Tired of sitting back while their borders are being attacked
regardless of peace treaties signed, Amalt Paya decides to take
it upon herself to investigate anyway, regardless of the
punishment she’ll face for defying direct orders not to. Her
people are dying. What she and her fellow Ree warriors soon
discover is worse than she thought. Entire towns are being razed
to the ground. But how? And by who? Their enemy is not who they
once thought.
Ivan Mandrake, a lieutenant colonel in the United Planetary
Forces, is tracking a race called the Ya that is destroying
planets. Following the Ya to a planet the UPF isn’t allowed to
touch, he and his group come across a legion of winged warrior
females. Their orders are to not make contact with the
indigenous species of the planet, but the Ya are attacking,
which means he and his men don’t have a choice.
The
Ree know nothing of the technology the Terrans have, but Paya
trusts them to help. Unfortunately, the Ree leaders don’t share
that trust for the Terrans or Paya. She’s labeled a traitor,
stripped of her title, then sent to the breeding stocks as
punishment for the rest of her days. But she’s not done
fighting, they won’t break her, and Ivan won’t stop fighting for
her.
Regardless of the way her people have wronged her, Paya is still
determined to save them from the Ya. With Ivan by her side, her
feelings for him grow, and she knows Ivan cares for her, but
she’s unworthy now of his love. She’s tainted after what her
kind did to her. He’ll have to work to convince her otherwise.
In the meantime, their mission is to save her planet.
Together.
Warning! Contains trust issues, fields of
destruction, debilitating pain, alien castles, lies and deceit, a brutal
punishment, spaceship billiards, saving bacon, unorthodox and
spur-of-the-moment decisions, loving promises, and one woman
learning to accept the fact that the man she's come to love is
willing accept her under any circumstances. |