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August 1, 2021
Dr. Poy Sin (An Origin Story) – Releasing August 2021
Misunderstood or pure evil? Ignoring a warrant issued by the Confederation, Senior Inquisitor Jonsta Cabreesie and his partner, Rosal, attempt to determine the truth during the interrogation of Dr. Poy Sin, who is suspected of crimes against the Triani and the attempted genocide and near extinction of their race. As the Confederation and the Agents of ACTS continue their search for the Ten, they find new leads related to Dr. Poy Sin, Zeta 6, and their associates. As the hunt continues, the Agents of ACTS are ready to release their new secret weapon.
This story picks up where Treyah (An Origin Story) ends, and the award-winning Zeta 6 (An Origin Story) begins.
Discover the origins of the characters from the series 0-2-10, leading up to the release of the book Zero from award-winning author Jarrod L. Edge.
Coming August 2021Available soon on Amazon Kindle
April 12, 2021
Between a Sword and a Hot Place
Inquiry Results as follows:
Location: Meztie Three, Sector 12
Sector Date: Not Found
Segment 12 of 15
“Santeez, another Nemoinian ale!” He hadn’t meant it to sound like a demand, but once he saw the look that Santeez was giving him, he realized that it had. “Sorry,” he said with a wide smile. “You know how I get when I’m in the middle of telling a story.”
“Yeah, I know,” Santeez said. Then she poured the ale into a taller glass than his previous one and slid it across the bar. “Am I gonna have to cut you off? You know how you get when your telling stories,” she added.
He laughed and raised the glass, nodding his head as he did. Carlaza, the Bruaquatti sitting at the other end of the bar, got the joke. Nemoinian ale didn’t contain any alcohol and wasn’t intoxicating. It was a child’s drink, fruity flavor with bubbles in it. Santeez was telling the storyteller that it wasn’t the story or the ale that was making him unbearable; it was just his personality. Carlaza laughed again and raised his glass to the storyteller.
After a few minutes, the storyteller, Meekeye Voul, a card-carrying member of the Sword Hunters Guild, resumed his story.
“So, where was I?” Voul asked.
“You made it to the roof of the building,” someone sitting at another table said as the room settled in, anxious to hear more of Voul’s tale.
“Yes, yes, that’s right,” he said. “I had just made it to the roof. I figured, by the time I got there, the assassin would be clear to the other side of the building. After all, they had a pretty good head start. To my surprise, when I got there, she was waiting for me. I stepped out of the access door, and she jumped from the ledge above, landed right in front of me, grabbed my arm, and threw me across the rooftop. Before I knew what was going on, I was sailing through the air.”
“She vas dat strong?” someone with a Slobbovian accent asked.
“She was that strong,” Voul replied. He took a sip of his ale before jumping back into the story. “Of course, I landed on my feet and slid to a stop, but she was fast. When I looked up, she was almost right in front of me. She jumped and kicked, but I’d had enough. I shifted my weight to the left, grabbed her leg, and turned as hard as I could. Sent her flying toward the edge of the roof,” he said, nodding his head and smiling as if he had just added a few points to the battle’s scoreboard. “But I’ve gotta say, what I saw after that kind of surprised me. She hit the ground and just rolled to her feet. In the middle of all that, she did some kind of acrobatic twisting and turning. Like she was putting on a show. My job in the show being to help her get from one place to another.” Voul shrugged his shoulders and sighed. “The good thing was, she wasn’t attacking. At least I thought it was a good thing at the time.”
“So that gave you a chance to get a good look at her then?” a very old yet very small being with a high-pitched voice asked.
Voul sighed a little. As his body relaxed and he sat back, the look on his face changed from storyteller to admirer. “Yeah, I got a good look at her. We stared at each other for a few moments. She was wearing a black combat uniform, tight-fitting, with a red shirt, covered by a black combat vest with buckles down the front. She had red straps, presumably for weapons, on her legs. Boots matched the rest of her outfit.” Then, as if his soul had jumped back into his body, he sat forward and switched back into story mode. “She was wearing a scarlet mask and had long silver hair, probably died that color. To be honest, I’ve never seen anyone that looked like her.” He could see that the rest of the room was busy forming an image of the assassin in their mind. He used the time to take another sip of his ale, then leaned in, put a little intrigue into his storytelling voice, and said, “But it was her eyes that told me everything I needed to know. So, I activated my sword, and that’s when everything went crazy!”
