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Sword and Starship #2
Harbingers
Dame Jessamine is a knight errant with a spaceship for a steed, a woman of science in a galaxy rife with superstition. Follow along as she continues her mission for truth within the barony of Nidaros!
A mysterious crop-withering blight spreads through the barony's soil. The court magicians have blamed two siblings of spawning the crisis through witchcraft. Convinced of their innocence, Jessamine has rescued and now secretly harbors Verahl Naustvik aboard her spaceship. Meanwhile, his sister Thordia flees to the Harbinger, a crashed space station from the distant and more enlightened past.
Approaching the Harbinger is an act punishable by death, but Jessamine won't let that stand in the way of a second rescue. Thordia, and the Harbinger's surviving technological secrets, may be Nidaros' only hope against the blight. Jessamine prepares to embark—only to be betrayed and set upon by vengeful court magicians.
Now, one wrong word or gesture will lead to deadly charges of witchcraft. Jessamine must protect the Naustviks and brave the Harbinger, all while striking a balance between ritual and reason. If she can't maintain the peace long enough to discover a cure for the blight, the entire barony will starve—unless its far-off masters decide to "restore order" with military action first!
Harbingers is Book Two of the Sword and Starship series of science fiction/fantasy adventure.
A mysterious crop-withering blight spreads through the barony's soil. The court magicians have blamed two siblings of spawning the crisis through witchcraft. Convinced of their innocence, Jessamine has rescued and now secretly harbors Verahl Naustvik aboard her spaceship. Meanwhile, his sister Thordia flees to the Harbinger, a crashed space station from the distant and more enlightened past.
Approaching the Harbinger is an act punishable by death, but Jessamine won't let that stand in the way of a second rescue. Thordia, and the Harbinger's surviving technological secrets, may be Nidaros' only hope against the blight. Jessamine prepares to embark—only to be betrayed and set upon by vengeful court magicians.
Now, one wrong word or gesture will lead to deadly charges of witchcraft. Jessamine must protect the Naustviks and brave the Harbinger, all while striking a balance between ritual and reason. If she can't maintain the peace long enough to discover a cure for the blight, the entire barony will starve—unless its far-off masters decide to "restore order" with military action first!
Harbingers is Book Two of the Sword and Starship series of science fiction/fantasy adventure.
462 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 13, 2017
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About the author
Ellis Morning
4 books93 followersEllis has always loved staging adventures in her head before going to sleep each night. When she was twelve, she started putting these adventures on paper.
For the next twenty years, she wrote with varying degrees of seriousness, but always as a hobby. In that time, she fell in love with Mark Twain and Kurt Vonnegut, the original Star Trek series, and Mystery Science Theater 3000. Science fiction became her favorite domain to work in, but she also enjoyed reading fantasy, horror, Western, and detective stories, and incorporating their elements into her own work. One of her favorite things to do was make people laugh.
Ellis denied being a writer for decades. ut then she sold articles to The Daily WTF, and a short story to Analog Science Fiction and Fact. After quitting her full-time job to finish her first novel, it was time to own up to writing as her calling. She's currently having the time of her life penning the Sword and Starship series, and has ideas for many more stories and books to come.
For the next twenty years, she wrote with varying degrees of seriousness, but always as a hobby. In that time, she fell in love with Mark Twain and Kurt Vonnegut, the original Star Trek series, and Mystery Science Theater 3000. Science fiction became her favorite domain to work in, but she also enjoyed reading fantasy, horror, Western, and detective stories, and incorporating their elements into her own work. One of her favorite things to do was make people laugh.
Ellis denied being a writer for decades. ut then she sold articles to The Daily WTF, and a short story to Analog Science Fiction and Fact. After quitting her full-time job to finish her first novel, it was time to own up to writing as her calling. She's currently having the time of her life penning the Sword and Starship series, and has ideas for many more stories and books to come.
