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Testing Truth And Royaume Vocabulary

By Cynthia Sax on September 14, 2020

Princess Nancy, the heroine of Testing Truth, comes from the planet Royaume. Royaume is fairly insular. There isn’t much immigration to or from the planet. Beings have lived there for many, many generations and they tend to stay on the planet. They don’t travel much.

As a result, their culture AND their language is unique. The closest equivalent on Earth would be the fictional culture and language of European fairy tales. Nancy wears a tiara. She doesn’t wear a head decoration. She wears gowns. She doesn’t wear a full body covering. The Ruler of Royaume, Nancy’s biological mother, is a Queen, not a Ruler.

Truth, being a cyborg, adds those words to not only HIS databases but he also shares the information with ALL freed cyborgs. Everyone’s vocabulary is expanding.

I suspect Power will be VERY interested in how Royaume is ruled and the language they use. He seems like a cyborg who wouldn’t mind being a King. (grins)

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

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.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

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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Testing Truth – Stories You Might Want to Re-Read

By Cynthia Sax on September 12, 2020

There are 3 more days until Testing Truth releases! Woot! I can’t wait for you to read this story!

Testing Truth can be read on its own. But I think this story, especially, is much more powerful and meaningful if you’ve read the other stories in the series plus Seeking Vector (the Captain’s story).

Truth, for all his jokes and wisecracks, pays attention to others. He has learned from Chuckles, Doc, Dissent, North, his captain and their experiences with their females. He has noticed, as one tiny example, that some human females like to color their hair. So when his female constantly changes her hair color to match her outfits, he takes that in his stride.

And there is a nod to each of the previous stories in the Cyborg Space Exploration series in Testing Truth. These nods might be slight (like Truth’s comments on hair color) so you might only catch them during the re-read but they’re there. (grins) I had great fun slipping them into the story.

Of course, the Rebel Cyborg storyline builds. That will be resolved in the next stretch of cyborg stories (Containing Malice will release in February).

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

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.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

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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Testing Truth And The Rebel Cyborgs

By Cynthia Sax on September 9, 2020

Some reading buddies have asked if we will learn more about the Rebel Cyborgs in Testing Truth.

YES!

There is a HUGE clue about who is leading the Rebel Cyborgs revealed in Testing Truth. And some alarming revelations around what they’re planning to do.

Power should be afraid, very afraid, but you and I both know he’s too arrogant and too overly confident to be scared. (grins) I am SO looking forward to writing his story (I have to write the first 4 stories in the Rebel Cyborgs series first).

Testing Truth is the end of the Cyborg Space Exploration part of the cyborg series. The Rebel Cyborg section will be next. Will the cyborg saga ever end? That’s doubtful. Sections of it will end. But new sections of it will begin.

And there will be different issues emerging as the cyborgs evolve. The next generation cyborgs aka the freeborn cyborgs will have different outlooks on life and different issues than the formerly enslaved cyborgs, for example.

The Humanoid Alliance also haven’t been sitting on their asses. They are developing new types of devices and new types of warriors. They will eventually want their cyborgs back in their control or they will want them dead. The cyborgs know too much. The Humanoid Alliance won’t allow them to live peacefully…or as peacefully as beings manufactured to fight can live.

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A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

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.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

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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Testing Truth And Images Of Space

By Cynthia Sax on September 8, 2020

Note: Testing Truth, my next cyborg romance, releases in 7 days. There WILL be spoilers posted about this story, especially as I’m not currently on Facebook to monitor this. If you don’t like reading spoilers, consider pre-ordering Testing Truth and then staying away from the bookseller page.

The Dear Wonderful Hubby was teasing me this morning as I was searching through alien planet images, looking for a great one for today’s countdown post. He joked that book promotion was merely an excuse to share images of space and alien planets.

The man is exactly right. (grins) I LOVE looking through space images. They inspire my muse and get me all excited to write. And they’re beautiful. Even if I didn’t have book information to share, I would still look at them.

Stock Art Crafted By And Indirectly Purchased From: grandfailure

One of my favorite artists is grandfailure. I collect grandfailure’s works. Any stock photos this artist posts on the site I frequent, I purchase for my collection.