He noticed that he not only had everyone’s attention, but they were frozen, some with mugs halfway between the table and their mouths, in anticipation of his next words, “There was this ear-piercing sonic boom, and the entire building shook, taking both of us off our feet. Suddenly there was smoke and fire pluming up from all sides of the roof. We both made it back to our feet, and I yelled, ‘Don’t move, I’m taking you into custody!'”
“It took a moment for her to respond. I think she was waiting for an interpretation or something. Probably a universal translator device of some kind. She said, “Look, I was just minding my own business when an alien with a huge sword just walks up and starts making trouble, then you show up right after. I thought you were with him!”
Voul paused for a moment as if reexamining the words that had been said on the rooftop. “Then I looked at her and said, ‘Yet, here we are, standing on a burning building, about to have an epic battle.'” In his mind, he recalled the black smoke turning gray in the sunlight, the reddish-orange flames clawing their way through the cloud of gray. The wind seemed to draw an invisible line between the female and the flame’s heat, while her right arm was slowly being consumed by the darkness. Her silver hair was covering half her face, leaving only one eye visible. In his mind, he pictured her. He had never seen any being with eyes that shade of pink. She was beautiful, he thought but did not say.
“Then what happened,” a voice came from his left.
Voul brought himself back to the moment, looked around for a second, and said, “Then the fire literally roared. Now I know you’re thinking he meant figuratively, and you’re probably just too polite to offer to correct me, but I actually mean literally. The fire roared! Then that silver-haired female with the beautiful pink eyes held up two fingers, shook them at me, turned, and walked right off the roof and into the flames.” And with that, Voul sat back, lifted his ale, and smiled.
“Woah!” someone said.
“Wow!” said another.
“You mean she chose the fire instead of coming in peacefully? Come on, this is a bunch of Billta pellets,” the small being with the high-pitched voice said.
“I’m telling ya, it’s true,” Voul said with a smile.
All images rendered by Jarrod L. Edge using Daz3d Studio
March 14, 2021
0-2-10 Origin Stories for 2021
Here’s what we have slated for this year from the 0-2-10 Origin Stories series. Two great stories to potentially wrap up the introductions and backstories for the 0-2-10 Novel scheduled for release in 2022.
Dr. Poy SinThe first is Dr. Poy Sin, a story about a caculating, destructive member of the Watch. If you’ve already read the award winning Zeta 6 story and Treyah, you’ve already seen a few of the diviant members of the Watch. Dr. Poy Sin’s back story gives us another look at the Saint of the Apocolypse and his hold over key members of his elite team. Dr. Poy Sin was also mentioned in the Treyah origin story. He was named, by the Death Commander, as the creator of a dangerous, gene targeting bio weapon. The story picks up where Treyah’s origin story leaves off, with the tribunal hearing of the Death Commander.
Fi-YevaThe second origin story releasing this year will be about Fi-Yeva. This story chronicles the tale of the Narravin and not only involves the Agents of ACTS, but also involves members of Raysha Squad. If you follow the short stories and weekly renders on the e7prophecy.com site, you have been introduced to members of Raysha Squad, Queen Deceptra’s elite force. The short stories also introduce Iris, the Raysha Hunter. If you haven’t been following, now is the time to catch up. On the site, you will also find a short story titled, The Tale of the Narravin. The ship, the Narravin, is also refereneced in the Treyah origin story. Internally, we are already referring to Fi-Yeva as one of the funniest stories in all of the E7Universe series.
Also coming this year:
Enoch from the series “The Prophecy of the Seventh Elizabeth”Jade Yu, from the series “The Acts of the Dragons” (Hopefully! As you know, this book is long overdue!)Also, we are working on our first Audible book. Stay tuned for more!
December 29, 2020
Free Until Jan 1st – Award-winning Zeta 6
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Get the Award-winning novella, Zeta 6 (An Origin Story) for free unitl January 1st, 2021. You will love this book. We hope that this gift will help you, in some small way, to make it through the rest of this crazy year and through the Covid season. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!
