I'm in love with this book, too. Besides being a great anthology of enjoyable stories, I love the charity the authors are sponsoring. More about that later. My friend Jessica E. Subject is here to talk about her contribution to the story.
The
Secret History of the
Galactic
Defenders
by Jessica
E. Subject
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’s
profits go to
Hero-Dogs.org. Hero Dogs
raises and trains service dogs and places them free of charge with US Veterans
to improve quality of life and restore independence.
Our
donation period ends November 11th 2017 so this is your final days
to buy Embrace the Romance and help support Hero-Dogs.org.
Gib and the Tibbar is the story I have included in Embrace the Romance:
Pets in Space 2. It is part of my Galactic Defenders series about a multi-race
military unit that travels the universe protecting planets and their citizens
from the Erebus. Today, I’m going to share the history of how the Galactic
Defenders came to be.
The Yarwins are an extremely intelligent race that have been around for
tens of thousands of years and live on the planet Yarwa. They are seers as
well, but over the years, that ability has dwindled for many of their kind,
which serves as conflict in some of the Galactic Defenders stories.
Another ancient race, the Gyoun were afraid of the Yarwins intelligence
and abilities. They conducted genetic experiments on their own people to create
a being that would guard their planet from the possibility of attack from the
Yarwins, a being that could also leave the planet and travel by the power of
their sun to Yarwa and attack if the need arose. Unfortunately, these
experiments went horribly wrong. The Erebus creature they created ended up
killing the entire populations of Gyoun before leaving the planet to attack
Yarwa.
The seers saw the attack coming and were prepared. Though, they did
lose some of their population. But, they also noticed that they weren’t able to
kill all of the Erebus. Some of them leaped from the planet to travel on to
another. Knowing what the Erebus were capable of, the Yarwa decided to hunt
them down, prevent them from attacking any other planets.
But the Erebus population grew, and the Yarwa needed help. The Yarwa
met with many of their trading partners to not only form the Galactic Alliance,
but to also recruit help from other planets to create an army of Galactic
Defenders whose mission was to hunt down the Erebus and protect the innocent
from attack. Now, the Defenders travel to planets that are part of the Alliance
as well as planets who aren’t even aware of life beyond their own to protect
them from an Erebus attack.
BLURB:
Gib and the Tibbar
A Novella in the Galactic Defenders Series
By Jessica E. Subject
A dedicated Defender
to the core, Gib is willing to go to any planet the Galactic Alliance sends
him. That is, until he’s sent with his squad to Hemera for their Alorama
ceremony, far from any threat of Erebus invasion and with no chance for
promotion.
Vilarra has lived on
Hemera all her life, working hard in the kitchens of the royal palace until she
achieved lead hand. But learning of the universe beyond her world reveals her
insignificance and shreds her sense of accomplishment and purpose.
With the help of a
furry, little tibbar, Gib is determined to win the affection of Vilarra, prove
to her how significant she is to him and the people who depend on her. But will
his personal mission be cut short before he has the chance to win her heart?
About the anthology:
The pets are back! Embrace the Romance: Pets in Space 2, featuring twelve
of today’s leading Science Fiction Romance authors brings you a dozen original
stories written just for you! Join in the fun, from the Dragon Lords of Valdier
to a trip aboard award-winning author, Veronica Scott’s Nebula Zephyr to
journeying back to Luda where Grim is King, for stories that will take you out
of this world! Join New York Times, USA TODAY, and Award-winning authors S.E.
Smith, M.K. Eidem, Susan Grant, Michelle Howard, Cara Bristol, Veronica Scott,
Pauline Baird Jones, Laurie A. Green, Sabine Priestley, Jessica E. Subject,
Carol Van Natta, and Alexis Glynn Latner as they share stories and help out
Hero-Dogs.org, a charity that supports our veterans!
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’s
profits go to
Hero-Dogs.org. Hero Dogs
raises and trains service dogs and places them free of charge with US Veterans
to improve quality of life and restore independence. **
Our
donation period ends November 11th 2017 so this is your final days
to buy Embrace the Romance and help support Hero-Dogs.org.
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EXCERPT:
A small, furry white
creature scampered between the Defenders and the fire. Gib yanked his feet back
and gasped. He tried to follow the path the animal took, and when it
disappeared into the grassy field, he relaxed a little. Not that he was afraid,
only startled by the sudden appearance of the critter.
But his watch partner
reacted differently. The cowardly Defender stood on his bench, reaching for a
low branch on the ropral tree as if to lift himself farther off the ground.
“What in Gaspra was that? No one told me about any deadly creatures on this
planet.”
Gib laughed and
slapped his hand on his lap. “I wouldn’t call the fluffy little thing that
raced by us a deadly creature.”
“Okay, Hemera is
infested with vermin, then.” Zair examined the area around him before he dared
put a foot on the ground.
A high-pitched squeak
sounded, and Gib’s surveillance partner returned to reaching for the branches.
The little creature stood on its hind legs below Zair’s bench, peeping as if
telling him off.
Gib couldn’t hold in
his laughter. Not just at the other Defender’s reaction, but also the thoughts
running through Zair’s mind, thoughts he’d failed to block in his fear.
“It’s not going to
eat you.” Gib shook his head, wondering how his squad mate could see the
creature as dangerous. “Would you please get down from there? Defenders are
supposed to be brave and fierce. Right now, you’re neither.”
“Go to Gaspra,
Mingot. And stay out of my head.” He yanked his plazer from his hip holster and
aimed it at the critter. “If I don’t destroy it, it will bring death to
everyone on this planet.”
Stepping into the
line of fire, Gib yanked the weapon from his squad mate, thankful the safety
remained on. “You’re being ridiculous. Besides, if you fire your weapon, you’ll
cause a panic. The Hemera will think Erebus have arrived.”
The frightened
Defender shook a foot at the creature. “Fine, then. Kick it into the fire. Or
you could stomp on it.”
“Don’t you dare!” A
Hemera woman burst from the bushes, storming toward Zair like a mother rehn
protecting her young. She shoved him off his bench and shouldered past Gib
before scooping the noisy creature into her hand. “This is my tibbar, not some
kind of vermin.”
“Tibbar? Try nasty
rodent that tried to eat me.” Zair smoothed out his uniform but kept his
distance from the creature now perched on the woman’s shoulder.
“You’re both on
nehbred.” She kicked dirt at them, her pink lips pursed and her dark eyes set
in a deadly stare. “You don’t know what you’re talking about when it comes to
my pet or my planet.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Jessica E. Subject is the author of science
fiction romance, mostly alien romances, ranging from sweet to super hot.
Sometimes she dabbles in paranormal and contemporary as well, bringing to life
a wide variety of characters. In her stories, you could not only meet a sexy
alien or two, but also clones and androids. You may be transported to a
dystopian world where rebels are fighting to live and love, or to another
planet for a romantic rendezvous.
When Jessica is not
reading, writing, or doing dreaded housework, she likes to go to fitness class
and walk her Great Pyrenees/Retriever her family adopted from the local animal
shelter.
Jessica lives in Ontario,
Canada with her husband and two energetic children. And she loves to hear from
her readers. You can find her at
jessicasubject.com.
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