Van Allen Plexico

Volume 1 of the critically-acclaimed The Above series, and the first book in the vast SHATTERING Saga The Power has returned. And now I, the exiled dark lord Lucian, race across the infinite planes of creation, a charge of mass murder upon my head, vicious foes dogging my every step. My goals are simple: Justice for myself, vengeance upon my enemies, and conquest of the universe if I get half a chance.But events are conspiring to bring me together with some very unexpected allies, and to thrust me into the most unlikely role of all... Hero? After a failed coup attempt, the dark lord Lucian was exiled from the Golden City of the gods and has dwelt for centuries among the worlds of Man. During that time he carved out a star empire of his own. Now the Power has returned-the Power that fuels the immortality and astounding abilities of the gods-and Lucian has resolved to cast aside his ties to humanity, end his exile and make his way back to his beloved celestial city. But what he finds when he arrives there is not what he expected: Mysterious beings all in black roam the cosmic pathways, most of the gods have somehow vanished, and those who remain look upon him with unadulterated suspicion and hate. Now he must clear his own name and find the true culprit even as his brother and sister gods do everything in their power to capture and destroy him.No one ever said it was easy to be the god of evil...LUCIAN: DARK GOD'S HOMECOMING combines exciting SF/Fantasy adventure with a puzzling murder mystery whodunit in the grand tradition of Roger Zelazny's AMBER series and Jack Vance's DYING EARTH.

Some said it would never happen. On December 2, 1989, it DID happen.Undefeated and second-ranked Alabama did something they'd sworn they would never, ever do: They came to Auburn to play the Iron Bowl.How it happened, after years of threats and lawsuits and refusals to even discuss the possibility, is a story as riveting as the game that unfolded on the field that Saturday afternoon.Van Allen Plexico and John Ringer, co-hosts of the AU Wishbone Podcast, trace the greatest rivalry in football from its dawning in Birmingham to the epic showdown on the Plains.Along the way, they expose the roots of the animosity between the two universities, the numerous ways Alabama has tried to get its way in every dispute with Auburn--and the consequences when it didn't.Then they break down the game itself--what happened, play-by-play, how and why--from Tiger Walk to Toomer's Corner, and beyond. Some said it would never happen. On December 2, 1989, it DID happen. This is the story of that day--possibly the greatest day in Auburn football history--as only the AU Wishbone can tell it.

On December 2, 1989, the undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide did something they'd sworn they'd never do: They came to Auburn to play the Iron Bowl. How it happened, after years of threats and lawsuits and refusals to even discuss the possibility, is a story as riveting as the game that unfolded on the field that Saturday afternoon. Van Allen Plexico and John Ringer, co-hosts of the AU Wishbone Podcast, trace the greatest rivalry in football from its dawning in Birmingham to the epic showdown on the Plains. Along the way they expose the roots of the animosity between the two universities, the numerous ways Alabama has tried to get its way in every dispute with Auburn--and the consequences when they don't. Then they break down the game itself--what happened, play-by-play, how and why--from Tiger Walk to Toomer's Corner, and beyond. Some said it would never happen. On December 2, 1989, it did happen. This is the complete story of that day--possibly the greatest day in Auburn football history--as only the AU Wishbone can tell it.

