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We Dare: An Anthology of Augmented Humanity Paperback – May 29, 2019
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Fifteen outstanding authors. Fifteen stories of augmented humanity!
All I need is an edge! As long as humans have competed with each other (for food, profit, and love), people have looked for ways to get an edge on the competition—how to be better, faster, and smarter than the opposition. With better science and technology, many things are now possible, and there will be many more in the future! Gene splicing will augment your abilities. Implants will make you smarter. Cybernetic systems will make you stronger.
Edited by Jamie Ibson and Chris Kennedy, “We Dare” is a collection of 15 all-new stories that explores the use of augmented humanity in the near future. From getting a new personality loaded with the skills you need for a mission to nanobots that keep you from being killed to creating an indestructible tank, anything is possible!
But just because we can augment humanity doesn’t necessarily mean we should, and there are cautionary tales inside as well. Along with the “good” that might be possible, there is also the potential for augmentation to be used for more…nefarious…ends. Will augmentation make better criminals? What happens when someone with implants has their mind taken over?
One thing is certain, though—people will dare to augment themselves to get an edge. Our authors dared to write these stories of augmented humanity; will you now dare to read them?
Inside you’ll find:
Preface by Chris Kennedy
Kade by Christopher Woods
Taming the Beast by Kevin Steverson
Tank by J.F. Holmes
Cradle and All by Quincy J. Allen
Do or Die by Jamie Ibson
Yellow in the Night by Philip Wohlrab
The Chaos of Well-Seeming Forms by Rob Howell
Forty Acres and a Mule by Luke R. J. Maynard
Imperfect Mind by Jason Cordova
Bag Man by Jack Clemons
Come Up Screaming by Kevin Ikenberry
Angel by Robert E. Hampson
To Dust by Marisa Wolf
Now You See Me by Kacey Ezell
Now You Don’t by Josh Hayes
- Print length595 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateMay 29, 2019
- Dimensions5.5 x 1.34 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-101950420272
- ISBN-13978-1950420278
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- Publisher : Theogony Books (May 29, 2019)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 595 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1950420272
- ISBN-13 : 978-1950420278
- Item Weight : 1.37 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 1.34 x 8.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,929,023 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #6,902 in Science Fiction Anthologies (Books)
- #8,076 in Colonization Science Fiction
- #8,485 in Galactic Empire Science Fiction
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About the authors
Nationally Best Selling Author Quincy J. Allen, is a cross-genre author with numerous short story publications in multiple anthologies, collections, and magazines. His first short story collection "Out Through the Attic," came out in 2014 from 7DS Books. He made his first short story pro-sale in 2014 with “Jimmy Krinklepot and the White Rebels of Hayberry,” included in WordFire’s "A Fantastic Holiday Season: The Gift of Stories," and his most recent short story sale, “Sons of the Father,” appears in Larry Correia’s "Monster Hunter: Files" from Baen, published in October of 2017.
"Chemical Burn," his first novel and the first volume of the sci-fi detective noir series Endgame, was a finalist in RMFW’s Colorado Gold Contest in 2011. His latest installment of the Blood War Chronicles, "Blood Curse," is book 2 in an epic fantasy series starting in the Old West and featuring a clockwork gunslinger. His first media tie-in novel, "Shadow of Ruin," set in the Aradio brothers’ Colt the Outlander universe, is expected out in early February of 2018.
He is the publisher and editor of Penny Dread Tales, a short story collection in its fifth volume that has become a labor of love. He also runs RuneWright, LLC, a small marketing and book design business out of his home in Charlotte, North Carolina, and hopes to one day be a full-time writer in Baen’s stable of fantastic authors.
Kevin's head has been in the clouds since he was old enough to read. Ask him and he'll tell you that he still wants to be an astronaut. With over twenty five years of experience in space science education, including managing the U.S. Space Camp program and serving as an executive of two Challenger Learning Centers, Kevin continues to work with space every day. A retired Army armor and space operations officer, Kevin lives in Colorado with his family. His home is seldom a boring place.
