Strive’s Affliction As Seen By Others

By Cynthia Sax on June 30, 2023

In Grin And Bare Him, Grin talks about how Strive lost control of his emotional system and attacked five Palavian warriors.

That IS how that situation could have been perceived, when seen by other beings.

But it isn’t truly what happened.

Strive’s visual system, auditory system, and monitoring systems failed. He surged forward, hoping to reactivate them. And he found himself in the middle of the group of the Palavian warriors (who then proceeded to hack his arms off).

Strive wasn’t attacking anyone. He didn’t correct Grin’s misconceptions, however, because the truth is far more mortifying.


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Strive For Forever


This cyborg seeks to vanquish an ancient entity and save his curvy human female.

Euryale made a terrible mistake. She opened a container she shouldn’t have touched and released one of the oldest lifeforms in existence. That all-powerful entity is now utilizing her as its host body and is slowly draining her energy.

Soon, she’ll die.

Euryale has accepted this fate and is determined to use her remaining moments in the universe to save as many lives as she can.

Her plans do NOT include a smoldering-hot, poetry-wielding cyborg willing to decimate entire planets to save her.

While under the control of the Humanoid Alliance, Strive, a K Model cyborg, disobeyed direct orders and refused to kill on their behalf. If he hadn’t escaped their cruel clutches, his defiance would have led to his death.

The male knowingly risked that fate to save the lifespans of complete strangers.

There is nothing he wouldn’t do to protect Euryale. The curvy human female is his genetic match, the one being he is destined to defend.

And she is in danger.

Strive would break every vow, cross every boundary, risk absolutely everything to keep her from harm.

Including battle a deity no one has ever defeated.

***

Strive For Forever is Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

It features an inspired cyborg, a joke-cracking scientist, and an all-powerful deity with plans of his own.

Pre-order Today:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/strive-for-forever/id6445480449

B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/strive-for-forever-cynthia-sax/1142963331

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/strive-for-forever

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1322272

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Strive For Forever And Enemies-To-Lovers

By Cynthia Sax on June 28, 2023

I was talking with the Dear Wonderful Hubby, telling him how I often write enemies-to-lovers romances but Strive For Forever wasn’t one of those stories.

Euryale holds no animosity toward Strive. And Strive is determined to claim Euryale as his female. Forever.

But then, the Dear Wonderful Hubby pointed out, “What about (X character)? Is that enemies-to-lovers?”

And friends, it kind of IS. It isn’t an enemies-to-lovers romance. But it is an animosity to admiration or, at least, tolerance type of situation.


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Strive For Forever


This cyborg seeks to vanquish an ancient entity and save his curvy human female.

Euryale made a terrible mistake. She opened a container she shouldn’t have touched and released one of the oldest lifeforms in existence. That all-powerful entity is now utilizing her as its host body and is slowly draining her energy.

Soon, she’ll die.

Euryale has accepted this fate and is determined to use her remaining moments in the universe to save as many lives as she can.

Her plans do NOT include a smoldering-hot, poetry-wielding cyborg willing to decimate entire planets to save her.

While under the control of the Humanoid Alliance, Strive, a K Model cyborg, disobeyed direct orders and refused to kill on their behalf. If he hadn’t escaped their cruel clutches, his defiance would have led to his death.

The male knowingly risked that fate to save the lifespans of complete strangers.

There is nothing he wouldn’t do to protect Euryale. The curvy human female is his genetic match, the one being he is destined to defend.

And she is in danger.

Strive would break every vow, cross every boundary, risk absolutely everything to keep her from harm.

Including battle a deity no one has ever defeated.

***

Strive For Forever is Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

It features an inspired cyborg, a joke-cracking scientist, and an all-powerful deity with plans of his own.

Pre-order Today:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/strive-for-forever/id6445480449

B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/strive-for-forever-cynthia-sax/1142963331

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/strive-for-forever

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1322272

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Muse Food – Black Dragonflies And Expectations

By Cynthia Sax on June 27, 2023

When the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I were trekking around Japan, we spotted quite a few predominantly black dragonflies and butterflies.

