~Maria? I didn’t know you were out here?~
~Mandy, like I’m going to miss a chance to spend some time with my favourite girl,~ Maria answered.
Amanda smirked. Liz noticed and then clearly noticed the Essentia swirling around her head and smiled in understanding.
~Well, when you put it like that, I guess,~ Amanda answered.
~So, are you coming back to your room? I have a few night time activities lined up, you know… If you’re interested?~
~Be right with you,~ Amanda answered, unable to keep the smile from her face. ‘Sorry, Liz, gotta go, duty calls.’
‘That’s okay, I’m going to stay here for a bit and enjoy the view. Have fun,’ she said with a knowing wink.
Amanda cocked her head slightly to one side. Did she know Maria was here?
Liz smiled.
‘Okay,’ Amanda answered and worked her Magic. The air snapped, and she was suddenly standing in her suite in the main living area. She listened and heard water in the main bathroom. Turning, she walked over to the open door and looked into the large room. Candles were everywhere, giving the space a warm, inviting glow. In the oversized roll top bath — a notably retro item in this futuristic world — Maria lay back in the tub, soaping one of her legs that she held high out of the water.
She smiled as she saw Amanda walk in. ‘About time. I was thinking I’d be spending the night alone in here.’
‘I didn’t know you were coming,’ Amanda said, leaning against the doorway. ‘That bath looks inviting.’
Maria smiled. ‘It’s lovely and warm.’
‘Maybe I’ll join you,’ Amanda suggested.
‘Will you now? Well, not like that, you won’t,’ Maria said and rose up out of the water before stepping over the edge of the bath. Water sluiced off her as she moved. Amanda couldn’t help but enjoy the view of her lover’s body as she moved, finding her gaze drawn to some of her more wobbly bits.
‘Come here,’ Maria purred as she walked confidently towards her, a look on her face that spoke of the delights to come. ‘Let’s get you out of those clothes, shall we?’
Epilogue
Amanda lay back in her bed, a thin film of sweat covering her skin as she caught her breath.
‘Wow, girl, you’ve learnt some new moves,’ Amanda commented, looking over to her lover. Maria smiled back at her and leant in, kissing her full on the lips as she ran her fingers over Amanda’s body in gentle swirls. Amanda kissed her back before sinking back to her pillow, still short of breath.
‘I’m always looking to learn new tricks to spice up our time together,’ Maria replied to her. ‘Keeps things fun.’
‘You can say that again,’ Amanda agreed.
‘Keeps things fu…’
Amanda hit her with a pillow. ‘Smart arse.’
‘Hey, quit it,’ Maria laughed, fending her off.
‘Amanda…’ said a voice from nearby as Essentia surged in the room.
‘Huh?’ Amanda said, looking up as Maria yelped in surprise.
A figure floated in the room off to one side of the bed. The figure looked human and female, judging from her shape, but the intruder's body looked like it was made from smooth chrome that reflected the room in distorted waves over her body, while strange silvery energy radiated out from her in mesmerising fractals that curled in on themselves endlessly.
‘Holy crap,’ Amanda cursed as she attempted to cover her naked body up a bit with her hands and arms. ‘Void?’ Amanda said, feeling sure she recognised her.
She’d met Void, a strange Magus who claimed she could travel between Multiverses, over a year ago. She’d apparently sought her out, hunted for her after a few unplanned trips that were apparently outside of this universe, such as when her mother had first brought her to her realm.
‘We met once before,’ Void said, her voice had a curious echoing quality to it that was kind of hypnotic. ‘You said you’d help me. I hope you remember?’
‘Yeah, kinda,’ Amanda said, feeling very uncomfortable speaking to her like this. She glanced back to see Maria had gathered the sheets all to herself and had wrapped herself in them.
‘What?’ Maria asked.
Amanda blinked and pulled an incredulous face, pointedly looking at the sheet before she looked back to Void. ‘Um, slightly inconvenient time, I’m afraid…’
‘Apologies, I did not mean to interrupt your coitus.’
‘Well…’ Maria commented, sounding a little affronted.
‘Ahem, indeed. Okay, sure… One second,’ Amanda said and worked her Magic, conjuring her bodysuit onto her body with a quick thought and a “thwip” sound as it appeared on her. ‘There, that’s better,’ she said, standing up from the bed and giving herself a quick check over before she looked back up at Void.
‘Good,’ Void agreed.
‘So, what’s so urgent?’ Amanda asked.
‘I have a mission or two for you,’ she said with a smile.
The End.
Thank you for reading this book and starting this new journey with Amanda and me. It’s been a wild ride, but I have lots more fun things planned.
This book can be read alone, and you can continue forward with Amanda’s adventures from here, but as you may have guessed from references in the story, there’s a whole backstory that’s only hinted at in this book.
That story is a 7 book series called the Magi Saga. While you don’t need to read it to enjoy this series, if you want to learn more about Amanda and the adventures she’s been on, then I recommend you pick them up.
The Epilogue that you have just read above will lead into a side story or two, which are collaborations with 2 authors who I’m privileged to call my friends as well.
M. D. Cooper and Barry J. Hutchison will be writing with me to pen Amanda’s adventures in Aeon 14 and Space Team, and I can’t wait to write them.
They are next on my list to write in the very near future.
Of course, I plan on continuing Amanda’s Star Magi Saga story, and I hope you will continue to join me on these adventures.
Author Note
Finishing the previous series, the Magi Saga, was like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders. It was the story that I had always wanted to tell, but even after those seven books, Amanda is still a huge part of my thought processes for my stories going forward.
Amanda was born many years ago back when I was playing in and running role-playing games, like Dungeons and Dragons, and over the years — being an artist — I have drawn Amanda in all kinds of environments. One of the ideas for her, even way back then in the 1990s, was to have her explore the solar system and deep space.
I have always loved sci-fi, so it was a natural progression.
On reaching the end of the Magi Saga, leaving Earth behind and taking Amanda to the stars just felt right to me.
And so, the Star Magi Saga was born.
I have a few seminal Sci-Fi classics in my head when I think of the world of the Star Magi Saga, such as Dune (for the politics), Star Wars (for the mystical order of magic users), Warhammer 40k, (I love that setting, and you might see its influence in one area later in the series), Jupiter Ascending (for the modern day Earth and space faring humans) and others.
I have had a lot of fun coming up with this world, and I hope to continue this series going forward.
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Andrew
By Andrew Dobell
Booklist
The Magi
Saga – Urban Fantasy
Magi Dawn: The Magi Saga Book 1
Magi Rising: The Magi Saga Book 2
Magi Omen: The Magi Saga Book 3
Magi Edge: The Magi Saga Book 4
Magi Odyssey: The Magi Saga Book 5
Magi Descent: The Magi Saga book 6
Magi Rebirth: The Magi Saga book 7
Star Magi Saga – Space Fantasy
Maiden Voyage – Prequel
Star Magi – Book 1
Wasteland Road Knights – Post Apocalyptic
Liberation
Exploration
Tales of the Magi Saga
Angel of Tarut
His Love
Hack Imperfect
Casino Red
Uprising
A Thoroughly Modern Witch
Pilgrimage
The New Prometheus - Cyberpunk
The New Prometheus
The Prometheus Gambit
The Prometheus Trap
Prometheus Vengeance
The Magi Saga Short Stories
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The Angel of Tarut: The Magi Saga Prologue
His Love: A Magi Saga Short Story
Anthologies I am part of:
The Expanding Universe – Sci-Fi
The Expanding Universe 3 – Sci-Fi
Pew Pew – A fist full of Pews
Bobs Bar 1
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