Do I share them with you? Ahhh… I don’t often do that. I don’t feel right using them with promo. Each image is meant to be seen as a whole. They’re more emotion-evoking that way. Blocking part of the image with my cover or words seems…wrong.

I collect them because they inspire me and make me happy. I share other images because I hope they will make you happy.

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

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.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

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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Testing Truth – Final Scene Of The First Chapter

By Cynthia Sax on September 7, 2020

Testing Truth, the next cyborg romance, releases next week. Woot!

You can read the first scene from the first chapter of Testing Truth here:
http://tasteofcyn.com/?p=7350

This week I’m sharing the final scene of that first chapter.

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“I would do anything to be part of this mission.” Dissent’s female frowned.

Dissent looked at Truth. The warrior didn’t want to quash his female’s ambitions.

And they had to be quashed, unfortunately.

“You can’t explore Nereid Negative One with us.” Truth extracted a straightening tool from a pack placed near the fighter ship. “But you can be part of the mission.” He held the tool out to Dissent’s female. “This is for you, Great Stunner of Beings.”

She clasped it. “Do you want me to hit you with this?”

“That’s tempting, but no, don’t hit me with it.” He grinned and handed Future a similar-shaped tool. “If we are to land on the planet without arousing suspicion, we should modify the fighter ship to look like it is in need of repairs.”

“You want us to rough up the fighter ship.” Dissent’s female gazed at the vessel. “That feels wrong. It’s in perfect condition.”

“Cyborgs optimize functionality. They don’t reduce it.” Future was as hesitant to damage the fighter ship as Dissent’s female was.

“Being blown up reduces my functionality.” Truth grabbed a tool for himself.

He wasn’t hesitant…about anything.

The fighter ship had to be damaged. He wouldn’t pass up this rare opportunity to do so.

“Ayeeee.” He mimicked Victorious the Vanquisher’s battle cry and ran toward the vessel. Using a fraction of his strength, he whacked a side panel.

Metal rang against metal. A dent appeared in the previously smooth surface. Some of its shine dimmed.

He looked behind him, seeking his audience’s reaction.

Dissent’s female and Future gaped at him.

Dissent’s expression was blank.

A second demonstration was required. Truth clobbered a different part of the fighter ship and then another and another, transferring some of his frustration at planet rotations of inactivity onto the panels.

Dissent’s female was wrong. It didn’t feel wrong. It felt great.

She was the first being to join him. The little human tapped at a side panel tentatively and then glanced at him.

“If you don’t have the strength to damage the fighter ship, that’s regrettable, but I understand.” He teased her. “You’re a human.”

“Fuck that.” She beat the fighter ship with the straightening tool. “And fuck anyone who thinks I’m inferior.” The metal rang with the ferocity of her strikes. “Fuck those who question my strength.” Sweat beaded on her forehead. “Fuck beings who tell me what to do.”

“Yes. Fuck them.” Future didn’t moderate the power of his first blow. It would take a team of cyborgs to smooth out the dent he made. “Fuck those who don’t give me a chance.” The tool he wielded swung dangerously close to Truth’s head. “Fuck being stuck on this ship.”

Truth backed away from the fighter ship, watching Future and Dissent’s female as they beat the nuts and bolts out of the vessel. His frustration had been at minimal levels compared to theirs.

“I had a systematic plan for damaging the fighter ship, D Model.” Dissent crossed his arms in front of his chest. “This was not it.”

“This is a better plan, J Model.” Truth grinned at him. “Look at how happy they are.”

“Happy isn’t the word I’d use to describe them.” His friend’s tone was dry.

His female was pounding the shine off a side panel, cursing at it as though it were responsible for all the emotional damage in the universe.

One of Future’s strikes went wild, connecting with the landing gear. A piece of it fell off.

“We need that part if we hope to land the fighter ship.” Dissent glanced at Truth.

“We’ll repair it before we leave.” He was 89.5698 percent certain that was possible. “They’re a human and a cyborg offspring. How much damage can they do?”

The side panel Dissent’s female had been pummeling dropped to the floor.

Her warrior grunted.

