The Seryys Chronicles: Death Wish

by Joseph Nicholson

  “I will be as forthcoming as I can and simply say that I am calling for a truce with the Vyysarri people, an end to a war that has raged on for centuries comes to an end tonight. I have already ordered our entire fleet back to Seryys Space and have sent a message via subspace to the leader of the Vyysarri people requesting an audience with him and his council to sign a treaty that will end this destructive and costly war.

  “The fleeting economy will recover as we will not be spending so much of our money on the war machine; taxes will decrease; the Seryys People will become the focus of our great nation once again and we will prosper; and, most importantly, hundreds of thousands of lives will be saved in the process. And hopefully, in time, the Vyysarri People will learn to forgive us and maybe one day, be our allies.

  “I close the address with a piece of information that was brought to my attention by a Vyysarri who aided in saving my life. He had every opportunity to take advantage of my vulnerability and didn’t. For that, Broon’Kur Broor, I, and the whole nation, owe you the deepest, utmost gratitude. You do your race a great justice with your kindness and courage. To put your life on the line for an enemy shows integrity beyond the boundaries of good and evil, right and wrong. You are a friend to Seryys and are welcome here anytime.

  “Now, without further delay, I present the information that was brought to me… the information that changed the way I see the Vyysarri and changed my life forever. I must warn you, though. The images you are about to see are disturbing and I urge you to use discretion with your children. But amid the horror, keep in mind that they had this power, and they never used it…”

  The screen blinked to a hauntingly familiar female scientist in a lab coat that Khai recognized immediately. The bruises, scrapes and cuts no less disturbing the umpteenth time around.

  “I can’t believe they’re actually gonna show it,” Khai murmured.

  “At last…” Sibrex said, raising his chin and closing his eyes, basking in the radiant rays of glory and success.

  “This is Doctor Tash’Door Tashar,” she said, her voice strained, “and I am the leading physicist of Operation: Bright Star. If you are viewing this, then the Vyysarri were successful in their mission. This is a warning to the Seryysan People…”

  The End

  Author Biography

  Raised in the beautiful mountain town of Breckenridge, Colorado, Joe Nicholson now lives with his beautiful California girl and bride, Bonnie, in Northern Colorado. In 2006, he graduated from Adams State College (a small university in Alamosa, Colorado) with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Composition. By day, he’s a mild-mannered (yeah, right!) banker and by night, a father, a writer, a musician, a composer, an RPG gamer, a mean video game player and a masked vigilante (not really, but he does own several Superman shirts). He loves Sci-Fi and Fantasy, still reads comic books, has an impressive Star Wars book collection, an unmatched knowledge of Star Wars trivia, has been watching Star Trek since he was in diapers, loves going to the park to read with his wife, HATES sparkly vampires, LOVES Superman, and volunteers every year at StarFest, a Sci-Fi Convention in Denver, Colorado.

  Acknowledgments

  There are so many people that I would like to thank, I could fill ten pages! But I wouldn’t get away with that, so I’ll be as brief as possible.

  First and foremost, my wife, Bonnie: For loving me unconditionally and fully supporting me in all of my passions, whether it be writing, drumming, role-playing or playing video games! My parents, David (1941-2001) and Cindy: For raising me right and always putting up with an ultra-nerdy kid whose imagination was in perpetual motion. My good friend, Linda Foster: For reminding me that hard work and perseverance do pay off and that you can achieve your dreams. My high school English teacher, Mrs. Denise Oaks-Moffett (1958 -2009): For seeing something in me that few teachers took the time to notice, introducing me to great works like, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Beowulf, The Odyssey and The Iliad. All of my role-playing buddies (you know who you are): For playing through all the adventures I’d write and always putting up with me when I would say, “Because I’m the DM and I say so!” Malachite Quills: For giving a no-name, fledgling author a time to shine and a chance to advance. And last, but certainly not least, my editor, Kristin Hamm: Who, because of me, now probably has a few grey hairs.

  And to all my Readers everywhere: Without your support, I am nothing but a guy with a head full of nonsense!

  Thanks,

  -Joe

  Clockwork Quills presents the ongoing Seryys Chronicles: Of Nightmares:

  Thanks to the heroic efforts of Khai’Xander Khail and his comrades, a tentative peace now exists between the Seryysans and Vyysarri, with efforts to find the Vyysarri a new home underway. However a routine exploration mission ends in the destruction of a Seryysan ship boasting the first crew of both Vyysarri and Seryysans. Khai and company are forced to make a hasty escape and stumble upon a most intriguing and hugely significant discovery: a rogue planet beleaguered in the void of space.

  Meanwhile, anti-integration resistance groups have surfaced that threaten to destroy the hard-won fragile peace between the two races. Things quickly come unraveled as the mysterious leaders of these resistance groups, with vast resources and operatives in every branch of both governments, begin to meddle in affairs.

  The efforts of these dissidents set into motion events with catastrophic consequences; events that force Prime Minster Pual’Kin Puar to make the toughest decision any Prime Minister has made in a hundred years; events that force Khai to leave his comatose wife behind to lead a mission to the other side of the galaxy; events that lead to the destruction of an entire Seryysan fleet; events that are truly of nightmares become real…

  Clockwork Quills presents the space opera best seller First Admiral:

  It’s not easy being an ordinary teenager leading a hazardous and exciting double life.

  The Garmaurians, the most advanced species in the universe, wiped themselves out with a bio-weapon in a senseless civil war. And, in a desperate attempt to protect the secret of the potentially dangerous Trion technology - the ability to manipulate the fundamental particle of the universe - their leader sends one last covert mission to Earth. The mission goes horribly wrong, leaving Billy Caudwell; an overweight, acne-scarred 14 year old, with the Mind Profile of a military genius, a huge battle fleet and a mission to unite the intelligent species of the universe in a Universal Alliance.

  With people to rescue, space fleets to battle and villains to defeat, Billy has to overcome his own inhibitions, insecurities and a vicious bully before he can start saving the universe.

  Welcome, dear readers, to the exciting universe of First Admiral.

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  The Seryys Chronicles: Of Nightmares

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