Warlord Unarmed – Second Scene From The First Chapter
As we wait for Warlord Unarmed, the third story in the Chamele Barbarian Warlords series, to release on September 17th, I’m sharing the first chapter.
You can read the first scene here: http://tasteofcyn.com/?p=6971.
Today, I’m sharing the second scene.
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Murad reviewed some system changes to a nourishment fabrication facility as his males joked and teased each other.
All Chameles were warriors. It was part of their nature. But most of the inhabitants of the planet Murad ruled were also agri-lot tenders. They grew nourishment for themselves and many other beings in the sector.
It was his duty to protect them, a duty he took very seriously, despite his public façade of being the lighthearted, humor-loving brother.
“There is an incoming multi-being hail routed through Chamele 1, my lord,” the ship’s system informed him.
Murad stifled a groan. It must be his two older brothers, checking in on him. They didn’t trust him to rule his own planet.
“Quiet.” He gave that order to his warriors and they immediately complied, a hush falling over the bridge. “Secure the line.” Technology was his strength, not his brothers’. “And answer the hail, system.”
“Securing the line and answering the hail, my lord.” The robotic voice confirmed that command.
Khan appeared first on his private viewscreen. His scarred face was etched with lines. Those grooves faded as he saw Murad. “You’re alive.”
Berke’s expression was as dour as ever. “He’s alive.” His voice was flat.
“Yes. Yes.” Murad rolled his eyes. “I’m alive.” His brothers’ overprotectiveness was irritating. “I might not be as skilled a warrior as Khan is—” No one in the sector could match the Warlord’s fighting skills. “—but I can protect myself and the beings answering to me.”
Sartaq and his other warriors grinned.
“Tolui stole your ship.” Khan reminded him, his tone dry.
Sartaq, the being responsible for that embarrassing mishap, stopped smiling. The other males kicked his booted feet.
Murad’s face heated. “That was sloppiness.”
There was no other excuse for it. The ship’s security systems hadn’t been activated before his Second had left it unattended.
“Sloppiness in battle results in death.” Berke shook his head. “Return to your most secure location and remain there until you’re told otherwise.”
Murad stared at his brother. That command was highhanded even for Berke. “I’m a Warlord.” He gritted his teeth. “I’m not going into hiding because one of my ships was stolen.”
“This isn’t about your ship.” His eldest brother’s expression grew more severe. “What was that message Tolui sent you, Khan?”
Khan’s gaze lowered. “A brother for a brother.”
“A brother for a brother.” Berke’s head dipped. “Khan killed one of Tolui’s clones. Our enemy plans to kill one of us in retaliation.”
Zondoo. The rebellion whooshed out of Murad. “Send me the message.” He doubted he could track the source. Tolui had hidden his past communication trails well. But Murad would try his best. “That brother could be you, Berke.”
“I realize that.” His eldest brother’s eyes blazed. “I’m already in hiding, as you call it, and will remain there until Tolui is dealt with.”
“And how are we dealing with him?” Murad raised his eyebrows. “We can’t locate him.”
“When he can’t locate you, he’ll come after me.” Khan looked smug. “I’m ready for him.” He extended his claws.
“Or he’ll simply send one of his clones to kill you.” Murad didn’t trust their enemy. “As he did the last time.”
Some of his warrior brother’s bravado wavered. “We’re changing the laws. That clone will have the option to surrender.”
Being a clone was currently punishable by death in the Chamele sector, which meant the warriors in Tolui’s clone army had no option—they had to continue fighting or they would die.
The laws were being amended to ensure the clones had the right to exist. Once those laws were approved, the clones could surrender and live as regular Chameles.
Khan believed that would prompt mass defections, depleting Tolui’s forces, making him easier to defeat.
Murad wasn’t as optimistic as his brother was. Tolui had proven to be a clever and strong adversary and the warriors were his clones. Murad wouldn’t betray his brothers. He doubted the clones would betray Tolui.
“He will try to locate us, to deliver on his message.” Berke appeared even more grim than he normally was.
Of the three of them, Berke had sacrificed the most since the battles for succession had begun. He had found his gerel, the one female he was genetically destined to be with, and had somehow lost her during the war.
