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# S. Evan Townsend

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- [Reviews](https://sevantownsend.com/reviews/) - Reviews for Annihilation from Above: Intriguing Science Fiction Novel Annihilation From Above is an intense science fiction novel which involves terrorists, global politics, astronauts, and an asteroid which is on a collision course with Earth. The book is fast paced and action packed with realistic characters and a plot which keeps your reading interest.
- [About S. Evan Townsend](https://sevantownsend.com/about-s-evan-townsend/) - S. Evan Townsend has been called "America's Unique Speculative Fiction Voice" and writes novels that cause thrills and rapid page-turning. After spending four years in the U.S. Army in the Military Intelligence branch, he returned to civilian life and college to earn a B.S. in Forest Resources from the University of Washington. In his spare
- [Annihilation from Above Excerpt](https://sevantownsend.com/annihilation-from-above-excerpt/) - Officer O'Leary had two minutes to live. He strolled down the Manhattan sidewalk, smiling at the women he passed. Some even smiled back. He was always amazed that the vast majority of them wore black. Something about the city made bright colors scarce. An unremarkable pickup sat parked on the street in front of the
- [-- Chumba of the Intelligence Corps Book 3: The Urloitian Sphere Except](https://sevantownsend.com/the-urloitian-sphere-except/) - "I'm wondering," Ekaterina said, "why there aren't safeguards in this ship to prevent us from doing exactly what we are planning." "They never thought their slaves would rebel," Rodriquez said. "And, apparently, they never did." "I find that hard to believe," I said. "Maybe more or regular sessions with the 'educator' or 'electronic lobotomizer' kept
- [-- Chumba of the Intelligence Corps Book 2: The Three Species War Excerpt](https://sevantownsend.com/the-three-species-war-excerpt/) - I fired into the house, emptying my pistol's magazine. I was mostly just interested in keeping their heads down and to keep them from firing at us. Then I ran for cover. But in the street, cover was basically the man in front of you. The troopers were firing as I reloaded my gun. With
- [-- Chumba of the Intelligence Corps Book 1: The Smugglers of Mars Excerpt](https://sevantownsend.com/chumba-of-the-intelligence-corps-book-1-the-smugglers-of-mars-excerpt/) - She clawed at me in ferocious anger. She ripped off my suit light and then, grabbing my shoulders, head-butted me. She was trying to break my helmet, I assumed. But she must not have realized how durable the plastic was. It was tougher than the armor on my chest. She did it again, and her
- [Treasure of the Rogue Moon Excerpt](https://sevantownsend.com/treasure-of-the-rogue-moon-excerpt/) - Excerpt - Treasure of the Rogue Moon I went to the cockpit. The pilot already had his hands up. I pushed him out his door and sat in the chair he had just vacated. With the touch of a few buttons, I heard the reactionless drives start up with a whine. I jerked back on
- [— Treasure of the Pirate Planet Excerpt](https://sevantownsend.com/treasure-of-the-pirate-planet-excerpt/) - It felt good to be standing again, but Elisa turned to me with a horrified look. "I can't close the airlock. The treasure must have damaged it." "Damn." Must have happened when it slammed into the side of it at two gees. If we undocked from the Bloody Dagger, we'd lose all our air. "Is
- [Forces Excerpt](https://sevantownsend.com/books/forces-excerpt/) - "What's happening?" Sven's voice came back. "Just strap down in an acceleration chair," Johnson said. He was doing the same, getting into a recumbent position so his whole backside would take the weight of his body at five gees. Larsen was buckling the belts on his chair. Sonia was getting quickly into the third chair
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- [Rock Killer Excerpt](https://sevantownsend.com/books/rock-killer-excerpt/) - DeWite moved into the observation room and Prince followed. The room looked almost exactly like a bar since it was a VIP lounge for watching ships land and take off. A large window looked over the shipyard, where various types of spacecraft were resting on the lunar dust. The window, made of Crysteel, invented by
- [Terror of Tombstone Excerpt](https://sevantownsend.com/books/terror-of-tombstone-excerpt/) - You!" someone called out from not far away. I turned to look without thinking. There was a young man standing there, bedecked like the typical frontier cowboy, a gun belt hanging low on his waist, his hand hovering over the revolver handle in the holster. So much for the no-guns policy, I grumbled to myself,
- [Gods of Strife Excerpt](https://sevantownsend.com/books/gods-of-strife-excerpt/) - I heard a mechanical roar and the Lamborghini slid to a stop next to the now-burning remains of the portico. The passenger door sliced up into the air. I didn't think, I just jumped in and onto the white leather seat through the narrow opening. The door sills were huge on this thing and the
- [Book of Death Excerpt](https://sevantownsend.com/books/book-of-death-excerpt/) - I'd never seen this type of meta before. At least I assumed that's what it was, as the wooden man inexorably walked toward me with a creak of moving wood, like tree branches in a heavy wind. It was raising its arms for another blow so I stepped back and shot an airbolt at it.
- [Agent of Artifice Excerpt](https://sevantownsend.com/books/agent-of-artifice-excerpt/) - She smiled at me and started to say something when the world seemed to explode. Bright flashes filled the alley, reflecting off old brick walls and the glass and metal of the car. The sound of gunfire hammered at us. The car's windshields shattered. I dropped to the floor, pulling Liesl after me. The shooting
- [Treasure of The Black Hole Excerpt](https://sevantownsend.com/books/treasure-of-the-black-hole-excerpt/) - Excerpt - Treasure of the Black Hole I unplugged when I heard Rose thrashing in the antechamber. I jumped to my feet as she smashed through the door, sending its shattered pieces across the room, and was running on her four bottom legs straight for me. "Rose?" I tried to get out of the way,
- [Hammer of Thor Excerpt](https://sevantownsend.com/books/hammer-of-thor-excerpt/) - She must have been building up the spell as I was talking. The airbolt hit Fitz in the chest and knocked him off his chair. He slammed into the wall and crumpled to the floor. From the angle of his neck, it was obvious he was dead. I scrambled for the katana talisman, still on
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## Library

