Heroes Die Young

Space pirate Aston West stumbles upon a derelict freighter, fresh froma recent battle, and can’t fight the urge to pilfer a valuable cache of highlyillegal weapons. One last stowaway fights back, thinking him part of an earlierboarding crew. Attack craft return to finish the ship off and Aston has nochoice but to save her from certain destruction.

Who is she? What are the weapons for? Why was the freighter destroyed?

Aston discovers more questions than answers, and his life is put in jeopardyevery time he stops to catch his breath. Aston’s life motto of never gettinginvolved is put to the test, and he must decide whether to become a hero forpeople in need, or continue his path of self-preservation.

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The Story Behind This Book

Heroes Die Young actually started out from a dream I’d had, in which a spaceship was being destroyed all around someone. When I woke up, I immediately picked up my notepad and began jotting down notes based on the dream, questions to spur thoughts about what someone was doing on-board a ship, why the ship was there in the first place, and who was trying to destroy it. That led to even more questions and notes, and the process continued until I finally had a story fleshed out. Ultimately, the original dream became the basis for the last portion of the first chapter of the book (which can be found as a free excerpt over at my website).

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