Kati of Terra, Books 1, 2, and 3 on Kindle Countdown this week
All three Kati of Terra books are on
Kindle Countdown this week (Nov 21 to 28, 2016), a great value at 99 cents each, this week only (regular $3.99 each).
Enjoy all the adventure and romance, in a galaxy far, far away.
Kati 1 - Escape from the Drowned Planet
Kati and Mikal's escape from the alien slaver Gorsh.
Amazon U.S.: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00811WVXO
Amazon U.K.: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00811WVXO
Kati 2 - On Assignment on the Planet of the Exalted
Kati and Mikal follow the trail of justice to the planet Vultaire.
Amazon U.S.: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D0H15CC
Amazon U.K.: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00D0H15CC
Kati 3 - Showdown on the Planet of the Slavers
Kati and Mikal must battle Gorsh on his home turf.
Amazon U.S.: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KHBN8FG
Amazon U.K.: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KHBN8FG
Kati 1 - Escape from the Drowned Planet
Kati and Mikal's escape from the alien slaver Gorsh.
Amazon U.S.: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00811WVXO
Amazon U.K.: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00811WVXO
Kati 2 - On Assignment on the Planet of the Exalted
Kati and Mikal follow the trail of justice to the planet Vultaire.
Amazon U.S.: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D0H15CC
Amazon U.K.: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00D0H15CC
Kati 3 - Showdown on the Planet of the Slavers
Kati and Mikal must battle Gorsh on his home turf.
Amazon U.S.: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KHBN8FG
Amazon U.K.: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KHBN8FG
Kati 1 - Escape from the Drowned Planet
In saving her small son from alien
abductors, a 24-year-old Earth woman, Katie, finds herself abducted instead.
She awakens from a drug-induced coma on a spaceship, in a room full of
children, both human and alien, and two other women, younger than she is. The
young women adapt to the situation as best they can, keeping the youngsters
calm and entertained. But, when a drugged alien man wearing a uniform is added
to the captive cargo, it becomes clear that this is an intergalactic slave
operation.
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.
Kati 2 - On Assignment on the Planet of the Exalted
After narrowly escaping the
pursuit of the slave trader Gorsh on Makros III, the Drowned Planet, Kati of
Terra has arrived on the planet Lamania, the home world of her alien companion
and fellow escapee, Mikal r’ma Trodden. The bureaucracy of the Lamanian Social
Services, however, insists that the two be separated for half-a-Lamanian year,
to ensure that this Wilder woman is not being exploited by her more urbane
lover, who is also a Star Federation agent. In principle a worthy policy, it
has left Kati without Mikal’s company while dealing with the loss of her
connection to her young son Jake, and the knowledge that she will never be able
to return home to Earth.
While exploring her new environment, she is confronted with the realization that Gorsh has spread his tentacles into the Star Federation. She identifies and rescues a young victim of the slave trade, using knowledge gained during her and Mikal’s period of captivity on Gorsh’s ship.
She agrees to take the lead role in an undercover investigation of the venerable Federation planet, Vultaire, which seems to be implicated in the lawlessness. Apparently the members of the planet’s upper class, known as the Exalted Citizens, have grown corrupt, some of them even taking up slave-ownership, alongside numerous other vices. With three companions, Kati forms the Unofficial Investigative Team into the Conditions on the Planet Vultaire. The team members make their way, clandestinely, there, and undertake their investigation while posing as an itinerant Entertainment Troupe. Secretly, they make common cause with the downtrodden locals, including elements of the resistance to the oligarchy.
Meanwhile, Mikal, the Federation agent, is sent to explore the Xeonsaur connection to the slave trade. It has to do with a captive member of the lizard species who has been forced to navigate Slaver Gorsh’s space ship through vast distances during its slave-snatching operations. Mikal too must make common cause; he does so with a beautiful female of the reptilian/humanoid race, the life-partner to the unhappy Xeonsaur captive.
Kati and Mikal must make their separate ways and overcome separate obstacles and dangers, before re-uniting in the struggle on Vultaire. Their reunion as battlers against the slave trade coincides with the end of their forced separation, ushering in a time of new connection. However, together on Vultaire, they need all the resources and ingenuity that they and their companions have, to stay alive, and to help heal the Vultairian society, as well as the very planet itself from the sickness that the corruptions have caused.
This is a full-length novel of about 260,000 words (equivalent to a paperback of about 500 pages). Please note that the Kati of Terra novels are written so that they can be read as stand-alone books. Kati of Terra Book 2 can be enjoyed by readers who have not yet read Kati of Terra Book 1. Naturally, we encourage people to read both novels to experience all the adventure and romance of the Kati of Terra series.
