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As one reviewer said, In Her Name is “a grand story of love, power, sacrifice and good versus evil” that seamlessly blends together epic fantasy, science fiction, and romance as it chronicles the coming-of-age of a young warrior hero torn between love and honor...
Empire
This is the coming-of-age story of Reza Gard, a young boy of the Human Confederation who is swept up in the century-long war with the alien Kreelan Empire. Nightmarish female warriors with blue skin, fangs, and razor sharp talons, the Kreelans have technology that is millennia beyond that of the Confederation, yet they seek out close combat with sword and claw, fighting and dying to honor their god-like Empress. Captured and enslaved, Reza must live like his enemies in a grand experiment to see if humans have souls, and if one may be the key to unlocking an ages old curse upon the Kreelan race. Enduring the brutal conditions of Kreelan life, Reza and a young warrior named Esah-Zhurah find themselves bound together by fate and a prophecy foretold millennia before they were born.
Confederation
Banished from the Kreelan Empire, Reza is once again a stranger in a strange land as he returns to the human Confederation. Befriended by a marooned Confederation naval officer leading a desperate fight against the Kreelans on a distant colony world, she reunites Reza with Nicole Carré. With their help, he fulfills his childhood dream of becoming a Confederation Marine. Reza will need all the help he can get, for dark forces are at work at the heart of the Confederation, and Reza becomes a pawn in a lethal power struggle that leads him back to the planet Erlang. There, a heartbreaking reunion awaits him, along with the discovery of an ages-old power that the Kreelan Empire will stop at nothing to control.
Final Battle
Reza awakens in a hospital on Earth after having been in a coma for months. Charged with murder and high treason, he finds himself the scapegoat for a daring plot to assassinate the President of the Confederation. Escaping with the help of Jodi Mackenzie, who is now hunted for what she knows about the death of the president, Reza discovers that something is deeply wrong with the Empire: the warriors have lost their will to fight. Compelled to step into a trap set for him and Jodi, the two once again find themselves bound for Erlang. But this time it is to meet Tesh-Dar, who has been captured. When Reza and Jodi are taken prisoner and sentenced to death, they can only watch as a human armada gathers for a strike against the Kreelan homeworld. But the human fleet - and humanity itself - will be doomed to utter annihilation unless Reza can reach the Empress in time...
Recommended Reading Order:
Book 1 - IN HER NAME: EMPIRE
Book 2 - IN HER NAME: CONFEDERATION
Book 3 - IN HER NAME: FINAL BATTLE
...or IN HER NAME (Omnibus edition), which contains the complete text of the three books, above...
Book 4 - IN HER NAME: FIRST CONTACT
Book 5 - IN HER NAME: LEGEND OF THE SWORD
Book 6 - IN HER NAME: DEAD SOUL (coming in fall 2011)
Buy it from the US Kindle store or the UK Kindle store!
Note: If you're just checking out this thread, feel free to skip to the most recent posts!
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« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2010, 03:59:45 AM » |
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Finished Legend of the Sword last night. . .excellent as expected. . .solid 4 stars. . . . .really leaves me with questions about how we get from there to the beginning of In Her Name. . . .I guess that's the point. |
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« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2010, 06:33:37 AM » |
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I would just like to add that even if you aren't a science fiction fan.... like me.... you don't want to miss reading these books. I have never enjoyed science fiction and I absolutely loved these books!! They are awesome and you don't want to miss them!! Don't let the Sci-Fi "label" discourage you if that's not your usual genre... these books are excellent!
I'm so glad they've been re-posted for readers who may have missed them from the earlier discussions.
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« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2010, 06:40:38 AM » |
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I would like to ask the author a question. Is the order they are read important, or can I read this collection as individual books?
