Fallout: Green Stone of Healing® Series - Book Two

Green Stone of Healing #2

by C.L. Talmadge

Removed from active military duty, Helen clashes with her powerful newfound parent, Lord James Mordecai. During a visit to the Andros farm, the home of Helen's mother, one of Helen's caustic remarks pushes the duke to slap her. Judith Altair, best friend of Helen's mother, arranges a compromise.

Back in Shambhala, Helen asks her kinsman, Lord Justin Atlas, to help decode the pattern of chemicals she has found in samples from the blood of the Exalted Lord, Kefren.

Acting on Helen's advice, Lord Justin declares his love to Lord Matthew Shinar, Helen's best friend from her days at medical school. Lord Matthew returns Lord Justin's feelings.

Lord Justin's father, Prince Enoch, receives secret Temple historical documents containing explosive news about half-breeds and the relationship of one half-breed to the Toltecs' God-King, Kronos. He muses about the possibilities of using Helen once he and Lord James sign a marriage contract.

At the Consort's urging, her nephew, Lord Andrew Palladin, invites Helen to the First Blood ceremony for his newborn son. Helen begs to decline the invitation; Lord James insists that she attend. As a result, Helen is beaten unmercifully by order of the Holy One, head of the Temple of Kronos.

Recovering, Helen meets with Lord Matthew and Lord Justin, whose interpretation of the chemical sequence confirms her own suspicions. She devises a counteragent that brings Kefren out of his stupor. Although the letter from Helen’s mother enrages Kefren, Lord James appeases his monarch's anger and the two develop a political and legal defense strategy.

During a family gathering, Helen saves Lord Andrew from choking to death. Kefren finds out about an experimental procedure she has devised to help Lord Matthew and orders the academics at the Sacred Academy of Kronos, where Helen obtained her medical training, to discuss the merits of the approach and vote on it. Helen is allowed to go forward and finds a second physician to help her.

Right after the procedure, Helen reluctantly attends a gathering of officer school graduates at her father's manor. She makes an unthinking remark that violates military law. Just as he foresaw, Lord James' sense of duty to his office as Lord Protector compels him to discipline his daughter.

While Helen recovers, Maguari the Mist-Weaver reveals her life as Andros, the half-breed son of Kronos, urging Helen not to allow her anger to divide her from the same father in this life. Helen finally submits to her father's authority, although she still cannot yet call him "Papa."

Kefren orders Lord James and Prince Enoch to sign an accord binding Helen in marriage to Lord Justin. The union is a political move designed to bolster Lord James' standing.

Just before Lord James' trial begins, the Holy One unexpectedly orders Helen to be present at the proceeding. Watching her proud father plead for her yet unable to defend her, Helen has a change of heart and, just as Maguari urged, finds the courage to express it.

248 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

This author is also published under Candace L. Talmadge.

Readers who want to be caught up in the collision of politics, passion, and piety are flocking to the Green Stone of Healing® speculative fiction series by C.L. Talmadge. It’s a romantic insider’s tale of how greed and lust for power destroyed all traces of a once mighty nation.

C.L. has been a professional writer since 1976. Nearly three decades ago, she encountered an alternative healing method called Sunan therapy that enabled her to resolve many of her emotional and spiritual wounds. This therapy also helped her become familiar with the intimate link between spirituality, energy, and healing.

Sunan therapy also introduced her to some of her past lives and those of family and friends.Her multi-generational novels are based on two of C.L.'s past lives and the past lives of loved ones and acquaintances.

Under the byline Candace L. Talmadge, she publishes spiritual self-help books that she co-authors with her partner.

Reviews

[LaDonna Harris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fallout by C. L. Talmadge is the second in the mystic (I think that's the correct word) series Green Stone of Healing. I reviewed the first book, called The Vision, here. I loved them both! I lost sleep; I had quit taking books to bed because I was so tired that I was falling asleep before I'd even read a page. Well, C. L. Talmadge has changed this for me. Or at least these books kept my attention well enough that my tired eyes were able to stay open to read "just one more page". One night, my hubby got called out and was gone all night (he's a fire fighter); I read and read and read thinking he would be home "any minute" so I might as well stay up until he got home. Well, I ended up having to go to sleep because he didn't come home for 19 hours! I couldn't read that long, even if I wanted to!

Fallout is the continuing story of Helen Andros and her developing relationship with her new found father. Their relationship is tumultuous at best. It was near disastrous for more than just the two of them! The community and government system in this work of fiction is intricate and fascinating. I won't give you too many details; you'll have to read the book. However, be sure to read The Vision first and explore the website, Green Stone of Healing. On the website you will find more details about the characters, their connections to each other and about the little mysteries that might not quite make sense when reading the books.

You can purchase The Green Stone of Healing books from here and from Amazon.

A copy of this work was given to me in return for my honest opinion.

[Jackie (Literary Escapism) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m actually starting to enjoy this series. When I was reading The Vision, I wasn’t sure about the plot setup and the various characters, but the more I get into the series, the over arcing plot is being fleshed out and it’s dragging me in. I have to say I am not amused at how Fallout ended. It was such an emotional twist that I wanted to keep reading and if I didn’t already have The Scorpions Strike sitting on my desk, I would be hard pressed not to go out and get it tonight.

For my full review, click here.

[C.L.]

I didn't know it until later, but the first draft of my novel, which I completed in 1999, consisted of what ended up as the first two books in my fiction series. This second book was just as much of an emotional roller-coaster for me to write as Book One because it brought back to my conscious awareness additional unresolved issues from my soul memory.

[gj indieBRAG · Rating 5 out of 5]

We are proud to announce that FALLOUT by C.L. Talmadge is a B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree. This tells a reader that this book is well worth their time and money!