At first, we didn’t know what they were.

Because, here in North America, there aren’t many predominantly black dragonflies and butterflies. It isn’t a color we tend to associate with those lifeforms.

But in Japan, they’re common.

We have expectations about quite a few things. School buses are yellow, for example. Spring leaves are green, as another example.

One of the things that makes a place or a planet ‘alien’ is twisting those expectations. The trees on an alien planet might have purple leaves. Or the transport for the kiddies might be bright pink.

This is an easy way to tell readers, “Hey, this place is different!”


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Strive For Forever


This cyborg seeks to vanquish an ancient entity and save his curvy human female.

Euryale made a terrible mistake. She opened a container she shouldn’t have touched and released one of the oldest lifeforms in existence. That all-powerful entity is now utilizing her as its host body and is slowly draining her energy.

Soon, she’ll die.

Euryale has accepted this fate and is determined to use her remaining moments in the universe to save as many lives as she can.

Her plans do NOT include a smoldering-hot, poetry-wielding cyborg willing to decimate entire planets to save her.

While under the control of the Humanoid Alliance, Strive, a K Model cyborg, disobeyed direct orders and refused to kill on their behalf. If he hadn’t escaped their cruel clutches, his defiance would have led to his death.

The male knowingly risked that fate to save the lifespans of complete strangers.

There is nothing he wouldn’t do to protect Euryale. The curvy human female is his genetic match, the one being he is destined to defend.

And she is in danger.

Strive would break every vow, cross every boundary, risk absolutely everything to keep her from harm.

Including battle a deity no one has ever defeated.

***

Strive For Forever is Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

It features an inspired cyborg, a joke-cracking scientist, and an all-powerful deity with plans of his own.

Pre-order Today:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/strive-for-forever/id6445480449

B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/strive-for-forever-cynthia-sax/1142963331

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/strive-for-forever

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1322272

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Strive For Forever – First Scene Of The First Chapter

By Cynthia Sax on June 26, 2023

The countdown to Strive For Forever’s release day has started! Woot!

I will be sharing the first chapter while we wait.

Today, I’m sharing the very first scene.

***

Chapter One

The universe was a violent place. There was death and destruction everywhere.

But there were also pockets of stillness, of serenity, of beauty—if a being looked for them.

Rare moments of tranquility could be found in the curve of the one remaining leaf hanging from a soon-to-be fallen tree, in the glorious hues of the last sunset some of Strive’s cyborg brethren would ever view, in a drop of blood on a bedraggled blue flower growing in a Humanoid Alliance training ring.

Those exquisite instances aided Strive in managing his malfunctioning emotional system. They helped him find the calm he required to endure the ugliness.

They had kept him alive during his enslavement by his cruel manufacturer, had fueled his willingness to escape, and, now that he was free, they inspired his works of art.

His fingers twitched. The urge to create, at the moment, was strong.

Praecipua Minor, the wild, lush planet his friend Grin, and Grin’s female, had claimed for her kind—the Praecipuans, almost overwhelmed him with visual delights.

The tour of the not-yet-completed settlement was led by Grin. Strive’s friend waved his hands at camouflaged rooftops and missile-proof walls. He chattered about the materials used and the unique design features. And he beamed while he was doing all that.

The male was proud of his fabrications.

And Grin’s female was proud of her male. Her face glowed.

Strive was happy for his friend. He valued Grin’s skills.

But the nature flourishing all around them impressed him more than the structures being constructed.

The settlement was surrounded by tall, heavily branched, broad-leafed trees. More vegetation grew at the bases of the trunks. A river flowed near the space. The water’s surface reflected the filtered sunlight. The liquid sparkled and burbled.

A large winged creature squawked as it flew over their heads, and Strive’s gaze shifted upward.

The creature’s feathers were an assortment of bright colors – red, yellow, blue, green, and white. Its tail was magnificent and regal and impractically long.