- [To End All Wars (Adept Series Short Story)](https://sevantownsend.com/book/to-end-all-wars-adept-series-short-story/) - Buck Sergeant O'Malley has seen a lot of war: more than anyone in Second Platoon, Boy Company realizes. Because O'Malley is 6,000 years old and, using various names and disguises, has been there from Thermopylae to the trenches of World War I, trying to protect the men going into combat, trying to save women and
- [Treasure of the Pirate Planet (Treasures of Space Series Book Two)](https://sevantownsend.com/book/treasure-of-the-pirate-planet-treasures-of-space-book-two/) - . . . if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? Rick Bailey is living a nice, quiet life on the planet where he retired, enjoying the money he found in the Treasure of the Black Hole. Without warning, he is arrested for helping his former lover, Jil, break out of prison where she was
- [Treasure of the Rogue Moon (Treasures of Space Series Book Three)](https://sevantownsend.com/book/treasure-of-the-rogue-moon-treasures-of-space-series-book-3/) - . . . what fools these mortals be! Jil Handaughter and Rick Bailey are living in hiding, hoping the Core Empire or the Interstellar Militia and Police won't find them. Hiding is safe, but boring. When a strange creature offers them the chance to find an ancient artifact on a "rogue moon" that can do
- [Chumba of the Intelligence Corps Book 3: The Urloitian Spheres](https://sevantownsend.com/book/chumba-of-the-intelligence-corps-book-3-the-urloitian-spheres/) - Intrigue surrounds the Core Empire… Before he was Rick Bailey, before he hunted for the Treasure of the Black Hole, he was Titus Chumba of the Core Empire Intelligence Corps. Over centuries, mysterious silver spheres have been discovered across the galaxy. No one knows what they are, until the alien race of the Malvalkians bring
- [Death to the Emperor](https://sevantownsend.com/book/death-to-the-emperor/) - For nearly twenty years, Titus Chumba has either worked for, or hidden from, the emperor of the Core Empire. Now he's become involved in a plot to assassinate the most powerful man in the galaxy. All Titus needs are rare and closely-guarded artifacts. Can he find what he needs and kill the emperor who has
- [Chumba of the Intelligence Corps Book 1: The Smugglers of Mars](https://sevantownsend.com/book/chumba-of-the-intelligence-corps-book-1-the-smugglers-of-mars/) - Treachery stalks the red planet... Before he was Rick Bailey, before he hunted for the Treasure of the Black Hole, he was Titus Chumba of the Core Empire Intelligence Corps. Sent to Mars to investigate water smuggling, First Lieutenant Chumba finds a criminal conspiracy that spans from the red planet to the asteroid belt. Will
- [Treasure of the Black Hole (Treasures of Space Series Book One)](https://sevantownsend.com/book/treasure-of-the-black-hole-treasures-of-space-series-book-one/) - The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of . . . When private detective Rick Bailey is hired by the exotically beautiful and outrageously wealthy Princess Nora, he thinks it'll be easy money. Escaping from her rebellion-torn kingdom, the princess has lost her handmaiden, Lores: the only person who knows how to find the hidden royal
- [Chumba of the Intelligence Corps Book 2: The Three Species War](https://sevantownsend.com/book/chumba-of-the-intelligence-corps-book-2-the-three-species-war/) - War envelops the galaxy… Before he was Rick Bailey, before he hunted for the Treasure of the Black Hole, he was Titus Chumba of the Core Empire Intelligence Corps. When the alien race known as Roaches invades both human and Malvalkian colonies, Lieutenant Titus Chumba is plunged into fighting for the Core Empire. From guerrilla
- [Rock Killer](https://sevantownsend.com/book/rock-killer/) - Space Resources, Inc. (SRI) mines asteroids for the riches a populated Earth needs without degrading the planet. Yet there are those opposed to progress in whatever its form such as the Gaia Alliance, a front group for eco-terrorists. During a violent attack on the Moon, the terrorists steal an exploration ship, arm it, and rename
