The Legacy: Fate Genre: Paranormal/Sci-Fi (or whatever. I still can't figure out what genre to classify it.) Age appropriate: 17+ (I think, there is a mild sex scene in it)
The Legacy is about an alien (LX or Alex for us Earthlings) who spent most of his life visiting and studying planets and their civilizations. From the moment of his birth until he became of age, he studied and prepared for his calling. Now some 407-earth years later, on a routine exploration mission that shouldn't have taken more than a few months, an incident happens, propelling his spaceship a zillion miles away from his original destination. He finds himself stranded on the third planet from a star called Sol.
With only a month or so to repair his ship before he starves to death, he is still confident. He's been to Earth before and knows her people. At least that was before he met Mellie. She is different from the humans he studied, with speed and strength unknown to Earthlings but strangely similar to his own species. Fascinated by her, he decides to use his unfortunate accident to learn more about her and those who called themselves vampires.
For her, he will break rules, his people's rules, until there is no turning back. To protect her, he may have to break the most sacred of them all: Do not kill.
My thoughts: If you're looking for something spotless (grammar and punctuation), this book isn't for you. I admit it; the narrative isn't perfect, although I wished it were. Some people told me it makes the story feel more authentic as it is told in the first person POV by Alex. Strangely, I've come to think of him as a real person, after all, we're both 'aliens'. (He is from another planet, while I am from another country.) Seriously, it may be because I want to believe that there is life other than us in the universe. We can't be the only ones. Can we?
How it came to be? One night my husband and I were talking about TV shows, movies, and books and he made the comment that although we had seen it all on aliens and vampires, we had never seen one that had both together. The next day I sat at my computer and started the three-year long journey. I had both books finished before I published Fate. I am currently revising and editing The Legacy: Destiny, which I expect to publish in early 2014.
The Legacy: Fate is sold on Amazon, SmashWords, Barnes & Nobles, Apple store, Kobo, and other places, but I am always willing to give you a free copy, and no, you don't have to write a review in exchange, but any feedback would be greatly appreciated. The Legacy: Fate
(Official synopsis: When an untimely accident brings Alex back to Earth, the last thing he expected was to fall in love. The survival rules are strict; do not fraternize with the natives. After a betrayal lands him in the hands of the military, he discovers he is not the only one held captive. They are experimenting on vampires. Afraid that his love might be among them, he frees them all as he escapes. Meanwhile mysterious storms are devastating big cities. Soon, they will learn of their origin. Can they put aside their grudge against humankind to save the planet from certain annihilation?)
Genre: Paranormal/Sci-Fi (or whatever. I still can't figure out what genre to classify it.)
Age appropriate: 17+ (I think, there is a mild sex scene in it)
The Legacy is about an alien (LX or Alex for us Earthlings) who spent most of his life visiting and studying planets and their civilizations. From the moment of his birth until he became of age, he studied and prepared for his calling. Now some 407-earth years later, on a routine exploration mission that shouldn't have taken more than a few months, an incident happens, propelling his spaceship a zillion miles away from his original destination. He finds himself stranded on the third planet from a star called Sol.
With only a month or so to repair his ship before he starves to death, he is still confident. He's been to Earth before and knows her people. At least that was before he met Mellie. She is different from the humans he studied, with speed and strength unknown to Earthlings but strangely similar to his own species. Fascinated by her, he decides to use his unfortunate accident to learn more about her and those who called themselves vampires.
For her, he will break rules, his people's rules, until there is no turning back. To protect her, he may have to break the most sacred of them all: Do not kill.
My thoughts: If you're looking for something spotless (grammar and punctuation), this book isn't for you. I admit it; the narrative isn't perfect, although I wished it were. Some people told me it makes the story feel more authentic as it is told in the first person POV by Alex. Strangely, I've come to think of him as a real person, after all, we're both 'aliens'. (He is from another planet, while I am from another country.) Seriously, it may be because I want to believe that there is life other than us in the universe. We can't be the only ones. Can we?
How it came to be? One night my husband and I were talking about TV shows, movies, and books and he made the comment that although we had seen it all on aliens and vampires, we had never seen one that had both together. The next day I sat at my computer and started the three-year long journey. I had both books finished before I published Fate. I am currently revising and editing The Legacy: Destiny, which I expect to publish in early 2014.
The Legacy: Fate is sold on Amazon, SmashWords, Barnes & Nobles, Apple store, Kobo, and other places, but I am always willing to give you a free copy, and no, you don't have to write a review in exchange, but any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
(Official synopsis: When an untimely accident brings Alex back to Earth, the last thing he expected was to fall in love. The survival rules are strict; do not fraternize with the natives. After a betrayal lands him in the hands of the military, he discovers he is not the only one held captive. They are experimenting on vampires. Afraid that his love might be among them, he frees them all as he escapes. Meanwhile mysterious storms are devastating big cities. Soon, they will learn of their origin. Can they put aside their grudge against humankind to save the planet from certain annihilation?)