| Starfire
607pg. |
ISBN: 978-0-9821049-1-0
Starfire is exactly the kind of novel Marcher Lord Press was created to publish. With its non-Earth setting and its non-human cast of characters, a book like this, no matter how well-written, simply has no chance of being published through traditional Christian publishing houses.
So it is with great pleasure that Marcher Lord Press brings it to a host of readers who will celebrate its wonderful uniqueness and amazing story.
Rathe is a late-hatch saurn with something to prove. Someone born into such a low caste has no hope of achieving much of anything in this life--unless he can prove himself as a warrior. Through his own skill and a fortuitous encounter with a massive creature, Rathe seeks to rise through the trials to secure a position within the imperial army.
But larger forces are at work in the world, and Rathe has been chosen for a grand and terrible destiny. Through an enemy invasion, revitalized technology from an ancient civilization, and supernatural entities beyond his understanding, Rathe is presented with an unfathomable choice. No matter what he decides, it seems an empire--or a world--will be destroyed.
And the only things informing Rathe's decision are affection for a small saurin under his care and the admonitions from the mystical representative of a god Rathe doesn't believe in.
This is wonderful, unpredictable science fiction in an original and fully realized alternate world.
Fans of Christian novelist Brandilyn Collins will recognize Stuart Vaughn Stockton as "S-Man" in Brandilyn's popular Kanner Lake series. S-Man's strange novel about dinosaur people is finally getting published--in the real world.
Bonus: Starfire includes an exclusive Kanner Lake congratulatory note signed by the characters in the series.
Starfire is book 1 in The Mending series.
"I have to admit I picked up this book, thinking it was a guy's book. I mean, 'Dinosaurs, for Pete's sake!' It is a tribute to Stuart Vaughn Stockton's writing that within a few pages I was thoroughly enmeshed in his out-of-this-world world. These oddball characters won my heart. When I got to within a few pages of the end, life kept me from finishing. For two days I was in agony, wanting to know what happened! When I finally had the satisfaction of reading the end, I looked at the cover and saw it was book one. Ahhh! I'm waiting for book two."
Donita K. Paul
author of The Dragon Keeper Chronicles |