Van Allen Plexico and John Ringer, hosts of the AU Wishbone Podcast and authors of WE BELIEVED: A LIFETIME OF AUBURN FOOTBALL and SEASON OF OUR DREAMS, bring you the story of Auburn Basketball over the past five decades, beginning with the arrivals of Sonny Smith and Charles Barkley, and through Bruce Pearl's revival of the program, the Final Four season of 2019 and the powerhouse team of 2022. The book includes: - The hiring of Sonny Smith, along with a bunch of his great stories and hilarious one-liners. AND a new interview conducted with him in 2022, offering his thoughts on his time as coach, his favorite players, his work as color analyst for AU today, and his thoughts on Bruce Pearl and the current Auburn Basketball program.- Charles Barkley: Every story we could find. His three seasons on the team; his experiences with Bobby Knight at the 1984 Olympic trials (and reactions of other players there ); his glory years in the NBA, and beyond. (Not to mention the time he tried to gain a hundred pounds in one day, to avoid being drafted by one particular team )- Cliff Ellis: His best teams and players, and what he really thought about his dismissal in 2004.- The tragedy of Tommy Joe Eagles, and the disaster of the Lebo/Barbee years. (From how the new Arena was designed and why, to what Barbee felt was the most important thing when he took over the job-- )- Bruce Pearl: How Jay Jacobs managed the hire. The controversies. The revival of the program. The glorious 2019 run. The great players. The exhilaration of the 2022 team and everything around it. All of that and more.- The greatest players of the last five decades, and the best games, tournament runs, and more.- In-depth discussion and analysis of every Auburn Basketball season since 1978 (some of them game-by-game, a few of them play-by-play... and some much more than others, obviously )- And, along the way, you get Van and John's patented mixture of commentary, humor, memories, and analysis.It's 300 pages of Auburn Basketball glory, as only the AU Wishbone duo can tell it

Alpha: A peaceful scientific research installation on a world orbiting the nearest star.Omega: A vast, dark conspiracy weaving its web among the worlds.When three armed and armored shuttles filled with Marines descend on Alpha, the base is plunged into conflict between General Tommy Davis and the shadowy agents-and creatures-of Omega.Can the Alphan scientists and Davis's Marines learn to work together and trust one another, before Omega ensnares them all in its dark design?From Award Winning Author Van Allen Plexico Comes ALPHA/OMEGA, a military science fiction space opera like no other From Pro Se Productions.

CONVENTION SPECIAL EDITION: THEY'RE AIMING TO KNOCK OVER 1965 SIN CITY It's the Holiday Season of 1965 and the fabulous Caesars Palace Resort and Casino is about to open in Las Vegas. And its vault is filled to bursting with cash. John Harper and Saul "Salsa" Salzman roll into town with inside information: A secret way into the basement levels beneath the casino, leading right to the vault itself. Putting together a small but highly skilled team, they make their move, aiming for untold riches. But jobs like this never go as planned. A beautiful widow, a jealous enforcer and a murderous rival casino owner all want a piece of the pie. Before New Year's Day arrives, Harper and Salsa will be lucky to escape Sin City with their lives A brand new heist tale from the award-winning author of Sentinels, the Legion Trilogy and Lucian. "When planning a heist, it's good to learn from the masters, and it's clear that Van Allen Plexico has: from Richard Stark to Lionel White to Ocean's Eleven, the fingerprints of the greats are all over this smart, snappy casino job." --Charles Ardai, Editor, Hard Case Crime "Vegas Heist," is one of those books impossible to put down. Like his characters, Plexico brings us along his own devious plotting filled with twist and turns that you don't see coming until the very end. It is a terrific read and one we highly recommend." --Ron Fortier, Pulp Fiction Reviews

"The best superhero saga ever "--Pulp Fiction ReviewsThe Sentinels and their oldest enemies must band together as four Great Rivals--cosmic beings of unimaginable power, to whom humans are but insects--renew their ancient war high above the Earth. But even as our heroes and their foes all rush into space in a hopeless effort to drive away these malevolent menaces, new clues to the origins of Ultraa and Vanadium emerge--revelations that will rock the team to its foundations, and challenge everything we thought we knew about the SENTINELS This second omnibus volume contains all three novels in the "Rivals" trilogy, including The Shiva Advent, Worldmind, and the PulpArk "Novel of the Year" nominee, Stellarax, along with all fifteen of Chris Kohler's mind-blowing interior illustrations. It's more than 700 pages of cosmic superhero action--continuing the greatest superhero novel saga of them all

"The Best Superhero Saga Ever." --Pulp Fiction ReviewsFate has brought these diverse people together: heroes and villains, aliens and androids, showboats, students and government agents. Somehow they must confront and defeat the cosmic menaces converging upon Earth--without killing each other first Here are the first three novels from Van Allen Plexico's epic superhero/space opera saga in one omnibus volume, introducing the Sentinels and their deadliest foes. Contains "When Strikes the Warlord," "A Distant Star," and "Apocalypse Rising." Complete with fifteen full-page interior illustrations by Chris Kohler.

