Balvan, the hero from Dark Strength, is a modified humanoid. He’s part Geminorum Giant, part human and is enhanced to be bigger, stronger, tougher than both species.
Geminorum Giants are, from our human perspectives, aliens – GREEN aliens. Aliens can be any color. They can be blue like Ruby Dixon’s Ice Planet Barbarians or purple like Eve Langlais’ Alien Abduction heroes or a variety of other colors.
Often, however, we envision aliens as being green. The rumors are ‘little green men’ have been abducting humans for centuries. That’s the default color for aliens in fiction and movies.
Green is also the color I associate with giants, thanks to the pea-pushing Jolly Green Giant. The alliteration makes me happy in a silly sort of way.
But there’s a biological reason for Geminorum Giants being green. Their planet is lush with green-colored vegetation. Many of these plants are as huge as Balvan is. Yes, on Carinae E, he sticks out, but on the planet his kind originated from, he would be camouflaged, could hide from predators and from his enemies. His kind has evolved to be part of their environment.
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Dark Strength
The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall.
Balvan, the Refuge’s Gatekeeper, is huge, green, and has a reputation for crushing skulls. He’s a modified humanoid, genetically designed to be the ultimate warrior. One of a kind and considered monstrous by many, he never expects to find his mate, the one female meant for him.
Elyce, snatched from her home half a solar cycle ago, has finally escaped her brutal captors. She arrives at the Refuge barely alive. Only a blood transfusion from the largest male she has ever seen will save her life. But it will also bind her to him forever. Staring up, up, up at him, she wonders why she wants to be free. His gentle touch revives yearnings she thought dead. His lips set her skin ablaze. His massive muscles make her feel safe.
That feeling could be an illusion. Elyce’s captors want their slave back and they won’t stop until they have her. To give his mate her freedom, Balvan might be forced to give up everything he has – his role as the Gatekeeper, Elyce’s love, and his life.
Dark Strength is a STANDALONE Alien SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes violent universe.
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