- [Hammer Of Thor (Adept Series #1)](https://sevantownsend.com/book/hammer-of-thor-adept-series-1/) - They live among us. We know they are there. No government can control them; no authority can stop them. Some are evil. Some are good. All are powerful. They inhabit our myths and fairy tales. But what if they were real, the witches, wizards, and fairy godmothers? What if they were called "adepts" and used
- [The Terror of Tombstone (Adept Series Western)](https://sevantownsend.com/book/the-terror-of-tombstone-adept-series-western/) - Abel Lewis is a city slicker and a dandy and completely out of his element in the frontier of 1881 Arizona, nursing saddle sores and wishing for a soft bed. But Lewis hides a skill, and as he seeks to find an evil power in the deserts and small towns of the Southwest, he'll need
- [Gods of Strife (Adept Series #4)](https://sevantownsend.com/book/gods-of-strife-adept-series-4/) - They live among us. We know they are there. No government can control them; no authority can stop them. Some are evil. Some are good. All are powerful. They inhabit our myths and fairy tales. But what if they were real, the witches, wizards, and fairy godmothers? What if they were called "adepts" and an
- [Book Of Death (Adept Series #3)](https://sevantownsend.com/book/book-of-death-adept-series-3/) - They live among us. We know they are there. No government can control them; no authority can stop them. Some are evil. Some are good. All are powerful. They inhabit our myths and fairy tales. But what if they were real, the witches, wizards, and fairy godmothers? What if they were called "adepts" and were
- [Agent Of Artifice (Adept Series #2)](https://sevantownsend.com/book/agent-of-artifice/) - They live among us. We know they are there. No government can control them; no authority can stop them. Some are evil. Some are good. All are powerful. They inhabit our myths and fairy tales. But what if they were real, the witches, wizards, and fairy godmothers? What if they were called "adepts" and were
- [Annihilation from Above](https://sevantownsend.com/book/annihilation-from-above/) - Mining asteroids with robots is common and sometimes the orbit of the rock is changed to facilitate extracting the valuable metals. One Monday morning, a car bomb detonates in Manhattan. As law enforcement officials scramble to find who's responsible, it becomes clear that it was a distraction. Terrorists have hijacked an asteroid and put in
- [Forces](https://sevantownsend.com/book/forces/) - Captain Olly Johnson has twice used his stolen Bussard ram jet, the Longboat, to blackmail human colonies into giving him large amounts of gold. That makes him humanity's first interstellar pirate, even though his ship travels slower than light. One more profitable raid, and Johnson thinks he, his family, and his First Mate John Larsen

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## Book Authors

- [S. Evan Townsend](https://sevantownsend.com/book-author/s-evan-townsend/) - S. Evan Townsend has been called “America’s Unique Speculative Fiction Voice” and writes novels that cause thrills and rapid page-turning. After spending four years in the U.S. Army in the Military Intelligence branch, he returned to civilian life and college to earn a B.S. in Forest Resources from the University of Washington. In his spare time he enjoys reading, driving (sometimes on a racetrack), meeting people, and talking with friends. He is in a 12-step program for Starbucks addiction. Evan lives in central Washington State with his wife and has three grown sons. He enjoys science fiction, fantasy, history, politics, cars, and travel. He currently has eight published fantasy and science fiction novels.

## Book Series

- [Adept Series](https://sevantownsend.com/book-series/adept-series/)
- [Treasures of Space](https://sevantownsend.com/book-series/treasures-of-space/)
- [Chumba of the Intelligence Corps](https://sevantownsend.com/book-series/chumba-of-the-intelligence-corps/)