Fortune is first of The Fortune Chronicles, a genre-bending science fiction/fantasy series that blends elements of the Old West, Steampunk and Paranormal Fantasy, and set in the distant future on the engineered planet Fortune. 
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Outrageous Fortune: An Errant Enterprise
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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Steampunk
On the planet Fortune, tech is low, airships and dracos crowd the skies, and everyone is out for their share of the crystal. A year after the war with the Coalition states has ended, John Pitte and the crew of the Errant aren't just scraping the bottom of the barrel, they're scraping the deck under the bottom of the barrel. So when a mysterious woman offers the crew salvation—or, at least a paying job—John signs on, only to discover that neither the job, nor the woman, are what they appear. Soon, the crew of the Errant are on the run and embroiled in hive of deception, while everything John hoped to save teeters on the brink of disaster. Outrageous Fortune is the second book in The Fortune Chronicles, a genre-blending series of old-school adventures set on the engineered world of Fortune. 
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Reversal of Fortune
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Science Fiction, Action & Adventure
On the planet Fortune tech is low, tensions high, and secrets can get you killed. Long before he sought justice in Nike, Colonel Gideon Quinn infiltrated a Midasian fort looking for plans to a new and potentially game changing weapon. But the mission goes swarm, and Gideon is left with no choice but to play the decoy, drawing enemy fire so his team can get the stolen intelligence to safety. Now he's trapped behind Midasian lines and faced with a deadly and cruel foe who, as Gideon soon discovers, will do anything, to anyone, in order to achieve his ends. Reversal of Fortune is the first Fortune Chronicles Short, and a prequel that takes place prior to the main action of The Fortune Chronicles, the science fantasy series that blends elements of steampunk, western and Dickens, all served up on the engineered planet Fortune. 
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The Gemini Hustle
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Science Fiction, Action & Adventure, Space Opera
Two guys walk into a bar… … but it's no joke when Zodiac agent Ray Slater's manhunt runs afoul of Harry Finn's undercover op, burning both men's covers—along with some of the local real estate. Now the two men form an uneasy partnership, one that takes them from the depths of the planet Ócala's understreet dives to the pinnacle of its pleasure palaces, and straight into the heart of an interstellar crime syndicate. Here, Ray and Harry find themselves entangled with two women gifted with psionic abilities—and burdened by secrets—who will change both men’s lives, forever. One planet, two men, three explosive nights, The Gemini Hustle serves up classic spy fi in a distant, dangerous, future. 
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Ghosts in the Graveyard and Other Tales
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Short Stories, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Eight flash fiction pieces that will transport you across a landscape of time, space and emotion, from Bergen-Belsen, to Faeryland to the belly of a whale and back. 
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