“You’ve installed perimeter alarms.” All Strive’s friend Raw was interested in was battle-and-defense tactics.

Raw’s female’s fingers were linked with her warrior’s.

“We tried to conceal those alarms.” Grin’s female frowned.

The tiny devices were hidden between the ridges on the trees’ bark.

“He’s a cyborg.” Raw’s female rolled her eyes. “He has superior cyborg vision.” Her tone was teasing. “I didn’t see it with my inferior human vision.”

“He’s also stationary.” Grin gripped one of his female’s hands. “And he was looking for them.”

“I’m always looking for them.” Raw lifted his chin. “I’m one of the best warriors in the universe.”

“Arrogance gets warriors killed.” Strive turned his back on the couples.

His friends were lucky bags of bolts. There was one, sometimes two beings a cyborg was genetically compatible with, and they had both found their matches.

He had…no one.

And he might never have anyone. Some cyborgs would never locate their beings.

The sorrow and envy Strive was experiencing wreaked havoc on his mechanicals. His auditory system, always the first to falter, flickered. The sounds around him muted and then returned to full volume.

His visual system, if he didn’t manage his emotions, would be the next part of him impacted. His world would turn dark and silent.

Reaching that state had almost gotten him killed in the past. It would occur during the Humanoid Alliance training bouts. He hated fighting. His loathing of battle would make his emotional system malfunction. That would down his auditories and his visuals.

Strive would be standing in the ring, unable to see or hear, facing an opponent who sought to end his lifespan. If it hadn’t been for Raw’s assistance, he would’ve died in that first solar cycle.

He was determined not to progress to that point now.

Seeking to manage his turbulent emotions, he crouched by a corner post of a structure and focused on the vegetation sprouting through the cracks in the simulated stone.

The plant was unfurling its first set of fragile, bluish-green leaves. That image would be perfect for a cyborg and his genetic match with their newly manufactured offspring. He could fabricate a panel decorated with various vegetation and creature offspring. The material would be a warm hue, a gold-colored metal. He’d outline the images with perfectly-placed projectiles.

“We’ve lost him again.” Grin’s voice lilted with amusement.

***

Read the next scene (available July 3rd) here:

http://tasteofcyn.com/?p=10877


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Strive For Forever


This cyborg seeks to vanquish an ancient entity and save his curvy human female.

Euryale made a terrible mistake. She opened a container she shouldn’t have touched and released one of the oldest lifeforms in existence. That all-powerful entity is now utilizing her as its host body and is slowly draining her energy.

Soon, she’ll die.

Euryale has accepted this fate and is determined to use her remaining moments in the universe to save as many lives as she can.

Her plans do NOT include a smoldering-hot, poetry-wielding cyborg willing to decimate entire planets to save her.

While under the control of the Humanoid Alliance, Strive, a K Model cyborg, disobeyed direct orders and refused to kill on their behalf. If he hadn’t escaped their cruel clutches, his defiance would have led to his death.

The male knowingly risked that fate to save the lifespans of complete strangers.

There is nothing he wouldn’t do to protect Euryale. The curvy human female is his genetic match, the one being he is destined to defend.

And she is in danger.

Strive would break every vow, cross every boundary, risk absolutely everything to keep her from harm.

Including battle a deity no one has ever defeated.

***

Strive For Forever is Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

It features an inspired cyborg, a joke-cracking scientist, and an all-powerful deity with plans of his own.

Pre-order Today:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/strive-for-forever/id6445480449

B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/strive-for-forever-cynthia-sax/1142963331

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/strive-for-forever

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1322272

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Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – June 25th

By Cynthia Sax on June 25, 2023

I didn’t start writing Intrepid Encounter, the fifth core story in the Cyborg Unity series (releasing in November), this week because I received final edits on Strive For Forever (releasing in July)! Woot!

Strive’s story has now been finalized and loaded at booksellers. We are good to go. (grins)

This week, I’ll be sharing the first scene from Strive For Forever. And I am starting to write Intrepid Encounter.

