The Last Charge (The Nameless War Trilogy Book 3) (61 page)

Author’s Postscript

So, here we are at the end of The Nameless War and for me the end of a project going back ten years. The funny thing is that this wasn’t the story I originally intended to tell; that story fell foul of a dead hard drive and failure to back up my work. Instead of attempting to reconstruct the lost text, I chose to move on to the story of an encounter at the edge of known space between an alien vessel and an aged starship called Mississippi. But with the story complete (and this time backed up) I found myself curious to see what the implications of this encounter would be.

With the first book of the Nameless War completed, I began to serious consider publication. I was lucky with my timing, self publishing was really starting to get under way and I was able to join a new wave of writers who were able for the first time reach a mass audience. Along the way I’ve made some mistakes,
have had to learn a lot of new skills, as well as find new uses for old ones. I would to thank again Sorcha for her encouragement to hit the big scary button marked publish. To Phil and Peter for letting me bounce ideas off them for years on end. To Jan and Ray for their editing. To Anne for that stupid idea that was actually a very good one. Thank you to my parents who have supported me in all things.

I would like to finish by thanking you the reader, for your support, your suggestions and yes your criticisms. I thank you for giving me the opportunity and motivation to explore and expand the Battle Fleet universe and hope I will hear from you in the future.

Edmond
Barrett

September 2014