Combat Frame Data: XCD-101

Combat Frame Data: XCD-101

XCD-101 Ezekiel Technical Data Model number: XCD-101 Code name: Ezekiel Nickname: Zeke Classification: space use electronic warfare combat frame Manufacturer: Browning Engineering Corporation Operator: HALO First deployment: CY 40 Crew: 1 pilot in cockpit in chest Height: 19 meters Weight: dry weight 100 metric tons, full weight 130 metric tons Armor type: “1D” carbyne laminar armor Powerplant: cold fusion reactor, max output…
February 8, 20198 Comments
Mercedes’ Ride Ends

Mercedes’ Ride Ends

Mercedes Carrera, a porn actress known for her involvement in #GamerGate, has been arrested on child sex abuse charges. A man and woman who both work in the adult film industry were arrested after being accused of sexually abusing a young girl in Rancho Cucamonga over the course of months,…
February 7, 201919 Comments

A Triumph of Mecha Action

The hits keep coming! Benjamin Wheeler is the latest reviewer to rave about Combat Frame XSeed. Brian Niemeier’s masterpiece, Combat Frame XSeed, is out! Check it out here. Combat Frame XSeed is one of the #Gundam4us books I’ve been looking out for for quite some time. It’s a triumph of…
February 6, 2019

The Best of East and West

Nathan Housley reviews Combat Frame XSeed at the Castalia House Blog: Brian Niemeier brings the same otherworldly imagination from his award-winning Soul Cycle to the mecha genre, creating an homage to Gundam and Tom Clancy. At a time where military science fiction has ossified into space marine wars of attrition and…
February 4, 20192 Comments
Between the Wolves and the Tiger

Between the Wolves and the Tiger

They will never leave us alone, and nowhere is safe. Item 1: New author Amelie Wen Zhao, a refugee from Communist China, was recently harangued by SJWs into pulling her upcoming debut novel from publication with Delacorte Press. She was further compelled to post a 1984 style confession and apology for her…
February 1, 201915 Comments

XSeed at Large

Longtime reader Wolfman at Large shares his video review of my new mecha mil-SF novel Combat Frame XSeed. The characters are where this book shines. It's an ensemble cast. Every character has a cohesive motivation and worldview that at least explains their actions. It's also noteworthy that all the characters…
January 31, 20192 Comments
Tough Week for Fedora Tippers

Tough Week for Fedora Tippers

Many have pointed out--rightly, I believe--that the Covington Catholic fiasco has dispensed more red pills than a Seconal dealer. The tawdry spectacle of the entire #FakeNews media, Conservative, Inc, and even elements of the Catholic academy and hierarchy ganging up to throw a bunch of innocent kids in the stocks…
January 30, 201912 Comments
Gunga Din: Boomer Edition

Gunga Din: Boomer Edition

You can learn a lot from the remnants of the Buckley Right--not about effective policy or the true state of the world, but about how the neo-feudal uniparty manipulates Conservatives into thinking and acting against their own interests. Our elites' fingerprints are all over attempts to create a new controlled…
January 29, 201916 Comments
Is Allegory Always Bad?

Is Allegory Always Bad?

So asks author Alexander Hellene in this thoughtful piece on the relationship between allegory and propaganda. My question is: Is allegory always bad? Look at William Shakespeare: Why did he write plays about ancient Roman Emperors and former English kinds, if not to draw lessons for his audience to learn…
January 28, 20194 Comments

Combat Frame XSeed Is Here!

It's my sincere pleasure to make the announcement that my readers have been eagerly waiting for. The first book in my new mecha Mil-SF series Combat Frame XSeed is now live on Amazon! The future is over.  Civilization on Earth has collapsed. Oligarchs have established a new order in manmade space…
January 25, 201918 Comments