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Part 2: The Main Characters from the Beta-Earth Chronicles
Below is an annotated list that continues the introductions of the main characters in the Beta-Earth Chronicles, this time going over the characters introduced in books 2-4.
I must say, these are the books in the most need of your support. The Blind Alien remains the flagship book of the series, and the three ebooks described below have earned some very nice reviews at Amazon and Goodreads. Still, the readership isn’t nearly what I hoped for. At least, so far.
So, with any luck, these short ditties will whet your appetite to continue with the adventures of the Renbourn Tribe of Beta-Earth:
Introduced in book 2, The Blood of Balnakin:
Kalma Salk Renbourn. Birthed: 1695.34.3, Bergarten, Balnakin. Bonded to Renbourn tribe: Bergarten, Balnakin, 1730. Mother: Lius (son) 1733 (Island Bilan); Kalmeg (Four Corners, 1740).
Brown-skinned, gold-eyed Kalma was raised in a rich family that disapproved of blue-skin slavery in Balnakin. However, she was brought into the Renbourn tribe very much against her will. Her stubbornness melted when she accepted the reality she was prophesized to be the means for the healing between the Renbourns and the dark-skinned Balnakin people after the wrath following the Bergarten disaster. Her father, Lius Salk, became an important ally to her bond family. Trained in global commerce, she became the overseer of all Renbourn international accounts.
Oja Yenned Bolvair Renbourn (formerly the Dotesr Bolvair). Birthed: uncertain. Her personal history is very much a mystery and the subject of much speculation and investigation throughout the series.
While introduced in book 1 as marketing advisor to Joline Renbourn, Oja is bonded to Malcolm Renbourn legally in 1730 after the family is exiled to Kiript. As Oja is lesbian, she does not share a physical or loving relationship with Malcolm. At the time of their bonding, Oja thinks she is dying from the Body-That-Eats-Itself and wants to ensure her artificially-injected son, Pere, (born 1726) gains his true paternity and that her fortune will go to the family Oja has served so diligently. Her love remains with her longtime consort, the very timid Bli Swellard.
In book 3, Oja becomes one of the most notorious monsters in history when she deliberately infects the Prince of Alma with a fatal, sexually-transmitted disease before she drowns herself.
Introduced in book 3, When War Returns
Sasperia Thorwaife Renbourn, Ducai of Bercumel. Birth: 1715, Dellmire, Alma. Bonded to Renbourn Tribe in 1732 in an arranged marriage to give Malcolm a legitimate title, the Duce of Bilan, in the Alman Mentala. Mother: twin sons Gunmar and Malcolm Renbourn II, 1736, in captivity, Dellmire, Alma); Vlandrax (son, Dellmire, 1740)
Born to a mother with enhanced genetics, Sasperia’s metabolism gives her tremendous physical strength, superior memory, an overheated personality, and, at first, a resentment of mere mortals like the Renbourns. For much of book 3, Sasperia is an active enemy of the Renbourns, constantly inventing schemes to diminish their reputations and place herself in control over the family. By the final chapters of book 3, Sasperia has come to her senses and allies herself with the family as a bloody civil war erupts in Alma.
Introduced in book 4, A Throne for an Alien
Elena Richelo Renbourn, Liege of the United States of America. Born: 1719, Hitelec, the second daughter of Queen Moy of Hitalec. Bonded to Renbourn tribe: 1739. Mother: Tusgin Richelo Renbourn (son, born at Four Corners, USA, 1739); Moycolm (daughter, born Four Corners, 1741)
Destined to serve her older sister Bet when she ascended to the throne of Hitelec, the long-haired, long-limbed Elena was unexpectedly forced to make Bet abdicate as a result of the Queen’s attempt to kidnap Renbourn children in a scheme to force the Renbourns to support her irrational power grabs in the Gravsean region of Beta.
As a result, Bet Richelo is sent into exile and Malcolm Renbourn became the Consort-Liege to the Queen of a country Elena renamed the United States of America.
Jona Solem Renbourn, Born in jungles of Verashesh, 1715. Helprim introduced in book 3 but bonded to tribe in book 4 to give her artificially-injected children legitimacy: Yilmud (son, Island Bilan, 1732; Vera (daughter, Four Corners, 1741).
