Alexandria Blaelock, author

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More stories from the ruthless fascist dictatorship that is the Security Directorate.

The Director General oversees the indoctrination and eugenics programmes to ensure only the best and brightest survive to take up postings in the elite enforcement Protection Squad. These are five of their stories.

  • Life in the Security Directorate – Eve struggles to come to terms with life in the Directorate and finds her own way out.
  • Honoris Virilis Respectu – Major General John Simm struggles with the difference between his version of the truth and the Director General’s.
  • Calling it a Day – Captain Maeryn Prothero finds herself on the wrong side of the Directorate. Is she good enough at her job to be worth saving?
  • Veni Vidi Vici – Second Lieutenant Cora Meadows must make a one woman assault on Exploratorem Station.
  • Pursuit of Power – Captain Tara Cline pursues a serial killer with a dirty secret.

These stories will continue to challenge your sense of a good life.

Sample

Introduction

It seems to me, my Security Directorate universe is the gift that just keeps giving.

Not for its citizens, of course, but for me who writes, and you who read the stories.

In the first volume’s introduction, I explained the idea came out of World War II documentaries and the Syrian Civil War (not that it’s over).

And I explained a little behind the inspiration for a Genomics Bureau that literally controls births, deaths and marriages, and an Office of Public Enlightenment to interpret the truth for its citizens.

I still find the potential applications of eugenics, and the complementary policies of genocide and breeding control ghoulishly fascinating.

Not to mention the recent attempts by certain governments to control the truth, so an Office of Enlightenment looks like a good way for a fascist state to buy itself the time and space to grow and develop as a country.

Especially with departments for internal, as well as external truths.

All in all, regardless of who’s in charge, a fair amount of population control requires having the right people in the right places to ensure compliance.

Not to mention a casually ruthless disregard for its citizens.

I worry a little that makes me some kind of egregious monster.

But when I read books by other authors in simi-lar veins, I’m reassured we all need these fictions to help us see where such policies could end up.

After all, we writers are good at following these thoughts to their logical conclusions.

So, here are some more speculative stories about life in the Security Directorate.

This time, we’re looking more at the mid-level officers who undertake this work. The perils of get-ting up and going to work every day.

Their choices, for better or worse, and how the consequences play out.

  • In Life in the Security Directorate, Eve struggles to come to terms with life in the Directorate, and finds her own way out.
  • While Honoris Virilis Respectu shows Major General John Simm struggling with the difference between his version of the truth and the Director General’s.
  • Potentially, Captain Maeryn Prothero is on the wrong side of the Directorate in Calling it a Day.
  • Moving on, in Veni Vidi Vici, Second Lieu-tenant Cora Meadows must make a one woman as-sault on her own Exploratorem Station.
  • And finally, in Pursuit of Power, Captain Tara Cline pursues a serial killer with a dirty secret.

Every day I sit down after tea and watch the tv news. The international reports show me there’s a lot of Security Directorate-like activity going on out there.

In some cases, it’s a little more frightening than I’ve imagined up to now.

I look forward to seeing how this affects the Security Directorate, and I hope you do too.

Alexandria Blaelock
Melbourne, Australia
November 2023

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The cover of Life in the Security Directorate by Alexandria Blaelock shows a woman standing on a hill in front of a full moon.
In a ruthless fascist dictatorship, a eugenics programme ensures people are born with genetic superpowers. All Eve needs is a black Earl Grey tea with a thin slice of lemon. And when she needs something, she always gets it. One way or another.
The cover of Honoris Virilis Respectu shows a man in front of a street full of neon signs.
With his assistant hospitalised, and her replacement so inept, Major General John Simm thinks it can’t be coincidence. Can he get to the bottom of it?
The cover of Love in the Security Directorate by Alexandria Blaelock shows a man and a woman standing looking at each other.
The ruthless Security Directorate controls your birth, education, marriage and sometimes your death. Captain Seraphina Robinson is about to marry a man she barely knows. Not that it matters. The eugenics programme matters more.
the cover of calling it a day by alexandria Blaelock shows a cloaked figure.
Hard-arsed detective Captain Maeryn Prothero is on the case. Battling her fragmented memories. Can she save herself before the Security Directorate does?
the cover of minty and the monster by alexandria blaeock shows a street during a lantern festival.
New graduate Second Lieutenant Minty Hollister is in charge of the inaugural Security Directorate Distinguished Service Awards. More than her future’s at stake.
The cover of veni vidi vici by alexandria blaelock shows a person with a gun before lit up police cars.
Second Lieutenant Cora Meadows is alone when an unfamiliar alarm tone goes off. Does she have what it takes to deal with whatever it is?
The cover of Success at the Academy by Alexandria Blaelock shows a person in a cloak walking through wasteland.
From birth to death, citizens face grueling physical and mental testing. Lieutenant Jemima Hunt runs candidate 124 through his paces. And finds the over life and death is not always clear cut.
the cover of pursuit of power by alexandria blaelock shows person holding a gun to their own head.
Captain Tara Cline forced to work with nemesis Captain Max Wade. Can she solve the crime before he does?
The cover of Payton's run by Alexandria Blaelock shows a person standing at a crossroads.
From birth to death, citizens face gruelling physical and mental testing. Lieutenant Jemima Hunt runs candidate 124 through his paces. And finds the over life and death is not always clear cut.