Khambalians look similar to this except their hair, skin, eyes, etc. are metallic gold and they radiate light.
I adhere to the common ancestor theory for my aliens (we all originate from the same beings). This means I use Earth languages as a basis for my alien languages.
(One of the other reasons I use Earth languages is it is more helpful for us to learn words in an existing language we might actually use in day-to-day life than a fictional language we’ll never use again. Plus languages here on Earth change and disappear every day. There’s an article about that here – https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/04/15/dying_languages_scientists_fret_as_one_disappears_every_14_days.html Incorporating these languages into my stories is one small way I can preserve them.)
The Khambalians, the alien beings in Doc’s Orders, speak a variation of Finnish.
Why Finnish?
The Khambalians are similar to the Elves in The Lord Of The Rings. They have pointed ears. They’re in tune with nature, living in the trees. They glow and are graceful.
Quenya, one of Tolkien’s elf languages, is based on Finnish. It made sense for me that the Khambalians’ language would have the same base.
Do you need to have a knowledge of Finnish to enjoy Doc’s Orders?
Of course not.
The Finnish-based alien language in Doc’s Orders is only used for the names of animals and beings native to Khambalia 5.
Those wouldn’t be translated to English or, in the cyborgs’ case, to the universal language.
The heroine’s sister, for example, is called Sisko, which is roughly the Finnish translation for sister. Yes, that’s one of my many jokes. I often name beings for who they are. It wouldn’t make sense for Doc, our cyborg hero, to call Sisko Sister. That isn’t her name OR her connection to him.
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Doc’s Orders
She wants both sides of her cyborg—the medic AND the beast.
A fully functional cyborg is balanced. His machine half and his organic half work together to produce the perfect warrior.
Doc isn’t fully functional.
The G Model operates at the two extremes. When his machine is in complete control, he’s the logic-driven medic, saving lifespans. Once his organics take charge, he becomes the savage beast…and beings die.
Both sides of Doc want to be the first to claim his female.
Allinen is one of the few beings in her small settlement who wasn’t born with a fated mate. Determined to belong somewhere, she has crafted a plan to leave the planet.
That plan doesn’t involve a huge stormy-eyed male who alternates between cool seduction and out-of-control ravishment. Doc isn’t her fated mate. Allinen knows that. But his dual nature and forbidden embraces tempt her to forget forever and indulge in more immediate delights.
Neither side of Doc views their relationship as being temporary. Her conflicted cyborg is prepared to battle her family, her planet and death itself to keep her.
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