Planetary Rumble
E-book, Czech
Planetary Rumble
A routine prisoner transport turns into a bloody fight for survival.
It was supposed to be a routine prisoner transport. But when the crew of the IFSS Mythos, the most advanced spacecraft in the service of the Interstellar Federation army, picks up a distress signal from a desolate planet, they have no choice but to respond.
Migo is a dead, inhospitable world, making it the ideal location for a secret research station. The landing party—comprising the scarred veteran Knut Björgensson, Corporal Li-Hong, medic Liv Montoya, and others—soon discovers that the Firefly base is completely empty. As for where its personnel have gone, they would have been better off not finding out.
Nothing, not even their harsh training or years spent on battlefields across the galaxy, could have prepared them for what lurks in its depths. Meanwhile, another problem arises in orbit: Jocelyn Lancaume and Jerzy Satanski, special forces members convicted of murdering a commanding officer, have escaped from custody. Naturally, this happens at the worst possible time—just as an unknown ship emerges from warp in front of the Mythos…
An explosive military sci-fi full of adrenaline-pumping action, brutal violence, and fluffy bunnies.
Michaela Merglová
A writer and literary publicist born in Pilsen. She has won the hearts of readers with her heroic fantasy series The Delavian Cycle (Song of Steel, Song of the North, and Song of War), the dark fantasy The Cursed Tower, and the sci-fi thriller Emptiness, which was nominated for the Magnesia Litera award in 2023. In the 'Best Fantasy' competition, she was named Lady of the Order of Fantasy three times, and in 2018, she became the victorious Sword Bearer. In collaboration with Leoš Kyša, she compiled the pulp story anthology Beauties and Aliens, and with Petr Brožovský, the Christmas anthology Blood, Monsters and Sweets. She contributes to Pevnost, Tvar, and H7O magazines, has worked in marketing for nearly a decade, and also provides professional training for librarians and creative workshops for the public. She lives in Prague and likes to clear her head from writing by running or crocheting.
Martin Paytok
Martin Paytok is from Jilemnice but lives in Prague. He spent many years writing about computer games and films for inGamer.cz, the XB-1 magazine website, and SCORE magazine. He currently works as an editor at Mystery Press publishing house. His work, which often combines crime plots with elements of supernatural horror, is influenced by Donald E. Westlake, Garth Ennis, and the Kulhánek school of action. You may have encountered his writing in anthologies such as Hammer on Witches: One Step Ahead of Hell, Monster Hunters: Phantom, or Blood, Monsters and Sweets, and in the pages of Pevnost magazine. His book debut was the frenetic slaughterhouse A Curse for All, based on the idea of what would happen if Guy Ritchie directed a horror film. When he's not writing, he watches Shane Black films and hunts for missing instalments of McBain's 87th Precinct in second-hand bookshops.
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