Kevin is the international bestselling author of The Protocol War series featuring Colorado Book Award finalist SLEEPER PROTOCOL, which Publisher's Weekly called "an emotionally powerful debut." Kevin is also the author or co-author of ten bestselling Peacemaker novels in the Four Horsemen Universe and many more military science fiction and thriller novels. His alternate history novel THE CROSSING debuts in August 2022. His short fiction has appeared internationally across various publications and anthologies. Kevin regularly teaches classes for aspiring writers. He is a member of the International Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors (IASFA), International Thriller Writers, and is a member of SIGMA, the science fiction think tank.
Kevin can be found online at www.kevinikenberry.com.
A Webster Award winner and three-time Dragon Award finalist, Chris Kennedy is a Science Fiction/Fantasy author, speaker, and small-press publisher who has written over 30 books and published more than 200 others. Get his free book, “Shattered Crucible,” at his website, https://chriskennedypublishing.com.
Called “fantastic” and “a great speaker,” he has coached hundreds of beginning authors and budding novelists on how to self-publish their stories at a variety of conferences, conventions, and writing guild presentations. He is the author of the award-winning #1 bestseller, “Self-Publishing for Profit: How to Get Your Book Out of Your Head and Into the Stores.”
Chris lives in Coinjock, North Carolina, with his wife, and is the holder of a doctorate in educational leadership and master’s degrees in both business and public administration. Follow Chris on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ckpublishing/.
Find out more about Kacey Ezell at www.kaceyezell.net
Kacey Ezell was born in South Dakota in 1977. Her parents joined the US Air Force in 1984, and she grew up around the world on various military bases. When she was seven, her mother gave her a copy of Anne McCaffrey's Dragondrums, and shortly thereafter, Kacey decided that she wanted to be a dragonrider when she grew up. In 1999, she followed her parents into the "family business" and graduated from the United States Air Force Academy before going to pilot training. As dragons were in short supply at the time, she reasoned that flying aircraft was the next best thing. She earned her wings in 2001, and has over 2500 hours in the UH-1N and Mi-17 helicopters.
From the time she was a small child, Kacey made up stories to tell to her friends and family. In 2009, while deployed to Iraq, she wrote the military-themed supernatural story "Light", which was accepted for publication in the Baen Books anthology Citizens. She was asked to consult on John Ringo's 2015 novel Strands of Sorrow, and wrote the cover story for the Black Tide Rising anthology set in Ringo's zombie apocalypse universe. That story, "Not in Vain" was selected for inclusion in the "Year's Best Military SF and Adventure Fiction" anthology produced by Baen Books.
In addition, she's written a story for each of the bestselling Four Horsemen Universe anthologies, and her story "Family Over Blood" is included in the national bestseller "Forged In Blood" set in Michael Z. Williamson's Freehold Universe. It, too, was selected for inclusion in the "Year's Best Military SF and Adventure Fiction" anthology in 2018, and ended up winning the Baen Reader's choice award at DragonCon that year!
She and Christopher L. Smith are currently collaborating with John Ringo on a new post-apocalyptic steampunk trilogy from Baen, and her first solo novel, "Minds of Men" was released by Theogony Press on 10 November 2017. "Minds of Men" was a 2018 Dragon Award Finalist for Best Alternate History.
Kacey returned to the Four Horseman Universe to collaborate with Marisa Wolf on "Assassin", a novel about an alien race of felinoid killers-for-hire. "Assassin" is available now from Seventh Seal Press, as is "Weaver", a collaboration with Mark Wandrey.
Kacey writes science fiction, fantasy, horror, noir, romance... etc. fiction. She lives with her husband, two daughters, and two cats.
Marisa Wolf was born in New England, and raised on Boston sports teams, Star Wars, Star Trek, and the longest books in the library (usually fantasy). Over the years she majored in English in part to get credits for reading (this...only partly worked), taught middle school, was headbutted by an alligator, built a career in education, earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and finally decided to finish all those half-started stories in her head.
