Kati
of Terra Book 1, and The Witches’ Stones Book 1, on Kindle Countdown this week
Books 1 of the Kati of Terra and
Witches’ Stones Romance SciFi series are on Kindle Countdown this week (April
16-23, 2018), both great values at 99 cents each (regular $3.99). Enjoy
all the adventure and romance, in a galaxy far, far away (Kati of Terra) and in our own future
Milky Way (The Witches' Stones).
Kati 1 - Escape from the
Drowned Planet
Kati and Mikal's escape from the alien slaver Gorsh.
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The slave traders implant their
captives with “translation nodes” in order to allow communication among various
groups. These are living entities, normally docile, merely enhancing certain brain
functions, such as language acquisition. However, Katie discovers that she has
accidentally received a very special “granda node”, a long-lived node with its
own cantankerous personality, including a fondness for criminality and lethal
weaponry. Fortunately for Katie, it also values its freedom. With its help, she
escapes on a fringe planet, dragging the peace officer along—also at the
granda’s suggestion.
She finds herself on a strange
world, with a somewhat deranged personality, quite possibly a killer, in her
head, and partnered with a man from an advanced civilization who abhors
killing. He is a Federation Peace Officer, captured by the slavers while
attempting to bring them to justice. His task is complicated by the fact that
he has sworn to avoid the taking of sentient life during the performance of his
duties. He can and does, however, make vigorous use of non-lethal weaponry.
Since, before leaving the ship, Katie had promised to help her co-captives gain
their liberty, she and the alien peace officer find that they have a common
cause.
But first they must find their
way off the primitive planet and get to the Federated Civilization, avoiding
the slavers who have been left on the planet to re-capture them. Their flight
is complicated by the fact that the planet has had a global warming catastrophe
some centuries back – the locals refer to it as the Drowned World. This has
forced the inhabitants to revert to a pre-industrial state of development;
however, they are a wily and resourceful people, mostly helpful, but they can
also be dangerous.
Kati (to mark her escape, she
adopts a slight name change) and Mikal seek a Federation beacon, which had been
hidden on this planet ages ago, to aid in situations such as this, (in accord
with a longstanding Federation policy for fringe worlds). They must embark on
an arduous trek across two continents and an ocean, seeking the temple that
holds the beacon. They travel on foot, by cart, by riverboat, by tall sailing
ship, and on pack animals, always pursued by the dangerous slavers.
They must rely on their wits,
guile, charm and acting abilities to avoid recapture, while their chasers have
advanced technology and ruthlessness on their side. Fortunately, they are able
to make many friends who help them along the way, and their quest becomes a
series of adventures, both frightening and funny, and involving a cast of
engaging characters.
To complicate matters, Kati finds
herself falling in love with Mikal, the strange, handsome and amusing alien. He
seems to be reciprocating, though they both struggle against an untimely
romantic entanglement.
Will Kati
and Mikal escape from the Drowned Planet? Can they ultimately bring the slavers
to justice, as Mikal has sworn to do? Can they free the remaining captives of
the slavers, as Kati has promised to do? Read this book and the rest of the
series to find out all.
At about 200,000 words (equivalent to a paperback of about 400 pages),
the book is an excellent value.
The Witches' Stones, Book 1 - Rescue from the
Planet of the Amartos
Young
Earth woman and spaceship mechanic, Sarah Mackenzie, has unwittingly triggered
a vast source of energy, the Witches' Stones, via her psychic abilities, of
which she was unaware. She becomes the focal point of a desperate contest
between the authoritarian galactic power, known as The Organization, and the
democratic Earth-based galactic power, known as The Terran Confederation. The
Organization wants to capture her, and utilize her powers to create a
super-weapon; the Terra Confederation wants to prevent that at all costs. The
mysterious psychic aliens, the Witches of Kordea also become involved, as they
see her as a possible threat, or a possible ally, for the safety of their own
world.
A small
but fast scout-ship, with its pilot and an agent of the Terra Confederation,
Coryn Leigh, are sent to rescue her from a distant planet at the very edge of
the galaxy, near space claimed by The Organization. Battles, physical and
mental, whirl around the young woman, as the agent and pilot strive at all
costs to keep her from the clutches of the Organization.
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