Murad suspected the female had died, and with her, all hope of happiness for Berke had perished also. His brother was facing a lifespan of solitude, wouldn’t experience companionship or have children.
Khan would have all that. Every one hundred heartbeats or so, their warrior brother’s gaze flicked off viewscreen, the gleam in his eyes communicating that Zeta, his human gerel, was close. And knowing his brother, the little bounty hunter was well protected.
Murad’s gerel was also safe. He didn’t know much about her, but he did know her name was Gale, she was a friend of Zeta’s, and she was situated far away, in a secure location, within a peaceful sector.
Once Tolui was dealt with, he would retrieve her.
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Read the next scene (available September 2nd) here: http://tasteofcyn.com/?p=6979
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Warlord Unarmed
Protected by the Barbarian Warrior
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Murad, a technology-loving Chamele Warlord, has to track down and eliminate a rogue warrior before that male ends Murad’s reign. Permanently.
When a pieced-together wreck of a ship enters the sector without authorization, Murad assumes it is piloted by an ally of his enemy and decides to blow the battered vessel out of open space.
Then he hears the voice of its sole occupant and his orders and his priorities immediately shift. The captain of the ship is his gerel, the one female he’s genetically compatible with—the light to his darkness, his future, his everything.
He will protect her…even if it costs him his life.
Bounty hunter Gale doesn’t want or need protection. She has entered Chamele space on a rescue mission. A tall, muscular, half-naked barbarian with humor-lit eyes and gentle hands won’t distract her from that purpose, no matter what he tries.
A broken ship and an enemy focused on revenge do interfere with her plans. Gale’s goal changes from saving a friend to saving herself. The only being who can increase her chances of survival is the one Warlord she can’t resist.
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Warlord Unarmed – First Scene From The First Chapter
Warlord Unarmed, the third story in the Chamele Barbarian Warlords series, will be releasing on September 17th.
While we wait, I’ll be sharing the first chapter.
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Chapter One
Murad had found his gerel, the one being he was destined to bond with, the sole female who could give him offspring. He heard her voice in an intercepted communication, had known instantly she was his, his cock hardening, all of him bellowing to claim her.
Before he traveled across the universe and retrieved his gerel, he had to eliminate possible threats to her in the Chamele sector. He and his brothers needed to neutralize their sole remaining enemy.
That would be easier to accomplish if Murad was flying the most advanced warship available and not the obsolete model he was currently occupying.
“Gegeen sent another message.” Sartaq, his second-in-command, relayed that information. “They had to move the ship again. It was blocking manufacturing.”
“If we delay much longer, Head of Ship and Weapons Design will charge me a storage fee.” Murad joked about the situation.
The warriors on the bridge laughed.
It was the third time Gegeen and Renzong had moved the ship.
Murad and his warriors were supposed to take possession of it a shift ago.
But the early-warning system for an academy had failed, and protecting Chamele 3’s children was more important than taking ownership of a new warship. Defeating the enemy and retrieving his gerel would have to be delayed for one shift.
He checked their current location. Their final destination didn’t yet appear on the monitoring systems. On the main viewscreen, yellow vegetation swayed, the tops of the shafts kissing the clear blue sky.
The older warship they were temporarily utilizing was flying at its top speed but it would be several moments before they reached the manufacturing facility.
“Ship, contact Warrior Gegeen.” He instructed the system.
“Contacting Warrior Gegeen, my lord.”
The robotic voice irked Murad. It was a reminder of the age of the vessel.
The system in his previous ship had sported almost human tones. It had been faster, had upgraded defenses, better programming. He clenched his jaw. His enemy, Tolui, had stolen that ship.
“My lord.” Gegeen’s face appeared on the main viewscreen. Renzong stood behind the older warrior. Both males were grinning.
All of his warriors were excited about the new ship. They loved new technology as much as Murad did.
“Fly the ship to the old test field.” Communications should be secure, but Murad wasn’t taking any chances. The warrior knew where that location was. There was no need to send coordinates. “We’ll meet you there.”
That would save time, allow more test flights to occur before Chamele’s solitary sun set.
Gegeen blinked once, twice. “You want me to be the first being to fly the new ship, my lord?”