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September 10, 2017
This is a fun, fast-paced adventure that will keep you wondering what comes next. The lines between good and evil become almost as blurry as the lines between magic and shipbuilder technology as our favorite Knight Errant stops at nothing to save Nidaros. I felt the thrill of discovery and the pain of loss in this well-crafted story. I can't wait to see what's next.
February 7, 2017
WOW!! I really liked BLOODS FORCE when I read it in 2015 but HARBINGERS knocked me out of my seat. You really took the story and from the first few pages hit 4th gear with a flourish. It took me a little longer to read HARBINGERS than normal as it was in paperback type/format when I printed it out and took a toll on my eyes - thus as much as I was fully into the story you wove, in a most excellent manner I might add, I had to rest a day after ever 1/5th portion. And I was irritated at my weakness as HARBINGERS is the type of story I like to start and never put down until I've finished it.
Your writing has always been more than just really good but I can see your talent in story-telling has improved even more in HARBINGERS than your earlier work; by leaps and bounds!! So much so that waiting for SWORD AND STARSHIP - BOOK 3 is going to leave me in anticipative agony that knows no bounds. *sigh*
Thank you for allowing me the privilege of reading your work. I am forever grateful to you, yours and your talent. Just promise me you won't use the excuse of Lockheed eating your output for any delays to BOOK 3.. *wry grin*
Cheers, my friend,
Steve
Merged review:
Ellis,
WOW!! I really liked BLOODS FORCE when I read it in 2015 but HARBINGERS knocked me out of my seat. You really took the story and from the first few pages hit 4th gear with a flourish. It took me a little longer to read HARBINGERS than normal as it was in paperback type/format when I printed it out and took a toll on my eyes - thus as much as I was fully into the story you wove, in a most excellent manner I might add, I had to rest a day after ever 1/5th portion. And I was irritated at my weakness as HARBINGERS is the type of story I like to start and never put down until I've finished it.
Your writing has always been more than just really good but I can see your talent in story-telling has improved even more in HARBINGERS than your earlier work; by leaps and bounds!! So much so that waiting for SWORD AND STARSHIP - BOOK 3 is going to leave me in anticipative agony that knows no bounds. *sigh*
Thank you for allowing me the privilege of reading your work. I am forever grateful to you, yours and your talent. Just promise me you won't use the excuse of Lockheed eating your output for any delays to BOOK 3.. *wry grin*
Cheers, my friend,
Steve
Your writing has always been more than just really good but I can see your talent in story-telling has improved even more in HARBINGERS than your earlier work; by leaps and bounds!! So much so that waiting for SWORD AND STARSHIP - BOOK 3 is going to leave me in anticipative agony that knows no bounds. *sigh*
Thank you for allowing me the privilege of reading your work. I am forever grateful to you, yours and your talent. Just promise me you won't use the excuse of Lockheed eating your output for any delays to BOOK 3.. *wry grin*
Cheers, my friend,
Steve
Merged review:
Ellis,
WOW!! I really liked BLOODS FORCE when I read it in 2015 but HARBINGERS knocked me out of my seat. You really took the story and from the first few pages hit 4th gear with a flourish. It took me a little longer to read HARBINGERS than normal as it was in paperback type/format when I printed it out and took a toll on my eyes - thus as much as I was fully into the story you wove, in a most excellent manner I might add, I had to rest a day after ever 1/5th portion. And I was irritated at my weakness as HARBINGERS is the type of story I like to start and never put down until I've finished it.
Your writing has always been more than just really good but I can see your talent in story-telling has improved even more in HARBINGERS than your earlier work; by leaps and bounds!! So much so that waiting for SWORD AND STARSHIP - BOOK 3 is going to leave me in anticipative agony that knows no bounds. *sigh*
Thank you for allowing me the privilege of reading your work. I am forever grateful to you, yours and your talent. Just promise me you won't use the excuse of Lockheed eating your output for any delays to BOOK 3.. *wry grin*
Cheers, my friend,
Steve
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