She’s currently based in Texas, but has moved into an RV with her husband and their two ridiculous rescue dogs, and it's anyone's guess where in the country she is at any given moment. Learn more at www.marisawolf.net
Kevin Steverson is a retired veteran of the U.S. Army. With several best selling novels, including the Salvage Title Trilogy, picked up for development into feature film, he is also a published songwriter. When he is not on the road as the Tour Manager for the band Cypress Spring, he can be found in the foothills of the NE Georgia mountains writing his next story.
Sign up for his newsletter at www.kevinsteverson.com and receive a free short story.
Don't miss out on his military SF trilogy, SALVAGE TITLE-- Everyone is familiar with salvage titles on old vehicles...But on a warship? Sometimes the system is against you, but there is always a loophole...you just have to find it. Harmon Tomeral and his crew make things happen, especially when there is no other choice.
The entire Salvage Title Trilogy is available and all three have audible versions. KC Johnston does a great job as the narrator.
Want more of the Salvage Universe?
SALVAGE FLEET Available now.
SALVAGE SYSTEM Available now.
HIDE THE LIGHTNING takes up after the trilogy and is available.
There are two anthologies with various authors, SALVAGE CONQUEST and THROUGH THE GATE
A book of five novellas titled, THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT.
SCALES OF JUSTICE, a novel by Alex Rath.
SALVAGE MIND, a novel by David Jones
Two novels by Nick Steverson, ACTION and HESITATION
The latest is SMUGGLER"S RUN, a novel by Christopher woods and William Joseph Roberts
For FANTASY readers:
BURNT book one of The Balance of Kerr. Cow-written with Tyler Ackerman
ACCEPTED book two of the Blanace Of Kerr.
Other military science fiction:
REDACTED AFFAIRS, and Redacted Vice, 4 Horseman Universe books, co-written with Kevin is available now.
Follow Kevin Online
Website: www.kevinsteverson.com
Instagram: kevin.steverson
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kevin.steverson.9
Twitter: @CallMeCatHead
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Robert E. Hampson, PhD, is a Neuroscientist and author. By day, he is a professor at Wake Forest School of Medicine, studying how our brains encode memory. By night, he writes military, adventure and hard-science Science Fiction as well as nonfiction articles explaining science to the general public.
Robert's SF writing career began with several pieces of short fiction published in 2015. He now has three collaborative novels in the Four Horsemen Universe (Seventh Seal Press) and two solo novels—one forthcoming in 2023 from Baen Books. He has co-edited two anthologies, published more than 25 works of short fiction.
Dr. Hampson's scientific career has concentrated on understanding the effect of drugs, disease, and injury on human memory. As lead scientist for Braingrade, Inc., he is helping to develop a medical device to restore human memory function. He is a teacher, researcher, reviewer, scientific journal editor, and consultant. His website is http://REHampson.com.
A 2019 Dragon Award finalist and 2015 John W. Campbell Award finalist, Jason Córdova has traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and the world. The author of the Kin Wars Universe and over 40 novels and short stories published, he is a US Navy veteran, a former teacher, and avid videogamer. He currently resides in North Carolina.
Christopher Woods, writer of fiction, teller of tales, and professional liar was born way too long ago to be talking about it and has spent the majority of his life with a book in hand. He is known for his popular Soulguard series and creating the shared universe in The Fallen World series. He has also written the Legend series in the Four Horsemen Universe as well as several works in the Salvage system universe. With books ranging from fantasy to post apocalyptic and military science fiction, there should be something for everyone. He lives in Woodbury, TN with his wife Wendy. As a former carpenter of thirty years, he spends his time between various building projects and writing new books. To contact him, go to www.theprofessionalliar.com and send him a message.
Luke R. J. Maynard is a writer, poet, musician, literary scholar, and wearer of sundry other hats in the arts and the law. His poetry and short fiction have appeared in numerous small-press anthologies, and his first novel, "The Season of the Plough," was released in July 2019. Luke lives in Toronto.
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J.F. Holmes is a retired Army Senior Noncommissioned Officer, having served for 22 years in both the Regular Army and Army National Guard. During that time, he served as everything from an artillery section leader to a member of a Division level planning staff, with tours in Cuba and Iraq, as well as responding to the terrorists attacks in NYC on 9-11.
