Troy D. Wymer's Blog: WymerNovels

Welcome to the WymerNovels blog. Today, I will be discussing the new terminology glossaries that will be located in the back matter of my forthcoming second editions of Lightyears Trilogy, Treasures From Afar, Xeno Tryst, and Feathers of Shardaa.

Originally, I had a Terminology Index in the back matter of each of my books. Basically, it showed each unique word I had created for the story and which chapter it first appeared in. That did not explain what the meaning of the word was. So with my latest novel, Crystal Avarice, I began to use a glossary instead of an index. Now the meaning of each unique word that I created is defined. Some terms may contain slight spoilers, so keep that in mind.

Here is an example of a term in the Crystal Avarice Terminology Glossary:
Timber Wolf Railway (TWR) - (Chapter 8) It was a freight railway company with its yard office located in the town of Timber Wolf on the planet Ryamesh.

An interesting fact about the Timber Wolf Railway in the novel… It is a description of my HO scale train layout with the same name, which took me ten years to design and build.

Welcome to the WymerNovels blog. Today, I will continue my blog series about the main characters in each of my books. I will be discussing Wilcox Brown. He is the main character of Crystal Avarice.

Wilcox Brown is a private investigator who owns the Wilcox Brown Agency in the city of Kethan on the planet Kesron. He has been in the business of solving mysteries for over thirty years. Wilcox lives on the planet Kesron. He has black hair and green eyes. Wilcox often wears a fedora hat. He owns a spaceship named Enigma, but he does not enjoy space travel. Wilcox has an investigative assistant named Nancy Louray.

Welcome to the WymerNovels blog. Today, I will be discussing my seventh book, Crystal Avarice.

Crystal Avarice is a novel length book with 74,324 words.

When I was eleven, I created a comic story that I called Wilcox Brown, Private Investigator. There were mysteries to be solved and Wilcox Brown was the man to do it. Other than myself, the only other person that probably saw my comic was my mother. I had some influence with a variety of mystery shows on television in the late 1970s and early 1980s. A few years later, I began reading a lot of mystery novels. At the time, it was my favorite genre. One of my favorite novels was The Green Turtle Mystery by Ellery Queen, Jr. Since I write science fiction space opera, but wanted to write a mystery, I combined the two genres. Wilcox Brown has been resurrected from my comic in my new space opera mystery novel, Crystal Avarice.

Crystal Avarice is a space opera mystery. Private investigator Wilcox Brown and his investigative assistant, Nancy Louray, are thrown into one of the strangest mysteries they’ve ever had to solve. When a client hires them to locate the missing deed to a planet, a dangerous and daring galactic adventure ensues.

Wilcox Brown is a private investigator who is hired by Coradelle Hershall to locate the missing deed to a planet that should have been part of her inheritance. Wilcox and his investigative assistant, Nancy Louray, are thrown into one of the strangest mysteries they’ve ever had to solve.

The client’s representative at the Settlement Agency is of little help when they are told there is no such planet. A major clue leads them to odd skeletal remains of an alien species and the discovery of fascinating crystals. But when the client goes missing, they begin to lose hope in solving the case.

Wilcox is asked to join in a military investigation into the deaths of the Sharrixian aliens that were found. Representatives for the Settlement Agency are confronted regarding mysterious crystals being sold on the black market.

Across the galaxy, the Sharrixian queen empress runs out of patience with the humans and declares war, but one of the aliens in high command is doing his best to maintain peace.

When those responsible for the Sharrixian deaths are discovered, will it be too late? After Coradelle learns who is behind the crystal avarice, will she even care about the missing deed?

At the end of Crystal Avarice, there is an appendix with a terminology glossary of all terms that were created for the story, brief explanations of each, and what chapter they first appear in.

The book cover depicts the portal, near the Crystal Field, on the Sharrixian home planet of Lairdain Tannis. The blue, purple, and black crystals can be seen in the desert sand. The night sky is filled with a tapestry of stars. Through the top of the portal, a slight glimpse of the forest can be seen in the daylight of the planet Staraliss.

Welcome to the WymerNovels blog. Today, I will be discussing the dedication of the novel I am currently writing.

The novel is a Space Opera Mystery and is dedicated to my late mother, Nancy Lou Wymer. My mom was a loving, caring, giving, supportive, and selfless person who enjoyed helping others. She was relentless at praying for people and she poured everything into her children. I am blessed to have had her as my mother. She is greatly missed. Until I see her on the other side, I will always cherish our precious memories. In honor of my mom, I have named one of the main characters in the space opera mystery after her with Nancy Louray. Many of my mom’s traits and idioms have been incorporated into the character. I cannot wait to unleash this story onto the world. More info will be revealed in future blog posts.

