This is the first of five novellas set in a space opera universe I've been working on since 2008. The Fall of the Fated Queen, like the other four in the series, takes place in the generation before the great interplanetary war that rests at the heart of the novel that I began work on back then. These will come out in serial form first and then an anthology book at the end of the year.
Though humanity may have ventured to other worlds, and the people still on Earth are consumed in a posthuman project, there is no escape from the tragedy of great power politics, the search for greatness, and the strong force of fate.
Here we meet our protagonist who finds himself at the crossroads of the three.
The story can be defined by this question:
The first two chapters are done and free. Chapter 1 is below:
The Woman Warrior, a World Away
War is imminent in the eastern hemisphere of Mars. Watching from far away in the great city of Sumgin in the southwest, a successful, but unsatisfied 38-year-old financier sees a beautiful commander leading the great bullies of the east. Might this contradiction give him a clue about the one thing that's always eluded him? Will she be able to show him what true greatness is?
Chapter 2 is likewise here:
The Chieftain and the King
We come face-to-face with the person our protagonist considered the great bully who spurred him to take action a world away. Was his perception accurate? Meanwhile, through her, we see that the crisis in Mars' eastern hemisphere has deepened, and the region is rapidly escalating toward war. However, her further part in the impasse is not guaranteed.
Chapter 3 is done and coming this weekend. I'm working on chapter 4 now. There will be 15 chapters in the serial.
Though humanity may have ventured to other worlds, and the people still on Earth are consumed in a posthuman project, there is no escape from the tragedy of great power politics, the search for greatness, and the strong force of fate.
Here we meet our protagonist who finds himself at the crossroads of the three.
The story can be defined by this question:
Meanwhile, If I had to put it in one paragraph, I would put it like this:
The first two chapters are done and free. Chapter 1 is below:
The Woman Warrior, a World Away
War is imminent in the eastern hemisphere of Mars. Watching from far away in the great city of Sumgin in the southwest, a successful, but unsatisfied 38-year-old financier sees a beautiful commander leading the great bullies of the east. Might this contradiction give him a clue about the one thing that's always eluded him? Will she be able to show him what true greatness is?
Chapter 2 is likewise here:
The Chieftain and the King
We come face-to-face with the person our protagonist considered the great bully who spurred him to take action a world away. Was his perception accurate? Meanwhile, through her, we see that the crisis in Mars' eastern hemisphere has deepened, and the region is rapidly escalating toward war. However, her further part in the impasse is not guaranteed.
Chapter 3 is done and coming this weekend. I'm working on chapter 4 now. There will be 15 chapters in the serial.