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After The Fall
After The Fall, Book 1
The Invaders took everything worth living for. Can an Invader show him how to live again?
A’ryk Chiste of Korth marooned himself on an uninhabited world for a reason. He doesn’t want to be reminded of a galaxy where his people lost the war, taken over by the merciless Invaders who changed his life forever. A galaxy where he failed at the one thing he was born for, to protect worlds. He wants no part of the shaky forced ‘peace.’ So when an Invader crashes onto his planet, the simple solution is to let her die. But his furry companions have other ideas.
Lyra Merrick is a surveyor for the Earth Council of Habitable Worlds. She searches for and reports planets that can be terraformed for human survival, comfort and stability. It is business as usual when she finds another planet in a little known section of the galaxy. A routine mission turns into a fight for survival when her ship has a malfunction and she crashes to the icy, unrelenting world. When she comes to, she hears a voice in her head. Confused, she wonders if the lonely existence of a surveyor finally made her crazy. Not only is she hearing things, her eyes are deceiving her too, because she’s in the domicile of the sexiest man she’s ever seen.
This book was previously published in Pets In Space 3: Embrace the Passion and was on the USA Today bestseller list!
Excerpt
Slowly swinging her legs off the side of the makeshift bed, Lyra cringed when the inside door swung open. Enter the savage, all malice and scowling.
K’mi’s head snapped up, long antennae standing on end. The feather-like tufts at the top drooped a little and Lyra realized that meant the animal felt relaxed. H’tch trotted in after him and greeted K’mi with a nose nuzzle.
The Korthan spared her a quick glance. “You’re supposed to be asleep.”
Lyra pursed her lips. “I can’t just sleep on demand. I’m not a half robot cyborg.”
He was crossing the room towards the heavier door on the other side, but he whipped around, white eyes piercing her gaze. “What do you know of cyborgs?”
She shrank a little, then sat up straight. This man couldn’t intimidate her. “Nothing, actually.”
It was true. She’d heard legends of cyborg soldiers, but that was all they were, legends.
He turned and stalked towards the door again. Yanking up a padlock on the shelf next to it, he pulled a large bar down across the entryway. Once secured, he locked it down with the padlock, pulling on the bar, clearly making sure it was indeed secure.
Lyra scowled. “Oh, so I am your prisoner.”
The savage snorted. “I don’t want you here anymore than you want to be here. I keep these moghas safe from the monsters out there. The door has to be locked so we aren’t eaten in our sleep.”
Lyra resisted rolling her eyes. “Now I’ll be able to sleep for sure.”
The thought was disconcerting, but she didn’t believe him.
It’s true, K’mi said from beside her, right beside her. The mogha’s breath tickled her face as it spoke. She leaned away. That was too close. There are scary long-toothed bear monsters out there.
H’tch yapped softly at the Korthan. Was he telling him what K’mi was saying?
“Yea, right,” Lyra did roll her eyes this time. “The only monster I see is the one in here.”
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NOTE: The events of the After The Fall trilogy take place ten years following the events of the Before The Fall trilogy. Each book in The Fall Saga can be read as a standalone book and can be read in any order. This is a listing of the stories as they happen chronologically:
BEFORE THE FALL
Book 1: Interrupting Starlight
Book 2: Finding Mogha
Book 3: Escaping Korth
AFTER THE FALL
Book 1: After The Fall
Book 2: Death Angel
Book 3: Light of the Galaxy
