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Captain: The Domici War: Al
Thirteen year old Gray is the best rider and fencer on her team. The garden planet Garradh hosts their next competition but Gray must step aboard the one ship that terrifies her. Tomboy Al flunked zero gravity sword-fighting and now she's moving away from all her friends. Coach feels Garradh will be an easy win; Al hopes she can pressure seal her feelings and kick them into deep space. No one expected pirates. A friend in need, a failed rescue, and now the team is bound for the slave market on Draku. Gray must convince a stranger to risk his life while she battles for her own survival. Al has to fight where there are no rules and win before her brother dies. When all you have is each other, is that enough?
263 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 1, 2020
About the author
Leam Hall
7 books8 followersI write Coming of Age YA SciFi with a Christian Warrior Ethos.
That's the "official" term, anyway. The reality is that an over-confident backworld tomboy wanted to be special; to be somebody. I wrote her story. She was a bit miffed that I included things her parents weren't supposed to know, but she got over it when she found out the truth about her semi-weird family. Took her a while to get used to the really weird other family on another planet. It took her even longer to figure out the Mad Knitter, but that was a good story.
Err...I've been directed to say that "Al is a very good girl at heart, just misunderstood. Loving, kind, and always dutifully obeys." I'm specifically forbidden mentioning her blowing purple snot out of her nose or her feelings about the best girl on the planet now smiling-when-they-are-together friends with Wilbur. You know, the guy who liked Al. Everybody on the planet, except Al, was quite aware of it. Even Al's dad knew...
Al eventually makes a good choice or two. And that's before the end of the first book, "Agent". Which, honestly, surprised me. Surprised Al, too.
I'd love to go on and tell about how Al grew up to be a wonderful princess-y do-gooder, where her life was blessed and she lived "happily ever after". Al becomes an awesome non-princess woman as she suffers trauma, struggles with PTSD, and sacrifices her mental health to save her friends. Her leadership inspires others to greatness.
In the end, broken and dying, she accepts who she really is. I'm honored to know her.
That's the "official" term, anyway. The reality is that an over-confident backworld tomboy wanted to be special; to be somebody. I wrote her story. She was a bit miffed that I included things her parents weren't supposed to know, but she got over it when she found out the truth about her semi-weird family. Took her a while to get used to the really weird other family on another planet. It took her even longer to figure out the Mad Knitter, but that was a good story.
Err...I've been directed to say that "Al is a very good girl at heart, just misunderstood. Loving, kind, and always dutifully obeys." I'm specifically forbidden mentioning her blowing purple snot out of her nose or her feelings about the best girl on the planet now smiling-when-they-are-together friends with Wilbur. You know, the guy who liked Al. Everybody on the planet, except Al, was quite aware of it. Even Al's dad knew...
Al eventually makes a good choice or two. And that's before the end of the first book, "Agent". Which, honestly, surprised me. Surprised Al, too.
I'd love to go on and tell about how Al grew up to be a wonderful princess-y do-gooder, where her life was blessed and she lived "happily ever after". Al becomes an awesome non-princess woman as she suffers trauma, struggles with PTSD, and sacrifices her mental health to save her friends. Her leadership inspires others to greatness.
In the end, broken and dying, she accepts who she really is. I'm honored to know her.
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June 2, 2021
Action packed
Captain is an action packed book that keeps your heart racing! I enjoyed watching Al learn how to become the leader the Creator has called her to be.
Captain is an action packed book that keeps your heart racing! I enjoyed watching Al learn how to become the leader the Creator has called her to be.
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