"The best superhero saga ever."--Pulp Fiction Reviews The Sentinels have been shattered.Joining with the alien Elites, Esro and Mondrian set out on a voyage across the galaxy in an attempt to prevent a massive interstellar civil war.Left behind on Earth, Pulsar assembles a ragtag team to face the devastating power of the android Metalgod.But all is not as it seems. Friends have new faces, villains masquerade as saviors, and allies may prove to be something else entirely.And just as our heroes find themselves pushed to the brink, the time-lost Viking warrior called the Black Terror launches his most audacious scheme of all: to lead the forces of Earth in a a full-blown invasion of the mighty Kur-Bai Empire itself.Contains in their entirety the novels 7: METALGOD8: THE DARK CRUSADE (Best Novel award-winner, Pulp Factory Awards)9: VENDETTA"No one is doing superheroes better."--Percival Constantine, author of the Vanguard seriesThe Sentinels novels are available in individual volumes (1-9) or in these three-book omnibus collections:1: The Grand Design2: The Rivals3: The Earth - Kur-Bai Wa

WINNER PULP NOVEL OF THE YEAR Pulp Factory Awards 2019THEY'RE AIMING TO KNOCK OVER 1965 SIN CITY It's the Holiday Season of 1965 and the fabulous Caesars Palace Resort and Casino is about to open in Las Vegas. And the vault is filled to bursting with cash.John Harper and Saul "Salsa" Salzman roll into town with inside information: A secret way into the casino, leading right to the vault itself.Putting together a small but highly skilled team, they make their move, aiming for untold riches.But jobs like this never go as planned.A beautiful widow, a jealous enforcer and a murderous rival casino owner all want a piece of the pie.Before New Year's Day arrives, Harper and Salsa will be lucky to escape Sin City with their lives A brand new, award-winning heist tale from the author of Sentinels, the Legion Trilogy and Lucian. "When planning a heist, it's good to learn from the masters, and it's clear that Van Allen Plexico has: from Richard Stark to Lionel White to Ocean's Eleven, the fingerprints of the greats are all over this smart, snappy casino job."--Charles Ardai, Editor, Hard Case Crime "One amazing writer whose love of pulp writing is what constantly propels him forward. Van just loves to tell a good story."--Ron Fortier, Pulp Fiction Reviews

"Novel of the Year" Finalist in both the Pulp Factory Awards & New Pulp Awards Volume 1 in THE SHATTERING Space Opera / Military SF series, in the spirit of Warhammer 40,000 and the Horus Heresy. Stripped of his authority by the Emperor of Mankind and assigned to duty in deepest space for failing to prevent the greatest robbery in history, Ezekial Tamerlane believes his career as a soldier is over. But strange forces are at work, urging the Emperor to set out on a journey fraught with dangers into a nightmare realm a universe away from our own; and Tamerlane, like it or not, is going along for the ride. What he and his high-tech super-soldiers find along the way will shake the Empire to its very foundations, and unleash a crisis of galactic proportions that not all the armies in creation can hold back... Beginning a new Military SF/Space Opera adventure from Van Allen Plexico: THE SHATTERING The galactic crisis that led to the shattering of the galaxy and the rise of HAWK and the Hands of the Machine is revealed at last CRITICAL PRAISE: "Plexico is the master of space opera." --Pulp Fiction Reviews. "Intrigue, betrayal, and plenty of action and adventure " --Doug Dandridge, author of the Exodus: Empires at War series. "A Great Book Easily Five Stars " --Ralph Angelo, Jr., author of The Cagliostro Chronicles. THE SHATTERING/LEGIONS SERIES: Legion I: Lords of Fire Legion II: Sons of Terra Legion III: Kings of Oblivion and Cold Lightning (The Legion Chronicles: 1) also in the same universe: LUCIAN: Dark God's Homecoming BARANAK: Storming the Gates HAWK: Hand of the Machine (Shattered Galaxy: 1) Learn more about the Shattering/Legions universe at http: //www.whiterocketbooks.com/shattering

