Doc’s Orders And The Meaning Of Allinen’s Name

By Cynthia Sax on June 22, 2019

Allinen is the heroine of Doc’s Orders.

Her full name is Kapinallinen, which roughly means rebellious or rebel.

(That’s a long name so her loved ones call her Allinen.)

Allinen is an outcast in her community.

Khambalians are born with a fated mate. Everything in their society revolves around this bond. There are training sessions, elaborate lifespan-long ceremonies, mate-required leadership roles.

Our heroine, however, isn’t genetically compatible with anyone in her settlement, the only group of Khambalians on her planet.

She doesn’t fit in. She can’t hold a role. She doesn’t serve a purpose. She’s seen as being damaged and very few beings want to associate with her.

All traditional routes to happiness, to belonging are closed to her so she has no choice but to rebel, to find her own unique path.

That path leads her to Doc.

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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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Doc’s Orders And The Khambalian Language

By Cynthia Sax on June 21, 2019

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.

Pre-order Now:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Docs-Orders-Cyborg-Space-Exploration-ebook/dp/B07RML2WG1

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Docs-Orders-Cyborg-Space-Exploration-ebook/dp/B07RML2WG1

Apple/iTunes:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/docs-orders/id1463105812

B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/docs-orders-cynthia-sax/1131529760

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/doc-s-orders

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/938342

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Doc’s Orders And Khambalia 5

By Cynthia Sax on June 20, 2019

Doc’s Orders is set on Khambalia 5, a planet in the cyborg’s sector. Khambalia 5’s fragmented crust is constantly shifting. This creates lava pockets. Pressure builds and lava spurts out of the ground, similar to our volcanoes here on Earth. The lava pockets make landing on the planet extremely dangerous.

The air on Khambalia 5 is toxic to humans. The local humanoids and creatures have adapted to it. Many visitors, however, become sick and die. Not many of them last long on the planet.

Khambalia 5 is a nod to Khambalia, a very real star in our universe. The Bayer Name is Lambda Virginis. Khambalia is a blue main sequence star and is situated 186.49 light years from Earth. It can often be seen with the naked eye. You don’t need a telescope or binoculars to see it.

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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.

Pre-order Now:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Docs-Orders-Cyborg-Space-Exploration-ebook/dp/B07RML2WG1

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Docs-Orders-Cyborg-Space-Exploration-ebook/dp/B07RML2WG1

Apple/iTunes:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/docs-orders/id1463105812

B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/docs-orders-cynthia-sax/1131529760

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/doc-s-orders

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/938342

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