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Thieves' Guild Academy

Immortal Empires - Thieves' Guild Academy series by Kayelle Allen #SciFi #MMRomance

 

Thieves' Guild Academy #MMRomance #SciFi

Antonello Brothers

Immortal Empires - Antonello Brothers series by Kayelle Allen #SciFi #Romance
Antonello Brothers: Immortal #SciFi #Romance

Antonello Brothers: Immortal

Immortal Empires - Antonello Brothers: Immortal series by Kayelle Allen #SciFi #Romance
Antonello Brothers: Immortal #MMRomance #SciFi

Heart of the Immortal King

Ring of the Dragon - Heart of the Immortal King #SciFi #MMRomance

Ring of the Dragon - Heart of the Immortal King #SciFi #MMRomance

The Bringer of Chaos Series

Fallen Empires - Bringer of Chaos series by Kayelle Allen #SciFi #SpaceOpera
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Colonies of Man

Gates of Life - Colonies of Man series by Kayelle Allen #SciFi #SpaceOpera
Colonies of Man - Gates of Life #SciFi #Fantasy

Terran Crescent
Terran Crescent - Misbehaving Robots

Human Perfect: Cyberpunk Science Fiction in the Misbehaving Robots series by Kayelle Allen #SciFi #Cyberpunk #Biopunk

Tales of the Chosen

Immortal Empires - Tales of the Chosen series by Kayelle Allen #SciFi #Romance

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Tales of the Chosen #MMRomance #WriteLGBTQ #SciFi

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Read the fabulous fantasy #Anthology Jewels of Darkover by Barb Caffrey et al. @BarbCaffrey edited by Deborah J Ross #SciFi #Fantasy

This fantasy series is from the long-running Darkover Universe created by Marion Zimmer Bradley, and was sanctioned by the Literary Works Trust founded in her name. It will be the final installment.

My book editor, Barb Caffrey, has stories in three of the anthologies, Jewels of Darkover being the latest.

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Jewels of Darkover (Darkover Anthology #20)

Genre Fantasy
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG

For more than six decades, readers have fallen in love with Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover, a "Lost Colony" world of telepaths, swordsmen, intelligent alien races, and long-buried mysteries. From the glacier-shrouded Hellers Mountains to the arid Dry Towns, the ancient realms of the Ages of Chaos, and the star-faring Terran Federation, Darkover is brimming with adventure, intrigue, and romance. Editor Deborah J Ross proudly presents this all-original collection in the finest spirit of Darkovan tales for your reading delight.

Authors include

Evey Brett, Barb Caffrey, Margaret L Carter and Leslie Roy Carter, Lillian Csernica, India and Rosemary Edghill, Leslie Fish, Shariann Lewitt, Marella Sands, Deborah Millitello, Diana L Paxson, Rhondi Salsitz

Where to buy Jewels of Darkover

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The Hawks – Raptor's Call by Paula Baker and Aidan Davies #Fantasy #EpicFantasy

The Hawks – Raptor's Call

In a land gripped by tyranny, a masked rebel stirs the embers of revolution. Assassins are not always the bad guys.

The prequel to The Hawks Trilogy, Raptor's Call is free. Get your copy and launch yourself into the adventure.

Cadmon has always been a loyal member of the King's Guard, shouldering the blame for serving the corrupt king of Abbarkon. But when he is ordered to perform yet another abomination, he can no longer stand idly by while innocent lives are destroyed.

Bent on fighting back, he vanishes into the wilderness to build a rebel army powerful enough to topple the reigning forces. However, in the peace of the remote village, the urgency to revolt fades. It takes the arrival of a young, masked warrior to prod him toward a perilous mission to assassinate the worst of the unscrupulous dukes.

Prepare to delve into the untold story of Cadmon's rebellion, where bravery is forged in the face of darkness and the line between right and wrong blurs. In this thrilling prequel, discover the origins of the Rebels of Halklyen and witness the birth of a legend.

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Human Perfect: Misbehaving Robots series by Kayelle Allen #SciFi #Cyberpunk

Human Perfect - spies in the android industry meet

Human Perfect: Misbehaving Robots series by Kayelle Allen #SciFi #Cyberpunk

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Tropes include: Cyberpunk, Androids, Robots, Spies

In the android business, the best of the best are Human Perfect.
A Terran Crescent story set in the same time and universe as the Tarthian Empire books -- but on the Earth side of the galaxy.

Human Perfect

Christa despises androids. The texture of plastiflesh skin jars her senses. The non-smell of animate machines makes her skin crawl.

Don't even get her started on robots, or worse -- andys that look human. Her job as a corporate spy for the android maker Innersoul puts her in touch with the creatures every day, but also requires her to judge them.

When she runs into Humancopy Progress Rep Tom Karellys, she can't believe her luck. Using a cover identity, Christa wines and dines him. What truths will she uncover?

Or worse, what truths will she reveal...

Includes a bonus sci fi short story "Invisible Ink" set in the same universe.

In this scene from Human Perfect, the heroine is dining with Tom, who works for an android company.

