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Across a thousand battlefields and a million wars, there is always a question. What do you do when all the chips are on the table? Do you run? Try to find salvation in the arms of an easy peace? Or do you stand and fight? Send your enemies into whatever hole they crawled out of? On Deadly Ground has 10 stories handling that exact question. Each character faces the impossible in different ways, but all will be tested before the day is done. Can they earn a heroic victory amongst the endless eternity of space, or are they doomed to fall into obscurity?

Join the fight against alien invasions. Resist near-future conspiracies. Explore alternate history. Get lost light-years from home in far-future space opera... and so much more. John Mierau's 'Serving Worlds' always brings you exciting adventures peopled with strong characters navigating absorbing stories, narrated by the author and other voices. Subscribe to enjoy hundreds of episodes: full novels, mini-series and short stories told across science fiction, slipstream fiction, shared worlds, with dashes of fantasy and horror. The podcast is completely free, the stories complete and unabridged....

Years after an intergalactic war, four friends take a vacation on the interstellar cruise ship 'Sky Road'. On board, Jake Berenger and his alien war buddies are attacked out of fear and prejudice. Can these former heroes, now isolated from society by PTSD, inner demons, and some serious hangovers, save themselves, and everyone on board the 'Sky Road'?

Twenty years after the American Civil War, former slave Marcus Riggs is trapped in a British Harbor after the invaders came to enslave all mankind. Now, the invaders are gone, and new orders clash as humanity rises from the ashes...but are the aliens gone for good?

Meet Tom Brogan. An ordinary guy. With a sister in a coma. Seeing visions of a mass murderer. Becoming one himself - and Tom is our last, best hope against an invasion we don't even know has begun.

A stowaway on a train, running from something horrible, falls into the hands of evil men. Soon, innocent lives will be lost as human monsters will face something ancient, powerful - and hungry.

Eight years after the war with the Alotans, Jake, Teddy, Gris, and Dru are the only survivors of Tom Callahan's squad.

They're gathering for their annual reunion - but this year a new face wants to join in: an Alotan going by the name of...Tom Callahan.

In a future where aliens inhabit the bodies of the dead, one of the soldiers defending them from those that fear them abandons his post to race home. Tyler's father is near death, and it's his last chance to make amends. In a world where the Silvers are feared by some as demons and loved by others as saviors, past sins will surface as Tyler's family must face the truth of the Silvers - and themselves.

A ferryman walks the fire to an isolated generation ship, only a few decades away from its destination planet. There, in a moment of tragedy, he will learn that despite hundreds of years of life and the promise of endless more, even a ferryman's life can change.

Jonah Harwood is a human who has lived offworld for decades. Now he is both hunter and hunted when he returns to Earth to protect the secret of his people: the Wrights. Dedicated to advancing the human race to defend itself against an alien invasion they know is coming.

Spies, soldiers, thieves and aliens. All caught in a power play between corporations and governments to control the future of our world. A future where humanity isn't the only player, and the lines aren't as clear as you think. Welcome to Enemy Lines. A secret outpost of humanity has barely survived an attack by beings from another world. Now their leader has followed the last of the invaders to Earth. He must discover and stop the invader's plan.. or all of humanity will burn.

A wanderer with a troubled past follows a sensitivity to magic that pulls him hard to a mountain in the middle of nowhere, where he's caught up in impending apocalypse, powerful practitioners...and a blood feud.

In which we meet Miles Bell, His Majesty's spy in post WW1 Europe, as he faces Proto-nazi's, murder, betrayal...and dark creatures waiting to swallow England.

An old wolf nearing the end of his days climbs a mountain top, and meets an unexpected challenge. By the light of the full moon, the challenge between Wolf... and Dragon... will be decided.

Spies, soldiers, thieves, and aliens. All caught in a power play between corporations and governments to control the future of our world. A future where humanity isn't the only player, and the lines aren't as clear as you think. Welcome to Enemy Lines. In a near future, something has arrived. In the asteroid belt, a secret outpost of humanity must withstand a test they are not prepared for... or all humanity will burn.

20 years after the American civil war, former slave Marcus Riggs is trapped in a British Harbor after the Invaders came to enslave all mankind. Now the invaders are gone, and new Orders clash as humanity rises from the ashes...but are the aliens gone for good? (Science Fiction/Alternate History Adventure).