The Undying Has Died It wasn't supposed to happen. People who took the Miracle Treatment weren't supposed to die-ever. Especially not the famous movie star spokesperson for the Treatment. And yet, that's exactly what's happened. The stunning starlet Greta Darling, who looked 22 but was really 89, has suddenly died. Of natural causes. Desperate to assure their billions of clients that the Miracle Treatment really does work, company executives call in private investigator Rick Macey. Macey's job is to find out what really happened to Greta Darling-or, failing that, to simply come up with some other explanation for how she died. Macey is a war veteran with very special abilities, and his own reasons for taking this case. What exactly is so wonderful about living forever? Who is really pulling the strings here? What do the religious clues at the crime scene mean? And who will be left standing...when eternity falls? "Cyberpunk action like you've always wished for!" -Grace Bridges, author of

Eternity Falls

Outerbridge, Kirk

Literature & Fiction

Gilead Publishing

Thirty years of unrequited revenge stuffed into the body of a high-powered combat cyborg.   Th e Philippines of the future is a dangerous place. A country ravaged by 20 years of Islamic civil war. A nation fractured by religious fundamentalism and socioeconomic decay-and a place General Rick Macey thought he'd never have to see again.   But when a political assassination takes place at the US embassy in Manila, a calling card is left that Macey can hardly ignore.   Charged with mending US-Philippine relations, Macey must uncover the assassins, known only as The Tenth Crusaders, before the U.S. is accused of politically sabotaging the Philippines' eff orts to join the Islamic Alliance of Oceania-a pan-Islamic Supercountry comprised of the former Malaysia and Indonesia.   Failure could mean a new conflict between the U.S. and I.A.O., but to find the Crusaders, Macey will have to confront his past in the Philippines and the truth behind why he never wanted to return.   ***   Kirk resides with his wife and two children in beautiful Bermuda and is a professional engineer by trade. This is his second Rick Macey cyberthriller. The first, "Eternity Falls," won the ACFW Carol Award in 2010.

The Tenth Crusader

This anthology is a showcase for the best stories submitted in the general field of speculative fiction by Christian authors for this project. It represents a wide variety of genres, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, and paranormal. There is no common theme to these tales, though the subject of empathy or lack thereof does come up in them repeatedly. This is most definitely not an anthology about orbits which are somehow mythical. The main goal of this anthology was to demonstrate that Christian authors can write speculative fiction well. Stories with a wide range of appeal are included here, mostly serious, some with humor, some with “happy endings” and others clearly not so happy. All of them worth reading. Some of these stories feature Christian characters in speculative fiction worlds, some make use of Christian themes either subtly or overtly, while some have no discernible connection to Christianity at all. Christian authors are featured in this collection rather than specifically Christian-themed stories. There was no specific content or doctrinal test for these tales, though it happens to be that they are basically clean. As long as the violence mentioned in a few of these stories wasn't portrayed too graphically, this collection would rate a PG in the US movie rating system for the suffering mentioned in a few of these tales and a few relatively mild words like “bastard.” Sexuality in this anthology is limited to being attracted to someone and a single story kiss. In doctrine, these stories do what speculative fiction as a whole does—create worlds unlike our own and put the reader inside them. These stories do not assert these unreal situations are actually true...though things that are imaginary can reveal truths about what is real. Nothing here overtly contradicts the Bible. Even strict interpretations that there cannot possibly be ghosts or fairies or certain particular monsters as some of these tales include could be simply reinterpreted as involving demons, if a reader wished to do so. As much as these tales do not engage in graphic sexuality or violence or wander into asserting strange doctrinal beliefs are actually true, they nonetheless create unusual worlds, make unexpected twists, and otherwise are mentally engaging stories for young adult and adult readers alike.

Mythic Orbits 2016: BEST SPECULATIVE FICTION By Christian Authors

Nietz, Kerry

Short Stories & Anthologies

Bear Publications

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Eternity Falls

The Tenth Crusader

Mythic Orbits 2016: BEST SPECULATIVE FICTION By Christian Authors