Bøger af Monalisa Foster

I cannot overly recommend this 40-odd page jewel. It's a painful piece, but that's its strength, really. And it is also a story which literally cannot be told too strongly or too often. --David Weber, Bestselling Author of the Honor Harrington novelsBased on actual events, this short story provides a quick glimpse into life under Ceaucescu's brutal communist regime. Like so many Romanians, ten-year-old Renata lives in fear of Securitate (Ceaucescu's secret police). They don't always take you in the middle of the night. In a world where the living envy the dead, not all examples are made in the shadows. Some are made in the light of day.

Forensic firearms analyst Timothy Woodsman loves his job. Until Cooper, one of the guns passing through his lab, starts making conversation.At first he thinks it must be a trick-the guys picking on the lab rat-and vows to ignore them.But when his past, present and future collide, a quest for identity begins.Does he need Cooper to rediscover or just redefine himself?A slightly different version of this story appeared in To Be Men: Stories Celebrating Masculinity

Darien and Syteria have been to hell and back. Their wounds and scars remain a part of them and who they are as they fight to stay together and prevent civil war. But when an old enemy is found alive he threatens their most precious secret as well as the future of both humans and donai. Will they be able to forge the new alliances needed to keep the Imperium from rising from the ashes? Or will the Imperium's old guard carry out a genocide that will doom the donai to extinction?Ravages of Honor: Lineage picks up right after the end of Ravages of Honor: Ascension. While it can be read as a standalone (it is a complete story with its own beginning, middle, and end), it was meant to be read in sequence. The Ravages of Honor series is a galactic empire space opera with romantic elements, genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and swords.Book 3 in the series. Completes Trilogy 1.

Things are never what they seem, and on the other side of this cover, what you know isn't so! Plunge into eight tales of that will feel familiar, only to careen through more twists than a country road at night, and stranger turns: From noir private eyes, to Fae battles, to the cookies of the dark side, you'll find a surprise in every story! Caliborne's Curse Monalisa FosterLate Night Drive Ethan WhisnandPlaza of Pain Tom RognebyThe Luck Breaker Rhiain O'ConnellThe Chosen One Cedar SandersonDog Saves Man Christopher MarkmanDemons and Dishes Dorothy GrantNick Slade-Private Eye JL Curtis

Operation Barbarossa destroyed most of the Tsarina Tatiana Romanova's aircraft. Sixteen-year-old Natalya loves to fly, to soar. And now she gets to. As the youngest member of the Tsarina's Own Night Bomber regiment.A story for anyone who loves WW2 alt-history, aviation, and stories about heroism.Night Witches strike terror in the hearts of darkness.(This short story was previously published in To Slip the Surly Bonds (Phases of Mars 2) edited by Chris Kennedy and James Young)

Writing and rejection go hand-in-hand. Told by a first-time workshop participant, "Rejection 101: A Writer's Guide" goes into why a rejection is an opinion, not a death sentence. Previously published as a series of blog posts, this short but straightforward account cuts through the mystery of the editorial selection process. A must-read for every writer.

Lady Valeria Yedon, the emperor's favorite assassin, thought herself free.But in the Imperium, oaths of fealty have no expiration date. The burdens of duty and honor bind everything, and everyone, together.And freedom always comes at a price.Part of the Ravages of Honor universe, "Featherlight" focuses on one warrior's struggle for her future ... and her soul. Featherlight can be read as a standalone work and is a prequel to Ravages of Honor.--------One of the most common questions I've gotten from those who read Ravages of Honor is, "What are the donai women like?" The story of Lady Yedon did give me the perfect opportunity to answer this question, at least for one donai. If you've read Ravages, some of the world-building details are repeated here (for those that have not). If you have not read Ravages, it's my sincerest hope that you will.Either way, know that this novella stands alone as its own story. And that, unlike Ravages, it is a dark one.

"A NEW START-OR AN OLD CALLING? Talia Merritt, a former military sniper once known as Death's Handmaiden, is a woman haunted by her past. Her cybernetic arm and her phantom-the implant that allows her to control it-serve as a constant reminder of what she's lost. But Talia is hoping to leave her past and her reputation behind and start anew on the colony world of Goruden, a hardscrabble planet of frontier-minded people seeking a better life. And she's finally earned enough to start to make that dream come true. In the bucolic town of Tsuri, she interviews for a job as a marksmanship instructor for local bigwig Signore Ferran Contesti. But Contesi is not what he seems. A recent arrival on Goruden, he hopes to mold the colony world in his own image-an image at odds with the unencumbered life free of government and corporate meddling that Talia has come to find. Soon, Talia finds herself thrust into the start of another conflict. Talia desperately wants to stay out of it, but she may not have that luxury. With the fate of a planet and her own peace of mind hanging in the balance, Talia must decide whether or not to once again take up the mantle of Death's Handmaiden..."--