Marya

by Sandra Stixrude

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Part of the Anchorage series:

Traveling has always frightened Marya, but when the Ktar chooses her to protect the heir on his confirmation journey, she fights panic. A prophecy concerning the heir's death, ominous dreams of a mysterious city, and news that one of the heir's companions will betray him all point to disaster.

Unfortunately, the discovery of the assassin's identity is only the beginning. His menace pales in comparison to the ancient evil lurking in the mountains. When Marya is trapped and the men with her enslaved, she is faced with two choices: surrender to the alien being who offers her power, or ally with the handsome assassin she sought to thwart. One way she loses her soul, the other she may lose her heart.

Published: March 8, 2014
Publisher: Mischief Corner Books
Cover Artists:

Catherine Dair

Genres:

Sci Fi, Sci Fi - Alien Races, Sci Fi - LGBTQ+

Tags:

format - novel 40-100K, format - series, potential trigger - violence, what - topic - multicultural, who - occupation - assassin, who - occupation - healer, who - occupation - knight

Tropes: Alien Artifacts, Aliens Among Us, Fallen Hero, Person in Distress, Prophesy, Redemption Arc, Villain to Hero
Word Count: 100300
Setting: a distant planet
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Tropes: Alien Artifacts, Aliens Among Us, Fallen Hero, Person in Distress, Prophesy, Redemption Arc, Villain to Hero
Word Count: 100300
Setting: a distant planet
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters

About the Author

Perhaps 5'3" on a good day, with her shoes on, Sandra has always found the world an amazing (and often large) place. While she has lived all her life in northern Delaware, she travels a good deal and is hard pressed to find a place she truly did not care for.

She has one son, one husband, and two cats, graduated from the local university, worked at various and sundry jobs, she now writes science fiction for young people full time.

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Summary: Over a million years in the future, a desperate stowaway lies concealed in a space freighter’s cargo hold. Tam Amergan is bound for the prison world Corustloth, where his partner Brogan has been abducted. Ever since the Senate took over the planetary system decades earlier, gay men like Tam and Brogan—degens, as they are labeled under Senate rule—have been forced to live in secrecy. But Brogan is Tam’s life-line, bound to his soul in a ritual performed by a secret sisterhood of women with ancient, unknown designs. Tam has no choice but to follow Brogan wherever he goes. What Brogan sees, Tam sees; what Tam feels, Brogan feels. Neither can live without the other. Thousands of lightyears away, an ancient brotherhood of mentalists works at uncovering the mystery of humanity’s long-forgotten origins. Their leader, Father, enlists the help of Bennett, who is able to connect with the mind of a space freighter stowaway on the other side of the galaxy. Is Bennett the key to humanity’s origins? Could Tam’s quest to find Brogan have a wider purpose? Both a soaring love story and sweeping sci-fi epic, Life-Line: Origins is a thrilling gay romance and science fiction novel. Ambitious, gripping, and full of heart, it is a must-read for anyone hungry for adventure and intrigue.