Breeder Slave - sequel to The Chalice. 1,000 women, 1,000 alien males.
He was her salvation…or her destruction.
The galactic war between the Chiagan-Se and the treacherous Deg’Nara wages on. The human females Leah and the Irish lass Moira are captured and then abandoned, forced to fend for themselves on a barren planet light years from all they know. Their only hope is Sulas, a fugitive breeder slave, who wants nothing to do with them. Survival is chancy at best, but together, the three embark on a perilous journey to rejoin the Chiagan-Se rebels. But can they survive?
Excerpt
Leah snorted, disgusted. “And what kind of creature am I looking for? I don’t recall him mentioning that.”
Eschel favored her with a wide grin. “She’s a Zostarian….”
Sulas coughed and then turned away.
What’s with that?
“…a young female, practically an infant,” Eschel continued. “I call her Zozzi though she answers to anything. She’s very affectionate and sweet but she hates the Deg’Nara. I suspect she is hiding in the rafters of the storage compartments.” He turned back to the command console. “Just call her name and then say dostia ka.”
Looks like I’m elected to lead the hunting expedition! “And what does dostia ka mean if I might be so bold as to ask?”
“Come here…close enough. She’ll understand.” He spun on his chair. “She’s been hiding for some time and probably hungry by now. I suspect there wasn’t much for her to eat in the cargo hold.”
“Any chance she’s a meat eater…like maybe human meat?” Better get that cleared up before I find out the hard way.
Sulas ignored them, staring at the holographic star chart as though his life depended on it.
“Zozzi eats what I eat,” Eschel said. “But she prefers plants and bugs.”
“Oh great, plants and bugs.” As an afterthought. “What kind of bugs?” Bugs came in all sizes and she herself might be considered a bug in the right environment.
“She will not hurt you,” Eschel grinned again. “She’s a female and much less aggressive than the males can be.” He whistled, the shrill sound long and annoying. “You don’t want to mess with the males.”
Leah sighed, a scrap more relieved but still nervous. “So all I do is go into the cargo hold and call her name and say dostia ka? And then she’ll come to me and it’ll be fine?”
“It will be fine,” Eschel agreed. “But hurry, she’s probably scared…”
Sulas coughed again, the sound suspiciously akin to a chuckle.
“Okay, okay,” she groused before switching to English. “Moira, I’m depending on you to save me if anything happens. I have a weird feeling about this little episode and I don’t trust these two as far as I can throw them.”
Sympathy etched Moira’s baby face. “I willnae fail you,” she vowed with solemn resolve. “If you scream, I will come.”
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I voluntarily received a copy of The Breeder Slave in exchange for an honest review. Breeder Slave takes place an indeterminate amount of time after The Chalice, however, all the players are still there and I get the impression it is between 3-5 years later. The war is still raging and the Home base that the Chiagan-Se thought they would be safe was just raided and turned to dust. In that raid Leah and Moira were taken captive, then dumped on an inhospitable planet to be used as target practice by the evil Deg’Nara.
Sulas, a Breeder Slave, discovers Leah and Moira cowering behind some boulders getting ready to be obliterated by the Deg’Nara. His initial reaction is to leave them and help himself, but is conscience doesn’t let him and he ultimately rescues both, much to his chagrin. They ladies have no means to survive the barren desert they find themselves, and Sulas now has two more mouths to feed, just what he wanted. The three find themselves on a perilous journey, to find the rest of the Chiagan-Se.
The Breeder Slave is a fast-paced science fiction romance, that keeps you reading late into the night. The action and space battle scenes are so vivid it’s like watching a movie. I was transported to another time and place. I really loved every minute of the story and look forward to more from Parker.
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