Have a wonderful week, my friends. (big hugs) Smell the roses if you can. (The roses in my garden are starting to bloom.) Watch the clouds as they move across the sky. Wiggle your toes in the grass if that’s possible and safe for you.


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Strive For Forever


This cyborg seeks to vanquish an ancient entity and save his curvy human female.

Euryale made a terrible mistake. She opened a container she shouldn’t have touched and released one of the oldest lifeforms in existence. That all-powerful entity is now utilizing her as its host body and is slowly draining her energy.

Soon, she’ll die.

Euryale has accepted this fate and is determined to use her remaining moments in the universe to save as many lives as she can.

Her plans do NOT include a smoldering-hot, poetry-wielding cyborg willing to decimate entire planets to save her.

While under the control of the Humanoid Alliance, Strive, a K Model cyborg, disobeyed direct orders and refused to kill on their behalf. If he hadn’t escaped their cruel clutches, his defiance would have led to his death.

The male knowingly risked that fate to save the lifespans of complete strangers.

There is nothing he wouldn’t do to protect Euryale. The curvy human female is his genetic match, the one being he is destined to defend.

And she is in danger.

Strive would break every vow, cross every boundary, risk absolutely everything to keep her from harm.

Including battle a deity no one has ever defeated.

***

Strive For Forever is Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

It features an inspired cyborg, a joke-cracking scientist, and an all-powerful deity with plans of his own.

Pre-order Today:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/strive-for-forever/id6445480449

B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/strive-for-forever-cynthia-sax/1142963331

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/strive-for-forever

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1322272

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Pre-Order Blurbs

By Cynthia Sax on June 24, 2023

I’ve listed Intrepid Encounter, the fifth core story in the Cyborg Unity series (releasing in November), at booksellers.

The blurb, like all my early pre-order blurbs, is VERY rough. I’m not yet happy with it and it hasn’t been edited at all. (I can feel my editor wincing. – sheepish grin)

But it gives you a flavor for the story, that it features Intrepid and the Valkyrie and is very much an enemies-to-lovers romance.

They DO battle, thinking those clashes will be to the death and blood IS spilled. (Thankfully, cyborgs repair quickly.)

Intrepid and his Valkyrie give me Vengeance and Astrid vibes.


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Strive For Forever


This cyborg seeks to vanquish an ancient entity and save his curvy human female.

Euryale made a terrible mistake. She opened a container she shouldn’t have touched and released one of the oldest lifeforms in existence. That all-powerful entity is now utilizing her as its host body and is slowly draining her energy.

Soon, she’ll die.

Euryale has accepted this fate and is determined to use her remaining moments in the universe to save as many lives as she can.

Her plans do NOT include a smoldering-hot, poetry-wielding cyborg willing to decimate entire planets to save her.

While under the control of the Humanoid Alliance, Strive, a K Model cyborg, disobeyed direct orders and refused to kill on their behalf. If he hadn’t escaped their cruel clutches, his defiance would have led to his death.

The male knowingly risked that fate to save the lifespans of complete strangers.

There is nothing he wouldn’t do to protect Euryale. The curvy human female is his genetic match, the one being he is destined to defend.

And she is in danger.

Strive would break every vow, cross every boundary, risk absolutely everything to keep her from harm.

Including battle a deity no one has ever defeated.

***

Strive For Forever is Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

It features an inspired cyborg, a joke-cracking scientist, and an all-powerful deity with plans of his own.

Pre-order Today:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/strive-for-forever/id6445480449

B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/strive-for-forever-cynthia-sax/1142963331

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/strive-for-forever

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1322272

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Ripped Bodice’s Summer Bingo 2023

By Cynthia Sax on June 23, 2023

The always awesome Veronica Scott has crafted a post to help SciFi Romance reading buddies play Ripped Bodice’s Summer Bingo.

https://veronicascottauthor.com/2023/06/12/scifi-romance-reads-for-ripped-bodice-store-summer-bingo-2023/

Some of my stories qualify!

