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Starfallen
They Escaped Extermination. But is Salvation worth the price?
Kairk is the captain of the Tavani, a tribe on the verge of eradication at the hands of their power hungry neighbors. With only their spears and each other, they face down an enemy they know they cannot defeat.
But as they make their last stand, help comes from the sky. Explorers from off-planet buy Kairk’s tribe another day, and offer them the tools to survive. The only problem is they require the tribe’s most sacred relic in return.
Kairk is willing to save his people, but he’s opposed by the person he loves the most. His wife Cora is adamant that giving up the relic means sacrificing the very soul of the Tavani people, and would rather die than allow their identity to be stolen.
Kairk is faced with an impossible decision. Save his people and lose his wife, or risk all their lives and hold to their identity.
Starfallen is the first in a series of novellas by Brandon Clark.
Kairk is the captain of the Tavani, a tribe on the verge of eradication at the hands of their power hungry neighbors. With only their spears and each other, they face down an enemy they know they cannot defeat.
But as they make their last stand, help comes from the sky. Explorers from off-planet buy Kairk’s tribe another day, and offer them the tools to survive. The only problem is they require the tribe’s most sacred relic in return.
Kairk is willing to save his people, but he’s opposed by the person he loves the most. His wife Cora is adamant that giving up the relic means sacrificing the very soul of the Tavani people, and would rather die than allow their identity to be stolen.
Kairk is faced with an impossible decision. Save his people and lose his wife, or risk all their lives and hold to their identity.
Starfallen is the first in a series of novellas by Brandon Clark.
106 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 25, 2019
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March 5, 2022
Kairk, is Captain of the Travani, a primitive tribe on a distant planet. They are the keepers of the Morning Star. He's a warrior and a realist, his wife Cora, however, is a fighter through and through.
The Travani are also, though the knowledge has died over the centuries, the survivors of a great spaceship, the Mayflower, which once left Earth to colonise a suitable planet.
The Travani are fighting a losing battle against other tribes and, just as all seems lost, their skins are pulled out of the fire by fighters from the USS Yukon, a planet-hunting spaceship.
They offer modern weapons, tools and medicine and all they want in return is the Morning Star which, as luck would have it, is made of Rugium (a mineral which allows long-distance space travel).
They also demonstrate that they can just take the Morning Star and will if they have do.
Cora hits the roof while Kairk thinks it through ...
It's a short read and sets the scene for expansion in further episodes. Length prevents plot expansion or character development and it could have done with a tighter edit.
2.5 Stars
The Travani are also, though the knowledge has died over the centuries, the survivors of a great spaceship, the Mayflower, which once left Earth to colonise a suitable planet.
The Travani are fighting a losing battle against other tribes and, just as all seems lost, their skins are pulled out of the fire by fighters from the USS Yukon, a planet-hunting spaceship.
They offer modern weapons, tools and medicine and all they want in return is the Morning Star which, as luck would have it, is made of Rugium (a mineral which allows long-distance space travel).
They also demonstrate that they can just take the Morning Star and will if they have do.
Cora hits the roof while Kairk thinks it through ...
It's a short read and sets the scene for expansion in further episodes. Length prevents plot expansion or character development and it could have done with a tighter edit.
2.5 Stars
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