Truth laughed, greatly entertained. “This is so much fun.”

***

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

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.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

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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Testing Truth And Family

By Cynthia Sax on September 5, 2020

Many of the planets in the cyborg series have been hard hit by war. (Blast the Humanoid Alliance.) And many of the heroines have lost family members and other loved ones.

That’s not the case with Princess Nancy, the heroine of Testing Truth. She has biological parents – her mother and father, the Queen and King – and she has TWO brothers—the Crown Prince and the younger Prince. She also has a found family. Her Royal Dresser, her Private Secretary and her Royal Guard have cared for her since she was a baby. She views them as her parents also.

When her biological mother, the Queen, assigns Nancy the mission of rescuing her youngest brother, the Prince, it is her found family who accompanies her. Nancy might feel lonely at times but she is never truly alone.

Which, as you can likely guess, suits Truth just fine. (laughs) Our chaos-seeking cyborg is an extreme extrovert and he thrives when he is around other beings. He views Nancy’s huge family as one of the many appealing things about her.

That doesn’t mean they don’t present challenges to his relationship with Nancy, however.

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

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.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

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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Testing Truth – A Perfect Release Date

By Cynthia Sax on September 1, 2020

One of the many things I love about Testing Truth is how it is being released at, what I believe to be, the perfect time to read it.

Truth is a sh*t disturbing, fun seeking cyborg. His story could never be super dark because he’s not a super dark hero. He manages stressful situations with jokes and antics.

Dark things happen in Testing Truth. This IS a Cynthia Sax Cyborg Romance. The death count is…healthy. (sheepish grin) But these situations seem much lighter due to Truth’s reactions to them.

And I think many of us could benefit from a lighter-toned story right now. 2020 has been a tad bit stressful. (laughs semi-hysterically) We need our happy ever afters. We need some of Truth’s chaos, could benefit from his constant quest for adventure and excitement, that escape from the sad.

Did I plan for this?

Nope. I had set the release date for Truth’s story before I shared Choosing Chuckles in March 2019. My skills at foretelling the future are weak. (laughs) I don’t think ANY of us knew what 2020 had in store for us.

Yet Testing Truth, the lightest story in the series, is releasing this month, when some of us need a story like this the most. That feels…destined, magical, meant to be.

That makes me so very happy.

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

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.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

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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Testing Truth – Third Scene Of The First Chapter

By Cynthia Sax on August 31, 2020

We’re counting down the days until Testing Truth, the next standalone story in the cyborg series, releases on September 15th. While we wait, I’m sharing the first chapter.

You can read the first scene from the first chapter here:
http://tasteofcyn.com/?p=7350

This week I’m sharing the third scene of that first chapter.

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“Freed.” North bellowed, shifting the attention on the bridge back to him. The D Model’s restraints retracted. He ran into the next chamber, relaying the footage as he moved.

North’s female lay on a sleeping support. A covering cloth was draped over her form. Her normally spiked black hair had collapsed. Her red eyes glowed.

She cradled a tiny D Model in her arms. The little cyborg thrashed his limbs and wailed at the top of his vocal range, his tiny gray face dark with outrage.

“He’s powerful.” Captain murmured that observation as though speaking to himself.

“My female.” North rushed to his female’s side, scattered kisses all over her pale face. “You aren’t damaged?”

“I’m feeling no pain, my male.” Her voice was soft, which was unusual for North’s warrior female. Doc must have given her excess pain inhibitors. “We have an extremely active and healthy gray-skinned, black-haired, blue-eyed baby boy.” She held up the offspring. “He looks just like his father, but he’s strong like his mother.”

Truth grinned. The female often claimed she was the strongest being on the ship.

That wasn’t the truth, of course. Many of the other beings, himself included, were cyborgs.

But that she processed she was superior in that way entertained him greatly.

“Offspring.” North didn’t respond to his female’s teasing. He dropped with a loud thump to his knees beside her sleeping support. “We have offspring.” He took the little cyborg from her.

The offspring stopped his struggles, gazed up at his father.

“I love you, Victorious.” North pressed his lips to the little cyborg’s forehead. “And I love you, Myrina.” He met his female’s gaze. “That you have given me this happiness, this—” His voice broke.

