THE DAEDALON CARGO

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Any keen-eyed observer on the planet’s surface would have spotted the weathered crimson lettering adorning the flank of the class 4 Tarian cargo vessel. GDS — Galactic Delivery Service. At twenty-three hundred eighty-two feet in length, his beloved Sarah remained a steadfast companion, despite the tribulations she’d endured on his behalf over their twelve-year partnership.

The vessel bore the scars of their shared history like a battle-hardened warrior: blast marks marring the outer hull, a constellation of asteroid dings — souvenirs from Jake and Sarah’s heated debates over manual versus auto-pilot mode. Crudely welded panels stood testament to hasty repairs, a reminder of their narrow escape from an aerial bombardment. That particular incident may have had something to do with Jake’s ill-advised dalliance with a local warlord’s betrothed on Geida Gamma. Mere bumps in the road, he’d say with a roguish grin.

Jake winced, feeling the lingering aches from his recent altercation with the Faklu. The med bay had done its job, but his body stubbornly clung to the memory of the incident like a dog with a bone.

“Pleased to see you managed some shut-eye.” Sarah’s voice dripped with sarcasm as she flooded Jake’s face with harsh light, ignoring his oft-repeated request for a gentler awakening. Her tone carried the weight of a thousand unspoken grievances.

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THE NATHAN DUNNING SERIES

After walking away from a life of shadowy figures and dark deeds, Dunning looks for rest and solace as he travels the world. But with a mind for details and a nose for trouble, he stumbles upon someone in need of his help no matter where he goes. Unwilling to turn a blind eye, Dunning steps in to make things right. And before he moves on, he makes sure the bad guys won’t cause trouble ever again.

The first Nathan Dunning Series thriller is coming in 2025.
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THE NOVELS I WROTE

Wondering what happened to the nine novels I previously had published? (if you knew the different pen names) Well, I pulled them all off the market…for now.

I’m in the process of doing a deep analysis on each of them, one at a time, and doing some editing and rewriting (extensive in some cases) to make each of them much better.

I wrote my first novel in 2011-12. I think my writing craft has improved over the years, but I’ve been away from writing for a while, until recently. Since I want to consolidate all these earlier novels under my real name, along with my future novels (like the Nathan Dunning series), I decided this massive overhaul of each of them is worth the effort.

The Daedalon Cargo is the first of the nine being reborn.

So, for those of you who were wondering, now you know.

You can find out more about how that overhaul process is going, including how I’m doing it, on my X profile where I’m exploring human storytelling and AI news, with a focus on writing craft, story analysis, novel writing, and ethical AI writing tips & tools.

-Scott