Jona is a highly skilled medical doctor schooled in genetic studies who came to the Renbourn family to supervise studies of the bi-planetary bloodlines of the Renbourn children. Known to have the most minimal of personalities, Jona bonds to Malcolm not in a love match, but rather as a way to bring her children into the Renbourn tribe.
Supporting Players in books 1-4:
Trustee-Hands
Mari and Sari Denoshih (allied to tribe, 1723, Hearthstone)
These twins joined the very young Renbourn tribe and stayed with them throughout all their travels and adventures.
Yil Rimudas and wives (Dona, Larikey, Hin), six children.
In 1725, the Rimudas family became help hands to the Renbourns at Hearthstone. Property managers in their home country of Kirip, the family expanded on these duties at the various Renbourn estates for the next 15 years.
Captain Kaj Ovideal and the crew of the "Barbara Blue" (1728)
When Malcolm Renbourn bought the “Barbara Blue” yacht, its longtime captain Kaj Ovideal and his crew (including three of his wives) signed on to stay with the ship’s new owners.
Noriah of the Willing-Horse (Samlon Blan, 1729), a Shadow-Kin from Rigel, Noriah joined the family as security chief before her murder in battle in book 4.
For the links to order any or all of these ebooks, check out—
https://drwesleybritton.com/books/
I must say, these are the books in the most need of your support. The Blind Alien remains the flagship book of the series, and the three ebooks described below have earned some very nice reviews at Amazon and Goodreads. Still, the readership isn’t nearly what I hoped for. At least, so far.
So, with any luck, these short ditties will whet your appetite to continue with the adventures of the Renbourn Tribe of Beta-Earth:
Introduced in book 2, The Blood of Balnakin:
Kalma Salk Renbourn. Birthed: 1695.34.3, Bergarten, Balnakin. Bonded to Renbourn tribe: Bergarten, Balnakin, 1730. Mother: Lius (son) 1733 (Island Bilan); Kalmeg (Four Corners, 1740).
Brown-skinned, gold-eyed Kalma was raised in a rich family that disapproved of blue-skin slavery in Balnakin. However, she was brought into the Renbourn tribe very much against her will. Her stubbornness melted when she accepted the reality she was prophesized to be the means for the healing between the Renbourns and the dark-skinned Balnakin people after the wrath following the Bergarten disaster. Her father, Lius Salk, became an important ally to her bond family. Trained in global commerce, she became the overseer of all Renbourn international accounts.
Oja Yenned Bolvair Renbourn (formerly the Dotesr Bolvair). Birthed: uncertain. Her personal history is very much a mystery and the subject of much speculation and investigation throughout the series.
While introduced in book 1 as marketing advisor to Joline Renbourn, Oja is bonded to Malcolm Renbourn legally in 1730 after the family is exiled to Kiript. As Oja is lesbian, she does not share a physical or loving relationship with Malcolm. At the time of their bonding, Oja thinks she is dying from the Body-That-Eats-Itself and wants to ensure her artificially-injected son, Pere, (born 1726) gains his true paternity and that her fortune will go to the family Oja has served so diligently. Her love remains with her longtime consort, the very timid Bli Swellard.
In book 3, Oja becomes one of the most notorious monsters in history when she deliberately infects the Prince of Alma with a fatal, sexually-transmitted disease before she drowns herself.
Introduced in book 3, When War Returns
Sasperia Thorwaife Renbourn, Ducai of Bercumel. Birth: 1715, Dellmire, Alma. Bonded to Renbourn Tribe in 1732 in an arranged marriage to give Malcolm a legitimate title, the Duce of Bilan, in the Alman Mentala. Mother: twin sons Gunmar and Malcolm Renbourn II, 1736, in captivity, Dellmire, Alma); Vlandrax (son, Dellmire, 1740)
Born to a mother with enhanced genetics, Sasperia’s metabolism gives her tremendous physical strength, superior memory, an overheated personality, and, at first, a resentment of mere mortals like the Renbourns. For much of book 3, Sasperia is an active enemy of the Renbourns, constantly inventing schemes to diminish their reputations and place herself in control over the family. By the final chapters of book 3, Sasperia has come to her senses and allies herself with the family as a bloody civil war erupts in Alma.
