Kindle Edition Amazon Home World the Novel Category:  Science Fiction Publisher: Promontory Press ISBN-10:  9781927559246 Type: Fiction Pages: 513 Copyright: August, 2013 Price: $4.99 (eBook) Action-packed sci fi love story set amid the political intrigue of colliding empires. Centuries of ruinous war have left Earth little more than a dusty tourist world within the star-flung Commonwealth she founded.  Now, amid the ruins of a post-apocalyptic Hawaii, Jezekiah Van Buren has found a way to restore Earth – Home World to the other worlds of the Commonwealth – to her lost glory.  Ingenious by design and ruthless by training, Jezekiah has achieved the impossible: a treaty that will convert Earth's ancient enemies, the Lupans, to her most powerful allies.  Once he has the treaty sealed, it will not only make Earth rich again, but grant him the chance to escape the Ring that marks him as Earth's next ruler.  He will be free to create his own future.  Free to marry Keiko Yakamoto, the warrior-trained woman he loves.  His future and Earth's is assured.  Assuming Jezekiah can convince his xenophobic sister to accept the Lupan's alpha warlord in marriage before she succeeds in assassinating him.  Assuming he can thwart another deadly uprising by the interstellar criminal organization called Ho Tong.  Or before his ruling relatives on competing worlds manage to execute him for treason.    Jezekiah keeps it all under control.  Until his Lupan warlord-partner reaches Earth.  And these two most powerful men suddenly find themselves in love with the same woman.   A woman who just may be the most deadly assassin of them all.       Excerpt The Protector’s shuttle dropped into atmosphere above the North American mainland. It raced its sonic boom west across the steel blue waters of the Pacific until the green ridges of the Hawaiian Islands rose from the horizon like broken dragon teeth. Within the quiet luxury of the Protector’s private cabin, Jezekiah Van Buren leaned forward for a better view. Even this far out, he recognized the misty outlines of Maui and Kauai to the north of the island chain. To the south, he made out the Big Island, Hawaii itself. And Oahu, dead ahead, its outline etched in his heart. Bonnie Milani (2013-09-20T07:00:00+00:00). Home World (Kindle Locations 21-25). Kindle Edition.

Home World Rocks!
I'm going to be honest here. When I picked up Home World, I didn't have high hopes for the book. The premise sounded interesting enough, but I'm a cranky old lady when it comes to science fiction. I want the worlds to be fully fleshed out and the characters to pull me in. I feared that Home World was going to be another we-screwed-up-the-world dystopian fiction with cardboard characters going through the motions to prove how crappy humans really are.

Wow, was I ever wrong.

Home World rocks.

By the end of the first few pages, I was totally hooked. Milani's characters are real people, driven by real (and sometimes conflicting) desires in a lush world - and surrounding universe - that I fully believed. Jezekiah Van Buren's backstory is skillfully woven into the text and rings true. His family members (oh! his family members!) are fascinating in their own right; they're not just foils for Jezekiah. Even the things about the protagonist that I didn't like seemed realistic--for example, his pleasure at thinking that Keiko is a virgin early in the novel exasperated me, but it wasn't implausible.

I found myself wrapped up in an enthralling, steamy story of political and personal intrigue that kept me guessing from one moment to the next. I'm not going to give away any more of the novel; you need to find out for yourself.


Great SciFi!
I got to beta-read this in an early stage and liked it a lot. The story is multi-faceted, and the characters well drawn. How the heck the author managed to made me drool over a hairy dude (Strongarm) - I still cannot fathom :-)
I highly recommend this book to all SciFi fans!

BUY THIS NOW!! (you won't be sorry :)
Awesome book by Bonnie Milani! Great story with well developed characters you will not soon forget. For sic-fi fans, you will really enjoy this book!!!