The Shadows Of Athelon

The Shadows Of Athelon

From the mind of author Qualia Reed comes the complete collection of the science fiction series The Shadows of Athelon. This is the story of a former assassin and royal bodyguard, Esmerelda-09B. After her world is destroyed in the war with the Human Galactic Empire, Esmerelda sets out on a quest to locate the mythical Caliopa Door, the one thing that might reunite her with Kai-Althea, the love of her life, and the princess of Athelon, who died with their world. To reunite with her beloved, Esmerelda must travel across the universe, taking her thousands of years into the future and forcing her to take a leap into the unknown. When Esmerelda wakes up half a million years later, she is the mind of a sentient starship that is being used to fight in another galactic civil war, in a future so remote that even the memory of Athelon is lost to time. Esmerelda must find a way to connect with people again, to build a new life in a galactic society where nothing is the same as the one she remembers.

Return to Shadow

Headstrong and impatient, the young exile Revan Teutevar has his heart set on returning to Athelon. Between him and his ruined homeland, however, lies Vhaleons: a city ruled by corruption and greed. Chasing the threads of a dangerous conspiracy, Revan and his friends soon find themselves entrapped in a game of power and deceit. One false move and their very lives are forfeit. Captain Nikoma is a young woman desperate to prove her worth in a man’s world. She’s a loner, an outsider even amongst her fellow Simarru warriors no matter how well she rides or swings a sword. But war with the Imperium League is at hand, and with it, the chance to step out of her father’s shadow…if she can stay alive long enough to change her stars. With war looming, the west has forgotten about Arund. Even so, the one-time Hero of the Republic of Pel and would-be high king hasn’t been idle. East of the Heimwall, he’s hard at work rebuilding his capital and amassing a motley horde to stake his claim in the growing chaos. If he can hold them all together — fierce Jotun, barbaric Periwaneth and treacherous Emorans — the White Knight could very well make good on his vow to rule all of Peldrin. As shadows fall, everyone has a score to settle. Epic, historical fantasy meets gritty American Western in Teutevar Saga: Return to Shadow Part I.

The Shadows of Athelon