Introduced in book 4, A Throne for an Alien
Elena Richelo Renbourn, Liege of the United States of America. Born: 1719, Hitelec, the second daughter of Queen Moy of Hitalec. Bonded to Renbourn tribe: 1739. Mother: Tusgin Richelo Renbourn (son, born at Four Corners, USA, 1739); Moycolm (daughter, born Four Corners, 1741)
Destined to serve her older sister Bet when she ascended to the throne of Hitelec, the long-haired, long-limbed Elena was unexpectedly forced to make Bet abdicate as a result of the Queen’s attempt to kidnap Renbourn children in a scheme to force the Renbourns to support her irrational power grabs in the Gravsean region of Beta.
As a result, Bet Richelo is sent into exile and Malcolm Renbourn became the Consort-Liege to the Queen of a country Elena renamed the United States of America.
Jona Solem Renbourn, Born in jungles of Verashesh, 1715. Helprim introduced in book 3 but bonded to tribe in book 4 to give her artificially-injected children legitimacy: Yilmud (son, Island Bilan, 1732; Vera (daughter, Four Corners, 1741).
Jona is a highly skilled medical doctor schooled in genetic studies who came to the Renbourn family to supervise studies of the bi-planetary bloodlines of the Renbourn children. Known to have the most minimal of personalities, Jona bonds to Malcolm not in a love match, but rather as a way to bring her children into the Renbourn tribe.
Supporting Players in books 1-4:
Trustee-Hands
Mari and Sari Denoshih (allied to tribe, 1723, Hearthstone)
These twins joined the very young Renbourn tribe and stayed with them throughout all their travels and adventures.
Yil Rimudas and wives (Dona, Larikey, Hin), six children.
In 1725, the Rimudas family became help hands to the Renbourns at Hearthstone. Property managers in their home country of Kirip, the family expanded on these duties at the various Renbourn estates for the next 15 years.
Captain Kaj Ovideal and the crew of the "Barbara Blue" (1728)
When Malcolm Renbourn bought the “Barbara Blue” yacht, its longtime captain Kaj Ovideal and his crew (including three of his wives) signed on to stay with the ship’s new owners.
Noriah of the Willing-Horse (Samlon Blan, 1729), a Shadow-Kin from Rigel, Noriah joined the family as security chief before her murder in battle in book 4.
For the links to order any or all of these ebooks, check out—
https://drwesleybritton.com/books/
Part 3: The Main Characters in The Third Earth: The Beta-Earth Chronicles, Book 5
The Third Earth, Book 5 of the Beta-Earth Chronicles, remains the most neglected volume in the series. To date, not a single review of the book has been posted since its publication last November.
That’s a serious shame as The Third Earth is such a different book from the previous four volumes. At the end of book 4, A Throne for an Alien, Malcolm Renbourn and five of his wives were forced to cross the multi-verse together to take on new missions on Cerapin-Earth. In The Third Earth, the six Renbourns must split up into pairs to follow different quests for most of the story. For the first time, the narrative isn’t revealed by alternating perspectives but rather a more traditional third person voice.
Of course, the most important changes, other than an entirely new setting with very different versions of humanity on this earth, are the transformations the Renbourns go through as described below. Cerapin is a planet dominated by pairs, and their characteristics are also described below. Any single-bodied humans, like four of the Renbourns, are considered defective mono-minds called “nams.” Championing Nams is but one of the quests the deities impose on the Renbourns.
So while most of the names below will be familiar from descriptions from the first four books, they need to be re-introduced here to showcase their changes.
Dr. Malcolm Eric Renbourn. In the transfer to Cerapin-Earth, Malcolm’s sight is restored and his biological clock is reset to make him 20 years younger, at least physically.
Elsbeth Caul Renbourn. Elsbeth is the only member of her family not to be transformed in the transfer other than to gain twenty-years of her biological clock reset. On Cerapin, Elsbeth births her daughter Olrei three years after the transfer, date unknown in Alphan or Betan calendars.
Lorei Caul Renbourn: In the transfer, Lorei splits her consciousness with Doret who remains on Beta-Earth. As a result, both Lorei and Doret are able to share their experiences across the multi-verse. Lorei finds a priestess of the single-bodied “Nams” in a pyramid hive where the two join forces to help end Nam indignities on Cerapin.
Jolbar Renbourn: In the transfer, the consciousness of Joline and the spirit-entity of Bar fuse into a new being, their shared body divided between their two Beta-selves. One half has the buttery locks of Joline and her finely shaped features; the other half has Bar’s pudgier features and one blue eye.
