“Bauers puts together characters who take up residence in your heart. I highly recommend it.”
David Weber, New York Times bestselling author of the Honor Harrington series
Greetings Starfighter!
If you like strong female protagonists, futuristic warfare, and Space Opera, then I write for you.
My protagonist, Promise Paen, has been compared to Katee Sackhoff's Starbuck meets STARSHIP TROOPERS, with a dash of FIREFLY. UNBREAKABLE and INDOMITABLE made "best-of" lists from B&N, Amazon.com, i09, and The Verge. Andrew Liptak of B&N's Sci-fi Blog counted UNBREAKABLE among 5 New Books that Show the Future of Military Sci-Fi. Mysterious Galaxy and Powell's bookstores honored UNBREAKABLE with a "staff pick." But Promise is a character all her own. I hope you get the chance to meet her. If you can't wait, click here. And see my post titled "Becoming Promise Paen" for more about her.
Visit the Little Geek's page to download, print, and color Promise in her armor. If you have mini-mes at home, check out the TBT board book series, featuring little heroes with big faith. To receive breaking news about my novels and events, please join my preferred reader list (see below). I trigger-finger swear to protect your privacy.
Thanks for dropping by my part of the 'verse. I'm grateful!
- W. C. Bauers
THE CHRONICLES OF PROMISE PAEN
TOR BOOKS/MACMILLAN
Listen to an except of UNBREAKABLE, ready by Andy Arndt.
Lt. Promise Paen in Her Armor
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THE TINY BIBLE TALES (TBT)
GROSSETT & DUNLAP/PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
Little Heroes, Big Faith
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POPULAR BLOG POSTS
IN WHICH WE GREET DEATH WITH A KISS WHILE WEARING BREAK-BAD MECHSUITS (Originally published on the Tor/Forge Blog)
Charles Dickens christened death “Our Mutual Friend.” It has certainly been so for me. I’ve buried a sister and a daughter, all the grands, and a cousin of mine named Jack. Death reaped each of them at inconvenient times. I wasn’t ready to say goodbye. Absence has sure made a poor bedfellow. Continue Reading...
BECOMING PROMISE PAEN:
Why Promise? Where'd I get that name from? Promise is an odd name for a character, don't you think? Couldn't you have come up with something else besides Promise Paen? Really? Continue Reading...
THE DEATH OF HUMILITY. THE RISE OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.
Sunday's sermon gave me a lot to think about. Am I a humble person? That was the question Gary Barkalow posed, and it stopped me in my tracks. I wanted to say, "Yes, and there's a lot of people who need a healthy does of it." Perhaps you see the problem. Continue Reading...
W.C. TALKS WITH ANNE LECKIE ABOUT ANCILLARY JUSTICE
I haven't enjoyed a book as much as ANCILLARY JUSTICE in a long time (book one in Ann Leckie's thought-provoking Imperial Radch Series). I'm delighted to interview her about her debut SF novel." Continue Reading...
W.C. TALKS WITH C.J. CHERRYH ABOUT FOREIGNER
I first read C. J. Cherryh’s Foreigner (a 1994 pub) last year, on the advice of my agent Cherry Weiner, a fellow Cherry. I know – what took me so long? Continue Reading...
"A bit STARSHIP TROOPERS, a bit Esmay Suiza, and a dash of FIREFLY." (Dayton Ward, New York Times bestselling author of The Last World War)
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