My Dad was in the Army in the South Pacific in World War II.
His younger brothers were in the Army and Coast Guard in later years. My late
husband was a Marine. I have two nephews who are Air Force fighter pilots. Nothing but respect and appreciation for the military in
our household!
In my science fiction romances the heroes are usually
Sectors Special Forces operators (the far future version of SEALs, you see) and
they almost always have a sergeant working alongside. The sergeant is also a
medic and all around badass. I have great respect for sergeants.
In Wreck of the Nebula
Dream, my hero Nick Jameson is on his way to be court martialled for the
loss of his entire team, on a mission gone really bad. When the civilian ship
he's on has its catastrophe, his allies are a D'nvannae Brother (a deadly
assassin/bodyguard serving an alien goddess) and one determined businesswoman
who isn't waiting around to be rescued. Help her or get out of her way, you
know? His team expands as they fight to survive and get off the ship. I
deliberately wrote Wreck of the Nebula
Dream in classic disaster movie style. (This book isn't referred to as
"Titanic in space" for nothing!)
In Escape From Zulaire,
Captain Tom Deverane and his sergeant get pulled off their regular mission She doesn’t feel she’s in any danger…until war breaks out and they’re
on the wrong side of the enemy lines, cut off and trapped. They have to reach the capital hundreds of
miles away through occupied territory, with vital information that could change
the course of the civil war. AND Tom is keeping a dangerous personal secret.
to
extract a businesswoman from a dangerous situation.
In Mission to
Mahjundar, Mike Varone and his cousin, Sgt. Johnny Danver, are just trying to complete one final
mission before taking early retirement. The job was supposed to be a pretty
straight forward search and recovery, of the remains of the crew from a ship
lost in the impenetrable mountains of the planet. Before Mike realizes what’s
happened, he’s saved the life of the blind Princess Shalira during a terrorist
incident, she’s gotten the Emperor to assign him to escort her to an arranged
marriage and of course they fall in love along the way…
So, a lot of action and adventure, rooted in the reality of
similar missions here on Earth, in various wars, but with the twists and turns
only science fiction can provide.
My favorite science fiction military man is Corporal Hicks
from the movie “Aliens”. Soft spoken, deadly with a pulse rifle, kind to
children, sexy (if only there’d been
more time for Ripley and Hicks to get to know each other!)….
Here’s the book trailer for Escape From Zulaire:
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