"Like Serenity on a submarine..." Try a spoonful of realism mixed into your speculative fiction. By Sound Alone is derived from science fiction themes but never deviates from a commitment to painstakingly-researched, realistic mid-century submarine mechanics and operations. With a heritage that is equal parts 1970s trucker culture and 1960s submarine movie, By Sound Alone revels in the power of confined spaces and dangerous operations that have always been the meat of...

She lifted her binoculars and leaned out from the sail to get a clear view around the Prospect’s exhaust stream. The Grackle was still charging recklessly up the narrow passage, splintering the little huts on both sides of the waterway. She could see the faint shadows of people atop the sail directing its course. With no reduction in speed at all, it drove into the shallow bar. The sharp leading edge of the ram plowed deep enough into the sludgy ground that the muck e...