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Kurtherian Gambit Universe #33
World's Worst Day Ever: A Kurtherian Gambit Supplement
End of the world as we know it. Plausible. Scary in its simplicity. Horrible in its effect.
Set in the Kurtherian Gambit Universe, this story explains how a few mistakes can have grave consequences. Unfortunately, the technology in the following short story is real. Yes, this could happen.
Dammit. Who wants to really dwell on these things? This story was written by Craig Martelle, based on the original WWDE Document as authored by Jeff Morris.
Otherwise, I would label this, "CrapI don't want to ever, ever, ever think about."
Set in the Kurtherian Gambit Universe, this story explains how a few mistakes can have grave consequences. Unfortunately, the technology in the following short story is real. Yes, this could happen.
Dammit. Who wants to really dwell on these things? This story was written by Craig Martelle, based on the original WWDE Document as authored by Jeff Morris.
Otherwise, I would label this, "CrapI don't want to ever, ever, ever think about."
52 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 21, 2017
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I see my other lives, a career in the Marines, those damn hand-written tests in law school, a business consultant, as if they're stories from a book. I see my books as if I lived there, as if I were friends with the characters. All things we remember are behind us, only those we imagine lie before.
I'm not sure which place I prefer, but I don't have to choose. They live together in my mind. My books have some award nominations, they have bestseller tags across multiple countries. I write about justice, honor, and loyalty because that's what I care about. My stories are mostly set within worlds that haven't been, but could be. We have to be ready for when those times come.
No matter where I went, I always had a book with me. Thanks to 21st Century technology, I now have hundreds of books loaded on my phone and always with me. This breakthrough allows me to binge read my favorites. How many books would I have read on deployments had I not had to have a physical book with me? I paced myself so I wouldn't finish too quickly.
We aren't encumbered like that now. I love the works of Robert Heinlein, Anne McCaffrey, JRR Tolkien, Robert E. Howard, and so many more. I have been compared to Andre Norton and that is humbling - she was an incredible author with a huge list of novels to her credit. With every new book, I aspire to live up to those that you, the readers, have compared me to.
Through a bizarre series of events, I ended up in Fairbanks, Alaska. I never expected to retire to a place where golf courses are only open for four months out of the year. But that's the way it is. It is off the beaten path. My wife and I get to watch the northern lights from our driveway. Our dog has lots of room to run. And temperatures reach fifty below zero. We have from three and a half hours of daylight in the winter to twenty-four hours in the summer.
It's all part of the give and take of life. If we didn't have those extremes, then everyone would live in the sub-arctic.
I see my other lives, a career in the Marines, those damn hand-written tests in law school, a business consultant, as if they're stories from a book. I see my books as if I lived there, as if I were friends with the characters. All things we remember are behind us, only those we imagine lie before.
I'm not sure which place I prefer, but I don't have to choose. They live together in my mind. My books have some award nominations, they have bestseller tags across multiple countries. I write about justice, honor, and loyalty because that's what I care about. My stories are mostly set within worlds that haven't been, but could be. We have to be ready for when those times come.
No matter where I went, I always had a book with me. Thanks to 21st Century technology, I now have hundreds of books loaded on my phone and always with me. This breakthrough allows me to binge read my favorites. How many books would I have read on deployments had I not had to have a physical book with me? I paced myself so I wouldn't finish too quickly.
We aren't encumbered like that now. I love the works of Robert Heinlein, Anne McCaffrey, JRR Tolkien, Robert E. Howard, and so many more. I have been compared to Andre Norton and that is humbling - she was an incredible author with a huge list of novels to her credit. With every new book, I aspire to live up to those that you, the readers, have compared me to.
Through a bizarre series of events, I ended up in Fairbanks, Alaska. I never expected to retire to a place where golf courses are only open for four months out of the year. But that's the way it is. It is off the beaten path. My wife and I get to watch the northern lights from our driveway. Our dog has lots of room to run. And temperatures reach fifty below zero. We have from three and a half hours of daylight in the winter to twenty-four hours in the summer.
It's all part of the give and take of life. If we didn't have those extremes, then everyone would live in the sub-arctic.
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July 20, 2017
Ahhhhh
I am now sitting in my basement surrounded by my freeze dried food and iodine tablets. It's a good thing I'm #wewillbuild as long as the EE has room for a kick ass bartender. ( To all guns blazing I have perfected the art of getting a beer with the perfect head) lol read this one then jump into nomad you won't regret it.
I am now sitting in my basement surrounded by my freeze dried food and iodine tablets. It's a good thing I'm #wewillbuild as long as the EE has room for a kick ass bartender. ( To all guns blazing I have perfected the art of getting a beer with the perfect head) lol read this one then jump into nomad you won't regret it.
