Crises and Conflicts

From distant planets to space-borne combat, from desperate attempts to win a race to the last hope of a beleaguered world, fifteen stories of Military SF and space opera, written to celebrate the 10th anniversary of independent publisher NewCon Press 1. Introduction 2. The Last Tank Commander - Allen Stroud 3. Between Nine and Eleven - Adam Roberts 4. Taking Flight - Una McCormack 5. The 10 Second War - Michael Brookes 6. Decommissioned - Tade Thompson 7. Another Day in Paradise - Amy duBoff 8. Round Trip - Robert Sharp 9. Arm Every Woman - Nik Abnett 10. Hill 435 - Tim C. Taylor 11. The Wolf, The Goat, and the Cabbage - Janet Edwards 12. Pickaxes and Shovels - Christopher Nuttall 13. The Gun - Ian Whates 14. Tactics for Optimal Outcomes in Negotiations with Wergen Ambassadors - Mercurio D Rivera 15. The Story of the Ten - Jo Zebedee

Gavin Smith is the Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Natural Hazards and Disasters (UNC Hazards Center) and the Department of Homeland Security's Center of Excellence Disasters, Coastal Infrastructure and Emergency Management (DIEM). He is also a Research Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and teaches courses in Disaster Recovery, Hazard Mitigation and Special Topics.