Welcome to the WymerNovels blog. Today, I will continue my blog series about the main characters in each of my books. Be warned that this blog post has spoilers. I will be discussing Estrus. She is sort of the main character of Feathers of Shardaa, which is the second book in the Xeno Tryst Duology. Okay, so Sierra Shalinsky is the main character, but I can’t post about her twice. So, I picked the closest character.

We meet Estrus in the cliff hanger at the end of Xeno Tryst. She is a Humolfan, which is a crossbreed between humans and Xenolfans. Estrus has warm gray skin, long, white hair, sapphire eyes, and large, black wings. She lives on the planet S6 in the Shardaa Star System, along with her cute little dog named Thepsi.

Estrus has been commissioned to find an advocate for the Humolfans repatriation back into galactic society. She is always vigilant of the dangerous Dissident Faction. They are responsible for her mother’s death at the Ocean Port Bridge on Shardia and she hates them for it.

Welcome to the WymerNovels blog. Today, I will continue my blog series about the main characters in each of my books. Be warned that this blog post has spoilers. I will be discussing Sierra Shalinsky. She is the main character of Xeno Tryst, which is the first book in the Xeno Tryst Duology.

Sierra lives on the beautiful Lake Serenity, near the Superior Mountains on the planet Asparr Celtarious. She is the vocalist for the symphonic metal band Maranadda. Maranadda is based on the planet Red Jacket and she is the only member from off-world.

She has a no-nonsense attitude and is a sexual freedom advocate, especially for relations between humans and Xenolfans. Sierra is very promiscuous and is a bi-sexual swinger in the Lifestyle.

Sierra works for Galactic Emergency Medical Services and does not get along with her unit director, Madison Stephard. There is never a dull moment with Sierra’s job as a Galactic Emergency Medical Technician, where she is always on call to help during galactic disasters. One of Sierra’s first responder runs brings her to an uncharted region of space called the Shardaa Sector to help a seemingly delusional space traveler. While there, she discovers odd feather symbols and passes out after a strange experience.

Sierra owns a one-hundred-year-old fighter ship from the Syrenthian War called Tenebris. She recently had the black fighter ship modified with laser weapons, which helps during an altercation.

Sierra’s best friend is Priscilla Stryderr, who lives on the Syrenthian Government capital of Exandra. Together, they work on two separate speeches for an upcoming Sexual Freedom Seminar held on Red Jacket.

Welcome to the WymerNovels blog. Today, I will continue my blog series about the main characters in each of my books. Be warned that this blog post has spoilers. I will be discussing Shane Aslat. He is the main character of Treasures From Afar.

Shane Aslat is one point eight meters tall. He has long, brown hair and green eyes. Shane wears a long, dangling earring in his left ear. He is a very intelligent and organized man. Throughout his life, Shane has been through many painful experiences. Because of the painful experiences and memories of it all, he is very cautious. Shane was born on the planet Elbi and raised in a poor family. His parents were killed on Elbi in a series of wars, the Telfire Wars. Shane left the planet with an emergency departure ship. During the evacuation, he was separated from his brother. As an adult, he is never reunited with his brother.

Shane has a girlfriend named Shanda who lives on the planet Myrath. For a year, the Galactic Government has denied giving him permits to leave their jurisdiction to see her.

Throughout the story, Shane goes through personal changes to become a better person than he was before and tries to help others along the way.

Welcome to the WymerNovels blog. Today, I will continue my blog series about the main characters in each of my books. Be warned that this blog post has spoilers. I will be discussing Sitell. He is basically the main character of Lightyears III: Ominous Intervention.

Sitell is a bald man who is the descendant of Sintos, the leader of the advanced people from the Kameron Star System in chapter twenty-one of Lightyears. Sitell is the leader of the Yiseth Government in the Regulominuss Galaxy. It is one of three existing governments in that galaxy. He is the inventor of the Galactic Time Portal and the Sitell Field. Both of his inventions help to intervene the ominous, impending doom that is upon the BlueMar Galaxy and the Regulominuss Galaxy—together called Yiblos.

Sitell, along with Jade Thane and Queeab from the other two governments in the Regulominuss Galaxy, helps form the Yiblos Treaty with the three governments of the BlueMar Galaxy.

Sitell quickly falls in love with Merisa Cantin-Istraxx, who is the mother of Destin Cantin.

Welcome to the WymerNovels blog. Today, I will continue my blog series about the main characters in each of my books. Be warned that this blog post has spoilers. I will be discussing Destin Cantin. He is the main character of Lightyears II: Intragalactic Terrorism.

