"Daggers of Darkness" - Part 3
Part 3 The next day, Admiral Donnelson arrived precisely at 0900 for his tour of James' ship. The whole crew lined both sides of the passageway, and when the airlock door opened, James issued the command "at-ten-SHUN!" The crew instantly obeyed with...
"Daggers of Darkness" - Part 9
Part 9 Zhir-Chi'an and Kfan-Hre'an huddled in a corner of the dark, cold cell, along with a few others of the crew. The rest were kept elsewhere and no one knew as to their fate. The pain in their heads from the mind suppressor device was bad, but the...
"Family Tails" - Chapter 40
# Chapter 40 Ron and Lupina celebrated their sixty-second wedding anniversary on 01 January 2075, surrounded by family and friends. Cormac and his wife/mate Annie, Sierra and her husband/mate Dakota, Chrys Ann and her husband/mate Steve, Violet and...
Tangled Vines - Prologue
# Prologue In 2513, six months after the Sol Federation ships _Nightwing_, _Shadow Storm_, and _Darkfire_ made their historic voyage to Mûr Zhæn--the homeworld of the Mûr Tua'ansa Star Empire--the Terran embassy was established in the capital city...
"Daggers of Darkness" - Part 4
Part 4 The next morning everyone got the ship ready for the launching ceremony, which would be held at 0900. Admiral Donnelson came aboard at 0800 to make sure everything was ready. "Looks like we're on schedule, James," the admiral said. "The...
"Daggers of Darkness" - Part 10
# Part 10 After the battle, Fleet Command ordered inspection teams to scour the wreckages of the ships that belonged to the Wurnak Da'i along with the base for anything that might prove useful in the future. The five SLGs hung around to assist as...
Daggers of Darkness, Book #5: "The First Ones" - Chapter-1
# 1 ( **Note:** _The author recommends listening to_"Voices of Namibia"_, by Patryk Scelina [[https://youtu.be/ANBjn5uK8uw](https://youtu.be/ANBjn5uK8uw)].)_ Little by little, consciousness slowly returned to Tanya. At first, there were vague sounds,...
Chapter Nine - The Meaning of Family
# **Chapter 09 - The Meaning of Family** The rest of the night was largely uneventful. Night Song returned not long after Grimm came back, having found out about evening meal. Given that the outpost was on a state of alert, the dining area was...
Chapter Seven - The Gathering
# Chapter 07 - The Gathering About an hour after sunrise, Snow Spear spotted the High Cleric's wagon coming down the road at an easy pace, so he had Warri contact me using his mind-speak ability. This would be as good as a chance as any to make...
"Family Tails" - Chapter 38
# Chapter 38 Cormac and Iluq had their paws full dealing with five little ones at once. It was a little better once they got their own house built not far from his mom and dad's, and Holly was a big help being nanny and helping with the chores. Little...
Chapter Eight - Breaking the Collar
# Chapter 08 - Breaking the Collar When it was getting near sunset, we were within sight of the village. Lordan and his group arrived not long after we had pulled the boats from the water, turned them upside down, and covered them. "If we are going...
Tangled Vines - Chapter 1
**1** "Well, there it is," William Nicolini announced to everyone in the cabin as he looked out the view port. Mûr Zhæn, homeworld of the Mûr Tua'ansa Star Empire, was growing rapidly in size off the port forward quarter. Cassandra Nicolini,...