Excerpt

Christa picked up her napkin. "You were about to tell me whether this was your first trip to Earth."

"I'm here often. Last year, my company sent me to seventeen conventions in Terra City alone. I research trips and assign ratings."

"Maybe Humancopy could relieve you of some of that waiting you dislike so much. Our andys are perfect for research."

Smoothing the napkin onto her lap, she scoffed. "Thank you, but andys are incapable of the level of judgment a company like mine requires. Our clients have discerning tastes."

"Judgment is a matter of making choices based on requirements and a bank of options. Our andys do that well. In tests, 94.82% of the participants couldn't tell Humancopy from human." He leaned back as the waitress brought their food. When she left, he bowed his head in what Christa assumed to be prayer.

"Tom, may I ask you a question?" She played with the stem of her glass, avoiding his direct gaze.

He sat back and folded his hands. "By all means."

"Can andys pray?"

"Maybe the question is better asked, 'should they?' A monastery on New Terra ordered two andys from us to research texts. We made them appear to be monks."

Christa adjusted the napkin on her lap. "But they can't pray, can they?"

"They fold their hands, bow their heads, and chant along with the other monks. The leadership there wanted them to look like everyone else."

"But to pray? That's sacrilege, isn't it?"

"We don't know if they're praying." Tom slipped one finger around the rim of his glass. "They're moving their mouths and saying the words. Does that constitute prayer? Ask the person next to you in church." He dug his fork into his food and paused. "I can't say. I'm not the one they're praying to."

"But andys don't have souls."

"Can't be proven." He lifted his fork but paused before taking a bite. "Unless you're one."

Terran Crescent

Androids: the best of the best are Human Perfect #Cyberpunk #SciFi

#SciFi #Speculative #Cyberpunk
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In the android business, the best of the best are Human Perfect #SciFi #Cyberpunk

Christa despises androids.

The texture of plastiflesh skin jars her senses. The non-smell of animate machines makes her skin crawl.

Don't even get her started on robots, or worse -- andys that look human. Her job as a corporate spy for the android maker Innersoul puts her in touch with the creatures every day, but also requires her to judge them.

When Christa runs into Humancopy Progress Rep, she can't believe her luck. Using a cover identity, Christa wines and dines him. What truths will she uncover?

Or worse, what truths will she reveal...
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Trailing Kaiwulf: Colonies of Man by Kayelle Allen #SciFi #DarkFantasy #Archaeology

Trailing Kaiwulf by Kayelle Allen

Trailing Kaiwulf: Colonies of Man by Kayelle Allen #SciFi #DarkFantasy #Archaeology

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Tropes include: Older Woman Younger Man, Bounty Hunters, Invisibility, Ancient Ruins

Trailing Kaiwulf

A pair of bounty hunters (a big guy who's the brains, and a tiny woman who's the brawn) set out to find a missing person last spotted by an archaeologist on an alien world. The problem?

The missing person is in another dimension. Oh yeah -- and he's invisible.

They literally didn't see that coming.

When Jee and Dane take on this top priority mission, the pay is better than they've earned before as agents for the Trace, Rescue, and Identification League. After this, they might not need jobs. They're the best there is, and the person, item, or secret hasn't been invented that these two can't recover.

Until now.

After all, how do you find an invisible man in another dimension? The archaeologist in charge can't afford this fee, and the military would just take over.

So the real question is: who -- or what -- is behind the request to trail Kaiwulf?

Books in this series include The Last Vhalgenn and Trailing Kaiwulf.

In this scene, our two bounty hunters have discovered more about their mission, and are now retiring to their room for the night.

Excerpt

"How are we supposed to go to another dimension?" Jee tossed her knapsack on the floor and dropped onto her cot. Crossing her ankles, she folded her hands across her waist. Above her, the ceiling fan trailed dust webs as it turned. She swatted at a buzzing insect and reached back to pull the pillow under her head. "I can't figure this one."

Across the room, behind a hanging sheet, Dane yelped. Slap! "Watch out for those buzzing things. They bite."

She slapped at one. After a moment, she turned over. "You got any ideas?"

"About how to track an invisible man in another dimension?"

"That's the general problem, yeah."

"Nada, Jee. I could resign. Work for a living."

"What, you mean get a real job?"

Dane slapped at a bug. "Beats this."

"Be serious."

"I am serious. At least your feet stay under the covers. I hang over the end of every bed I sleep in except my own. I'm tired of it."

Dane had propped his feet on a chair at the end of the cot. They showed past the end of the sheet hanging between them. Dr. Post had apologized for not realizing TRAIL was sending agents of the opposite sex. No other quarters existed, but they'd slept in one another's company for years, with no problem. On a hunt, you snoozed where and when you could. Jee felt safer with Dane than without him.

"It's like this." She tucked an arm under her head. "With the kind of money we'll get from this job, you can buy dozens of portable custom-made beds. We could cash out. Put that money in savings and live off the interest. You could pay off your house. Stay home and play with the kids."

"Good as that sounds, I can't imagine retiring, Jee."

"I know. But we have to think of some way to find this guy. Come on. You're the brains of this duo."

