nic plume
Born and raised in Germany, I've spent most of my adulthood married into the US Army life. English is my second language, which I learned through school and refined through daily lessons with Dragons once I moved to the States--Ok, fine. I improved it by reading books, specifically, all the books in the Pern and Dragonlance series, but Lessons with Dragons sounds soooo much better.
A question-asker and seeker of understanding, I love exploring the world and the people around me, which is why I currently live full-time in a motorhome with my husband and German Shepherd and travel all across the US. I'm always looking for new adventures and prefer to stay on the roads less traveled.--and love to startle my copilot with a well-timed "whee" right before the water hits the windshield.
I've always made up stories but never had the urge to write any of them down until the idea and the characters of 'Shadows of Peace' refused to leave me alone. Now I'm plotting along and typing away to give the voices in my head an opportunity to be heard and seen by the rest of the world.
My stories tell the triumphs, tribulations, failures, and pains of the human experience through a lens formed by my association with the military.
Standing fast (Stories in the last brigade universe):
New voices and new stories emerge in the first ever anthology of the Last Brigade Universe. Between the Collapse of America and the activation of Operation Overtime, lived heroes who kept alive the idea of freedom by standing fast against evil wherever they found it. They wouldn't have called themselves heroes, they were simply people who knew right from wrong and acted on those beliefs, but of course, that's the definition of heroism. The stories here represent a cross-section of survivors of the world's greatest civilization, represented by unforgettable characters who are right at home alongside Nick Angriff and Green Ghost. Find out how the Angriff family got their surname, and what happened when a group of disarmed police officers decided that chaos wasn't their style. There are soldiers trying to get home, a dreamer wondering why the stars still look the same, and an old man who mastered the craft of gunsmithing, and used it to save his granddaughter.
tinaree (Trials by inferno book one):
Survival is only the beginning.
A covert mission. A devastating ambush. A battle they were never meant to win.
When rookie operative Mark Taylor and his team crash-land on Tinaree, the latest battleground in a brutal galactic war, survival becomes a harrowing test of endurance. Captured by enemy forces and sold to a mine as slave labor, they are thrust into a world of torment, shifting alliances, and buried secrets.
As Taylor suffers ruthless torture, his team moves in the shadows, gathering intel and planning their escape. But the deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes—their survival wasn’t a coincidence. Someone orchestrated their capture, and the truth behind it isn’t just about the war—it’s about Taylor himself.
With trust fraying and the enemy always one step ahead, Taylor must decide how far he’s willing to go, not just to survive, but to uncover a conspiracy where the enemy knows more about his past than he does—one that could tip the balance of the war itself. Because on Tinaree, escaping is only the beginning and survival may have been part of the plan all along.
Survival was never the goal.
Perfect for fans of Marko Kloos, Richard Fox, and Kameron Hurley, Trial by Inferno blends high-stakes military sci-fi, psychological endurance, and the unbreakable bonds of brotherhood forged in fire.
prowler:
He was trained to obey. Now he must choose who to become.
Injured during his advancement trial, Luca wakes among those he was taught to fear. What begins as recovery becomes a reckoning—with the City’s teachings, the Wilders’ judgment, and his own unraveling certainty.
Luca is a Prowler—an elite enforcer bred for loyalty, control, and obedience. His advancement trial was meant to test his readiness for promotion. Instead, an injury leaves him stranded in the Wilde, pulled from the edge by those the City calls dangerous.
He expects hostility. What he finds is more complicated.
Some Wilders want him gone. Some show restraint, even care. Most don’t trust him.
But it’s the ones who hesitate—the ones who study him, question him, try to understand him—that leave him most off-balance. Not because of what they do… but because of what they make him begin to see.
As his body heals, old certainties start to shift. What began as a test of endurance becomes something far more dangerous: a quiet unmaking of the beliefs he was never meant to question.
PROWLER is a dystopian sci-fi thriller about indoctrination, perception, and identity—set in a fractured world where obedience is survival… and survival is no longer enough.