Neune: The Delegate

by Cyndie Shaffstall, Gary Loffler

Neune Without a body, the entity is unable to build, to create, or to explore the universe and satiate its ever-increasing craving for knowledge. Relegated to inhabit the atmosphere surrounding its own planet, it existed for thousands of years before the humanoids came. Like neurons of the brain, and so-named by the new visitors, the entity has at last been provided a means of travel-and exploration is now their primary edict.

The Whales Hosted within the bodies of the sky-traveler humanoids, the Neune learns of the Whales, an intelligent lifeform that uses song as the basis of a complex language. It takes more than one hundred years before communication between the two species becomes possible, but in that time a bond is formed between the Neune and Whales. It is a bond of shared interests in the vast universe and the many universes beyond that. Together they seek planets with atmospheres capable of supporting the Whales and a place they can study and learn.

The Delegates As time passes, the Neune and Whales become stymied by hosts who have satiated their own desire to explore. The Neune and Whales despite their alliance cannot advance their mission to establish a Trade Group-the Whales' huge body forms are no more able to build ships than the Neune that lacks physical form.

Desperate, the Neune's first attempts at influencing their hosts are met with disastrous results, but there is new hope in a humanoid race on the planet Earth.

In the final book of the series, Neune: The Delegate is a short story providing you answers to questions you didn't know to ask. Written in first-person narrative by Cyndie Shaffstall, best selling author of Willows: The Creole, Neune will drag you back to the beginning... back to Chaos, and the stories between.

108 pages, Paperback

Published November 27, 2015

About the author

Cyndie Shaffstall, a quintessential entrepreneur in the software industry, wrote her first book in 1992, QuarkXPress: Making the Most of Your Negative Experiences, followed quickly by a dozen after-market computer manuals. In the years since, she has further contributed to the design and business industries as the editor and publisher of X-Ray Magazine and more recently, revealing some of her successful business practices in Small-business Guide to Winning at Web Marketing. Cyndie Shaffstall is a prolific writer of eBooks, case studies, press releases, blog articles, and other online content for her company, Spider Trainers—a provider of automated marketing—and as a contributing blogger to Target Marketing Magazine, among other print and electronic publications. Cyndie Shaffstall is the inventor and patent holder of Sassy Strappings, a fashion accessory. She lives in Denver with her two dogs, Felix Trinidad and Oscar de la Hoya—boxers.