Note: If you have loved ones serving right now, please consider skipping this post.
On this lockdown Remembrance Day, I thought I’d answer one of the questions I often receive from reading buddies – “Do you have to make your stories so dark and violent?”
I write about warriors and war so yes, I DO have to make my stories violent and dark in tone. I believe to skim over the darkness, to minimize the horror of war, how it impacts warriors and others is to dishonor our Earth-based warriors’ experiences and sacrifices.
War is often unfortunately necessary but it IS brutal. I will never forget the expressions on my Great Uncle Frank’s face when he relived moments of battle (you can read about that experience here – http://tasteofcyn.com/2013/11/11/lest-we-forget/ ). I have read accounts of war that give me nightmares years later. It is horrific.
War changes people forever. It impacts relationships. It touches almost all aspects of a warrior’s life present and future. Just as there is no such thing as an ex-Marine, there is also no such thing as an ex-warrior in any other role. The experience stays with anyone (real or fictional) who has endured it.
Our warriors are making extreme sacrifices to protect us, defend us, keep us safe. I would never want to minimize their service or experiences in any way.
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Warlord’s Return
Ariq is a barbarian warrior seeking a war.
He locates that battle when he meets Xareni.
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Ariq is one of Chamele’s top warriors. A genetic predisposition to fighting, paired with intensive training and experience, has honed the scarred male into an effective killing machine. He loves war, can’t live without combat.
The Succession Wars, however, have finally ended and the Chamele sector is now at peace. Seeking excitement and purpose, the barbarian warrior accompanies his Second to the Refuge, an outlaw settlement on Carinae E. He hopes to locate the battle he’s been craving there.
Ariq finds that conflict and more when he meets his fated mate.
Xareni owes the Ruler of the Refuge a favor. That’s the only reason she has returned to the settlement. She doesn’t like crowds or structures or a certain barbarian warrior who insists on following her everywhere. It doesn’t matter that there’s a connection between them, that he makes her burn with desire, that he looks at her with heat in his dark eyes.
She’s a monster and monsters don’t need anyone.
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Warlord’s Return is a STANDALONE Alien Barbarian SciFi Romance featuring a determined barbarian warrior, an equally resolute human female, and an eyeball-eating mini dragon.
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