Renzong appeared as stunned. The entire bridge of Murad’s current ship was deathly quiet. They were all listening to the conversation.
Each of them took turns at flying the new ships. They tested the systems and handling and top speeds, trying to best the previous pilot.
But the order had always been highest to lowest rank.
He, as their Warlord, had always been first. “You will be first, Warrior Gegeen.”
“I’m first.” The male glanced at Renzong.
The other warrior nodded.
“I’m first.” Gegeen’s chest heaved as though he had run a long distance. “I’ll be worthy of this honor, my lord. I won’t let you down.”
“You have never let me down, warrior.” Zondoo. If Murad had known what it meant to the older warrior, he would have relayed that duty solar cycles ago. “I trust you with my lifespan…and with our ship.”
“We will fly it directly to the old test site, land it there, and wait for you, my lord.” Gegeen straightened. “I won’t leave the ship. It will never be unaccompanied.”
Warriors jabbed their elbows into Sartaq’s stomach. Murad’s Second had left the previous ship unattended. That was how Tolui, their enemy, had stolen it.
“We’ll meet you there shortly, warrior.” Murad ended the transmission.
“We’ll never hear the end of this.” Sartaq’s grin belied his grumbled words. “Gegeen will be boasting for solar cycles about being the first to fly it.”
The warriors laughed.
Gegeen deserved any honor Murad could bestow upon him. Like many of the males on the bridge, the older warrior had fought fiercely by Murad’s side during the brutally violent Succession Wars.
They had emerged victorious, their combined efforts earning Berke, Murad’s eldest brother, his rightful place as Warlord.
Berke had then divided the role into three. He’d kept control of Chamele 1, the planet closest to the border of the sector. Khan, the second eldest brother, had been given Chamele 2 to rule. Murad, the youngest brother, had been granted Chamele 3. All of them shared authority over Chamele 4, the hunting planet.
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Read the next scene (available August 26th) here: http://tasteofcyn.com/?p=6975
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Warlord Unarmed
Protected by the Barbarian Warrior
* * *
Murad, a technology-loving Chamele Warlord, has to track down and eliminate a rogue warrior before that male ends Murad’s reign. Permanently.
When a pieced-together wreck of a ship enters the sector without authorization, Murad assumes it is piloted by an ally of his enemy and decides to blow the battered vessel out of open space.
Then he hears the voice of its sole occupant and his orders and his priorities immediately shift. The captain of the ship is his gerel, the one female he’s genetically compatible with—the light to his darkness, his future, his everything.
He will protect her…even if it costs him his life.
Bounty hunter Gale doesn’t want or need protection. She has entered Chamele space on a rescue mission. A tall, muscular, half-naked barbarian with humor-lit eyes and gentle hands won’t distract her from that purpose, no matter what he tries.
A broken ship and an enemy focused on revenge do interfere with her plans. Gale’s goal changes from saving a friend to saving herself. The only being who can increase her chances of survival is the one Warlord she can’t resist.
Pre-order Now:
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07V6LWGT3
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Apple/iTunes:
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Cyborgs And Their Growing Love Of Food
One of the many, many things I love about writing the cyborg series is how their horizons are expanding with each story.
Food is one great example of this.
Cyborgs eat. They recharge their machine side by plugging into energy sources. They keep the organic part of their forms healthy by eating. (They rarely need to drink as that system is mostly closed.)
While the cyborgs were enslaved by the Humanoid Alliance (as they were at the beginning of the first series i.e. in Releasing Rage), they were fed tasteless yet nutrition packed nourishment bars.
That was all they knew. They didn’t realize food could taste good.
They had to eat. It was a task they had to complete. But it held no joy for them.
(Which I find so very sad as I LOVE food. I believe it is one of the great pleasures in life.)
Since the cyborgs have rebelled and are now free, they’re interacting with other beings in a deeper way. They’re finding their females, beings who come from different cultures. They’re traveling. This has exposed them to flavorful fruits and a vast variety of other foods.
They are really liking these new experiences. And because cyborgs share information, ALL of them are being introduced to tasty food.
Eating is becoming a pleasure for the cyborgs.
I’m excited about what this means for the future. I wouldn’t be surprised if, solar cycles and several series from now, there’s cyborg-fusion cuisine.
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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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