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« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2010, 12:49:33 PM » |
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Finished Legend of the Sword last night. . .excellent as expected. . .solid 4 stars. . . . .really leaves me with questions about how we get from there to the beginning of In Her Name. . . .I guess that's the point. LOL! All in due time. I was actually going to just finish out the story with one more book, jumping ahead in time to around the time Reza is born. But certain people, whose names will go unmentioned, nagged me into writing more. So there's another book that will hopefully round out the beginning of the war (and will also, I think, introduce another Kreelan priestess, although I suspect she has a bit of a, umm, dark streak from the snapshots I've seen). Then I'll either jump ahead and finish the one I was planning to wrap things up with, or possible do another trilogy (which was also suggested by certain people). So, how it all plays out, I dunno yet!  |
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« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2010, 01:00:38 PM » |
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I would just like to add that even if you aren't a science fiction fan.... like me.... you don't want to miss reading these books. I have never enjoyed science fiction and I absolutely loved these books!! They are awesome and you don't want to miss them!! Don't let the Sci-Fi "label" discourage you if that's not your usual genre... these books are excellent!
I'm so glad they've been re-posted for readers who may have missed them from the earlier discussions.
Big ditto from me. I'm not a scifi fan either, but these books are so much more than scifi. I gobbled them up. I would like to ask the author a question. Is the order they are read important, or can I read this collection as individual books?
I read the Omnibus first since that's how Mike first published it. Then I read First Contact and Legend of the Sword. Didn't hurt my enjoyment at all. LOL! All in due time. I was actually going to just finish out the story with one more book, jumping ahead in time to around the time Reza is born. But certain people, whose names will go unmentioned, nagged me into writing more. So there's another book that will hopefully round out the beginning of the war (and will also, I think, introduce another Kreelan priestess, although I suspect she has a bit of a, umm, dark streak from the snapshots I've seen). Then I'll either jump ahead and finish the one I was planning to wrap things up with, or possible do another trilogy (which was also suggested by certain people). So, how it all plays out, I dunno yet! You gave me a headache. Just finish GMO (easier than The Season of the Harvest) and get back to the Kreelans. You know I'll read whatever you write. |
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« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2010, 01:03:42 PM » |
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I would like to ask the author a question. Is the order they are read important, or can I read this collection as individual books?
Laura - Well, my opinion is that you should read Empire, then Confederation and Final Battle, OR read the omnibus edition (with the blue girl w/sword on the cover), which contains all three of those novels. I think the prices work out to about the same either way, so it just depends what you want to do. Now, those books really bring the overall story arc to a close (sort of like the original Star Wars + Empire Strikes Back + Return of the Jedi). Then you jump back in time a hundred years to the start of the story with IHN: First Contact, and then IHN: Legend of the Sword follows that one. The reasons I suggest reading it that way are that you get a good idea of what the story is *really* all about right up front, and the beginning/middle part of the story is still a work in progress... |
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« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2010, 01:07:40 PM » |
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The reasons I suggest reading it that way are that you get a good idea of what the story is *really* all about right up front, and the beginning/middle part of the story is still a work in progress... I agree with Mike. I don't like to suggest reading a series out of order because I don't want to jump into it in the middle myself, but it works for this series. |
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« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2010, 03:36:16 PM » |
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I agree with Mike. I don't like to suggest reading a series out of order because I don't want to jump into it in the middle myself, but it works for this series.
The only thing to keep in mind after you finish Final Battle (or the last book of the omnibus) and start reading First Contact is that there's a major difference in the writing style. The omnibus is really a love story with a lot of other things blended in; First Contact is more of a military sci-fi story that tells of the beginning of the war. I think you'll still enjoy it, even if you don't normally care for SF sorts of things, but be aware that there's a significant change: the plot and the characters are more event-driven than in the other books. Legend of the Sword focuses more on character development, and through the subsequent books that have yet to be written, both the plot line and the timbre of the stories in each book will change to finally close the loop to match the "feel" of Empire. At least, that's the plan! |
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« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2010, 04:55:03 PM » |
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Wow, they do look interesting! How come I've never heard about these before? Clearly living under a rock hasn't been working out for me. Thanks for cranking out a post with a fair bit of description here!
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« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2010, 05:49:43 PM » |
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Well, I don't post much outside the author threads anymore, so unless someone points out a book, author, or thread to you, you're not likely to come across it. Sort of like a big easter egg hunt! I dunno. If this thread stays fairly active I'll just go ahead and add my other books to it rather than making separate threads... Wow, they do look interesting! How come I've never heard about these before? Clearly living under a rock hasn't been working out for me. Thanks for cranking out a post with a fair bit of description here!
