SOLVED: Adult Sci-fi series. Alien warriors fighting an insect-like scourge. They bring cloned bodies with them to the battle. If they’re fatally wounded their partner can grab and hold their essence to place in the new body. [s]

[Nancy]

Sci-fi series w/alien warriors protecting vulnerable planets against insect-like opponents. The warriors are psychic, finding and training women who show signs of being psychically compatible to act as their partner/soul catchers. When they fight they bring cloned bodies of themselves, so if they’re too badly wounded their female partner can psychically hold their essence long enough to place it in the new body, leaving the other body behind. They are physically beautiful, but they have a hideous yet effective battle form. Names Chaos, Legion… Some romantic pairing.

[Nancy]

I read this within the last 10 years and it was probably published after 2000.

[Melanie]

I'm not sure as I didn't read the whole book but in the beginning was it a battle field scene where the MMC was dying and the FMC "appeared" in the thin air and tethered his soul to keep him alive until a medic got to him? P.S. she was no where near him or at the battle when she appeared to him. This all happened in the sample portion of the book. If this sounds right let me know and I'll search my kindle books.

[RavensScar]

Sounds a little like the Coletti warriors series by Gail Koger. The first 2 books are unavailable to purchase tho because of an dispute between the author and a previous publisher I think.

[Nancy]

Melanie, I can't remember how the book starts, but "appeared out of thin air" doesn't sound like what I remember. During battles the female partners stay in a ship above the planets or on the planet in a protected location with the cloned bodies and wait to catch/grab their essence from there.

Crazyunicorn, I checked out the Coletti Warlords and it wasn't what I'm looking for. From what I remember the characters are warriors and no warlord is mentioned.

I also remember that these warriors live on a moon/asteroid/planetoid with all the housing, schools, communuities and amenities provided/supported by grateful alien races including humans. Girls with psychic potential are sent to be trained and tested. It's a huge honor to be chosen. The girls attend training schools and training classes. After the trainings are over, different warriors sit down with the girls and try out the mental connections they have with them.

It seems like the MMC's name starts with X, or maybe Z and the partner he pairs up with is an African American human.

[Melanie]

Nancy wrote: "Melanie, I can't remember how the book starts, but "appeared out of thin air" doesn't sound like what I remember. During battles the female partners stay in a ship above the planets or on the plane..."

Thanks for the additional information. Based on that yup it was definitely not the original book I was thinking of. However, with this additional information I thought of another book. This one matches closer to what you just said. They call it “soulcatching” this one is book 2 but there are a lot in the series so if it not technically this one it could be one of the others. Xian warriors.



Legion

[Nancy]

Melanie wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Melanie, I can't remember how the book starts, but "appeared out of thin air" doesn't sound like what I remember. During battles the female partners stay in a ship above the planets o..."

Melanie, I think this is probably the series. When you wrote Xian Warriors my brain perked up with recognition, then I started skimming books 1 & 2 and found MANY similarities. I also found some things that I don't remember at all like battlebeasts. I'm almost sure you're right. I'll move this to Probably Solved. Good Job!

[Nancy]

Melanie, I realize that I never read book 1 in the series, but I read the others, hence I had no idea how it started. This is definitely what I was looking for. Thank You!

[Nancy]

Legion

[Kris]

Glad you found your book series, Nancy.

Xian Warriors series by Regine Abel which starts with Doom (book 1) - Melanie's find.