Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 9
**IX** **Kerga Tyarza** **(Day 49 on Tashoo)** **(Morning)** I am having another nightmare. I haven't had one in several days. What's causing them? What do they mean? Why do they seem so real? They seem to be reminiscences of things I've...
Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 8
VIII Ka' Mu-Naka Questions Me (Day 36 on Tashoo) (Afternoon) Ara and I left for the market. As we walked along, Ara continued her language training. Even though I was becoming more proficient in the language of Tashoo, I was still a long way...
Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 7
**VII** **The Ka'yno Visits** **(Day 36 on Tashoo)** **(Morning)** The nightmare has returned. But, as with all the previous nightmares, this one is different, although it has the same theme. In this particular nightmare, I am sitting on a blanket...
Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 6
**VI** ** ** **My New Home** **(Day 1 on Tashoo)** **(Evening)** After we left the, for want of a better word, palace of the leader of these felines, we again walked through the village. Once again, we were occasionally accosted by the...
Letter Pronunciation of the Tashoo Language
**Letter Pronunciation of the Language of Tashoo** Because I created a language for my story, I've decided that, perhaps, I should inform potential readers of how to pronounce the letters and letter combinations I use for the words in this...
Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 5
V Talo-Vy (Day 1 on Tashoo) (Early Afternoon) I don't know how long I had been unconscious. I just know that, eventually, I awoke. I was weak, almost too weak to think, let alone move. When I awoke, I felt as if I was lying on the softest fur rug...
Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 4
IV Kidnapped At 0900 the next morning, I arrived at the Khorchan ship, as promised. (This was a subtle dig at the Khorcha concerning what they did at Tonojen.) Dreydos seemed truly delighted that I had kept my promise. I reminded him that Admiral...
Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 3
III The Khorchan Ambassadors On 21 November 2432 (Terran date), a combined force from the Empires of Khorcha (KHOR-chah) and Yavkognia (Yahv-KOG-nee-ah) attacked the Interstellar Terran Navy Base at Tonojen (Tuh-NOH-jehn). At that time, Tonojen...
Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 2
II The War Begins 1 June 2432 Graduation from ITNA Having worked hard for the last four years, I earned top honors for my graduating class. I was the class commander and a proper military man. I had endured all of the hazing during my...
Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 1
**I** **The Beginning** 11 December 2426 In the speakers in my helmet, I could hear, "5-5 Golf Sierra, this is Moody IAFB tower, come in." The speaker was Janice Bronson, a pretty blond haired, green eyed 20 year old native of Lubbock, Texas....
Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 38
XXXVIII Trial by Combat (Day 370 on Tashoo) For the first time since I arrived in Talo-Vy, I didn't have a nightmare the night before I experienced stress. I was glad because, when I would have the nightmares, I tended to be unusually tired and...
Marooned on Tashoo, Chapter 37
XXXVII Preparations (Day 369 on Tashoo) (Afternoon) As the three of us walked back to Ara's house, Naka asked me, "I cannot believe you succeeded in getting the Ka'yno to challenge you. That was your plan from the moment you walked into the...