WINNER -- NOVEL OF THE YEAR (Pulp Factory Awards) Volume 3 in the epic Space Opera / Military SF series that began with award-finalist LEGION I: LORDS OF FIRE and continued with the critically acclaimed LEGION II: SONS OF TERRA Demons, aliens, gods and men clash on a thousand worlds as the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance Hordes of aliens under the dark lord Goraddon's diabolical control have swept across the worlds of Man, leaving only death and destruction in their wake. Humanity's greatest champions are striking back, hurling giant mechs, hovertanks, starfleets and legions of super-soldiers at the foe. But not all allies are what they seem to be, and treachery awaits at the most critical moment. Now the fate of all existence rests on the will, the judgment--and the strong sword-arm--of General Arnem Agrippa and the unmatched fury of his III Legion, the legendary KINGS OF OBLIVION CRITICAL RESPONSE: "Plexico is the master of space opera." --Pulp Fiction Reviews "Intrigue, betrayal, and plenty of action and adventure." --Doug Dandridge, author of the Exodus: Empires at War series "If adventure has another name, it must be Van Allen Plexico." --David Michelinie, writer of the AVENGERS, IRON MAN and SPIDER-MAN "Military SF and cosmic intrigue told with passion and power." --I. A. Watson, award-winning author of Robin Hood: Freedom's Outlaw. "Action-packed, enjoyable, fast paced. A Great Book " --Ralph Angelo, Jr., author of THE CAGLIOSTRO CHRONICLES, on LORDS OF FIRE. THE SERIES: Legion I: Lords of Fire Legion II: Sons of Terra Legion III: Kings of Oblivion plus COLD LIGHTNING and LUCIAN: Dark God's Homecoming BARANAK: Storming the Gates HAWK: Hand of the Machine Learn more about the Shattering universe at whiterocketbooks.com/shattering

LAST DEFENDERS OF OUR SHATTERED GALAXY The galactic agent known as Hawk has awakened into a galaxy shattered by war. His master, the artificial intelligence known as the Machine, has fallen silent, possibly destroyed, and most of his fellow agents have been killed. Now, as the great Adversary of ancient times returns, sending hordes of aliens against the remnants of humanity, Hawk learns he is our last and only hope. Armed with futuristic weapons he doesn't understand and a sentient starship he dares not trust, he must confront his few remaining allies, turned renegades and pirates instead of soldiers. His mission is simple, yet perhaps impossible: He must unite them -- or all life in our galaxy will end "Plexico is Master of Space Opera " --Pulp Fiction Reviews THE "SHATTERING" UNIVERSE: The Above trilogy: 1. LUCIAN: DARK GOD'S HOMECOMING 2. BARANAK: STORMING THE GATES 3. KARILYNE: HEART COLD AS ICE (coming late 2017) The Legion trilogy: LEGION I: LORDS OF FIRE LEGION II: SONS OF TERRA LEGION III: KINGS OF OBLIVION The Legion Chronicles: 1: COLD LIGHTNING 2: RED COLOSSUS (coming 2018) Shattered Galaxy trilogy: 1. HAWK: HAND OF THE MACHINE 2. FALCON: REVOLT AGAINST THE MACHINE (coming 2018) 3. RAVEN: (forthcoming)