Ion was born and raised in a secluded
world, with only a sadistic doctor and his lizard lackeys for company. Her
education came from carefully selected material provided by her tormentor, and
the best entertainment was the exercise machine in her small room. It was the
only world she knew.
The one thing that made her different
than hundreds of others in similar situations, was that Ion held a power within
her that was growing stronger week by week. He knew she had the power despite
her efforts to hide it from him. He had created her just for that power. He was
training her, but for what she didn’t know. The only thing she had going for
her was that he didn’t know how strong she was getting.
Then by sheer chance, she discovered
the truth of her existence. More than just the sinister plans he had for her
future as his mind-wiped assassin. She had family. A family he had stolen from
her.
With this discovery, she made plans
of her own. Plans that had her traveling across half the galaxy in search of
her mother’s people. It’s a long and dangerous journey for an inexperienced
girl. How well can she trust her happenstance companions? What welcome will she
find at her journey’s end?
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James
was born in the middle of a tropical swamp on the third planet orbiting a
distant yellow star. Growing up the son of a military father meant that books
were among the best friends he could have. They traveled with him every time he
moved, and took him on adventures that nothing short of a trans-dimensional
portal could hope to achieve.
Currently
he resides in a place called Utah, on the shores of a dead sea, with his wife
and fellow author Molly. His days are spent catering to the whims of machines
that devour people whole, and regurgitate them at distant locations. At other
times he is working on his writing. The current projects include continuing the
adventures of Ion in the fourth book of the series, adding to his epic fantasy
series, and the saga of the Stargate Thieves.
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Traxel snapped at Panzo, "Shut
up dog! I'll be quite happy to clean your blood off the walls after
tossing your corpse out into the void!"
This was getting out of hand fast!
Panzo had gotten us here, wherever 'here' was, and Traxel was going
to kill him. If something didn't happen fast we were all going to be
dead very shortly. I needed answers and I wasn't going to get them
from a dead Kanari. It was time that I took control of the situation
and tried to bring sense to all of it.
I pointed my finger at the pistol
in his hands, telling him to put it down so we could settle this. We
were in high drive; that much was obvious. Just where we would come
out, if at all, were still unknown. Trickery aside, I needed this
Kanari alive to give those answers. The energy was building inside
me, just aching to be let free.
"No! He's tricked us, and I'm
going too..."
I let the bolt jump the few meters
to the pistol. It may have been carbon composite with simple
projectile cartridges, but it exploded very nicely. The result left
everyone, including me, surprised enough to break the stalemate. I
now had their undivided attention. It was time to take control of the
situation. Traxel was standing there mouth agape, so I turned my ire
on Panzo.
"I didn't feed the engine
output into the power relays. Nor was it some fluke of a plasma
stream as the patrol concluded. It was just me. Now, where are we
going? I felt the ship twist just before high drive kicked in."
From the corner of my eye I could
see Traxel still staring at the pistol grip in his hand. The rest of
the weapon was scattered across the cockpit. A thin trail of smoke
rose from the burst magazine chamber on the ground by his feet, only
to be sucked out by the ventilation system. All in all, I felt it had
been a decent enough demonstration of authority. Now I had to make
use of the power I had grabbed. I know Ritlabek’s philosophy would
have had me kill them both, but that wouldn’t get answers I
desperately needed.
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