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Bringer of Chaos by Kayelle Allen
Today, author Kayelle Allen has come to visit with a post about her sci-fi book Bringer of Chaos. She's sharing how she got into science fiction, which is definitely one of my favorite genres. Welcome, Kayelle!
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I've loved Science Fiction since I was a child. My parents always had scifi books sitting around, and they watched anything on TV that related to the genre. To me, scifi was a way of life. When I realized how much I enjoyed writing, it was natural to gravitate (no pun intended) to Science Fiction.
When I was eighteen, I finished a 400 page novel and put it in a box under the bed. It has never seen the light of day since, but parts of it are in almost every book I write. I had the heart of a scifi universe in that book. I spent several years thinking about writing, and a few more thinking about the universe I wanted to write about. It took me until I was fifty to get off my duff and get busy with my goal of being published.
The most important thing to me was that I didn't like the way scifi authors went about creating a world, writing a story for it, and then tossing the world aside and creating another world to take its place. My thought was, why not create a solid universe, write the basic "future history" for it, and then write every story within that set of worlds?
I discovered that publishing rights being what they are, you can end up being stuck in a contract that you can't get out of if you do that. It happened to me. Fortunately, I was able to regain my rights, and am now actively self-publishing my series. My latest book, Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas is set near the beginning of my series history. It's a prequel, but stands alone. It will be the first of a series set in that period.
My advice on writing a series? Number one: be sure what publishing rights you are signing away before you start. Number two: be true to your own vision. Number three: never give up.
Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas by Kayelle Allen
Two enemy warriors: one human, one immortal. Different in belief, alike in spirit, marooned together on an alien world.
Imprisoned and in isolation over a year without food or water, the immortal Pietas survives. Though broken in body, his intellect and will are intact, thanks to Six, the special ops warrior who captured him, but kept him sane. The warrior had no hand in his deprivation and, like Pietas, was betrayed by his own kind. When Pietas is abandoned on an alien world with nothing but his honor--and Six--he must find and rejoin other immortal exiles. After centuries of war, Pietas detests humans and kills them on sight, but he is too damaged to continue on his own. Though he despises needing help, he allows Six to nurture and restore him to full strength, and then accompany him. As they cross the planet together on foot, the immortal begins to wonder if he has found his first human friend, or if Six is loyal only because Pietas could keep the others from tearing him to shreds. This human will either be his closest living friend, or the one whose betrayal will trigger all-out vengeance by the most powerful immortal ever born.
Immortal. Warrior. Outcasts. Traitors took everything. Except their honor.
Read the first chapter https://kayelleallen.com/chaos-origin/
Amazon http://amzn.to/1R8DAbb
CreateSpace http://bit.ly/boc-origin-csp
About the Author
Kayelle Allen is a best selling American author. Her unstoppable heroes and heroines include contemporary every day folk, role-playing immortal gamers, futuristic covert agents, and warriors who purr.
Homeworld/Blog https://kayelleallen.com
Twitter https://twitter.com/kayelleallen
Facebook https://facebook.com/kayelleallen.author
Pinterest https://pinterest.com/kayelleallen/
G+ https://plus.google.com/+KayelleAllen/
Amazon http://amazon.com/author/kayelleallen
Romance Lives Forever Reader Group https://kayelleallen.com/bro
Giveaway for everyone:
Download and print three PDF Bookmarks. The first features Six, the human warrior. The second is Pietas, the immortal warrior. The third is the two, back to back.
Six https://kayelleallen.com/media/boc-bo...
Pietas https://kayelleallen.com/media/boc-bo...
Pietas and Six https://kayelleallen.com/media/boc-bo...
Download a free adult coloring book you can print and share. Relax and color with friends. It's fun! https://kayelleallen.com/media/pietas...
To read snippets from the Bringer of Chaos series, see this later post: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
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I've loved Science Fiction since I was a child. My parents always had scifi books sitting around, and they watched anything on TV that related to the genre. To me, scifi was a way of life. When I realized how much I enjoyed writing, it was natural to gravitate (no pun intended) to Science Fiction.
When I was eighteen, I finished a 400 page novel and put it in a box under the bed. It has never seen the light of day since, but parts of it are in almost every book I write. I had the heart of a scifi universe in that book. I spent several years thinking about writing, and a few more thinking about the universe I wanted to write about. It took me until I was fifty to get off my duff and get busy with my goal of being published.
The most important thing to me was that I didn't like the way scifi authors went about creating a world, writing a story for it, and then tossing the world aside and creating another world to take its place. My thought was, why not create a solid universe, write the basic "future history" for it, and then write every story within that set of worlds?
I discovered that publishing rights being what they are, you can end up being stuck in a contract that you can't get out of if you do that. It happened to me. Fortunately, I was able to regain my rights, and am now actively self-publishing my series. My latest book, Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas is set near the beginning of my series history. It's a prequel, but stands alone. It will be the first of a series set in that period.