Envy poked at Truth’s heart. He wanted a female, longed for offspring, desired love, the intense type of love, the kind a warrior felt for a being he would kill for, die for.

But he also felt a deep sense of sadness, of loss, as he watched North with his family. The male’s planet rotations of excitement were over.

Captain hadn’t left the ship and his female’s side since their offspring was manufactured. Truth stifled a sigh. There was a 93.2569 probability North wouldn’t leave the ship now that he was a father.

Warriors met the females genetically destined to be theirs. If they were fortunate. Not every warrior would have that opportunity. They claimed those females, bred with them, manufactured offspring.

And their adventures ended.

Truth would find his female. Not finding her, spending his lifespan alone, wasn’t a fate any warrior desired. But he wasn’t in a rush to locate her.

He craved more thrills, more exploration, more battles, before that happened. His lifespan would be lived to its fullest. Boredom would be banished.

Once he’d sucked every bit of excitement out of the universe, he would search for his female.

Until then, he was free.

***

A planet rotation later, Truth escaped the oohing and aahing over the newly manufactured offspring and focused, with Dissent, on the mission assigned to them.

They perused the available fighter ships, had additional company during that task. Dissent’s female held her warrior’s hand and chattered about offspring, about vessels, about how females could add value to exploration assignments and a certain Captain should realize that fact.

Future, Captain’s fully mature offspring, trailed behind them with a sullen expression.

“This fighter ship has the earliest date of fabrication.” Dissent patted one of its panels.

They gazed up at the vessel. It was in pristine condition, as all the cyborg ships were, was fully functional and much too shiny for their requirements.

“Fighters ships are designed to accommodate more than a crew of two.” Future scowled. “I should have spoken up, not merely sent Father a private transmission. Then you would have supported my request to join the exploration team and he would have relented.”

There was only a 10.2593 percent probability Dissent would have supported that request. Every warrior on the Reckless processed how protective Captain was of his offspring. A prudent warrior wouldn’t interfere in that relationship.

Truth wasn’t a prudent warrior. There was a 79.2584 percent probability he would have spoken on Future’s behalf. The warrior had been training for missions since he was manufactured, was eager to prove himself to his father…and to himself.

And Truth projected he would have found Captain’s reaction entertaining…if he had survived it.

“Dissent supported my request, and it made no difference.” His friend’s female glowered at Future. “Captain, your father, said the mission was too dangerous for human females.”

“I’m a cyborg.” The male stuck out his chest. “We’re built for dangerous missions. The knowledge of millions of warriors resides in my databases.” He tapped his forehead.

“I’ve stunned a being in battle.” Dissent’s female lifted her chin. She was clearly proud of that limited experience.

“You’re fraggin’ fortunate.” Future shook his head. “I would do anything to take part in a battle.”

Captain would sever their skulls from their frames if they allowed his offspring to fight in a battle without his authorization. And Truth hoped there would be plenty of violent clashes on Nereid Negative One. His form vibrated with excitement.

***

Read the next scene (available September 7th) here:
http://tasteofcyn.com/?p=7356

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

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.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

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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Testing Truth – Nereid Negative One

By Cynthia Sax on August 28, 2020

In Testing Truth (releasing on September 15^th), the cyborgs are assigned to explore Nereid Negative One. This is a small outpost planet. Ships stop there for emergency supplies and repairs. Very few beings live on Nereid Negative One permanently. It is covered with gray ash and isn’t a nice place.

As Dissent shares, “The planet is named Nereid Negative One because the first being who stepped upon its surface claimed zero was too generous a designation for it.”

He also adds, “One traveler called Nereid Negative One the place dreams go to die.”

(grins) It isn’t a pleasant place but it IS situated in the cyborg-controlled sector. According to Power’s mandate, they have to explore it.

Normally, the planets in my stories are named after stars. Nereid Negative One, being such a…well…unimpressive planet, is named after Nereid, Jupiter’s third largest moon. Nereid is notable for having the strangest orbit of all Jupiter’s moons and having ice on its surface.

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

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.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

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.

Pre-order Now:

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