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D.M. Pruden’s stories will take you across space and time into a future that will amaze and confound you. Battle space pirates in the asteroid belt, join the last defenders of a dying empire, or roll with the antics of a space faring conman. These sci-fi adventures and more await you.

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Arno floated with his back against the railing, clutching his shoulder.

“Captain, are you okay?”

“Argh… I wrenched my arm when I grabbed the rail, but I think I’m all right. How are the others? Are you hurt?”

“I’m okay. Three casualties, for sure: Myers, Mbana and…, and the Commander.”

“Shit.”

“I’m alive,” called Fuentes, the navigator. She assisted the engineering officer. “Warring, here is injured, but Ying bought it.”

“I’ll be fine, Cap’n,” said the engineer.

“Okay, try to raise the engine room. I need a report of how bad things are. Fuentes, can you do Ying’s job? We’re blind and I want to know what’s happening.”

“Aye, Captain,” she said as she pushed herself back toward the sensor console.

“Pavlovich, can you replace Myers at helm?”

“I… I’m only rated for shuttles.”

Arno frowned. “Tactical experience?”

“Yes, sir… in simulators, at least.”

“Okay, I only need one hand to operate the helm. You take Mbana’s station.”

“Aye, Captain.”

“Report from engineering deck,” said Warring. “We took heavy damage to engines two and four, but one and three are still capable of putting out full thrust. Do you want to re- route the power to environmental?”

“No, not yet. We might need it to get out of here,” Arno replied from the pilot’s station. “Where are the bogies, Fuentes?”

“Um, all are still on our tail and closing. It looks like they left Argosy behind to come after us.”

“Which tells me we’re in better shape than them,” said Arno. “I think they decided they want us in one piece.”

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The Soul Eater of Flipimoff IV
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The Soul Eater of Flipimoff IV

It's a soul sucking job, but someone has to do it

Conman Ignatz Bauer considers himself an enterprising businessman and scrupulously avoids anything that resembles a common job. The very idea of working for someone else sends shivers up his spine. But when circumstances compel him to accept a commission to deliver an enigmatic package to an even more mysterious recipient, Ignatz discovers the true meaning of fear.

With the ship in desperate need of repair and falling apart around his ears, his AI having an identity crisis, and his bodyguard seriously considering a career change, Ignatz has four days to make a two-week journey across the galaxy if he wants to keep his own skin intact. Complicating matters, the item he is supposed to deliver turns out to be an ancient disembodied entity that may well hold the key to the fate of all life in the galaxy.

With death dogging his steps and little to no chance of successfully completing his task, Ignatz once again does what he always does and trusts that Lady Luck will bail him out one last time.

The Soul Eater of Flipimoff IV is the second book in The Galactic Misadventures of Ignatz Bauer series

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Download a free ebook and join the 2039 Brigade.

D.M. Pruden’s stories will take you across space and time into a future that will amaze and confound you. Battle space pirates in the asteroid belt, join the last defenders of a dying empire, or roll with the antics of a space faring conman. These sci-fi adventures and more await you.

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