From 2010 to 2014 he wrote the immensely popular military cartoon strip, "Power Point Ranger", poking fun at military life in the tradition of Beetle Bailey and Willy & Joe.
His books range from Military Sci-Fi to Space Opera to Detective to Fantasy, with a lot in between, and in 2017 two are finalists for the prestigious Dragon Awards. As of August 2017, Mr. Holmes has eighteen books and two novellas published.
In 2018, he launched Cannon Publishing, www.cannonpublishing.us specializing in anthologies and works from up and coming authors.
Feel free to join The Command Post on Facebook, and get a chance to influence the course and plot of his next book!
Philip Wohlrab has been a medic with the Army for over 12 years, and he has served his time in the sandbox. He earned the title "Doc" the hard way. He did a brief stint with the United States Coast Guard, where he did SAR, and formed an appreciation for all things nautical. He currently works as a professional war-gamer and analyst for a defense contractor in the DC area, and still serves in the National Guard. He can also be found at various Sci-Fi cons around the country.
A retired police officer, Josh Hayes is the author of the Valor Trilogy, the Tranquility series w/ Devon C Ford, Stryker’s War (Galaxy’s Edge), and The Terra Nova Chronicles w/ Richard Fox, along with numerous short stories.
His debut solo novel, Edge of Valor, was a finalist for the 2020 Dragon Award for Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel.
Ever since he watched his first Star Trek episode (TNG not OS), Josh has loved science fiction. Watching it, reading it, and writing it. He grew up a military brat, affording him the opportunity to meet several different types of people, in multiple states and foreign countries. After graduating high school, he joined the United States Air Force and served for six years, before leaving military life to work in law enforcement. During his time with the Wichita Police Department, Josh served as a patrol officer, bicycle unit, community policing officer, and was an assistant bomb technician on the Bomb Squad.
His experiences in both his military life and police life have given him unique glimpses into the lives of people around him and it shows through in the characters he creates.
Josh is also the creator and president of Keystroke Medium, a popular YouTube show and podcast focused on the craft of writing. For the best author interviews, news, and craft discussion on the internet today, visit www.keystrokemedium.com or subscribe to their YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/keystrokemedium.
When Josh is not writing, he spends his time with his four children and his wife, Jamie.
You can find out more about Josh and his writing at www.joshhayeswriter.com and join his fan club on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/joshhayes
TRANQUILITY
- Blood and Steel
- Battle Lines
- Warfighter (Coming Soon)
THE VALOR TRILOGY
- Edge of Valor
- Echoes of Valor
- Enemy of Valor
GALAXY'S EDGE: ORDER OF THE CENTURION
- Stryker's War
THE TERRA NOVA CHRONICLES
- Terra Nova
- Bloodlines
- Wings of Redemption
- Hale's War
ANTHOLOGIES
- Battle Luna
- We Dare
- Hope is Not a Strategy
- Backblast Area Clear
- Explorations: Through the Wormhole
- Explorations: First Contact
- Explorations: War
- For A Few Credits More
- It's A Bird! It's A Plane!
- Mostly Murder: Till Death
- Question of the Day
Hey, I'm Jamie. Thanks for checking out my page.
I'm Canadian, born and raised in Ontario, spent some time in the CF reserves, and went on a peacekeeping mission when I finished highschool. Moved to the left coast to work in law enforcement, and retired in early 2021. Now I live in the Maritimes, and write full time. I'm married to the lovely Michelle, and we have cats.
Cheers
J
Rob Howell is the publisher of New Mythology Press (chriskennedypublishing.com/new-mythology-press/), including his work as editor of the Libri Valoris and Libri Mysteriorum anthologies of heroic fantasy.
He is one of the founders of the Eldros Legacy (eldroslegacy.com/) and an author in the Four Horsemen Universe (mercenaryguild.org). He writes primarily epic fantasy, space opera, military science fiction, and alternate history.
He is a reformed medieval academic, a former IT professional, and a retired soda jerk.
His parents discovered quickly books were the only way to keep Rob quiet. He latched onto the Hardy Boys series first and then anything he could reach. Without books, it’s unlikely all three would have survived.
