SKY FIEND - The Spiritic Volume I

This revised expanded and enhanced second edition of The Spiritic published in 2013 is now available in three illustrated volumesIn Volume I - Sky Fiend we journey from Numork major homeworld of the Cronal Tura galaxy to rescue abducted biologist and sports hero Dr. Rom Quanadeen held captive in the distant Jupolian star system a once peaceful traderation of five homeworlds thrown into war-torn chaos by Raak-Kaal an academic from planet Radok infected by a lethal yet sentient alien bacterium Esadov. Said to be a millennium old from a starless universe Cimmeria Bori and nearing bacterial fission the Borian bug nurses a hatred for bipedal organics and plans to multiply and infect the known worlds with its millionfold progeny.A rebel space academy officer Captain Calan Lora from the star system's major homeworld Jupol has other ideas - he needs allies.He sends a seized enemy ship through a wormhole steeped in fear and myth to dupe the Numorkians in the Cronal Tura that they face an invasion from Radok. After its 'hostile' ship crashes on Numork Lora's team abducts rainforest biologist and star marathon runner Dr. Rom Quanadeen along with her pilot and research ship. Numork tasks Kru Sigor a retired military hero turned reclusive desert sculptor to lead a rescue starship Ruconicca in hot pursuit.Locked in a ship's cabin Rom half Numorkian (human émigré from mid-21st century Earth) and half Sed-Genal (indigenous forest-folk) is haunted by nightmares of a tribal ancestor Suvana unaware that a birthmark on her hip now raw upon awakening is known to old-time Seds as a spiritic - a mark of destiny. Are mystical forces at work?The spiritic is envisioned by a Karpinian monk Tark-Zirk he of the second sight on Karpinia a homeworld neighbor to Jupol. He sends his temple novice Junaid on a perilous mission to seek the alien who bears the mark - and save the galaxy yet he laments to his god Lord Karpinia 'Such an innocent of only 19 summers. How can the fate of our worlds rest on his untried shoulders Lord?'GOOD QUESTION...