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December 21, 2020
Heir to the Third House
Subject: Tribunal Historical Record 58394.908 – Events following the fall of Rylose Four
[Mission Briefing – Contains Audio Fragment Below]
The following fragment of a conversation was recorded on Betarrus at the Halceen temple during Queen Deceptra’s occupation of the Baltray System. The fragment was retrieved from a vessel several sectors away in the Narla System. The vessel, an abandoned Rayapod class ship, had its registration wiped clean. Its onboard computers were heavily damaged, as was the rest of the ship. The recording fragment was added to the official THR nearly three cycles after the end of Tribunal 58394. It was rated as having no significant influence on the outcome of the Tribunal.
The fragment was in the form of a damaged holo-vid, which accompanies this report. Although the holo-vid contains audio and video, there were only four recorded video positions retrieved. In addition to this, the video only captures one instance in time. No other visual data was retrieved.
Position one displays a female who, at one point during the conversation, refers to herself as Klay. Klay appears to be humanoid, well dressed, and well cared for. From the image, there didn’t appear to be any signs of distress or abuse. For example, she wore makeup, lip coloring, color above her eyes, etc. She is wearing an ear decoration, a white circle of beads. There are also circles, various sizes, on her jacket. These symbols likely represent her homeworld, Rylose Four. Klay’s hair was also white, although not her natural hair color. Perhaps this was also an effort to represent her homeworld or possibly only a fashion statement. The recording did not mention it either way. The expression on her face, however, reveals her concern or possibly her surprise. This was consistent with the tone of the conversation.
Position two in the holo-vid shows something unexpected. It was clear that Klay, being on Betarrus during Queen Deceptra’s occupation, meant that she was likely a prisoner. It was generally thought that Klay was captured by Queen Deceptra’s Legion in orbit of Rylose Four. This would have been several days prior to the recording. At the time, there were reports of Legion vessels having intercepted several local transport ships and boarded them. Those ships were later released, but some reports stated that passengers were missing on multiple ships. So, seeing a squad of Legion soldiers standing behind Klay would have, under these circumstances, been expected. However, the image shows that the Legion soldiers had their weapons active but holstered. Oddest of all, they have their hands in the air.
The squad leader, the forward most Legion soldier in the image, has active eye ports. This either meant that the squad leader was talking to her squad, or the squad leader was the one that initiated this recording. This would account for the slight discoloration of Klay’s right ear. If the squad leader’s helmet was the source of the recording, then it would have needed to extrapolate all items outside of its line of sight. To do this, it would have used a type of echolocation, similar to aquatic lifeforms. The other images also support this theory.
In addition to this, from the looks of the other two Legion soldiers, the leader was either issuing an order at the time or trying to figure out what was going on. Note the slight tilt of the squad leader’s head and the position of the two guard’s helmets. They are looking at the leader as if awaiting an order and are not watching what we presume is their prisoner.
(Note: Holo-vid recorders attached to Legion Soldiers helmets are quite advanced. A holo-vid recorded from such a helmet would average 30 or so positions or angles; there were only four in this case. That likely means that the storage device was limited in size or the recording was tampered with or, as previously stated, was corrupt.)
It was position three that shed the most light on the scene. First, it shows the presence of a Parruvian. A tall blue-skinned being from a planet near the outer rim named Parruva. Members of that race have very large craniums, and some have the ability to project short term suggestions into the minds of other, non-telepathic species. It is not especially hard to block out their suggestions if you see them coming and if you understand what is happening. But if one can catch you off guard and unsuspecting, the outcome can be what is seen here in the holo-vid. The problem here is that this Parruvian isn’t just any. This was Belsaas. A wanted criminal. A high-end thief who is known for killing anyone that gets in the way of his objective.
It didn’t take much to identify Belsaas. He’s the only known Parruvian with a state-of-the-art artificial arm. Belsaas likely caught the Legion soldiers and Klay off guard. Judging from the red lights on the soldier’s weapons, they had drawn them, activated the weapons, and then had returned them to their holsters without deactivating them. Obviously, not standard practice. Probably a suggestion from Belsaas, just as he also would have suggested that they put their hands up. Our guess is that the soldiers were still able to communicate and that the leader was able to activate the helmet recorder.