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« Reply #12 on: June 18, 2010, 04:19:44 AM » |
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LOL! All in due time. I was actually going to just finish out the story with one more book, jumping ahead in time to around the time Reza is born. But certain people, whose names will go unmentioned, nagged me into writing more. So there's another book that will hopefully round out the beginning of the war (and will also, I think, introduce another Kreelan priestess, although I suspect she has a bit of a, umm, dark streak from the snapshots I've seen). Then I'll either jump ahead and finish the one I was planning to wrap things up with, or possible do another trilogy (which was also suggested by certain people). So, how it all plays out, I dunno yet! And then he ignored certain unnamed people and went off on a totally different tangent with corn instead.... |
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« Reply #13 on: June 18, 2010, 04:38:18 AM » |
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And then he ignored certain unnamed people and went off on a totally different tangent with corn instead.... Yes, but knowing Mike, it'll be really Kewl Korn. |
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« Reply #14 on: June 18, 2010, 09:52:58 AM » |
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Mike,
don't spread yourself too thin.
Your fans (us stupid) want you writing more books, rather than galloping through the forum too much.
But if multiple threads (one for each book) can market better (like expose you to more people (your writing, not YOU)) then more threads is better.
Just sayin.....
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« Reply #15 on: June 18, 2010, 10:51:30 AM » |
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Mike,
don't spread yourself too thin.
Your fans (us stupid) want you writing more books, rather than galloping through the forum too much.
But if multiple threads (one for each book) can market better (like expose you to more people (your writing, not YOU)) then more threads is better.
Just sayin.....
Yes we want more books, but we also want more people to enjoy your work. Some of us have been around here so long that we forget about the new people that don't know us yet. Spread the joy, Mike. |
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« Reply #16 on: June 18, 2010, 11:26:57 AM » |
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Yes, thank you Gertie.
I would like to figure out how to let all the new members know about the great resident authors that I have "met" and read and whose work I love. It is frustrating to know that the earlier posts are buried in pages of back stuff. And it must be more frustrating for the authors.
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« Reply #17 on: June 18, 2010, 01:42:06 PM » |
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And then he ignored certain unnamed people and went off on a totally different tangent with corn instead.... Yes, but knowing Mike, it'll be really Kewl Korn.
Yeah, what Gertie said! I think you'll like the new one - it's turning into a bit of a rip-snorter... |
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« Reply #18 on: June 18, 2010, 01:55:14 PM » |
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Oh I'm sure I will, I have faith in you, Mike.  But I want more IHN and I want it NOW, dammit!   |
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« Reply #19 on: June 18, 2010, 01:58:45 PM » |
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Oh I'm sure I will, I have faith in you, Mike. But I want more IHN and I want it NOW, dammit! Be nice to him Steph or he'll do something mean and nasty to us! oh, wait, he's almost killed me a number of times already, so.... |
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« Reply #20 on: June 18, 2010, 02:03:54 PM » |
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Hey, I'm being nice. Isn't it a compliment to him that I want more NOW? |
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« Reply #21 on: June 18, 2010, 02:07:47 PM » |
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Hey, I'm being nice. Isn't it a compliment to him that I want more NOW? Okay, maybe I should have said don't be demanding. The flowers WERE a nice touch. |
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« Reply #22 on: June 18, 2010, 02:24:12 PM » |
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Thank you! I figured sucking up while I'm being demanding never hurts.... |
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« Reply #23 on: June 18, 2010, 02:27:05 PM » |
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Yes, thank you Gertie.
I would like to figure out how to let all the new members know about the great resident authors that I have "met" and read and whose work I love. It is frustrating to know that the earlier posts are buried in pages of back stuff. And it must be more frustrating for the authors.
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« Reply #24 on: June 18, 2010, 02:28:37 PM » |
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I figured sucking up while I'm being demanding never hurts....
Be nice to him Steph or he'll do something mean and nasty to us!
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