Rojan Dawn

By Fish Phillips

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Cata and her husband, General Nado, have prepared well for the birth of their son. A rare event among their risk averse species, they have considered every detail. The doctor guides them through the elaborate birthing sequence, while the midwife manages the delivery. Yet with all this planning, they may not be ready for what comes next.

 

Rojan Dawn is a short story prequel to the novel, The Last Minder: The Chronicles of Majjen.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Taz Lake
• Release date: Mar 27, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201891534

Fish Phillips

Fish Phillips was born and raised as the son of an enlisted Marine. After attending high school in Hawaii, and top universities elsewhere, a genre-defying career path led him to writing. Over decades he has served as a technology founder, medical researcher, college professor, web developer, screenwriter, filmmaker, program manager, and artist. His academic background in science, art, cultural anthropology, and theology enables him to render rich worlds accessible to broad audiences. As a multi-platform creator, his ambition is to share unique, high-concept, stand-alone stories with readers to delight, entertain, and cultivate their curiosity. Based in Atlanta, he lives with his engineer wife and a teenage daughter who mocks him with "Look at daddy signing books like he's famous."

Book preview

The Cohort remains blessed beyond the desolation. Risk shall not prevail, and no mark shall tarnish them. They shall quench the bearer as the Agan wills.

-The Chronicles of Majjen

General Nado sat on a stool in the waiting room of the Cohort birthing center. Other expectant fathers lingered nearby. As he cleaned the pointy tip of his scorpion-like tail with a metal file, small flakes of dried exoskeleton fell to the floor. He glanced at the wall clock, a reminder that his viewing time had passed. Fidgeting more with his tail, he peered over the deadly tip with reptilian eyes at the hospital security guards. They stood nearby armed with percussion weapons, their own snake-like eyes staring back at the General. All who entered or exited the area fell under their watchful gaze. Doctor Bena entered wearing a purple lab coat.