{"id":207,"date":"2012-07-07T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2012-07-07T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stoneskin.wpengine.com\/?p=207"},"modified":"2013-05-14T12:58:32","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T12:58:32","slug":"meet-the-new-heroes-pete-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stoneskinpress.com\/index.php\/meet-the-new-heroes-pete-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The New Heroes: Pete Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Three hundred miles below the departure lounge\u2019s windows, a blue-brown Africa floated. Four years ago I\u2019d volunteered for a tour in the Belt to escape the consequences of my then best-friend’s unwise decision to leave his fianc\u00e9e in my care while he underwent basic training. (Nice girl. Hope he found it in his heart to forgive her.)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pete Stone appears in the story “On Her Majesty’s Deep Space Service” by Jonny Nexus, published in The New Hero Volume 1<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Listen to Jonny Nexus reading a quote from “On Her Majesty’s Deep Space Service”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a retro alternate future where the sun never sets on a spaceship of the British Empire, Space Lieutenant Peter \u201cPete\u201d Stone battles intrigue with brittle wit, harder fists, and a flair for brash improvisation\u2014not to mention his ability hold his Jack Daniels with Coke, ice, no slice. When a member of the royal family goes missing out in the Belt, Pete\u2019s leave is canceled… and his suspicions aroused.<\/p>\n

In \u201cOn Her Majesty\u2019s Secret Space Service\u201d, Jonny Nexus does drollery right, grounding it by\u00a0\u00a0 faithfully evoking the physics of space exploration. The fact that \u201cPete\u201d is a nickname worthy of quotation marks tells you all you need to know about Nexus\u2019 oak-paneled, orbital setting. Stone\u2019s touches of loucheness add entertaining dimension to the two-fisted resourceful hero.<\/p>\n

Jonny Nexus lives in Brighton, England, with his wife, their dog, and an array of chew toys that the dog invariably leaves on the top-most step but one. He was the editor, co-founder, and chief-writer of the cult gaming webzine Critical Miss, and wrote the Slayers Guide to Games Masters and a regular monthly magazine column for leading British roleplaying publisher Mongoose Publishing. His debut novel Game Night, published by Magnum Opus Press in 2007, was shortlisted for a GenCon EN World Award (an \u201cENnie\u201d). For more information on Jonny Nexus, visit his website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All New Hero artwork by Gene Ha<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Stone Skin Press Kickstarter and more information can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three hundred miles below the departure lounge\u2019s windows, a blue-brown Africa floated. Four years ago I\u2019d volunteered for a tour in the Belt to escape the consequences of my then best-friend’s unwise decision to leave his fianc\u00e9e in my care…<\/span><\/p>\n

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