Scenes from our Next Episode

I have recently been fielding questions about the unsyncopated methods I have employed in releasing my books for the Foreign and Domestic trilogy (book 2 is book 1, book 1 is book 2, etc). Rather than copy and paste emails ad infinitum, I thought I would post about it here so I could just send readers a link.

Foreign and Domestic: Campaign II--Battle for the Middle States is sequentially the first book of the FND trilogy but since it starts in the middle of the story, I made it to stand alone. The next book, Campaign I--Rise of the Ex-Nihilos, will actually be the prequel (you can blame George Lucas for setting this dangerous precedent with Star Wars). In Campaign I, I will explain the events that set America on its future course (e.g. the aircraft accident that caused the UN to become a super-power, the family feud that got President Earle elected, the origins of the patriot secret army and their near-defeat at the boneyards of Arizona). Finally, Campaign III--Second Nation (actually, the 3rd book will be the 3rd book) will cap off the trilogy and detail the final battles between the Sovereign Forces, Zzgn's UN and Earle's XUS.

If there is enough customer demand, I have a fourth book in me, Overwar, which will show how the American conflict has shattered Secretary-General Zzgn's carefully-laid plans and the desperate measures he pursues to see that his global ambitions succeed.

And if that isn't enough, plans exist for a prequel to the trilogy, Captains and Lieutenants, which will follow young Spider's turbulent Air Force career from a young lieutenant in pilot training up through his unceremonious ouster as captain. This one will be fast and dirty since I won't have to make much up; it will roughly parallel the twists and turns of my own colorful AF career.