Pane is the product of one of the God
crew mating a sentient orangutan during an era when Zousan sent his fellows out
to teach sentients not to kill each other. The crew called it the Make Love Not War campaign.
And it resulted in a great many baby
Gods.
Normally, the God’s DNA overwhelms
the other species resulting in pure God DNA in the offspring.
Except, on occasion, it turns out the
sentient creature will have stronger, better DNA in some sections of the DNA
strand resulting in a mix breed rather than a pure God. That is how Pane came
to be.
While Zousan was worried when Athena
took a liking to Pane—(He did not want furry grandkids), overtime, he grows
very fond of Pane. He promotes him to top shepherd and constantly praises him
for his fabulous ability to get sentients to cooperate with one another and
solve their own problems. This is critical to the PATH of LIGHT ‘s success upon
the final collapse.
The contract Zousan signed severely
limits the times Zousan or any of his crew can intercede to save the various
sentients needed to save the Path of Light. So Pane’s incredible gift of
persuasion, foresight, and genuine love for his sentients makes all the
difference in their battle to ensure the Path of Light triumphs over darkness.
Over time, Zousan come to love Pane
like a son. He could not be prouder of his top Shepherd.
But the sentient computer Marybell
senses her Pane beloved needs physical love, so Marybell suggests and Zousan
acquires a Tea Cup Puppy that resembles Pane a great deal. When the puppy licks
Pane’s nose, he licks the puppy and a love bond is set forever.
Ah, Puppy Love!
Surviving Sojourn
By
Liza O’Connor
Blurb
An
alien species is removing human colonies from planets, but to where, no one
knows. Sojourn, along with the Emperor’s daughter and their crew, must find
this unknown species and negotiate a treaty before the Empire’s army declares
war on all non-human races.
Those
who do not follow the Path of Light would prefer to kill all the non-human
sentient beings before they are even aware they are under attack.
Matters turn bleak for the Path of Light when
Sojourn’s ship crash-lands on Terranue before their journey even begins.
Excerpt
Zousan smiled as he turned from his
monitor. “Marybell, I have a great wish to reward Pane for his extraordinary
work getting the alien bias removed from the books so Drogan could return to
Captain Longfellow’s service.
“He did more than that,” the
sentient computer replied. “By not placing Drogan on the crew list, your father
has been under the presumption he died and thus has made no further attempts to
kill the poor fellow.”
Zousan had wished he’d known what
an ass his father intended to be. Then he would have bothered writing a
trillion rules to stop his father from cheating. But no, he mistakenly believed
he and his brothers as sisters had been successful with their intervention and
his father had realized he needed to stop controlling all of their lives. Given
all the troubles his father had plagued him with, he worried what happened to
Poseidon’s fishing trip and Hade’s desire for a warm climate. He doubted his
father had played fair with them anymore than he had with Zousan.
“What does Pane want more than
anything?”
“To be woken with kisses,” she
replied.
“I thought you loved Pane?” Zousan
challenged.
“I do!”
“Then why did you suggest I find
him another woman to warm his bed?”
“I suggested no such thing! I said
he wanted to be woken with kisses.”
“And how do you propose we achieve
the matter? I guarantee you no female on this ship will accept the job.”
“Well, I would, if I could, but I
can’t. But I have found a cute little tea cup poodle to do the trick.”
“There’s a planet with sentient tea
cups?” Zousan asked. He was definitely demoting whoever made tea cups sentient.
“Actually one your idiots did try
to make sentient tea cups, to prank you, but when he poured the hot water into
the cups, I made it so hot the cups melted, spilling hot water all over the
idiot.”
“Why didn’t you tell me about this
before?”
“We weren’t on speaking terms back
then. You preferred your interface.”
“That was a huge mistake on my
part. One in which I’m most thrilled to have changed.”
“Thank you. I much prefer our
current relationship as well.”
“So, back to the original topic.
What type of Tea Cups are able to kiss Pane awake?”
“It’s a puppy. A very tiny puppy.
So small, he’ll fit in a tea cup. Which means Pane can keep him in his pocket
so he doesn’t have to worry about the little fellow when he’s working.”
“Then let’s get him a teacup puppy.
He’s more than earned those kisses.
Sales Link
Book 4 : Surviving Sojourn
Book 3: Surviving Terranue
Book 2: Surviving Outbound
Book 1: The Gods of Probabilities
All books are free for KU subscribers
About Author
Liza is a
multiple genre author of 17 novels. A Late Victorian Series, The Adventures of Xavier & Vic, plus
a spinoff, A Right to Love, is an ongoing series. A
Long Road to Love is a humorous Contemporary Disaster Romance series of
five books. She has two single books. One is a humorous, bad boys contemporary
novel with ghosts, called Ghost Lover,
the other is Untamed & Unabashed,
a spinoff from Jane Austen’s Pride and
Prejudice.
Now, she’s
rolling out her Science fiction series (with romance & humor) called The Multiverses. The first four books
are slotted for last half of 2015. In
addition she hopes, if she hasn’t dropped from exhaustion by then, to
re-release a sometimes humorous/suspense thriller called Saving Casey
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Thanks for having me over. Isn't Marybell, the sentient computer, a thoughtful girlfriend. I wonder if they'll get married....
ReplyDeleteI'm sure they'd love to get married.
DeleteThat is one cute puppy!
ReplyDeleteLiza also has cute octopuses in Book 1
DeleteTrue, but they don't want some dead seaweed creature licking them.
DeleteI love Liza's books. Pane is not only the most ardent Shepard but he's also the kindest sentient.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely!
DeleteDrogan's and Saren are very nice too. But Pane is hands down the nicest of the Gods.
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