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Taken to the Stars #10
Day of the Zha'-Rath
The Anguilar are scavengers chased out of their own galaxy by an implacable enemy.
It took Charlie and his friends in the resistance two years to finally defeat them in a desperate gambit that was very nearly a suicide mission.
The threat from the Anguilar is gone but the predators who chased them out of their galaxy have followed them here, looking for vengeance.
And the Zha'-Rath will wipe out anyone who gets in their way.
It took Charlie and his friends in the resistance two years to finally defeat them in a desperate gambit that was very nearly a suicide mission.
The threat from the Anguilar is gone but the predators who chased them out of their galaxy have followed them here, looking for vengeance.
And the Zha'-Rath will wipe out anyone who gets in their way.
299 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 12, 2025
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January 20, 2025
Another 5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ installment!
March 24, 2025
Anguilar have been defeated with the destruction of their stronghold moon-sized starship. Those that were saved, mostly women and children, plus the military in orbiting spaceships were directed to the planet Copperell. There they settled but under conditions spelled out by Charlie Travers. The Copperell people were to be freed from slavery and paid a wage if they decided to stay. This was their home planet after all. But, those that didn’t want to stay could go to Waypoint and settle there. Charlie assumed the Anguilar would abide by these rules or else the war would start up again. He had left Danaan and Von-To as the defacto leaders of the remaining Anguilar and they were trying to set up a new governing system.
But, at the end of the last book, you’ll remember Charlie and company got a call from the far distant space of Fillios. They had sent a single message requesting help. Charlie couldn’t understand why they would need his help. The last time he went there, he had seen a system that was loaded to the gills with military starships and defensive platforms. Even their moon had military facilities designed to protect their home planet. He had ask if they could spare what appeared to be a wealth of military might for his rebellion against the Anguilar. They had turned him down with a sharp and definitive, “No!”.
Yet, there was one that did help Charlie. She was Princess Ursula and she had shown Charlie how to find some very ancient starships that were stored long ago in a secret and hidden place. Charlie and his people found those starships and they did a great deal in helping him fight the Anguilar, but that was the only help the Fillios gave Charlie. They wanted to be left alone and not be bothered.
Well, now something had happened and they were asking for help. Charlie had a tough time convincing Laranna, Gib and Chuck of the need to go and find out what was going on out there. What they found was almost beyond comprehension. The home planet of the Fillios was completely blackened. Nothing was now living on what once was a thriving colorful, world full of live. Now it was a blackened ball! How could this have been done? What kind of weapons did the Zha’-Rath, as the message called them, have that could completely devastate an entire planet. They had done the same to the moon. All the orbital platforms were now junk as well as all the starships that orbited the planet. Nothing was alive in this entire system.
Except they did find one single escape capsule. It was weakly sending out a beacon but it was slowly losing power and whomever was aboard was soon going to be dead. They brought the capsule aboard and immediately sent the person inside to medical. Once at medical, she was placed in a med pod hoping they could save her life. Charlie went to medical to see if he could talk to the person and find out just what had happened. He was shocked to find out that the person was Princess Ursula. She was dying and there was nothing they could do about it. She did have just enough energy to tell Charlie that the Zha’-Rath had done this destruction and they would be coming to his galaxy soon. She said he had to stop them, but didn’t know how. The Zha’-Rath had made no demands of the Fillios, just destroyed everything.
So Charlie and his small fleet headed back to their home galaxy and then to Earth. He wasn’t very happy about having to tell Earth’s government of another enemy after just ending the war with the Anguilar. Still, he knew that Earth wasn’t safe considering how powerful the Fillios had been and there was nothing left of them. So, he set up a meeting of all the members of this new alliance which had no name yet, telling them they needed to come under the guise of creating such a government when he really had to tell them they had another enemy!
Charlie has learned that the Zha’=Rath travel in moon-sized starships that seem to have no means of propulsion. He’s seen the results of their weapons, but he can’t imagine how any weapon could exist. He’s soon going to find out. There was one faction of his rebellion that were late to the meeting on Earth. So, Charlie and his group traveled to their home planet to find out why they hadn’t attended. He found out that the Zha’-Rath had arrived and that planet and its species no longer existed! Yet, again, they found a single escape capsule containing a single small boy. He had a story to tell Charlie and something else.
So, this story will continue with a new enemy. We’ll find out more in the next book, “Exiles of the Void”, now available on Amazon.
But, at the end of the last book, you’ll remember Charlie and company got a call from the far distant space of Fillios. They had sent a single message requesting help. Charlie couldn’t understand why they would need his help. The last time he went there, he had seen a system that was loaded to the gills with military starships and defensive platforms. Even their moon had military facilities designed to protect their home planet. He had ask if they could spare what appeared to be a wealth of military might for his rebellion against the Anguilar. They had turned him down with a sharp and definitive, “No!”.
Yet, there was one that did help Charlie. She was Princess Ursula and she had shown Charlie how to find some very ancient starships that were stored long ago in a secret and hidden place. Charlie and his people found those starships and they did a great deal in helping him fight the Anguilar, but that was the only help the Fillios gave Charlie. They wanted to be left alone and not be bothered.