Dane snorted. "Right. You think it's so easy, you come up with something. And since when am I the 'brains' anyway? You're smart."

"You only tell me I'm smart when you're stuck for an idea."

"I asked you for an idea back on... on... uh..." Dane's voice dropped. "I think it was... uh..."

Jee snickered. "Like I said."

Colonies of Man

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#SciFi #Fantasy #Romance

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The Last Vhalgenn: Colonies of Man by Kayelle Allen #SciFi #Fantasy #Romance

The Last Vhalgenn by Kayelle Allen

The Last Vhalgenn: Colonies of Man by Kayelle Allen #SciFi #Fantasy #Romance

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Tropes include: Loyalty, Honor, Duty, Compassion, Ancient Custom,s Old Ways, Woman Warrior, Forbidden Love

The Last Vhalgenn

Duty, honor, and ritual rule her life, but one of these may kill her.

The Vhalgenn is the last of her kind, a companion bred to serve the king. Duty and honor burn in her blood. When the queen begs for a secret blessing to save her newborn son, the Vhalgenn answers. But when she takes the babe to the queen's homeland for the ritual, what she discovers could topple the kingdom and overthrow her beloved king.

To save the newborn prince, the Vhalgenn must abandon every last truth she holds sacred, and do the one thing that will destroy her own heart...

Books in this series include The Last Vhalgenn and Trailing Kaiwulf. Links below.

In this scene, the queen has called Raik to her bedside and presented her newborn son. The woman's dying wish is for Raik to perform a ritual, which must be accomplished in the queen's homeland.

Excerpt

I pulled the babe closer and crept backwards, muttering a prayer. I bumped into a wall, turned and threw aside the curtain. A barefoot wisp of a girl sat huddled in the corner, arms around her chest, knees up and skirt over them. Her huge brown eyes were wide and solemn. She unfolded herself and stood. Heavy breasted, she had a slim waist and thick legs. She opened her blouse and held out her hands for the babe. He rooted noisily and latched on to nurse with a satisfied grunt. She smiled down at him.

"A bit young, aren't you?"

She tossed her hair. "I've had seventeen summers, and this ain't the first babe I've e'er given suck."

"What's your name?"

"Estria Luvas."

"Luvas? Clan Ddumach?" My kin. I grunted. Would the women of my clan ever change? Rebels, the lot of us.

Queen Dahr's lady returned with a bundle of clothes. "Here. You'll need to dress and ride. I've a horse ready in the stables and the girl has all the prince needs."

The prince? Orix had been the prince when I was growing up. Even though he was weaned and a toddler when I was born, he'd insisted on trying out what seemed to satisfy his Vhalgenn. We'd shared my mother's milk until I was two and he was four. I wondered which female child of my clan would be given to Dahryc. Estria's perhaps?

I had no time for pondering it then, with the need to hurry prodding me. I stripped off my robe and dressed in the clothes they'd provided. At least they hadn't given me skirts. There was a black shirt, vest, and a coat of leather and heavy woolen pants lined with silk. My own boots, cleaned and polished, went on over clean socks. I strapped on my sword and the belt in which I carried my daggers. The other weapons I hid about my person, much to the amusement of Estria.

"A walkin' blade, you are."

"And don't forget it. Do you have shoes? And a cloak?"

"I'm not soft."

"Can you run over rocks with bare feet?"

She stuck one up. The bottom was more callused than my sword hand.

"Suit yourself, but you'll wear a cloak and no argument. It's cold in the hills and you'll need to cover the babe if it rains."

She growled under her breath. "But unly for 'is sake."

I grabbed up two thick cloaks, wrapped the heaviest around the girl, and tossed the other around my shoulders. In the dark stable yard below, I mounted up, putting the girl in front of me. Dahr's woman assured me we'd be met on the North Road with two fresh mounts and further supplies.

Reins in hand, I settled onto the horse. The animal tossed its head, hot breath sending clouds of mist into the night air.

Dahr's Lady in Waiting handed me up a packet. "Papers in case you need to cross at a border."

"Well planned for such a sudden thing."

"And who do ye suppose arranged for you to bring back dispatches? She feared she was dying and knew you, of all people, would serve the king's heir. She knew you'd let no harm come to him."

I reined in the impatient horse and steadied Estria with an arm around her waist.

"She even chose one of your clan, to honor you."

I had my doubts about that, but kept them to myself. It was our custom to choose a woman from my clan to bear the Vhalgenn for the heir. Just as it was theirs to pass their children through these cursed Gates that I was being sent off in the middle of the night to find.

I nodded to her. The woman stepped aside. We were off.

The Last Vhalgenn

This fantasy/scifi finaled for a Fantasy EPIC eBook Award (then called EPPIE) in 2008 in the anthology A Time To... Volume 1 - The Best of The Lorelei Signal 2006, from Wolfsinger Publications. That version is now out of print.

Colonies of Man

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#SciFi #Fantasy #Romance

The Last Vhalgenn: Colonies of Man by Kayelle Allen #SciFi #Fantasy #Romance

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