Rumors of War: The Deck Const Part One
Duane Gundrum
Aug 2014 · Duane Gundrum
3.5star
26 reviewsreport
Ebook
60
Pages
family_home
Eligible
info
reportRatings and reviews aren’t verified Learn More
About this ebook
After the collapse of civilization, military governments fight for control of a fractured world. Sergeant Brian Burke, a team leader of the Coloradans Army directs his soldiers through a mop up of Old Francisco, which has devolved into gang warfare between criminals, rogue police officers and remainders of what's left of the National Guard. Separated from his unit, Burke is contacted by a mysterious group of survivors who inform him that he is the mystical "Soldier" who is destined to find the Deck Const, a talisman that may reunite the world in peace again. But someone else is searching for the Deck Const, too, and Burke may have to unite the world, defeating its many armies, just to find it before it's lost forever.
Book One, Rumors of War, covers the mop-up of Old Francisco and the start of Burke's mission to seek out the Deck Const.
Book One, Rumors of War, covers the mop-up of Old Francisco and the start of Burke's mission to seek out the Deck Const.
Ratings and reviews
3.5
26 reviews
v b
- Flag inappropriate
December 8, 2015
The beginning should have been a separate book. The story of the gang wars and the chaos of the police is just too interesting to just be jammed into a few pages
A Martinez
- Flag inappropriate
April 5, 2016
It was actually good to read. I liked lore of it very interesting. Makes me wanna read more into his epic quest to save mankind.
Peter Mcmorrow
- Flag inappropriate
November 4, 2015
Good read strange ending
1 person found this review helpful
About the author
Biography
Sign up for Duane's mail list at http://eepurl.com/xvnqn, or from his facebook url at: https://www.facebook.com/------------------------------
I have been writing novels pretty much my entire life. Influenced early by authors like Stephen King, Clive Cussler and Daniel Boorstin, I was probably ten years old when I tried to write my first novel. And yes, it was pretty bad. I recently re-read it and laughed out loud for about an hour because I still can't figure out what I was trying to write back then.
I've evolved a lot since that first attempt.
My first published novel was INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY, which takes place in the corporate world of Los Angeles, involving a murder, a set-up and lots of action. It was written when I was in the Army, stationed in Germany and struggling to balance my writing life with a military career. As a counterintelligence agent, I then started moving into espionage fiction (DEADLY DECEPTIONS).
My genres cross all sorts of fields these days. I have a series of science fiction/fantasy novels about the world of Reagul (DESTINY) as well as a number of other science fiction novels (LOSER, THOMPSON'S BOUNTY). LOSER is the story of an Exterminator whose job it is to hunt down the failures of the future, called Losers, before he starts to Sign up for Duane's mail list at http://eepurl.com/xvnqn, or from his facebook url at: https://www.facebook.com/
------------------------------
I have been writing novels pretty much my entire life. Influenced early by authors like Stephen King, Clive Cussler and Daniel Boorstin, I was probably ten years old when I tried to write my first novel. And yes, it was pretty bad. I recently re-read it and laughed out loud for about an hour because I still can't figure out what I was trying to write back then.
I've evolved a lot since that first attempt.
My first published novel was INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY, which takes place in the corporate world of Los Angeles, involving a murder, a set-up and lots of action. It was written when I was in the Army, stationed in Germany and struggling to balance my writing life with a military career. As a counterintelligence agent, I then started moving into espionage fiction (DEADLY DECEPTIONS).
My genres cross all sorts of fields these days. I have a series of science fiction/fantasy novels about the world of Reagul (DESTINY) as well as a number of other science fiction novels (LOSER, THOMPSON'S BOUNTY). LOSER is the story of an Exterminator whose job it is to hunt down the failures of the future, called Losers, before he starts to suspect that the Losers may be more than what they appear and that the government may be hiding secrets that may change the course of humanity forever. THOMPSON'S BOUNTY is the story of a Coast Guard lieutenant who chases a ship into the past, finding himself in the world of pirates, privateers and a vindictive English admiral.
Sign up for Duane's mail list at http://eepurl.com/xvnqn, or from his facebook url at: https://www.facebook.com/
I was born in Santa Monica, California, where I grew up before finishing up high school in Moorpark, California. I attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and served in the US Army for a number of years in counterintelligence. After the Army, I became an investigator, a web page designer, and then a low level programmer for a software gaming company. I have designed numerous games over the years, including PRISONER OF Z'ANTH and US AIR FORCE'S STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND. I have completed degrees at San Francisco State University, Western Michigan University and the University of the Pacific. I hold master's degrees in communication and political science. My Phd work was in political science at Western Michigan University.
I currently work in the health care field, creating and maintaining web content for a large hospital system.
My latest completed novel is called THE AMERIAD, a humorous Greek epic about the founding of America by the survivors of Troy.
My second current project is another Reagul novel (the first in a series) called A SEASON OF KINGS.
Please visit me at my website: http://www.sarbonn.com or my facebook profile at https://www.facebook.com/
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
