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Writing Projects: Fiction :: Nonfiction
Fiction Excerpts
RIVER OF STARS – Science Fiction/Fantasy, 95K words
A spy's redeeming mission. A revered leader's desperate journey. A warring planet's only hope.
Torn by grief and facing reproof after the death of her partner, interplanetary spy Jana Romany struggles to complete her mission while resisting the force of prophecy and the lure of Iconnu leader Brannon Bayne.
The Iconnu have been waiting three thousand years for their queen to return. As their second sun flares, they are convinced her homecoming is near and she will free them from their oppressors, the Dynasts.
A half-breed caught between two cultures, religious leader Brannon Bayne fights to convince Jana and himself of their roles in an ancient prophecy and their ability to forge a peace before solar flares ravage the planet.
As allies, they face a race against time to save a planet from ecological destruction.
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REMEMBRANCER – Science Fiction/Fantasy, WIP
**2nd Place, FTHRW Golden Gateway Contest, Paranormal**
Remembrancers transfer memories at the risk of their souls.
When Remembrancer Anya Janu's memory transfer of a prominent scientist is sabotaged by a group of political anarchists, a select team of spies is sent to rescue her.
On the team is former POW and rebel leader Elen Artoran, who wants nothing more than to make her people proud and pass her second degree trials in the Kinship, a caste of elite martial arts adepts. At all costs she wants to forget her time prior to joining the Kinship as a political prisoner and her treatment at the hands of prison guards.
Fellow teammember Ian Sparrow takes emotional refuge in his Paladin armor when the trail to Janu falls cold. He wants to find her for more reasons than just to complete the mission, but his whole life will change if they succeed.
They're running out of time as Janu's mind barriers break down and the memories of previous transfers wreak havoc with her brain and identity.
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VAN RIGGS ISLAND – Science Fiction/Fantasy Short Story, 3K words
Marine biologist Hallie Merrick altruistically volunteered to have nanites implanted into her brain so that she could better communicate with her dolphin study subjects. She never expected tycoon treasure hunter Hugo Attis to kidnap her and force her to use her skills to help him find Van Rigg's Island, named after the valuable jettisoned cargo of Capt. Nefen Van Riggs.
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THE DRACHEN TALISMAN – Time Travel Romance, WIP
While searching for Celtic ruins in Northumberland, England, anthropologist Meredith Kenyon discovers two cave artifacts -- a woman's dagger and an ancient altar. When she puts the dagger on the altar, Meredith is catapulted back to 12th Century England -- and right in the middle of a sword fight between exiled Sir Rurik Beaufort and the mercenaries of the man who has stolen his ancestral home, Fulk d’Hauteville.
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GYPSY HEART – Historical Romance, WIP
Set just after the War of 1812, Grant Tremayne, Earl of Ravenwood, vows to track down the double-agent whose betrayal led to Grant's capture at sea during the battle between the H.M.S. Guerriere and the American frigate Constitution.
Plagued by brutal prison memories, Grant trusts no one, especially his betrothed half-Gypsy Mia Winthrop. Grant suspects the Winthrops are after the Tremayne family shipping fleet, a plan that ties them to Grant's sea capture.
Mia is Grant's ticket to finding the truth, but how far can she be trusted?
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THE SPIRAL STONE: HALLOWED GROUND – Historical Romance, 90K words
A Fire in her soul
Deirdre MacLaren, the proud daughter of a once renown laird, is determined to seek revenge for her father's death and in the process finds herself trusting the one man she cannot have.
Ice in his heart
Rhys Colquhoun always embraced the responsibilities of heir and clan until a betrayal destroyed his dreams and his heart. Hungry for the peace he once knew, Rhys seeks refuge in the priesthood. However, he is forced to question his chosen path when his father asks him to fulfill an old promise.
Thrown together by an ancient vow, Deirdre and Rhys must learn to trust each other -- Deirdre in her quest for justice and Rhys with his heart -- for only together can they find their peace; their Hallowed Ground.
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