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    An Even Break 1.5: Violent Interlude: An Even Break, #1.5
    An Even Break, Vol. 2: Concerning the Nature of Command: An Even Break, #2
    An Even Break: An Even Break, #1
    Ebook series3 titles

    An Even Break Series

    By CR Williams

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    About this series

    He'd fought and almost died before, but that was on a personal level. Now...now it was time for him to fight with an army. Not just with an army, but in command of one...the second-largest army the history of his new home had ever seen. The only larger one was that of the enemy he faced. 

     

    It was the last battle of the Age of Steel on Miranda. He'd spent years training for it, years preparing for it. He'd given his word he would fight with their weapons, point and edge and armor, in their way. And he would. But he would operate with the materials and the machines of the most advanced star-faring nations in that part of space. He would use the eyes they gave him and the tools they provided and he would use them to advantage.

     

    But the battle? The war as it would be expressed on the ground, man against man? If his enemy did not break the restrictions, neither would he. He could...the one called Morner could if he wanted. He also had some off-world help, hidden to others but known to William Sparrow. And though they could not in the end do much, what they could do could be, in the right time and place and way, catastrophic.

     

    The last war was coming. The last battle was soon to be fought. He had to win it. The Shadows were still out there, their agents still among his friends and his foes, and they...would...be...coming. He had to prepare to meet them when they did. He had to defeat Morner to do it.

     

    A mind steeped in history, educated on two worlds, the imagination of others combined with his own, the focus and discipline of the toughest training one could get in that part of the universe, everything turned now to this task: To win the war. To fight the battles. To, once and for all, stop the Conqueror.

     

    The cost would be high. Lives of men would be ended. And William Sparrow would face, before it was over, pain and sadness and loss and sacrifice unforseen and unplanned-for. Would it be worth it? Would it? And even if it were, would that be enough for him, when it was all over?

     

    Soon enough, he would know.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCR Williams
    Release dateJun 2, 2019
    An Even Break 1.5: Violent Interlude: An Even Break, #1.5
    An Even Break, Vol. 2: Concerning the Nature of Command: An Even Break, #2
    An Even Break: An Even Break, #1

    Titles in the series (3)

    • 1

      An Even Break: An Even Break, #1
      An Even Break: An Even Break, #1

      An Even Break: An Even Break, #1

      CR Williams
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      You're taken from something comfortable and familiar to something dangerous and life-threatening. You fall asleep and wake up speaking a language you didn't know existed. People that still fight with swords, lances and bows and have actual against-all-known-science magic want you to lead them against literal madmen coming on starships from another system. Everything you know about Medieval history tells you that something's wrong here because they're just not as good as the knights and men-at-arms you know about were. Not only that, some of them are not happy to see you and your friend. And that's before you find out about the treason being plotted against the ruler of the kingdom that kidnapped you. And why was it you and not some bad-ass hero or heroine that was taken from Earth for this? You're not heroes and don't want to be. Sun Tzu called it Death Ground. And you and your friend are standing on it. What can you do? If you're Adam Sterling and William Sparrow, you do what Sun Tzu says to do. You FIGHT.

      You're taken from something comfortable and familiar to something dangerous and life-threatening. You fall asleep and wake up speaking a language you didn't know existed. People that still fight with swords, lances and bows and have actual against-all-known-science magic want you to lead them against literal madmen coming on starships from another system. Everything you know about Medieval history tells you that something's wrong here because they're just not as good as the knights and men-at-arms you know about were. Not only that, some of them are not happy to see you and your friend. And that's before you find out about the treason being plotted against the ruler of the kingdom that kidnapped you. And why was it you and not some bad-ass hero or heroine that was taken from Earth for this? You're not heroes and don't want to be. Sun Tzu called it Death Ground. And you and your friend are standing on it. What can you do? If you're Adam Sterling and William Sparrow, you do what Sun Tzu says to do. You FIGHT.

    • 1

      An Even Break 1.5: Violent Interlude: An Even Break, #1.5
      An Even Break 1.5: Violent Interlude: An Even Break, #1.5

      An Even Break 1.5: Violent Interlude: An Even Break, #1.5

      CR Williams
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      There wasn't supposed to be anything but training and learning here. One fight was finished, another, bigger one was coming. He was preparing for war while he had time. But he still had enemies, enemies who had no qualms about striking from the shadows against the innocent if that's what it took to get to him. So it was that the time of learning was, against his will, turned into a time of teaching. He was a trainee, he was a student, and he was a target. He accepted that. Now others suffered pain and loss because of him. He would NOT accept that. So it was that he turned to another role, that of teacher. Because his enemies had to learn something important:   Don't make William Sparrow angry.   And he was going to make it a very hard lesson indeed.