As all the Renbourns are forced to split up and travel different paths on Cerapin, Jolbar is the only Renbourn wife to stay with Malcolm throughout all their adventures.
Kalnenia El and Le: In the transfer, Kalma and Alnenia become an identical pair looking much like normal Cerapin pairs. In their new bodies, each wife has the puffy forehead-lobes that cover the organs that permit them to not only share their thoughts, but also their physical sensations together simultaneously. They have the usual long, wolfish teeth of Cerapins and, most obviously of all, share the huge, protruding, squared jaws and wide feet. Their bodies have natural markings on their otherwise grey skins, multi-colored splotches, streaks, and uneven stripes illustrating their limbs and torsos.
Because of their transformation, the Kalnenias plead for Malcolm’s permission to end their marriage to bond with a male Cerapin pair, the Onab brothers. Malcolm does so and each ex-wife bears pairs of sons for the Onabs.
Pidghe El and Le: At first, the Pidghe pair are house servants assigned to Malcolm and Jolbar before they seduce Malcolm partially to fulfill their secret duties as spies but also to gain acceptance in the only household on their planet where a man appreciates their especially bright minds and mental possibilities, as well as their, on Cerapin, unusual facial features. Unlike most Cerapin pairs, the Pidghe girls don’t have puffy foreheads, long teeth, huge chins, or large feet. As a result, they are considered extremely ugly and deformed by their own kind but, in Malcolm’s opinion, considered rather cute.
To order your copy of The Third Earth, check out:
https://www.amazon.com/Third-Earth-Be...
That’s a serious shame as The Third Earth is such a different book from the previous four volumes. At the end of book 4, A Throne for an Alien, Malcolm Renbourn and five of his wives were forced to cross the multi-verse together to take on new missions on Cerapin-Earth. In The Third Earth, the six Renbourns must split up into pairs to follow different quests for most of the story. For the first time, the narrative isn’t revealed by alternating perspectives but rather a more traditional third person voice.
Of course, the most important changes, other than an entirely new setting with very different versions of humanity on this earth, are the transformations the Renbourns go through as described below. Cerapin is a planet dominated by pairs, and their characteristics are also described below. Any single-bodied humans, like four of the Renbourns, are considered defective mono-minds called “nams.” Championing Nams is but one of the quests the deities impose on the Renbourns.
So while most of the names below will be familiar from descriptions from the first four books, they need to be re-introduced here to showcase their changes.
Dr. Malcolm Eric Renbourn. In the transfer to Cerapin-Earth, Malcolm’s sight is restored and his biological clock is reset to make him 20 years younger, at least physically.
Elsbeth Caul Renbourn. Elsbeth is the only member of her family not to be transformed in the transfer other than to gain twenty-years of her biological clock reset. On Cerapin, Elsbeth births her daughter Olrei three years after the transfer, date unknown in Alphan or Betan calendars.
Lorei Caul Renbourn: In the transfer, Lorei splits her consciousness with Doret who remains on Beta-Earth. As a result, both Lorei and Doret are able to share their experiences across the multi-verse. Lorei finds a priestess of the single-bodied “Nams” in a pyramid hive where the two join forces to help end Nam indignities on Cerapin.
Jolbar Renbourn: In the transfer, the consciousness of Joline and the spirit-entity of Bar fuse into a new being, their shared body divided between their two Beta-selves. One half has the buttery locks of Joline and her finely shaped features; the other half has Bar’s pudgier features and one blue eye.
As all the Renbourns are forced to split up and travel different paths on Cerapin, Jolbar is the only Renbourn wife to stay with Malcolm throughout all their adventures.
Kalnenia El and Le: In the transfer, Kalma and Alnenia become an identical pair looking much like normal Cerapin pairs. In their new bodies, each wife has the puffy forehead-lobes that cover the organs that permit them to not only share their thoughts, but also their physical sensations together simultaneously. They have the usual long, wolfish teeth of Cerapins and, most obviously of all, share the huge, protruding, squared jaws and wide feet. Their bodies have natural markings on their otherwise grey skins, multi-colored splotches, streaks, and uneven stripes illustrating their limbs and torsos.
Because of their transformation, the Kalnenias plead for Malcolm’s permission to end their marriage to bond with a male Cerapin pair, the Onab brothers. Malcolm does so and each ex-wife bears pairs of sons for the Onabs.