PROHIBITION (For SFR we said a prohibition of any kind)

Dark Thoughts – Kralj enforces a no killing rule inside the Refuge, his settlement, which is like prohibition to the kill-happy residents.

FARM

The Cyborg’s Secret Baby – Zebrina, the heroine, tends an agri-lot (farm) as she builds a new life with her son after she believes Stealth, the hero, has died.

PARTY – for SFR we said any celebration connected to a wedding.

Hers To Command – Carys, Ace and Thrasher attend the wedding of two members of Carys’s crew and there’s a big party after it.   

LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP

Seeking Vector – Kasia, the heroine hacks into Vector’s systems and teases him for planet rotations until he hunts her down and they meet face-to-face. 

VIGILANTE SH*T

Raw Desires – Taytu the heroine plans to kill cyborgs to avenge the slaughter of her family.

ALLITERATIVE TITLE

Releasing Rage

CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE

Provoking Odium – There’s a big dance contest and party at the end of the story. Yes, cyborgs do dance.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE NIGHT

Dark Cure – Gisella, the heroine, believes she is having a one-night stand with a sexy alien warrior. Oghul never plans to let her go.

SWIMMING

Taking Vengeance – Astrid, AKA the Buoir Berserker, swims after a heated battle against Vengeance.


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Strive For Forever


This cyborg seeks to vanquish an ancient entity and save his curvy human female.

Euryale made a terrible mistake. She opened a container she shouldn’t have touched and released one of the oldest lifeforms in existence. That all-powerful entity is now utilizing her as its host body and is slowly draining her energy.

Soon, she’ll die.

Euryale has accepted this fate and is determined to use her remaining moments in the universe to save as many lives as she can.

Her plans do NOT include a smoldering-hot, poetry-wielding cyborg willing to decimate entire planets to save her.

While under the control of the Humanoid Alliance, Strive, a K Model cyborg, disobeyed direct orders and refused to kill on their behalf. If he hadn’t escaped their cruel clutches, his defiance would have led to his death.

The male knowingly risked that fate to save the lifespans of complete strangers.

There is nothing he wouldn’t do to protect Euryale. The curvy human female is his genetic match, the one being he is destined to defend.

And she is in danger.

Strive would break every vow, cross every boundary, risk absolutely everything to keep her from harm.

Including battle a deity no one has ever defeated.

***

Strive For Forever is Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

It features an inspired cyborg, a joke-cracking scientist, and an all-powerful deity with plans of his own.

Pre-order Today:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/strive-for-forever/id6445480449

B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/strive-for-forever-cynthia-sax/1142963331

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/strive-for-forever

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1322272

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Backyard To Table

By Cynthia Sax on June 21, 2023

The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I are eating more and more out of the backyard garden. We have green onion tops, radishes, spinach, lettuce, cilantro and other herbs.

We jokingly call it backyard to table, a twist on the farm to table marketing campaign.

And it is SO satisfying. We grew this food! (beams)


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Strive For Forever
(This description is still VERY rough.)

This cyborg seeks to vanquish an ancient entity and save his curvy human female.

Euryale made a terrible mistake. She opened a container she shouldn’t have touched and released one of the oldest lifeforms in existence. That all-powerful entity is now utilizing her as its host and is slowly draining her energy.

Soon, she’ll die.

Euryale has accepted this fate and is determined to use her remaining moments in the universe to save as many lives as she can.

Her plans do NOT include a smoldering hot, poetry-wielding cyborg willing to decimate entire planets to save her.

While under the control of the Humanoid Alliance, Strive, a K Model cyborg, disobeyed direct orders and refused to kill on their behalf. If he hadn’t escaped their cruel clutches, his defiance would have led to his death.

The male knowingly risked that fate to save the lifespans of complete strangers.

There is nothing he wouldn’t do to protect Euryale. The curvy human female is his genetic match, the one being he is destined to defend.

And she is in danger.

Strive would break every vow, cross every boundary, risk absolutely everything to keep her from harm.