Position three also reveals two additional facts. First, Klay does not have her hands up. In fact, it appears that she’s ready to fight. Her left hand is making a fist, and her stance seems to be rigid as if she’s about to make a stand. But it’s the second revelation that is most disturbing. Belsaas is holding a sacred artifact belonging to the people of Rylose Four. An axe believed to be as old as the race itself. A weapon thought to belong to an ancient warrior named Yakhan.
The odd thing about this was that no being outside of the royal bloodline has ever been able to touch the weapon. Those who have, regardless of their intent, have all perished. For that reason, the artifact has been kept secure and isolated on Rylose Four for generations. The question is, how did a murderous thief such as Belsaas obtain the weapon? Position four gives another view to consider. From this view, it appears that Klay and Belsaas are having a conversation. This is confirmed by the visibility of Belsaas’ teeth. A Parruvian only bares his teeth when communicating or when they are about to eat. Although we don’t know how long the actual conversation was, we know it was at least 25100 ticks long. This is the only audio retrieved from the holo-vid.
Note: Click the play button to hear the translated audio file
Translated Captured Audio from Halceen Temple on Batarrus – GTP Unknown – Official THR 58394.908
Since the Tribunal has already determined that it was a member of the royal family that betrayed the planet and allowed Queen Deceptra’s forces to gain access to the systems security grid, it is clear that Klay was not a part of this plan. That individual was her uncle, who, in an attempt to seize power, made a deal with Queen Deceptra, a position as the new Sector Regent in exchange for the artifact, Yakhan’s Axe. It was he that had the royal family assassinated. He had not planned on Klay being off the planet at the time. When the deal fell through, that is, when Belsaas stole the artifact, Klay’s uncle had nothing to deliver and was summarily executed in public by Queen Deceptra’s ranking member. This strongly suggests that Belsaas was not working with Klay’s uncle.
Although Klay and Belsaas’ whereabouts are currently unknown, it is believed that Yakhan’s Axe was used to free the system from Deceptra’s grip. There are multiple stories and sightings in which a female matching Klay’s description, accompanied by a Parruvian with an artificial arm, were seen attacking key strongholds held by Legion troops. The female was wielding an axe with unimaginable power.
Credits:
Rendered by Jarrod L. Edge using Daz3d Studio
Recorded by Jarrod L. Edge with Voices by Jarrod L. Edge, Lisa Edge, and Isabella Edge
Music by Jarrod L. Edge
Recorded on Pro Tools from AVID
November 19, 2020
2020 Book of the Year Finalist
So proud to announce that Zeta 6 (An Origin Story), from the series 0-2-10, was awarded as a Finalist in the IAN 2020 Book of the Year event. This makes the second time this year that Zeta 6 has been recognized. We are very excited about this.
So far, four E7 Universe books have won awards. Two as finalist, The Battle Between Light and Dark – Book 1 and Zeta 6. One as an Official Selection, The Battle Between Light and Dark – Book 2. And one as a Medalist Winner, The Art of Eten Chu. All four books are available at Amazon.
The timing for this award couldn’t be better as we are getting ready to release the next novel from the E7 Universe of books, named Enoch. Enoch is Book 3 in the original series.
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A big thanks to everyone who reads our books and an even bigger thanks to God for his awesome Grace. Be blessed!
September 17, 2020
Is There a Message?
The answer is, always. There is always a message. Sometimes it is hidden and sometimes it is right out front for everyone to see. Ultimately, the message is Christ Jesus. The message is Love. The message is Hope. The message is Faith.
My hope is that you see what I see in my mind as myself and Isabella, as well as the others in my family, produce these stories. That these stories, in some small or large way, provide a positive experience for you. And if it does, to God be the Glory.
September 6, 2020
Free Books Until Sept 9th, 2020
Don’t miss this Acts of the Dragons special. Book 1 and 2 of the Acts of the Dragons series free for the next few days (until Sept 9th) on Amazon! (Use the links below or click on the image to go to Amazon)
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Read the award-winning book, The Art of Eten Chu, and the 5-Star book, The Robbie Petersen Exchange for Free. Then look out for more Acts of the Dragons stories soon! And get ready for Enoch, coming soon world-wide!
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August 29, 2020
E7 Universe Merchandise
Check out our new merch store. Lots of E7 Universe products.
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August 26, 2020
E7 Universe – The Artwork
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