Time War Twofer
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The Time War is raging on many fronts with heroes from all over time and space coming together to fight the forces of chaos and evil. Now you can join eternal warrior Crimson, elf raconteur Brion Wilde, Orm the demonborne assassin, Martian Knight Sigourney Saxon, a rogue time traveler known as The Professor, and battle mage supreme Lian Fyre on the front lines in this special two-in-one edition.
This twofer includes both TIME WAR and TIME WAR: SECOND FRONT in one specially priced e-book.
Stephen D. Sullivan is the award-winning author of trilogies for Legend of the Five Rings, Spider Riders, and Dragonlance.
Stephen D. Sullivan
Stephen D. Sullivan has written more than 50 books across many genres: fantasy, SF, horror, detective, movie adaptations, and more. Readers the world over enjoy his fast-moving prose style and hard-hitting action sequences. He has won numerous awards for his work, including the 2016 Scribe Award for his horror-comedy novel, Manos: The Hands of Fate.Not sure where to start? Try these:NEW! Manos: Talons of FateBEST SELLER: Manos: The Hands of Fate (2016 Scribe Award Winner)HORROR & MONSTERS: Daikaiju AttackFANTASY: Tournament of Death novelsSCIENCE FICTION: Heart of Steam & RustADULT: Elf Erotica (Elf Princess on Mars)OVERVIEW: Martian Knights & Other TalesThere are plenty of others to choose from, too. (Including some books from other authors published by Steve's Company, Walkabout Publishing.)Browse! Buy! Enjoy!
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Time War Twofer - Stephen D. Sullivan
Stephen D. Sullivan
Novels & Collections
The Crimson Collection
Martian Knights & Other Tales
Luck o’ the Irish
Zombies, Werewolves, & Unicorns
Tournament of Death (free online novel)
Dragonlance
The Dragon Isles
The Dying Kingdom
Warrior’s Heart (Catriona trilogy)
Warrior’s Blood (Catriona trilogy)
Warrior’s Bones (Catriona trilogy)
Legend of the Five Rings
The Scorpion
The Phoenix
The Lion
Spider Riders
The Shards of the Oracle
Quest of the Earthen
Reign of the Soul Eater
And more…
E-Books & Stories
Elf Princess on Mars (regular or illustrated Elf Erotica editions)
Heart of Steam & Rust (steampunk - 2012)
Ghosts of 9/11
Monster Shark
The Candle Goes Dark, But the Light Remains (Crimson)
Crimson & Dragons (Crimson)
Crash of the Titans (Crimson)
Thor Loser (Crimson)
Snowraven
Kidnapped by Saurians (Dungeons & Dinosaurs)
And more…
Anthologies
Blue Kingdoms: Mages & Magic
Uncanny Encounters: Roswell
Hot & Steamy (steampunk)
Steampunk’d
Sol’s Children (sci-fi)
Lilith Unbound
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TIME WAR
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TIME WAR SECOND FRONT
~ Special Twofer Edition ~
Stephen D. Sullivan
• Walkabout Publishing •
Smashwords Edition.
© 2012 Stephen D. Sullivan
I worked hard on this book, and I hope you enjoy it! I’m a real person trying to make a living, not some faceless mega-corporation. Your purchase of this book makes it easier for me to write more stories for you to enjoy. So…
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Special thanks to my first readers, Kifflie Scott, Jean Rabe & Paul McComas for reading, valuable advice, and corrections of tense. And Karen Conlin for twofer cover advice.
Cover art & design © 2012 Stephen D. Sullivan.
Time War
was originally published in Stalking the Wild Hare, Walkabout Publishing, 2010.
Time War: Second Front
was originally published in Carnage & Consequences, Walkabout Publishing, 2011.
Get a free wallpaper of this and other stories at www.stephendsullivan.com –where you can find out more about me, as well. Thanks!
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CONTENTS
TIME WAR
TIME WAR: SECOND FRONT
Samples of Other Stories
Crimson & Dragons
Monster Shark
Snowraven
Tournament of Death
About Time War
About Time War: Second Front
About the Author
Original Book Covers
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TIME WAR
~ A Crimson Story ~
Stephen D. Sullivan
Our sasquatch battalion storms up the time fortress’s left flank, throwing scorpion riders into the abyss along the way. The enemy’s ZTZ-99s roll out in defense, so we send our dragonfly squadron on a bombing run, knocking out several of the tanks and pushing the bulk of the enemy’s defenders back toward the citadel. Naturally, they call in a retaliatory strike from their starfighters. As is usual with these things, the whole situation rapidly degenerates into a shitstorm of blood and guts and firepower. If war is hell, then Time War is a quadruple-scoop of hell with flaming jalapeños on top.
Magical and technological bolts of energy blaze through a sky filled with stars, planets, galaxies, and some forms of cosmology I don’t recognize. The landside battlefield is a broad two-dimensional checkerboard, suspended in thin air, surrounding the fortress. Neither the heavens, the earth, nor anything else around us seems possible—and, of course, without the time meddlers, it wouldn’t be possible.
My name is Crimson, and today, I’m a grunt. Being semi-immortal, I get swept up in this kind of thing more often than you’d probably believe. Sometimes I even survive. Most who live through a Time War forget it ever happened. I remember—thanks to the gift
from the gods who put me in this situation. That and a talent for killing things is probably why I’ve been chosen to lead the infiltration squad on the right flank.
While my team is going in on the right, Carnelian Fyre’s troops are keeping the enemy busy on the left. Yeah, that Lian Fyre, the hero of the Fourth Wizard War—the Fire Mage who can toast you with a glance. I know. I thought she was dead, too. But who knows what portion of space-time the meddlers plucked her out of. We’ve met before, she and I, either in my past or her future. So, for me, this battle feels like a Warrior Chicks Reunion Tour: Lian and Crimson together again, for the first time. Scarlet Fire and Red Death the troops called us—among other, less repeatable things.
My team’s job—and the