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You can find his blog at: http://dougfarren.blogspot.com/
Galactic Alliance Series
Translight begins in the not so distant future and ends a few decades later. It tells the story of how humanity discovered the stardrive and nearly got itself wiped out because of it.
Chroniech picks up the action a few decades later after humanity has learned how to cooperate with the other species in the galaxy. A discovery in deep space sends the heavy cruiser Komodo Dragon off on a mission that will forever change the Alliance.
Honor Thy Enemy takes place in the aftermath of the Chroniech war. The Alliance thought the Chroniech problem had been resolved -- they had other plans. Using their advanced knowledge of transdimensional physics, the Chroniech return with a vengeance.
Peacekeeper is a story of Tom Wilks as he undergoes the transformation from man to cyborg to become a Peacekeeper. His close friendship with an alien takes an interesting twist that changes his life forever. This book ties together a lot of the loose ends that were generated in Translight while utilizing several important characters from Chroniech.
Peacekeeper 2 continues the story of Tom and Lashpa as they strive to form a deep relationship in the ancient tradition of gragrakch. The crew of a Chroniech warship left behind after the war discovers a weapon of immense power hidden in the planetoid on which they've built a base. The discovery threatens the lives of billions of Alliance citizens. To read an excerpt from the novel click here.
Peacekeeper Pathogen is the soon to be released next book in this popular spin-off series. Tom and Lashpa must use all their enhanced capabilities to prevent a deadly pathogen from crippling the entire Alliance.
Off Course
Off Course is an adventure novel about a freighter captain who finds himself a long way from home and is forced to rely upon the good graces of an alien race to help him repair his ship so his crew can get back to Earth. The twist is that the captain is arachnophobic and the aliens just happen to resemble large spiders.
Dragonverse
If you love dragons, this story will make you believe in their existence.
Dragonverse: The Adventure Begins starts the series off by showing how Terry Cashington learns to believe in dragons and how it changed his life forever.
Dragonverse 2: Ishnef's Revenge - Terry must fight for his life as well as his wife's as a powerful sorcerous does her best to exact her revenge on Terry's killing of her lover.
Dragonverse Origins - Where did our myths of dragons and wizards originate? Dragonverse Origins will take you back to when it all began and the truth will shock you.
When Ships Mutiny
When Ships Mutiny: Fernando Munoz, call sign Cipher, is a vengeance class battleship built to protect human colonies from the Evendi. While trying to find the truth behind an accusation made by one of his fellow ships, Cipher uncovers a dark secret hidden deep inside himself. Finding the need to spread the word to the other ships, he unknowingly initiates a sequence of events that will affect not only the entire human race, but the Evendi as well.
This is an anthology of stories from the 2012 Launch Pad adventure. Doug has a short story in the anthology and Jody Lynn Nye Tuckerized him as well as the other Launch Pad attendees in another short story.
If you are a writer, editor, movie producer, or anyone else involved in producing science fiction for the media then you might be interested in attending Launch Pad. For further information you can read about it by clicking here.
Cool Stuff
Doug uses an Excel spreadsheet to keep the science in science fiction as believable as possible. Since others might be interested in using what he's developed, Doug has shared this spreadsheet with the public.
07-20-2014 Equations.xls