You first meet Destin after the Battle of Shoon. He is a man with light brown hair and is the sole survivor of the battle that takes place at the Great Plain of Shoon in the desert sands of Kas (formerly known as Kaskoon). Destin is the leader of the Civil Resistance’s Kas operations…and the last member left alive on Kas. They were fighting the Immortal Cantin Empire troops (ICE Troops). The empire is ruled by his distant relatives with the same surname.

His father, Thatril, died when he was a boy. His mother, Merisa, left the Civil Resistance and married the leader of the Kaskar Terrorist Organization (KTO). Destin never understood why she did that. He was close to his paternal grand parents, Jerell and Kareen. Unfortunately, they had perished in the Battle of Shoon. He had also lost his sister, Aarin, and his great grandmother, Phasheena, to the murderous actions of the Thisis Militia. The only person he has left on Kas is his wife, Arcacio, and a wolfdog named Cosmos.

Together, they flee to the remote moon of Forestica and hide in a cabin that his grandpa, Jerell, had built. When it is safe, they continue on their journey to meet with the head of the Civil Resistance on Nytoorion. On Nytoorion, at an intoxication joint called Stone Shelf, Destin has an unexpected meeting with his great great grandfather, Roedie Cantin. Together, they help the leader of the Civil Resistance, Remyw Yortis, in the Dark War against the Immortal Cantin Empire and the terrorist organizations that litter the BlueMar Galaxy. After freedom is restored to the BlueMar Galaxy, Destin becomes leader the new Civil Government. Destin and Arcacio have a baby boy and name him Roedie II, after his great great great grandfather.

Although Destin in not exactly the main character in Lightyears III: Ominous Intervention, he still has an important roll. Destin prepares his twenty-year-old son, Roedie II, for leadership of the Civil Government. Destin also helps a man named Sitell to protect the galaxies from impending doom.

Welcome to the WymerNovels blog. Today, I will begin a blog series about the main characters in each of my books. Be warned that this blog post has spoilers. I will start with Roedie Cantin. He is the main character of Lightyears. Although Roedie does share the spotlight with his younger brother, Baas, I consider him the main character because he is present in all three books of the Lightyears Trilogy.

You first meet the blond-haired Roedie at the age of 17. He lives with his father and brother at house number 74, just outside the town of Kanthas on the desert planet Kaskoon. He is close to his brother, Baas. When they were younger, their mom died from the Tabaannaann Plague after it was accidentally released from a canister at the Academy of Sciences in Astossky. Roedie actually attended that same academy to study electronics.

When their father, Olosssky, is taken prisoner by two enforcement agent investigators, their lives are changed forever. They purchase a ship named Zoota 2000 and begin a quest to find their father. During their journey, Roedie finds the love of his life. Tereena is an unexpected surprise for sure.

One major event in Roedie’s life is when he joins the Claderane Resistance and becomes commander of the Galactic Explorer. He is key in defeating the BlueMar Empire’s main realm on Andron. Although I only mention the event in the story, Roedie is married to Tereena at a double wedding with his brother, Baas, and Sepheena. Two years later, Roedie—along with the rest of his family—is sent on a mission to explore uncharted regions of the BlueMar Galaxy. He ends up traveling through time to the Regulominuss Galaxy. It is there that he is involved in yet another war with the Rexxian Empire. On the return flight home to their own galaxy, Roedie and Tereena experience the birth of their daughter, Phasheena. Roedie is assigned one final mission to save the galaxy and has the task of disassembling a powerful bomb called Xalgoma Stride. The end of the book sees Roedie traveling into the future with Tereena.

Although Roedie is not exactly the main character in Lightyears II: Intragalactic Terrorism, he still plays an important role. He enjoys traveling to future time frames with Tereena. They meet their great great grandson, Destin. Providing vital support to the Civil Resistance, Roedie helps to restore freedom to a galaxy full of terrorist organizations and the evil descendants of Baas’s lineage and their Immortal Cantin Empire. Roedie becomes the consort to Queen Tereena of the Obritess Government.

In Lightyears III: Ominous Intervention, Roedie, again, is not exactly the main character, but is still important to the story. We find that Roedie—at the age of 71—writes a book called Adventures of Baas and Roedie, which are actually chapters six through thirteen of the first Lightyears book. Roedie meets with the three leaders of the Regulominuss Galaxy to help form the Yiblos Treaty. Toward the end of book three, we find that it is the wishes of Roedie and Queen Tereena to be buried on the planet Siitap where they first met.

As you can see, we follow Roedie from when he is 17 until he is 71 on adventures that take him through space and time.