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Brave Luck Books.


Brave Luck Books

c/o Falbe Publishing

2981 Cohasset Road, Chico, CA 95973

www.falbepublishing.com

Author Tracy Falbe makes a stunning debut in epic fantasy sagas with the first two books of The Rys Chronicles, Union Renegades and the Goddess Queen. In Union Renegades (097622352X, $14.95) tells of a human mercenary mercenary

Hired professional soldier who fights for any state or nation without regard to political principles. From the earliest days of organized warfare, governments supplemented their military forces with mercenaries.
 and his beloved companion who encounter the rys, a race vastly more powerful than the whole of the human empire. The wicked rys queen Onja spreads her oppression, yet her challenger for the throne, the rys Shan with budding powers, allies with the humans in a bid to incite To arouse; urge; provoke; encourage; spur on; goad; stir up; instigate; set in motion; as in to incite a riot. Also, generally, in Criminal Law to instigate, persuade, or move another to commit a crime; in this sense nearly synonymous with abet.  rebellion and bring about lasting change. Yet to challenge Onja is to risk far more than one's life, for she can imprison im·pris·on  
tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons
To put in or as if in prison; confine.



[Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en-
 souls and is notorious for her genocidal gen·o·cide  
n.
The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group.



[Greek genos, race; see gen
 rage! Book two, The Goddess Queen (0976223538, $14.95) escalates the conflict between Shan and Onja--for Shan has become more skilled in magic, and now his amassed armies must face Onja's in the crushing fury of the battlefield. Onja's power is surpassed only by her ruthlessness, and the secrets she has hidden may yet bring doom to the circle that dares to oppose her! A grand saga of intrigue, betrayal, magic, power, and dominance unfolds. An exciting treat for fantasy buffs The name Buffs can mean:
  • Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), a British army unit
  • Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes
  • Buffs Company, a Rifle Company of The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada that parades out of Dalton Armoury in Scarborough.
, who can look forward to the third and fourth volumes in Falbe's dramatic series, Judgment Rising and Borderlands of Power, in 2007!
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Title Annotation:Union of Renegades: The Rys Chronicles, The Goddess Queen: The Rys Chronicles
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Date:Feb 1, 2006
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