      There wasn't supposed to be anything but training and learning here. One fight was finished, another, bigger one was coming. He was preparing for war while he had time. But he still had enemies, enemies who had no qualms about striking from the shadows against the innocent if that's what it took to get to him. So it was that the time of learning was, against his will, turned into a time of teaching. He was a trainee, he was a student, and he was a target. He accepted that. Now others suffered pain and loss because of him. He would NOT accept that. So it was that he turned to another role, that of teacher. Because his enemies had to learn something important:   Don't make William Sparrow angry.   And he was going to make it a very hard lesson indeed.

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      An Even Break, Vol. 2: Concerning the Nature of Command: An Even Break, #2
      An Even Break, Vol. 2: Concerning the Nature of Command: An Even Break, #2

      An Even Break, Vol. 2: Concerning the Nature of Command: An Even Break, #2

      CR Williams
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      He'd fought and almost died before, but that was on a personal level. Now...now it was time for him to fight with an army. Not just with an army, but in command of one...the second-largest army the history of his new home had ever seen. The only larger one was that of the enemy he faced.    It was the last battle of the Age of Steel on Miranda. He'd spent years training for it, years preparing for it. He'd given his word he would fight with their weapons, point and edge and armor, in their way. And he would. But he would operate with the materials and the machines of the most advanced star-faring nations in that part of space. He would use the eyes they gave him and the tools they provided and he would use them to advantage.   But the battle? The war as it would be expressed on the ground, man against man? If his enemy did not break the restrictions, neither would he. He could...the one called Morner could if he wanted. He also had some off-world help, hidden to others but known to William Sparrow. And though they could not in the end do much, what they could do could be, in the right time and place and way, catastrophic.   The last war was coming. The last battle was soon to be fought. He had to win it. The Shadows were still out there, their agents still among his friends and his foes, and they...would...be...coming. He had to prepare to meet them when they did. He had to defeat Morner to do it.   A mind steeped in history, educated on two worlds, the imagination of others combined with his own, the focus and discipline of the toughest training one could get in that part of the universe, everything turned now to this task: To win the war. To fight the battles. To, once and for all, stop the Conqueror.   The cost would be high. Lives of men would be ended. And William Sparrow would face, before it was over, pain and sadness and loss and sacrifice unforseen and unplanned-for. Would it be worth it? Would it? And even if it were, would that be enough for him, when it was all over?   Soon enough, he would know.

      He'd fought and almost died before, but that was on a personal level. Now...now it was time for him to fight with an army. Not just with an army, but in command of one...the second-largest army the history of his new home had ever seen. The only larger one was that of the enemy he faced.    It was the last battle of the Age of Steel on Miranda. He'd spent years training for it, years preparing for it. He'd given his word he would fight with their weapons, point and edge and armor, in their way. And he would. But he would operate with the materials and the machines of the most advanced star-faring nations in that part of space. He would use the eyes they gave him and the tools they provided and he would use them to advantage.   But the battle? The war as it would be expressed on the ground, man against man? If his enemy did not break the restrictions, neither would he. He could...the one called Morner could if he wanted. He also had some off-world help, hidden to others but known to William Sparrow. And though they could not in the end do much, what they could do could be, in the right time and place and way, catastrophic.   The last war was coming. The last battle was soon to be fought. He had to win it. The Shadows were still out there, their agents still among his friends and his foes, and they...would...be...coming. He had to prepare to meet them when they did. He had to defeat Morner to do it.   A mind steeped in history, educated on two worlds, the imagination of others combined with his own, the focus and discipline of the toughest training one could get in that part of the universe, everything turned now to this task: To win the war. To fight the battles. To, once and for all, stop the Conqueror.   The cost would be high. Lives of men would be ended. And William Sparrow would face, before it was over, pain and sadness and loss and sacrifice unforseen and unplanned-for. Would it be worth it? Would it? And even if it were, would that be enough for him, when it was all over?   Soon enough, he would know.

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