Veiled Visions
Book 1 in the Assentia Captives Series
Visions of Death
Princess Jenulia Jermyn’s first vision came at the age of sixteen cycles. Jen has trained hard since that interval in the hopes of stopping the inevitable death of a dear friend. She will destroy the male in her vision if she can. Nine cycles have passed, and now, as she leaves her home planet of Dekka to attend the trial of Sovos the Butcher, she knows time is running out.
Captives
News filtering down from the Under Planet Alliance has arrived too late to warn the advance Mobi and Deki scout teams sent to ensure Princess Jenulia’s safe transfer to the Ocelo. The Mobi’s long-range military and transport vessel is charged with escorting the princess to Bendo for Sovos the Butcher’s trial. The scout teams were fooled and have been captured by Toridian Space Science Vessels lurking in the area. The Toridians are collecting specimens from throughout the galaxy to test and perfect their dread Toridivin serum used to reclaim planets. Desperate to escape and with help from an unsuspecting source, they resist being injected and fight to be free.
Margie McDonnell Welsh –
I loved the first Assentia series by this author so much I couldn’t wait for this one. Veiled Visions held my attention from the very first page.
Toridians are back to trying to rule the galaxy, collecting specimens from every species they get their hands on to test the Toridivin serum they use to subjugate planets and add to their evil empire.
On this ship, the ship’s doctor has collected specimens from several species and has already started testing and torturing his restrained captives when two of the ship’s Toridian crew (the captain and a med-tech) decide they’ve seen enough horror and they plan to help free the captives. This isn’t an easy or a quick process. The captives of several different species are forced to work together to protect one another as best they can while they wait for rescue. The book is really a story of their heroism and self-sacrifice as the various species learn how to communicate and work together to save each other, and even to love one another, even though they are each so different in physical form, in customs, and needs. The lesson seems to be that under the skin we are all alike, that we all have the same primal needs and are capable of sacrifice, loyalty and dedication to even those species who are not like us.
The book was a fantastic space opera with a spicy twist and I’m looking forward to reading the next installment in the Assentia Captives series.