Change Horizons: Three Novellas (22 page)

Characters

Dr. Gemma Meyer:
CMO in the SC fleet, from Earth.

Dr. Ciel O’Diarda:
druid and herbalist healer from Gantharat.

Kellen O’Dal:
Protector of the Realm, from Gantharat.

Rae Jacelon:
admiral, Protector of the Realm by marriage, from Earth.

Andreia M’Aldovar:
leader of the former Gantharian resistance. Also known by her codename Boyoda.

Tammas O’Mea:
young woman from Gantharat.

Ilias O’Mea:
Tammas’s newborn son.

Tenner O’Sialla:
a male physician from Gantharat.

Tacrosty:
sergeant in the SC marine corps, from Corma.

Lund:
corporal in the SC military, from Earth.

Vesmonc:
major in the SC military, from Imidestria.

Vollenby:
private in the SC military.

Raviciera:
displaced young girl of Onotharian descent.

Pomaera:
displaced woman of Onotharian descent, Raviciera’s mother.

Camol:
from Gantharat, Tammas O’Mea’s husband and Ilias’s father.

Alien Names and Words

Supreme Constellations Unification of Planets:
SC. A sector of home worlds and space stations with Earth at its center.

Gantharat:
a planet outside of the SC, recently liberated after being occupied for twenty-five years by a neighboring people.

Onotharat:
a planet outside of the Supreme Constellation, an all-but-depleted world whose people were forced off the planet they’d occupied and exploited for the last twenty-five years.

Paustenja:
a Gantharian city.

Rihoa:
a Gantharian city.

G’benka:
a Gantharian wild-growing root.

Mirisia:
an area of Gantharat.

Ganath:
capital of Gantharat.

Singuisa:
a Gantharian bush with antibacterial qualities.

Teroshem:
a Gantharian rural area.

Premoni:
an intergalactic language.

Emres:
a Gantharian city.

H’rea dea’savh!:
Gantharian curse words.

Sientesh’ta:
a Gantharian bush that grows in the wild.

Loc’tialdo:
a Gantharian flower.

Siengash:
mountains on Gantharat.

Sien Dela:
a mountain pass on Gantharat.

Bujjadin:
drug dealer.

Henshes:
Gantharian word for “darling.”

Characters

EiLeen Maxio:
former Queen of Imidestria.

King Reidder:
EiLeen’s brother, the former King of Imidestria.

Dana Rhoridan:
captain of the luxury cruiser
Koenigin
.

Tory L’Ley:
commander and next in command of the
Koenigin
.

Mock:
EiLeen’s footman and assistant.

Ewan Jacelon:
fleet admiral in the SC fleet.

Paymé Soth
: head chef of the
Koenigin
.

Mr. Ta’Yans:
a guest aboard the
Koenigin
.

Marco Thorosac:
elected leader of the SC, chairman of the High Council.

Lt. Freya:
helms officer on the
Koenigin
.

Saghall:
ensign on the
Koenigin
.

Dr. Irah:
CMO on the
Koenigin
.

Moi:
undercover servant.

Boransh:
a criminal for hire.

Dahlia Jacelon:
chief diplomat in the SC, married to Ewan Jacelon.

Alien names and words

The
Koenigin
:
a luxury cruiser.

Imidestria:
a planet within the SC.

Cormanian:
from the planet Corma, a planet within the SC.

Revos Prime:
small planet on the SC border where the fleet and military train soldiers and civilians in combat and intelligence operations.

Alpha VII space station:
a multitude of space stations, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, dispersed throughout the SC in three rings. Alpha is the ring closest to the center.

Guild Nation:
a planet within the SC and its newest member.

Imicaloza:
capital of Imidestria.

Sindianah:
a mythical Imidestrian water creature said to live in the sea and occasionally claim the heart of a sailor.

MAFE:
Masking Feature that makes a ship difficult to detect.

Hioros One:
small desert planet known for metal ores.

The
Quistamajar
:
Boransh’s ship.

Begoll:
small mining planet within the SC.

Lindelei:
Imidestrian word for “most beloved.”

 

The Dawning

 

Characters

 

Meija Solimar:
social anthropologist.

Gessley Barr:
engineer at the Exodus project.

Korrian Heigel:
chief engineer at the Exodus project.

Ms. Desomas:
minister of the department.

Col. Rayginnia:
colonel, stationed at the space station.

Belonder:
an engineer at the space-dock.

Toimi:
a junior engineer at the space-dock.

Reeva:
a junior engineer at the space-dock.

Chassine:
a junior engineer at the space-dock.

Nacqui:
inspector, head of security at the space station.

Viasan Jigher:
famous lawyer.

Frolck:
ensign. Mechanic at the space-dock.

Warro:
captain of the space-dock.

 

Alien names and places

 

Oconodos:
a planet. The home world of Oconodians.

Conos:
capital of Oconodos.

LEO:
Law Enforcement Orbit.

About the Author

 

Gun Brooke
(gbrooke-fiction.com)
resides in the countryside in Sweden with her very patient family. A retired neonatal intensive care nurse, she now writes full-time, only rarely taking a break to create websites for herself or others and to do computer graphics. Gun writes both romance and sci-fi. Connect with her on Facebook (gunbach), on Twitter (redheadgrrl1960), and on Tumblr (gunbrooke).

What Reviewers Say About Gun Brooke’s Supreme Constellations Series

 

Protector of the Realm

Supreme Constellations: Book One

 

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“Brooke is an amazing author, and has written in other genres. Never have I read a book where I started at the top of the page and don’t know what will happen two paragraphs later…She keeps the excitement going, and the pages turning.”—
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Fierce Overture

 

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September Canvas
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Sheridan’s Fate

 

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, the lives of these four women become intertwined. In forming friendships and love, closets and disabilities are discussed, along with differences in age and backgrounds. Love and friendship are areas filled with complexity and nuances. Brooke takes her time to savor the complexities while her main characters savor their excellent cups of coffee. If you enjoy a good love story, a great setting, and wonderful characters, look for
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Course of Action

 

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