Note: This post has nothing to do with Testing Truth, my upcoming cyborg romance release. It DOES have everything to do with current events.
Often, reading buddies will send me messages after ‘good’ warriors in my stories die. They are understandably upset and they sometimes ask me why the death was necessary. They would prefer that no ‘good’ warriors die in my stories.
I would prefer that too—in my stories and in real life. But the nature of battle, of being a warrior, is to face death every day. Sometimes, warriors conquer death that day. Sometimes, unfortunately, death wins. That death could be their own or, more likely, it could be the death of a brethren, a friend, or someone they knew well.
I’ve completed years of research for my stories (I started these studies well before I published my first cyborg romance), had the honor of meeting and speaking with thousands of Earth-based warriors. Every warrior I’ve met has grieved the loss of a fellow warrior.
I feel to not show that in my stories is to dishonor the sacrifices made, the sacrifices being made. It isn’t capturing the true essence of being a warrior and the trauma they endure.
They know when they step onto a battlefield, they or someone they know might die. They have to deal with that and with grief every dang day. It is part of them.
Which is why I’m so fraggin’ sad at the moment. I’m sad that not everyone realizes the sacrifices warriors make. I’m sad that they don’t understand the bravery and strength required from these women and men. I’m sad that they don’t honor and respect the fallen.
To warp a saying from The Mandalorian, that isn’t the cyborg way.
And that isn’t my way. Know that I respect these sacrifices. I value them. They and the fallen will never be forgotten.
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Testing Truth
A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.
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Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts every call of adventure he encounters.
When a prissy little human princess floats into the Rebel structure Truth is occupying, seeking a mercenary to assist her and her unusual entourage, he volunteers to be her warrior. She claims their assignment is dangerous, warns him he might not survive the task.
That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.
Princess Nanette of the planet Royaume must rescue her estranged brother from an enemy prison ship. That is her duty, and she has been trained to always place the needs of her planet and her subjects before her own. Nancy doesn’t have the freedom to indulge her passions for a certain dark-haired, gray-skinned cyborg. Not permanently and not publicly.
But she is unable to resist the warrior. Truth, with his laughing eyes, smiling lips, and rough hands, tempts her as no one else ever has. He could be her one fleeting act of rebellion before she’s matched with the powerful ruler her planet requires.
If they survive their current mission.
Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish to see another sunrise.
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