For centuries, the Eden System has existed peacefully alongside the war-mongering Empire of Earth because the Empire was too far away from Eden to make a difference. After an Empire spy steals Eden's lightspeed technology, the Empire launches an invasion against Eden's weak fleet, decimating all of their forces except for the resilient Thurston Seven, captained by Rem Nilan. Facing imminent defeat, the Eden Council entrusts a grave mission to Laura Bontein from the Zeus Colonies, a system destroyed by the Empire years before. Her mission is a simple task: Go to Earth and kill the emperor. Pretty simple.
For centuries, the Eden System has existed peacefully alongside the war-mongering Empire of Earth because the Empire was too far away from Eden to make a difference. After an Empire spy steals Eden's lightspeed technology, the Empire launches an invasion against Eden's weak fleet, decimating all of their forces except for the resilient Thurston Seven, captained by Rem Nilan. Facing imminent defeat, the Eden Council entrusts a grave mission to Laura Bontein from the Zeus Colonies, a system destroyed by the Empire years before. Her mission is a simple task: Go to Earth and kill the emperor. Pretty simple.
Laura has abilities and technology of which neither Eden nor the Empire is familiar. None of this does her any good once she discovers the emperor is protected by a strange shield that originates from a planet called Reagul, a planet in its middle age period with kings and wizards fighting for global domination. As she seeks the origin of the shield, she discovers herself to be the subject of the numerous prophecies of this mysterious planet. Here, Laura discovers clues to her own destiny, soon discovering that the wizard in charge of the emperor's shield might possibly be a refugee from the Zeus Colony itself, and quite likely, the reason why Zeus was destroyed in the first place.
With the help of a wandering group of young warriors and the Council of Wizards, the two survivors fight for their lives, begin a war and provide Laura with the chance to avenge the death of her own world.
Duane Gundrum (1965-Present) is the author of numerous novels, short stories and articles. His first published book was Innocent Until Proven Guilty, a mystery/suspense novel taking place in the corporate world of Los Angeles. His second book was Thompson's Bounty, a science fiction adventure involving a Coast Guard cutter that is pulled back in time to encounter a rivalry between a swashbuckling pirate and his former commander, an English admiral who will stop at nothing to bring him to justice.
Born in Santa Monica, California, where he grew up before finishing up high school in Moorpark, California), he attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and served in the US Army for a number of years in counterintelligence. Later, he was an investigator, a web page designer, and then a low level programmer for a software gaming company. He is the designer of numerous games, including Prisoner of Z'anth and US Air Force's Strategic Air Command. He then went on to complete degrees at San Francisco State University, Western Michigan University and the University of the Pacific. He holds master's degrees in communication and political science. He did his Phd work in political science at Western Michigan University.
Duane currently works in the health care field, creating and maintaining web content for a large hospital system.
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For centuries, the Eden System has existed peacefully alongside the war-mongering Empire of Earth because the Empire was too far away from Eden to make a difference. After an Empire spy steals Eden's lightspeed technology, the Empire launches an invasion against Eden's weak fleet, decimating all of their forces except for the resilient Thurston Seven, captained by Rem Nilan. Facing imminent defeat, the Eden Council entrusts a grave mission to Laura Bontein from the Zeus Colonies, a system destroyed by the Empire years before. Her mission is a simple task: Go to Earth and kill the emperor. Pretty simple.Laura has abilities and technology of which ...