Including battle a deity no one has ever defeated.


Strive For Forever is Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

Pre-order Today:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/strive-for-forever/id6445480449

B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/strive-for-forever-cynthia-sax/1142963331

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/strive-for-forever

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1322272

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Cyborgs And Language Skills

By Cynthia Sax on June 20, 2023

Raw, the cyborg hero of Raw Desires, struggles with expressing himself verbally. He is a take action type of warrior and that is how he prefers to communicate – with actions.

Strive, the cyborg hero of Strive For Forever, the upcoming fourth core story in the Cyborg Unity series, in contrast is likely the most adept at words cyborg I’ve written thus far. When he allows himself to communicate freely, he is quite poetic. He paints word pictures. He says the most romantic things.

Raw and Strive are the same model type. Yet they have vastly different skill levels with languages.

I find that intriguing.


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Strive For Forever
(This description is still VERY rough.)

This cyborg seeks to vanquish an ancient entity and save his curvy human female.

Euryale made a terrible mistake. She opened a container she shouldn’t have touched and released one of the oldest lifeforms in existence. That all-powerful entity is now utilizing her as its host and is slowly draining her energy.

Soon, she’ll die.

Euryale has accepted this fate and is determined to use her remaining moments in the universe to save as many lives as she can.

Her plans do NOT include a smoldering hot, poetry-wielding cyborg willing to decimate entire planets to save her.

While under the control of the Humanoid Alliance, Strive, a K Model cyborg, disobeyed direct orders and refused to kill on their behalf. If he hadn’t escaped their cruel clutches, his defiance would have led to his death.

The male knowingly risked that fate to save the lifespans of complete strangers.

There is nothing he wouldn’t do to protect Euryale. The curvy human female is his genetic match, the one being he is destined to defend.

And she is in danger.

Strive would break every vow, cross every boundary, risk absolutely everything to keep her from harm.

Including battle a deity no one has ever defeated.


Strive For Forever is Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

Pre-order Today:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/strive-for-forever/id6445480449

B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/strive-for-forever-cynthia-sax/1142963331

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/strive-for-forever

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1322272

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Muse Food – Peacocks And Who Does The Courting

By Cynthia Sax on June 19, 2023

The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I spotted this magnificent peacock in a community in Florida, USA.

This is a peacock, a male. We didn’t take many photos of the peahens, the females, because they are much, MUCH plainer.

We can tell, at a glance, who does the courting in that species. The males put on a grand show. The females sit back and evaluate.

I think about that when I build alien worlds. Who does the courting? Who has to impress their potential mates? How does that change the dynamic or their appearance or their behavior?


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Strive For Forever
(This description is still VERY rough.)

This cyborg seeks to vanquish an ancient entity and save his curvy human female.

Euryale made a terrible mistake. She opened a container she shouldn’t have touched and released one of the oldest lifeforms in existence. That all-powerful entity is now utilizing her as its host and is slowly draining her energy.

Soon, she’ll die.

Euryale has accepted this fate and is determined to use her remaining moments in the universe to save as many lives as she can.

Her plans do NOT include a smoldering hot, poetry-wielding cyborg willing to decimate entire planets to save her.

While under the control of the Humanoid Alliance, Strive, a K Model cyborg, disobeyed direct orders and refused to kill on their behalf. If he hadn’t escaped their cruel clutches, his defiance would have led to his death.

The male knowingly risked that fate to save the lifespans of complete strangers.

There is nothing he wouldn’t do to protect Euryale. The curvy human female is his genetic match, the one being he is destined to defend.

And she is in danger.

Strive would break every vow, cross every boundary, risk absolutely everything to keep her from harm.

Including battle a deity no one has ever defeated.


Strive For Forever is Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

Pre-order Today:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Strive-Forever-SciFi-Cyborg-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BSMXYHPC

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/strive-for-forever/id6445480449

B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/strive-for-forever-cynthia-sax/1142963331

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/strive-for-forever

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1322272

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