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Down-and-out computer tech Tyler Vernon (A somewhat thinly disguised [[Expy]] for [[Schlock Mercenary|Howard Tayler]]) is barely making ends meet when Glatun traders discover that he once wrote ''TradeHard'', an award-winning [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness|hard sci-fi]] [[Web Comic]]. A short meeting later, he has discovered one alien race [[Alien Catnip|finds maple syrup irresistible]]. After some well-executed hustling, [[Fiction 500|he's richer than everyone else on Earth put together.]] But given that he's a plucky Southern boy, he has big dreams...
 
Being writtenWritten by [[John Ringo]], beforethe youseries crackwas openinspired by ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' and written with the bookapproval getof yourHoward Tayler, but is not canon for the popcornweb readycomic. ''Troy Rising'' is a trilogy, with the first book being ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150907011445/http://www.webscription.net/chapters/1439133328/1439133328.htm?blurb Live Free or Die]'', published in February 2010. The next book, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20111103173718/http://www.webscription.net/chapters/1439134006/1439134006.htm?blurb Citadel]'', was released in January 2011, followed by ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110815023132/http://www.webscription.net/chapters/A9781439134320/A9781439134320.htm The Hot Gate]'' in May 2011.
 
The series was inspired by ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' and written with the approval of Howard Tayler, but is not canon for the web comic.
 
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