While exploring her new environment, she is confronted with the realization that Gorsh has spread his tentacles into the Star Federation. She identifies and rescues a young victim of the slave trade, using knowledge gained during her and Mikal’s period of captivity on Gorsh’s ship.
She agrees to take the lead role in an undercover investigation of the venerable Federation planet, Vultaire, which seems to be implicated in the lawlessness. Apparently the members of the planet’s upper class, known as the Exalted Citizens, have grown corrupt, some of them even taking up slave-ownership, alongside numerous other vices. With three companions, Kati forms the Unofficial Investigative Team into the Conditions on the Planet Vultaire. The team members make their way, clandestinely, there, and undertake their investigation while posing as an itinerant Entertainment Troupe. Secretly, they make common cause with the downtrodden locals, including elements of the resistance to the oligarchy.
Meanwhile, Mikal, the Federation agent, is sent to explore the Xeonsaur connection to the slave trade. It has to do with a captive member of the lizard species who has been forced to navigate Slaver Gorsh’s space ship through vast distances during its slave-snatching operations. Mikal too must make common cause; he does so with a beautiful female of the reptilian/humanoid race, the life-partner to the unhappy Xeonsaur captive.
Kati and Mikal must make their separate ways and overcome separate obstacles and dangers, before re-uniting in the struggle on Vultaire. Their reunion as battlers against the slave trade coincides with the end of their forced separation, ushering in a time of new connection. However, together on Vultaire, they need all the resources and ingenuity that they and their companions have, to stay alive, and to help heal the Vultairian society, as well as the very planet itself from the sickness that the corruptions have caused.
This is a full-length novel of about 260,000 words (equivalent to a paperback of about 500 pages). Please note that the Kati of Terra novels are written so that they can be read as stand-alone books. Kati of Terra Book 2 can be enjoyed by readers who have not yet read Kati of Terra Book 1. Naturally, we encourage people to read both novels to experience all the adventure and romance of the Kati of Terra series.
Kati 3 - Showdown on the Planet of the Slavers
Kati of Terra and Star Federation
Agent Mikal R’ma Trodden join forces with the beautiful female reptilian,
Xoraya, and the young Tarangayan mathematics and engineering genius, Lank, to
chase down the Slaver Gorsh and bring him to justice. The evil Waywardian Gorsh
was responsible for Kati’s abduction from Earth, along with numerous other
victims from many other worlds; among these were many small children from Earth
and other planets.
Their quest begins on an obscure Fringe Space Station which houses a reputable used space ship yard, the services of which they need if they are to journey along the Space Trade Lanes. Odd and dangerous events start to shadow them while they are on the Space Station, Qupar, and never really cease during the course of their mission. It begins to look like there is much more at stake than merely bringing to justice a slaver, and rescuing the people he has enslaved and sold - an unnatural and unspeakable evil of cosmic proportions may well be at the center of events.
The group gains new members, even while it loses Mikal and Xoraya into Gorsh’s hands - Kati and Mikal are once again separated, and have to struggle to perform their tasks apart from one another. However, neither of them is a quitter; they are resourceful and in love, so no force in the universe can keep them separated for long. The manner in which they and their allies overcome the obstacles that they face makes for an exciting, amusing, and romantic tale.
Their quest begins on an obscure Fringe Space Station which houses a reputable used space ship yard, the services of which they need if they are to journey along the Space Trade Lanes. Odd and dangerous events start to shadow them while they are on the Space Station, Qupar, and never really cease during the course of their mission. It begins to look like there is much more at stake than merely bringing to justice a slaver, and rescuing the people he has enslaved and sold - an unnatural and unspeakable evil of cosmic proportions may well be at the center of events.
The group gains new members, even while it loses Mikal and Xoraya into Gorsh’s hands - Kati and Mikal are once again separated, and have to struggle to perform their tasks apart from one another. However, neither of them is a quitter; they are resourceful and in love, so no force in the universe can keep them separated for long. The manner in which they and their allies overcome the obstacles that they face makes for an exciting, amusing, and romantic tale.
This is the thrilling conclusion
to the dramatic story which began in Escape from the Drowned Planet, and
continued in On Assignment to the Planet of the Exalted. Kati and Mikal can now
take a breather from adventure - or can they? Time will tell.
This is a full-length novel of
about 260,000 words (equivalent to a paperback of about 550 pages). Please note
that the Kati of Terra novels are written so that they can be read as
stand-alone books, so Kati of Terra Book 3 can be enjoyed by readers who have
not yet read Kati of Terra Book 1 or Book 2. Naturally, we encourage people to
read the entire trilogy to experience all the adventure and romance of the Kati
of Terra series.