Well, now something had happened and they were asking for help. Charlie had a tough time convincing Laranna, Gib and Chuck of the need to go and find out what was going on out there. What they found was almost beyond comprehension. The home planet of the Fillios was completely blackened. Nothing was now living on what once was a thriving colorful, world full of live. Now it was a blackened ball! How could this have been done? What kind of weapons did the Zha’-Rath, as the message called them, have that could completely devastate an entire planet. They had done the same to the moon. All the orbital platforms were now junk as well as all the starships that orbited the planet. Nothing was alive in this entire system.
Except they did find one single escape capsule. It was weakly sending out a beacon but it was slowly losing power and whomever was aboard was soon going to be dead. They brought the capsule aboard and immediately sent the person inside to medical. Once at medical, she was placed in a med pod hoping they could save her life. Charlie went to medical to see if he could talk to the person and find out just what had happened. He was shocked to find out that the person was Princess Ursula. She was dying and there was nothing they could do about it. She did have just enough energy to tell Charlie that the Zha’-Rath had done this destruction and they would be coming to his galaxy soon. She said he had to stop them, but didn’t know how. The Zha’-Rath had made no demands of the Fillios, just destroyed everything.
So Charlie and his small fleet headed back to their home galaxy and then to Earth. He wasn’t very happy about having to tell Earth’s government of another enemy after just ending the war with the Anguilar. Still, he knew that Earth wasn’t safe considering how powerful the Fillios had been and there was nothing left of them. So, he set up a meeting of all the members of this new alliance which had no name yet, telling them they needed to come under the guise of creating such a government when he really had to tell them they had another enemy!
Charlie has learned that the Zha’=Rath travel in moon-sized starships that seem to have no means of propulsion. He’s seen the results of their weapons, but he can’t imagine how any weapon could exist. He’s soon going to find out. There was one faction of his rebellion that were late to the meeting on Earth. So, Charlie and his group traveled to their home planet to find out why they hadn’t attended. He found out that the Zha’-Rath had arrived and that planet and its species no longer existed! Yet, again, they found a single escape capsule containing a single small boy. He had a story to tell Charlie and something else.
So, this story will continue with a new enemy. We’ll find out more in the next book, “Exiles of the Void”, now available on Amazon.
January 28, 2025
A new enemy with mind control rears their ugly heads....
The Zha'-Rath are a hive race on a revenge mission - but also looking for a planet that is not too advanced to act as its new breeding colony. They 'attack' Filios reducing it to a nonzero event, and it is unclear where they will head next.... the Anguilar Know more about them, but Penny has also come across them before... How so you defeat an enemy that can control your mind...?
The stacks are high as this technologically advanced race attempts to destroy everyone and take over Earth. There is much peril, surprise, adventure, twists, and near death experiences for Charlie and the others as the first assault of the Zha'-Rath begins...
The Zha'-Rath are a hive race on a revenge mission - but also looking for a planet that is not too advanced to act as its new breeding colony. They 'attack' Filios reducing it to a nonzero event, and it is unclear where they will head next.... the Anguilar Know more about them, but Penny has also come across them before... How so you defeat an enemy that can control your mind...?
The stacks are high as this technologically advanced race attempts to destroy everyone and take over Earth. There is much peril, surprise, adventure, twists, and near death experiences for Charlie and the others as the first assault of the Zha'-Rath begins...
June 10, 2025
Xha'Rath intend to conquer the universe.
Charlie and friends battle the invading alien bug forces that are using mind control to achieve overwhelming authority and command of the worlds that are struggling to maintain control of what they had previously managed. But controlling so much in spite of overwhelming forces is complicated as damage and destruction weakens the resistance.
Charlie and friends battle the invading alien bug forces that are using mind control to achieve overwhelming authority and command of the worlds that are struggling to maintain control of what they had previously managed. But controlling so much in spite of overwhelming forces is complicated as damage and destruction weakens the resistance.
October 29, 2025
New Foe
With the end of the war Charlie and Lanna start thinking of settling down. They set up a conference to form a Galactic governing council. That is when they find out that one of the allies has been wiped out. Now an old foe of one of the allies has turned up and wants revenge on the one who engineered their betrayal.
Good Read
With the end of the war Charlie and Lanna start thinking of settling down. They set up a conference to form a Galactic governing council. That is when they find out that one of the allies has been wiped out. Now an old foe of one of the allies has turned up and wants revenge on the one who engineered their betrayal.
Good Read
February 1, 2025
decent book
Unfortunately the woke has started to creep into the series and it’s distracting. People read fiction to escape the woke nonsense, not to be preached at by it.
Unfortunately the woke has started to creep into the series and it’s distracting. People read fiction to escape the woke nonsense, not to be preached at by it.
March 2, 2025
I do need an ending!
I love this series. I think maybe a few more books but that’s about it. The dynamics between the characters are awesome. I really recommend these books!
I love this series. I think maybe a few more books but that’s about it. The dynamics between the characters are awesome. I really recommend these books!
July 4, 2025
Top Notch Science Fiction!
July 9, 2025
I enjoy the series for what it is.
I'm now reading book #11.
I'm now reading book #11.
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