Michael Z Williamson returns with his second collection of short fiction essays & provocations Sure to thrill entertain & scandalize Collected short fiction from multiple bestseller Michael Z Williamson After a brutal car crash a disabled young man beats all odds to pursue his dream of crewing the first starship Outnumbered & outgunned a Freehold warship must use guile expert maneuvering & sheer courage to survive a pursuing UN fleet Meanwhile other Freeholders resort to terrifying psyops to destroy their invaders& morale A family learns that their patriarch isn&t as crazy as they thought when a zombie uprising actually happens A young girl must use her knowledge of elementals & spirit beings to protect a king who is unaware of the threats against him In an alternate Bronze Age the descendants of dinosaurs fight with sentient felinoids for territory & survival Humans reduced to cowering in caves find a most unlikely weapon against their alien invaders With cutting satire on classic poetry & modern movies a no-holds-barred lambast of several beloved firearms & their fan clubs Williamson concludes with more of his Inappropriate Cocktail recipes frequently both delicious & outrageously snarky commemmorating celebrities events & cultural memes About the Author Michael Z Williamson is retired military having served twenty-five years in the US Army & the US Air Force He was deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom & Operation Desert Fox Williamson is a state-ranked competitive shooter in combat rifle & combat pistol He has consulted on military matters weapons & disaster preparedness for Discovery Channel & Outdoor Channel productions & is Editor-at-Large for Survivalblog with 300000 weekly readers In addition Williamson tests & reviews firearms & gear for manufacturers Williamson’s books set in his Freehold Universe include Freehold The Weapon The Rogue Better to Beg Forgiveness Do Unto Others & When Diplomacy Fails He is also the author of time travel novel A Long Time Until Now as well as The Hero—the latter written in collaboration with New York Times best-selling author John Ringo Williamson was born in England raised in Liverpool & Toronto Canada & now resides in Indianapolis with his children