Pidghe El and Le: At first, the Pidghe pair are house servants assigned to Malcolm and Jolbar before they seduce Malcolm partially to fulfill their secret duties as spies but also to gain acceptance in the only household on their planet where a man appreciates their especially bright minds and mental possibilities, as well as their, on Cerapin, unusual facial features. Unlike most Cerapin pairs, the Pidghe girls don’t have puffy foreheads, long teeth, huge chins, or large feet. As a result, they are considered extremely ugly and deformed by their own kind but, in Malcolm’s opinion, considered rather cute.
To order your copy of The Third Earth, check out:
https://www.amazon.com/Third-Earth-Be...
New Review of the Blind Alien!
Just saw this new review of the Blind Alien today:
four stars
4.0 out of 5 stars Alien world and language
Reviewed in Australia on 3 November 2020
Verified Purchase
If you are a lover of interesting language then this might be the one for you. Not only is this a “human cast into an alien world” story but much of it is told by the aliens using dialects. Interesting grammatically and conceptually! When you consider the main human character is blind, the reader is reliant on the alien’s thoughts to make sense of this other world. Nice twist!
For an action adventure that is out of this world, give Blind Alien Beta Chronicles a try.
https://www.amazon.com.au/Blind-Alien...
four stars
4.0 out of 5 stars Alien world and language
Reviewed in Australia on 3 November 2020
Verified Purchase
If you are a lover of interesting language then this might be the one for you. Not only is this a “human cast into an alien world” story but much of it is told by the aliens using dialects. Interesting grammatically and conceptually! When you consider the main human character is blind, the reader is reliant on the alien’s thoughts to make sense of this other world. Nice twist!
For an action adventure that is out of this world, give Blind Alien Beta Chronicles a try.
https://www.amazon.com.au/Blind-Alien...
New reviews of Return to Alpha!
Here are two more new reviews of Return to Alpha: A New Saga Begins as posted at Book Bub! Now-go ye and do likewise!
Fascinating! Britton is a new author to me and I found the concept behind this book to be very intriguing. The multiverse concept is one I am seeing more and more. I really enjoyed the author’s take on this theme. I found the characters fascinating and the storyline was original. True scifi lovers will enjoy this new world that Britton has created.
-Heather Lovelace, Book Bub
This is a really good Sci fi adventure. The author does an amazing job of making the story seem so realistic that you could imagine it actually happening. This is the first book I have read by this author and I really enjoyed it. I love how the author mixed a scifi story with current events happening in the world. It makes the story more realistic and relatable.
Planet earth is slowly being destroyed with terrorists, disease and global warming. Things on Earth are going from bad to worse.
So when a group of 6 aliens land on the shore of Jamaica how are the people of Earth going to react. Are we going to embrace the new arrivals or is fear going to get the best of us and we end up destroying them as well. The aliens now have to learn to live in a world that is strange to them all the while protecting themselves from being hunted by the people that they had come to learn from and help.
This book is really good as it is so relevant and uses things that are happening currently such as pandemics and global warming. It also plays on people's theories and fears and makes us ask the question how would we react if we knew for certain we weren't the only living beings. That other living beings lived on other planets.
-Party Girl 1985, Book Bub
Fascinating! Britton is a new author to me and I found the concept behind this book to be very intriguing. The multiverse concept is one I am seeing more and more. I really enjoyed the author’s take on this theme. I found the characters fascinating and the storyline was original. True scifi lovers will enjoy this new world that Britton has created.
-Heather Lovelace, Book Bub
This is a really good Sci fi adventure. The author does an amazing job of making the story seem so realistic that you could imagine it actually happening. This is the first book I have read by this author and I really enjoyed it. I love how the author mixed a scifi story with current events happening in the world. It makes the story more realistic and relatable.
Planet earth is slowly being destroyed with terrorists, disease and global warming. Things on Earth are going from bad to worse.
So when a group of 6 aliens land on the shore of Jamaica how are the people of Earth going to react. Are we going to embrace the new arrivals or is fear going to get the best of us and we end up destroying them as well. The aliens now have to learn to live in a world that is strange to them all the while protecting themselves from being hunted by the people that they had come to learn from and help.
This book is really good as it is so relevant and uses things that are happening currently such as pandemics and global warming. It also plays on people's theories and fears and makes us ask the question how would we react if we knew for certain we weren't the only living beings. That other living beings lived on other planets.
-Party Girl 1985, Book Bub
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