Tag: Blade Devon

#SFFSat 3/31/2012 – Arcana Double Cross

On By jccasselsIn Mercenary Adventures of Blade Devon, SFFS22 Comments

It’s Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday time again!

To keep with the theme I’m following on my blog, “Celebrating Big Damn Heroes,” this week’s snippet is a departure from the upcoming release, SOVRAN’S PAWN (April 20). This week’s snippet comes to you from one of the lost novels of THE MERCENARY ADVENTURES OF BLADE DEVON. Set approximately five years after SOVRAN’S PAWN, this snippet from ARCANA DOUBLE CROSS (Fall 2012), finds Blade and his band of merry mercenaries in a firefight in a multilevel promenade filled with restaurants and upscale shops.

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Blade looked desperately around for the fastest way to the lower level where Nina and Adin were pinned down. He studied the banners with a speculative eye. With a mad flash of inspiration, he raced for the balcony railing, shouldering the rifle as he ran.

“Phinny! Cover me!” 

With Phinny laying down a spray of covering fire, Blade slipped the knife from its sheath and swung his legs over the rail. Giving a mighty effort, he leaped for the nearest banner. Catching a handful of it, he slashed the ties with one quick swipe of the knife. As gravity took over, rending the banner free of its mooring, he slid the knife blade between his teeth and swung the rifle around. 

Blade’s stomach lurched as the floor raced towards him.

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Well, that’s the Saturday Snippet for this week! Please don’t forget to comment by clicking on either the blog title or the little quotation balloon in the upper right hand corner. Tell your friends. Stop back here next week for another!

If you want a little more of SOVRAN’S PAWN, BARRON’S LAST STAND, or to learn more about THE BLACK WING CHRONICLES, just click on the links.

In case you missed them, here are links to an interview with Blade Devon and the blog post kicking off the Celebration of Big Damn Heroes, complete with a heroes gallery slideshow. Can you spot the inspiration for Blade Devon in the gallery?

Sneak Peek at cover art for ARCANA DOUBLE CROSS

On By jccasselsIn Uncategorized2 Comments

Busy, busy around here getting ready for the April release of the first installment of The Black Wing Chronicles. Let’s not forget that coming up in a few months, is the release of ARCANA DOUBLE CROSS, one of the recovered novels in The Mercenary Adventures of Blade Devon.

Here’s a first look at the cover art in progress! What do you think? No, those aren’t flames in the silhouette of the girl, it’s part of a nebula – in keeping with the nebula theme – see the stars? Inspiration came from covers of classic Men’s Adventure novels, namely James Bond. Here for your amusement, are the old CASINO ROYALE covers that inspired various elements. How did we do? Did we pay proper homage to these classics?