By Caleb Fast Chapter One The Bulwark, Allegra “Watch your right!” Louis calls out her warning as she points at a small group of soldiers that are dug into the nearby mountainside. The soldiers appear to be preoccupied as they fight amongst themselves, which Matthew finds oddly reassuring. “They look like they’re busy,” Matthew reports …
By Caleb Fast Chapter One The Bulwark, Allegra “Just run!” Matthew commands when he notices Rav’ian slowing down slightly, “Don’t worry, I’m right behind you!” Rav’ian heeds Matthew’s words and she quickens her pace. Matthew hopes against all hope that he and Rav’ian are still heading in the right direction. Unfortunately, he can’t be sure …
By Caleb Fast Chapter One The Bulwark, Allegra “Are you not coming with us?” Matthew asks as he looks down to Marie who is still in the trench that he and Rav’ian had just come out of. Marie looks up to Matthew and gives him a wry smile. She shakes her head and starts leaving …
By Caleb Fast Chapter One Camp Spenser, Allegra “This is our stop,” James’s voice rouses Matthew from his sleep with a light kick to his foot. Matthew opens his eyes slowly and he looks up to the silhouette that had awakened him. Blinking a few times, Matthew sees that night had fallen and everything is …
By Caleb Fast Chapter One Crail, Sinclair “There’s nothing like it,” Matthew Campbell whispers in awe as he stares at the coastal cliffs that hem in his hometown of Crail. As usual, the sun is just beginning to set, and it is gently slipping behind the island. A fiery red sunset seemingly highlights the dark …
Matthew Doesn’t Like the Idea of Killing People. Killing Beets was one thing, after all, they’re the invaders. People, on the other hand, the act left a bad taste in Matthew’s mouth. It also felt like it ripped a piece of his soul out of him. But, that’s his mission. In fact, it’s his first …
Matthew is tasked with killing a friend… At the request of space marine Second Lieutenant Seville Wyndover, Matthew is hunting down his friend James. Matthew and Rav’ian rescued Wyndover at the expense of their “glory hunt.” Once Wyndover was saved, he returned the favor by giving them with more supplies than a Mudder could have …
Honor the Dead …Even if You’re the One that killed them. Matthew killed a Toa warrior, and now he has been invited to take part in a “glory hunt” to honor the dead Toaz. Rav’ian, Matthew’s Toaz companion has opted to lead the way again, and she already has a target in mind. She wants …
Kill or Be Killed. Cliché? Yes. True? Even more so. Matthew was a 20-year-old fisherman. Now he’s a soldier that is about to get thrown into the meat grinder of war. If that isn’t bad enough, he’s stuck on the frontlines while the rest of the Coalition’s army awaits a “master plan” that has yet …
Nowhere is ever truly safe. The year is 2284 and wars are endemic across Coalition Space. Matthew Campbell was a fisherman before the Coalition arrived. All he had to worry about was bringing in the day’s catch. Now he is in the middle of a war that has already killed tens of thousands. Matthew makes …