Here’s the plot description for Birthright Book 3:  Enemy of My Enemy–

Caleb Mitchell, Deke Conner and Kara McIntire return in the latest novel in the star-spanning Birthright series.  Travelling back from their mission to the Northwest Passage, having closed off that corridor into our part of space to alien invasion, Cal Mitchell and his friends are now faced by a threat closer to home.

When the former DSI commando Robert Chang, known as Cutter, had deceived them into helping him find the legendary Northwest Passage, he’d used all of his resources for his set-up—including replacing a few key military officers with genetically duplicated copies made in his lab and under his control.  Cutter is gone, but his organization remains…and so do the replacements.

Now, someone Cutter left behind is using those replacements in an attempt to reignite the war between the human Commonwealth and the Tahni Empire.  Tahni insurgents have launched terrorist strikes against the Commonwealth military, initiating a cycle of reprisal and escalation, spurred on by the duplicates in the military.  When Cal, Deke and Kara bring together what remains of their old Glory Boy commando group in an effort to investigate, they’re attacked by both sides.  It will take all their skill to overcome the conspiracy and expose the ones behind it.

And to convince the Tahni that the enemy of their enemy is not necessarily their friend…

 

I am at 80,000 words of Enemy of My Enemy.  Only about 20-25,000 to go, I think.  I hope I can come up with an end (for the moment) of the Birthright series that gives everyone a sense of closure and completion.

A question for the people who follow this page: I am about 2/3 through the third book in the Birthright series and I hope to have it completed and available for sale by the Fall.
So, I’ve started thinking about what’s next, of course. I have several alternatives in mind—a prequel to Birthright about Caleb Mitchell’s experiences as a Glory Boy commando in the war with the Tahni; an as-yet unplotted book set after the Duty, Honor, Planet trilogy; a SF plot I’ve had laying around for a while that’s unrelated to anything I’ve published so far; or an epic fantasy that I’ve had kicking around my brain and WIP files for a while.
Any of y’all have any preference? I could use an outside push to make this decision.

I’m running a weekend giveaway of Duty, Honor, Planet this weekend, starting tomorrow June 4 and running through Sunday.

I’m running a five day free promotional giveaway of Duty, Honor, Planet from Wednesday March 9 to Sunday March 13.  Please let your friends who haven’t read the book know.

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I’m running a 5 day giveaway of the e-book version of my science fiction novel Birthright http://www.amazon.com/Birthright-Rick-Partlow-ebook/dp/B005FMBIKY/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 starting Saturday and running through Wednesday the 20th.
It’s a space opera combined with a dash of cyberpunk, a bit of military science fiction and told in the style of a noir detective story.
The main character, Caleb Mitchell, is the Constable of what used to be an agricultural colony populated by an offshoot of the Quakers, until the war with the aggressive and humanoid Tahni tore that world apart. Cal volunteered to be a cybernetically augmented commando during the war and returned to a world torn by war and exploited for its mineral resources by the monopolistic Corporate Council that was allowed to grow into an unstoppable force during the war. Now he just tries to keep a lid on the pressure cooker and protect his people. That becomes much harder when a Corporate mineral scout comes to him for help. She’s discovered a secret that the Corporate Council is willing to kill for…and now Cal and his family are in their crosshairs.

If you’ve already read it, let your friends know about the giveaway.

Thanks

I am going to be running a special on my books Duty, Honor, Planet and Birthright starting tomorrow and running for a week.  Both are going to be priced at 99 cents each to download for Kindle.  Let your friends know!

Just a pause to wish all those who read this blog a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  I am about 35,000 words into Enemy of My Enemy and still wondering if I can wrap up all the plot points from Northwest Passage in one book or if I’ll have to write another in the series.