Facades

Defender of the Empire #2

by Catherine Beery

My name is Rylynn Sinclair, and I have survived the Admiral’s Challenge and my first month at the Legion Fleet Academy. I was even made a crewman, along with my friends, stationed on the Hail Mary. I was moving up in life and my focus was on the future.

Unfortunately, my past wasn’t finished with me.

It all started with Ace showing up in my room talking with my roommate, and the letter he had. From that point on, everything in my life started to pull me back to Colony Lenti and the secrets that surrounded it. It is truly bizarre to find out you know so little about your own home—that you had been naively believing all the facades were real. Somehow, I still had to figure out how to save my Spectral from ex-Admiral Knight.

Armed with only questions, I found myself back where I had started and thrust into the arms of an enemy I hadn’t even known I had…

Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult, Space Opera, Space

176 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 28, 2014

About the author

I am a full time author. My family is awesome and all of them are storytellers in their own ways. My mom is a very talented woman when it comes to art and music. My sister is the athletic one of the family. She is also a budding artist and writer. My dad is a pastor, computer geek, and (yes) an author.

I personally love playing the piano and reading. And, as with any avid reader, I also love writing.

For me, writing is a way to dream with my eyes open. I discover these beautiful and dynamic worlds that challenge me to discover all their secrets. The characters are mostly very gracious about letting me step into their shoes. Others... oh, others are more challenging. These are the mysterious ones that keep me curious and always wondering what they are going to do next. Because, you see, they ALWAYS turn around and surprise me with something I was not expecting. Things that I should have guessed at a long time ago, but didn't. It's thrilling when the pieces click into place.

I want to thank my family for allowing me to talk their ears off about some world I discovered.

Reviews

[Bill · Rating 2 out of 5]

An OK YA story with good action and engaging characters, though very much like young teens. Much better editing than “Cadet”.

[Jim Kratzok · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good sequel. The story continues to be interesting and has some neat twists. The naming of the blades made by the Betrayer is a little weak as are the names of some of the L'uf also known as the Dog people. Seriously, Fydo? Dukio? I just rolled my eyes and kept reading.