You can find him online at: robhowell.org, on Amazon at amazon.com/-/e/B00X95LBB0, and his blog at robhowell.org/blog.
Jack Clemons is a writer focused on nitty and gritty Cyberpunk and Mil Sci Fi. He spent 10 years as a bodyguard and bouncer in Atlanta working biker bars, dive joints, and occasionally the upscale and classy. Taking this history he tries to tell the stories that seem right to him. He now works as a marketeer in what he calls his "Hoodrat Retirement."
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One, Philip "Doc" Wohlrab's entry is just good and creepy, even if it fuels every conspiracy theory you ever had about senior elements of the US government having sold out to evil, eldritch things from dead stars. Spoiler alert- this time they actually did.
Two, Jack Clemons, Bun Bun, the hulking, bearded manchild known all through fandom both for being 6'7 and 350ish and for being a ton of fun at parties, shocked the hell out of all of us by turning in a serious piece of literature in his first sale. If you liked nice old school Shadowrun-era cyberpunk stuff, you will love this. Somehow he wrote a good early 1990s before-it-started-to-suck Shadowrun story in the Atlanta metro area, yet without stepping on a single actual copyright of FASA's. It's an awesome read with a cliffhanger ending that Bun Bun assured us is being expanded into a full novel.
KC Ezell, Chris Smith, and others from our usual social circle of unindicted co-conspirators did their thing as well. Some of the stories occur in larger universes and may read a bit better with prior backstory, but there wasn't a dud in the bunch. Highly recommended.
This book led me to surf the Kali Yuga, trust that Fear is the Mind-Killer, and conquer the Everest that is a single mothers past damage.
My life is richer for having read it. Scale of one to seven this is a solid nine, and now don’t mind me I’m off to chop off my arm to make room for the cybernetic enhancement.

By Lee on August 15, 2019
This book led me to surf the Kali Yuga, trust that Fear is the Mind-Killer, and conquer the Everest that is a single mothers past damage.
My life is richer for having read it. Scale of one to seven this is a solid nine, and now don’t mind me I’m off to chop off my arm to make room for the cybernetic enhancement.

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Every story in this anthology put together by Jamie and Chris is excellent. There is not one poor story. Indeed, several of them I wish there was more of it.
Kade by Christopher Woods is part of his Fallen World series, and fills in just who Kade is/was.
Taming the beast by Kevin Steverson is part of his Salvage Title universe.
Tank by J. F. Holmes is a nice story od what cyborgs do after leaving the Army.. They go work for the NYPD...
Cradle and All by Quincy J. Allen is a fantastic story of a Doctor who creates Genetically Modified clones that she makes self-aware, and then has to rescue from the laboratory that created them to use as assassins and soldiers.
Do or Die by Jamie Ibson is the introduction to his Myrmidons, Inc universe, and it dovetails on from Quincy's story, with a group of mercenaries sent to check the laboratory in his story for any survivors.
Yellow in the Night by Philip Wohlrab is a cool story of a team of mercs who stop a bunch of devil worshippers.
The Chaos of Well-Seeming Forms by Rob Howell is a classic Romeo and Juliet story and Hillbilly feud all in one.
Forty Acres and a Mule by Luke R. J. Maynard is the story of a Merc group who failed a mission and get a chance at redemption and reward.
Imperfect Mind by Jason Cordova is set in his Kin Wars series and explains some of the backstory there.
Bag Man by Jack Clemons is the story of a hostage rescue.
Come up Screaming by Kevin Ikenberry is the story of a tank battle against aliens.
Angel by Robert E. Hampson is the story of a soldier who keeps on dying doing heroic things each time, and keeps being saved by healing nanites until he wins a Medal of Honor.
To Dust by Marisa Wolf is the story of a group of soldiers fighting a forgotten war on a forgotten planet, and abandoned by their command.
Now You See Me by Kacey Ezell and Now You Don't by Josh Hayes is the intertwined story of two thieves that steal some advanced technology that turns out to be advanced clones capable of becoming the human they touch, and how it saves both their lives.
Like I said earlier, I don't like anthologies, but this one is the exception. I hope the next two books in the series are just as good.