My advice on writing a series? Number one: be sure what publishing rights you are signing away before you start. Number two: be true to your own vision. Number three: never give up.
Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas by Kayelle Allen
Two enemy warriors: one human, one immortal. Different in belief, alike in spirit, marooned together on an alien world.
Imprisoned and in isolation over a year without food or water, the immortal Pietas survives. Though broken in body, his intellect and will are intact, thanks to Six, the special ops warrior who captured him, but kept him sane. The warrior had no hand in his deprivation and, like Pietas, was betrayed by his own kind. When Pietas is abandoned on an alien world with nothing but his honor--and Six--he must find and rejoin other immortal exiles. After centuries of war, Pietas detests humans and kills them on sight, but he is too damaged to continue on his own. Though he despises needing help, he allows Six to nurture and restore him to full strength, and then accompany him. As they cross the planet together on foot, the immortal begins to wonder if he has found his first human friend, or if Six is loyal only because Pietas could keep the others from tearing him to shreds. This human will either be his closest living friend, or the one whose betrayal will trigger all-out vengeance by the most powerful immortal ever born.
Immortal. Warrior. Outcasts. Traitors took everything. Except their honor.
Read the first chapter https://kayelleallen.com/chaos-origin/
Amazon http://amzn.to/1R8DAbb
CreateSpace http://bit.ly/boc-origin-csp
About the Author
Kayelle Allen is a best selling American author. Her unstoppable heroes and heroines include contemporary every day folk, role-playing immortal gamers, futuristic covert agents, and warriors who purr.
Homeworld/Blog https://kayelleallen.com
Twitter https://twitter.com/kayelleallen
Facebook https://facebook.com/kayelleallen.author
Pinterest https://pinterest.com/kayelleallen/
G+ https://plus.google.com/+KayelleAllen/
Amazon http://amazon.com/author/kayelleallen
Romance Lives Forever Reader Group https://kayelleallen.com/bro
Giveaway for everyone:
Download and print three PDF Bookmarks. The first features Six, the human warrior. The second is Pietas, the immortal warrior. The third is the two, back to back.
Six https://kayelleallen.com/media/boc-bo...
Pietas https://kayelleallen.com/media/boc-bo...
Pietas and Six https://kayelleallen.com/media/boc-bo...
Download a free adult coloring book you can print and share. Relax and color with friends. It's fun! https://kayelleallen.com/media/pietas...
To read snippets from the Bringer of Chaos series, see this later post: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
Preorder The Sentinel Agency Trilogy
Releases September 7!Buy Link: https://books2read.com/u/mg10Pv
Now available for preorder, get all three books of my #SFR series, The Sentinel Agency trilogy, in one volume:
DESTINY: Undercover operatives have discovered Delfina has the power of foresight, and they want to capture and use her. Accompanied by her emotional support animal, Delfina uses her ability to stay ahead of her pursuers. The one thing she doesn’t foresee is Rave. The Imperian male claims she’s his genetic match, but he has so many aliases that she’s not sure if he’s the good guy or the bad. Attraction ignites as they are thrown together by mysterious government agents, a wildlife trafficking syndicate, and a covert agency that recruits people with unique talents. Secrets, passion, and intrigue collide in this sci-fi romance.
TALENT: Andromeda is still trying to get used to her prosthetic arm and leg after a terrorist bombing left her injured. Through her work with the Sentinel Agency, she’s determined to stop the bad guys and keep innocent people from getting hurt.
Luka Stiles used to be the top supermodel in town. When the advertisers drop him and his film career fizzles, he’s left drowning his sorrows at the bar. He coasts along on his former fame, which happens to score him an invitation to an exclusive charity auction.
Andromeda must team up with Luka to get into that auction and hack the computers. She believes the foundation hosting it may be funneling money to terrorists, as well as trafficking in protected wildlife.
Together, Andromeda and Luka will face the rich and famous, high-tech security, evil science experiments, and government agents who aren’t at all what they appear.
STRATEGY: For years, Ryland Ward has known Dr. Casey Haven is his soulmate, but he hasn’t been able to claim her. His own cousin abandoned her and their son, leaving her with a broken heart. Ryland has waited for her to heal so he can prove he’s much more than a friend.
Casey has always been able to depend on Ryland. As a trans woman with a psychic ability to heal, she isn’t accepted by everyone. When her medical knowledge is needed for an undercover mission with Ryland, she doesn’t hesitate. She’ll do whatever it takes to stop the bad guys from deploying a biogenetic weapon that could kill everyone she loves.
With a dangerous operative plotting an attack and a black ops organization stalking the members of the Sentinel Agency, the stakes have never been higher. These star-crossed lovers will have to come together to save the universe.
Content: m/f romance, love scenes, fight scenes, trans woman, reference to terrorist bombing
Buy Link: https://books2read.com/u/mg10Pv