April 28, 2020
Oddly put
This is a tiny little book. Well, it's 2 really. The first is a technical look at what bring about the end of the world, (which is fine. If a bit horrifying) The second is that same technical book but with a few paragraphs shoved in to make it sound personable. I understand it's setting the next part of the story arc up, but it seems an odd way to do it. Why both? Why not just one or the other? And why keep the paragraphs EXACTLY the same? That was weird. Oh well.
This is a tiny little book. Well, it's 2 really. The first is a technical look at what bring about the end of the world, (which is fine. If a bit horrifying) The second is that same technical book but with a few paragraphs shoved in to make it sound personable. I understand it's setting the next part of the story arc up, but it seems an odd way to do it. Why both? Why not just one or the other? And why keep the paragraphs EXACTLY the same? That was weird. Oh well.
May 9, 2019
Sad but all too possibly real! The destruction of civilization as a result of grief. This story sets up the Nomad books in the Kutherian Gambit series.
March 4, 2022
This is apparently the precursor to the Terry Henry Walton, Nomad, books.
It is two very short versions of the same event - the first, a very technical explanation of how the world as we know it, ended, and the second, almost the same, but with a slight change to the characters mentioned in the first.
The information given was interested, hence the three stars, but it was far too brief to be considered a book on it's own, in my opinion.
It would have been so much better if more info was given, maybe using a character from each major nation mentioned, and how each one coped with the disaster?
I'm not sure, really, but did feel cheated at the brevity of the book, and the fact that it was the same short story, written down twice with barely a change to the second one.
I just hope that the THW series is better than this!
It is two very short versions of the same event - the first, a very technical explanation of how the world as we know it, ended, and the second, almost the same, but with a slight change to the characters mentioned in the first.
The information given was interested, hence the three stars, but it was far too brief to be considered a book on it's own, in my opinion.
It would have been so much better if more info was given, maybe using a character from each major nation mentioned, and how each one coped with the disaster?
I'm not sure, really, but did feel cheated at the brevity of the book, and the fact that it was the same short story, written down twice with barely a change to the second one.
I just hope that the THW series is better than this!
November 10, 2019
Both versions were easy to follow.
Knowing something bad could happen is not the same as vicariously experiencing it through your favorite characters. We know ordinance must be carefully handled and fires on a ship are bad. The US Navy has recruits watch footage of the fire onboard the USS FORRESTAL to drive home the reality of "bad". That is what these books do. These authors use fiction to drive home bad realities are possible. The amazing characters they create sometimes live through poor decisions teaching us in the process. I am going to do a lot of "living" while we still have electronic books. Thank you.
Knowing something bad could happen is not the same as vicariously experiencing it through your favorite characters. We know ordinance must be carefully handled and fires on a ship are bad. The US Navy has recruits watch footage of the fire onboard the USS FORRESTAL to drive home the reality of "bad". That is what these books do. These authors use fiction to drive home bad realities are possible. The amazing characters they create sometimes live through poor decisions teaching us in the process. I am going to do a lot of "living" while we still have electronic books. Thank you.
February 11, 2020
Think hard!
Do you want to add a realistic way the apocalypse could happen to your already over stressed mind? If not, do not read this. On the other hand if you already know your Google, Alexia, and Siri are monitoring you and creating a world class AI, okay maybe that is extreme, but if you know your preferences are being monitored and the computers of today are loaded with spy techniques and technology, then this will just prove you are right. I am sure I will have nightmares and my friends will grow tired of me explaining that I know how the world will end, but hey, I might get them to read all of the KG series! Yeah me!
Do you want to add a realistic way the apocalypse could happen to your already over stressed mind? If not, do not read this. On the other hand if you already know your Google, Alexia, and Siri are monitoring you and creating a world class AI, okay maybe that is extreme, but if you know your preferences are being monitored and the computers of today are loaded with spy techniques and technology, then this will just prove you are right. I am sure I will have nightmares and my friends will grow tired of me explaining that I know how the world will end, but hey, I might get them to read all of the KG series! Yeah me!
May 9, 2017
It could happen...
Which is the really scary part! Ever wonder what happened on the World's Worst Day Ever? Now you can know. You may not ever sleep again and you just might start stocking food and water and learning how to survive without electricity but...
Hmmmmmm I wonder if that guy has finished building that medieval fortress yet.
Which is the really scary part! Ever wonder what happened on the World's Worst Day Ever? Now you can know. You may not ever sleep again and you just might start stocking food and water and learning how to survive without electricity but...
