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About the Author
Write mostly science fiction. Born in 1957. Grew up in Burlington,
Vermont. Graduated University of Vermont, in 1979, with a BA in history. Is an
Executive Director of the Pheonix Skeptics, and plays on the Blue Thunder indoor soccer
team. Has worked as a game designer for TSR, FASA Corp., Games Designer Workshop, Hero
Games, Flying Buffalo, Inc., and Interplay Productions.
Books
Fiddleback Trilogy
- 1. A Gathering Evil
- 2. Evil Ascending
- 3. Evil Triumphant
- Set in the Dark Conspiracy universe, the GDW roleplaying game of modern
horror. Great start to the the first volume. Dark powers return to the world causing pain a
suffering. So called "Dark Lords" feed off this power, and use their powers to cause more suffering. Tycho Cain wakes up one day, not knowing who he is, and why he is in Pheonix. He becomes involved in a conflict between one of these Dark Lords, called Fiddleback, and the mysterious Coyote, who is trying to stop the Dark Lords.
Battletect Novels
Warrior Trilogy
- 1. Warrior: En Garde
- 2. Warrior: Riposte
- 3. Warrior: Coupe
- Set in the Battletech universe, the FASA roleplaying game about giant robot
combat. Well described battles and complex plots. Best of the Battletech series.
Blood of Kerensky
- 1. Lethal Heritage
- 2. Blood Legacy
- 3. Lost Destiny
- Set in the Battletech universe, the FASA roleplaying game about giant robot
combat. Sequel trilogy to the Warrior trilogy, set with the next generation of characters, and the return of the clans from beyond the Periphery.
Realms of Chaos
- New series set in a fantasy realm, created by Stackpole. A world divided half into a zone of Chaos, ruled by demons, and half into Order, peopled by the remains of an Empire. Heroes of the Empire must travel through the magical barrier that holds Chaos back, and find a way to protect the Empire from destruction. The most powerful demon is Fialchar, once a powerful magician who tricked his peers into creating the "Seal of Reality" and then broke it, creating the Chaos Realm. Very promising series.
Star Wars X-Wing Series
- Rogue Squadron - The legendary Rogue Squadron is reformed by Wedge Antilles.
- Wedge's Gamble
- The Krytos Trap
- The Bacta War
Others
- Natural Selection - Battletech novel. Set after the Clan war, involving the cousins, Prince Victor Davion and Khan Phelan Ward, who are rulers of their peoples and enemies.
- Assumption of Risk - Battletech novel. Kai Allard-Liao is the champion of the Game World, Solaris VII. He must now return to the politics of the Inner Sphere, to prevent the destruction of the Federated Commonwealth.
- Bred for War - Battletech novel.
- Malicious Intent - Battletech novel.
- Grave Convenant - Battletech novel.
- Once a Hero - fantasy novel.
- Talion: Revenant - (fantasy novel) Justices - the select of the Talion, endowed with fearsome magick and lethal martial skills -roam the Shattered Empire, crushing the lawless and championing the oppressed. Their word is law and their judgment binding on highborn and low.
Nolan is a Justice born in what once was a free nation of Sinjaria. Orphaned in the war of conquest with the nation of Hamris, he traveled to far Talianna and secured the right to become a Justice. Now, years later, the Master of all Talions has a dangerous assignment for Nolan: he is to guard the life of the king who destroyed Sinjaria and slaughtered his family. Alone, Nolan ventures into the political maelstrom that is the court of Hamris to stop an assassin even his Masters think cannot be slain. (ISBN 0-553-57656-9)
Excellent fantasy novel, which could spawn a sequel.
- Dementia - Mutant Chronicles novel.
- Wolf and Raven - Shadowrun novel. Fantasy novel, that is Michael's first Shadowrun novel.
- Eyes of Silver
- Star Wars: The New Jedi Order--Dark Tide: Onslaught (345-42854-4 Paperback, 304 pp)
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