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Blood of Denebria
After a sinister alien race invades a peaceful planet, planning to eat its inhabitants, Jules Rammis has another heroic mission to accomplish. Jules - telepath, astrobiologist and reluctant hero - has faced many nasty aliens in his adventures. But never a race so sinister that it invades the peaceful planet of Denebria specifically to use its people as a food supply. Jules is drawn into the fray when his former father-in-law, retired Counter-Terrorist Captain Joe Hatch, convinces Jules to accompany his undercover team to Denebria. Jules must attempt to discover the invaders' homeworld and allow the World Alliance Forces to engage the brutal race on their own turf. It should be a walk in the park, but the enemy proves to be more resourceful than anyone expected, and Jules and the team find themselves in a fight for their lives. Is Jules powerful enough vanquish the All Mother, or has he met his match? Blood of Denebria is a standalone novel and can be enjoyed even if you haven't read other books in the series.
227 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 24, 2013
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September 9, 2015
In Blood of Denebria, Jean Kilczer's writing is exquisitely detailed with the weirdest phenomena. In her tale of four on a mission, endorsed by The Alliance, to solve the mystery of a hostile race that wishes to subjugate the planet Denebria, she alternates between sheer terror, endearing camaraderie among Terrans (who find themselves in dangerous situations and alien places), and humor, which softens the blows to the characters' faces and bodies--not to mention the reader's sensibilities.
Her easy use of "cross-species" humor is not only clever, it's phenomenal. Suspenseful and action-packed from the beginning, as her heroes are forced to abandon their starship, Sojourner, she hooks the reader into her story with her very first May-day call.
Her characters, some of them hostile and utterly repulsive--with tentacles, slimy bodies, and telepathic threats--others intelligent and affectionate, and one even pet-like (with snout and fur, a taste for eyeballs, and a penchant for faithfulness), are highly believable. Indeed, her command of scientific or faux scientific lingo is so convincing, that readers are powerfully sucked into the drama and go along with it, suspending their disbelief.
Ms. Kilczer has a fantastically wild imagination, which she backs up with "facts" that pass for believable, as readers find themselves in the strangest of places. Yet, she includes enough warm, human emotion to anchor us to reality and help us relate to her characters with empathy.
Her descriptions of telepathy--the special attribute of astrobiologist, Jules Rammis--are so finely drawn and convincing, you'd swear Ms. Kilczer is a telepath, herself. Where does she get her ideas from, you wonder. Kilczer is a naturally gifted story teller. I'd say she is a born science fiction writer, and I want to read more and more of her work!
Her easy use of "cross-species" humor is not only clever, it's phenomenal. Suspenseful and action-packed from the beginning, as her heroes are forced to abandon their starship, Sojourner, she hooks the reader into her story with her very first May-day call.
Her characters, some of them hostile and utterly repulsive--with tentacles, slimy bodies, and telepathic threats--others intelligent and affectionate, and one even pet-like (with snout and fur, a taste for eyeballs, and a penchant for faithfulness), are highly believable. Indeed, her command of scientific or faux scientific lingo is so convincing, that readers are powerfully sucked into the drama and go along with it, suspending their disbelief.
Ms. Kilczer has a fantastically wild imagination, which she backs up with "facts" that pass for believable, as readers find themselves in the strangest of places. Yet, she includes enough warm, human emotion to anchor us to reality and help us relate to her characters with empathy.
Her descriptions of telepathy--the special attribute of astrobiologist, Jules Rammis--are so finely drawn and convincing, you'd swear Ms. Kilczer is a telepath, herself. Where does she get her ideas from, you wonder. Kilczer is a naturally gifted story teller. I'd say she is a born science fiction writer, and I want to read more and more of her work!
March 13, 2014
Though fourth in the series, I didn't have any difficulty following this stand-alone adventure. However, I did have other difficulty. I want the rest of the story of the main character. Now!
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