Hmmmmmm I wonder if that guy has finished building that medieval fortress yet.
March 19, 2018
An interesting side trip
I should have read the second story and left the first be. The second version contains the technical details of the first, but is more fun to read. I'm going to continue my Kurtherian Gambit journey with anticipation.
I should have read the second story and left the first be. The second version contains the technical details of the first, but is more fun to read. I'm going to continue my Kurtherian Gambit journey with anticipation.
June 1, 2017
Wow
Always wondered about WWDE and what happened well now I know! Our lives are so fragile that one thing can tip the balance!!
Always wondered about WWDE and what happened well now I know! Our lives are so fragile that one thing can tip the balance!!
March 27, 2018
This is how it could happen, folks! Terrifing
September 6, 2018
Good information
I actually knew about the military plans for a zombie apocalypse. Learned about it in Anthropology class of all places. But this information hit close to home.
I actually knew about the military plans for a zombie apocalypse. Learned about it in Anthropology class of all places. But this information hit close to home.
August 14, 2019
Only for followers of the Kurtherian series. Short read that fills in the time of the collapse of earths civilization. Interesting filler for fans.
November 16, 2019
least favorite of the series... more like reading a documentary without enough story
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January 1, 2020Short but told the complete story of how our civilization destroyed itself.
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February 11, 2020Clearly 2 writers on this
Too many mistakes. Too many repeats. Story has no flow. I did not like this story. It read like it was done too quickly and was not thought out enough.
Too many mistakes. Too many repeats. Story has no flow. I did not like this story. It read like it was done too quickly and was not thought out enough.
May 13, 2020
Finally!
Wanna know what exactly happened in the Kurtherian WWDE. This is it! Wow....that's all I can say! Thanks big bunches for clearing this up!
Wanna know what exactly happened in the Kurtherian WWDE. This is it! Wow....that's all I can say! Thanks big bunches for clearing this up!
September 17, 2020
A short story that was going great until the warming rubbish at the end.
April 23, 2021
Nice little side story in the Etheric Empire about what happened as they left Earth.
July 14, 2022
Not really a book, more a document explaining what caused the planetary apocalypse.
You could have stuck this as the prologue to any of the books that later use this story later in the series.
You could have stuck this as the prologue to any of the books that later use this story later in the series.
April 2, 2023
W.W.D.E
If you have read the Kurtherian Gambit Series or the Terry Henry Walton series,, this is a must read supplemental story.
If you have read the Kurtherian Gambit Series or the Terry Henry Walton series,, this is a must read supplemental story.
November 29, 2020
Terrifying cuz it could happen
Unfortunately, at least to me, the world seem always just a couple bad decisions away from The End. This had the messy end, but with a sneaky and ignored beginning. It makes sense that it could happen with a cyber attack because humanity the world over depends so much on technology. I wouldn't have thought it would be so quick though.
Unfortunately, at least to me, the world seem always just a couple bad decisions away from The End. This had the messy end, but with a sneaky and ignored beginning. It makes sense that it could happen with a cyber attack because humanity the world over depends so much on technology. I wouldn't have thought it would be so quick though.
January 13, 2023
This could have been an incredible story told from a number of viewpoints. Instead, we get an outline, which is fine, but um, not good when retold by someone else.
I guess if you look at it as a profession of Martelle's writing then it's useful. But why do we the readers see this?
I guess if you look at it as a profession of Martelle's writing then it's useful. But why do we the readers see this?
April 23, 2017
Thanks!
Well, I am glad yous cleared that up. But now I am angry all over again that you killed Michael in the first place. Oh well, at least you're giving us some awesome series to compensate. 😊
Well, I am glad yous cleared that up. But now I am angry all over again that you killed Michael in the first place. Oh well, at least you're giving us some awesome series to compensate. 😊
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May 29, 2017DISAPPOINTING
I was assuming that WERE was somewhat of a Prequel to the Books relating to what happened after TAB left Earth. And it was to a point, But the Main Points where Beaten To Death TWICE and the Second time in the same book was Very Disappointing. Could have Really used this book to build Characters in the Nomad Series and I'm guessing others. My Advice DON'T Waste Your Time or Money. Which I hate to say!
I was assuming that WERE was somewhat of a Prequel to the Books relating to what happened after TAB left Earth. And it was to a point, But the Main Points where Beaten To Death TWICE and the Second time in the same book was Very Disappointing. Could have Really used this book to build Characters in the Nomad Series and I'm guessing others. My Advice DON'T Waste Your Time or Money. Which I hate to say!
July 22, 2017
Why the story was repeated with only a bit of changing in the second part ? This is a little disappointing , it feels like a chapter transformed into a book.
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