Daggers of Darkness, Book #5: "The First Ones" - Chapter-3
# **3** Lilly was awakened first by A'aleen with Naoia by her side. "Wake up now, child. Slowly now..." "\*Moan\* Wha...whatimeisit..." Lilly mumbled. "Time to wake up, dear," Naoia said with a soft smile, keeping a hand gently pressed on Lilly's...
Daggers of Darkness, Book #5: "The First Ones" - Chapter-4
# 4 "_Personal log entry, Terran Standard Date: Unknown; Time: Unknown. We've been in the realm of the unimaginably powerful beings known as the First Ones for...we don't really know for how long. It would seem that time--as we might understand...
Daggers of Darkness, Book #5: "The First Ones" - Chapter-1
# 1 ( **Note:** _The author recommends listening to_"Voices of Namibia"_, by Patryk Scelina [[https://youtu.be/ANBjn5uK8uw](https://youtu.be/ANBjn5uK8uw)].)_ Little by little, consciousness slowly returned to Tanya. At first, there were vague sounds,...
Daggers of Darkness, Book #5: "The First Ones" - Prologue
**Prologu**** e** The Journey _of_ the heart _to_The Heart continues for the crews of _Nightwing_ and _Se'nika_. It has been two years since the crews left Terra and they have had plenty of things happen along the way. They discovered some...
"Daggers of Darkness, Book #4: An Unexpected Discovery", Epilogue
# Epilogue "What heart takes, Heart gives," were the words spoken by the Great Lupin, Char'ena. Indeed so. One's heart of being may be called upon to suffer, or "undergo, experience, endure, sustain loss or damage". Everyone among the...
"Daggers of Darkness, Book #4: An Unexpected Discovery", Chapter-10
# 10 ( **Note:** _The author recommends listening to_ "Guardian Angel"_, by Elias Nilsson [[https://youtu.be/ehRWzT8eLMo](https://youtu.be/ehRWzT8eLMo)].)_ The faint smudge against the darkening eastern sky suddenly became a streak of...
"Daggers of Darkness, Book #4: An Unexpected Discovery", Chapter-9
# 9 "_Personal log entry, Terran Standard Date: 2516-06-20; Time: 1003 hours FCT. We are almost to Chenau-Ri. The Y'Nahrans went on ahead to scout for hostiles while the First One's 'beast ship' has moved in a lot closer. From what Miss Kei'sa told...
Daggers of Darkness, Book #5: "The First Ones" - Chapter-2
# 2 Salen-na'thal Ranarilan and Nar'sena went back into R'Hin's past to the time of the grandfather of the current emperor. Salen-na'thal scrutinized the people surrounding the royal grandparents and parents, and the events--however minor--all were a...
"Daggers of Darkness, Book 4: An Unexpected Discovery", Chapter-5
# 5 Cameron sat with Hauvri'ahn and Arlan in a quiet corner of one of the many food courts on the huge Esba'in Station, contemplating the course of events that had led them to where they were. Since leaving Mars, Arlan had the same dream that his two...
Tangled Vines - Chapter 1
**1** "Well, there it is," William Nicolini announced to everyone in the cabin as he looked out the view port. Mûr Zhæn, homeworld of the Mûr Tua'ansa Star Empire, was growing rapidly in size off the port forward quarter. Cassandra Nicolini,...
Tangled Vines - Prologue
# Prologue In 2513, six months after the Sol Federation ships _Nightwing_, _Shadow Storm_, and _Darkfire_ made their historic voyage to Mûr Zhæn--the homeworld of the Mûr Tua'ansa Star Empire--the Terran embassy was established in the capital city...
"Daggers of Darkness, Book 2, The Heart of Élendor": Chapter-1
# 1 Zhir-Chi'an gave the apartment one last nostalgic look before she shut the door for the last time. For the last six months, she had been on Terra acting as a Diplomatic Cultural Aide, learning everything she could about the people and their...