Okal Rel Saga Series

From two cultures that should never meet, come four people who do. Rire. The homeworld of a science-driven and inclusive civilization, underpinned by an AI network and spanning a handful of worlds. Faster-than-light pilots like Ann are essential but heavily monitored due to their reckless personalities. When a new mission will take her to the long-lost Sevolite empire after 200 years of separation, she is accompanied by the brilliant scholar Ranar, a renowned expert on Sevolite culture and language who must mitigate the impending culture clash. Gelion. In the Sevolite empire, piloting aptitude is hereditary. With their superhuman capacity for reality skimming, Sevolites rule over natural humans. Di Mon is the leader of one of the eight families at the heart of Sevildom's oligarchy. Although a power broker in a corrupt and elitist court, he believes in the equality of all humankind. Meanwhile, at the bottom of society, the beautiful dancer and courtesan Von struggles to survive as a pawn in the power games of his Sevolite superiors.

One family, two ideologies. Whose blood will pay the price? Black Hearth. Horth Nersal is the child of a marriage between enemies undertaken to end a war. The fighting did stop, but the war of ideology continued with sometimes lethal results for loved ones on both sides. Though Horth struggles against a language impairment, he is a gifted warrior in space and on the challenge floor, where his culture settles differences among themselves. His martial genius makes it vital that he work out where honour lies in these conflicting visions of Okal Rel. Once it is discovered that Prince Amel suffered atrocities at the hands of the despised Reetion aliens (commoners who govern themselves), the powerful House of Nersal issues a call to unite splintered Sevolite alliances in a single act of Righteous Anger. In this intricate tale of power, passion and politics, Horth must consider all odds, weighing familial duty against what he believes to be right.

Is the need to play a role a threat to the throne of Sevildom? Back from exile to claim the throne of Sevildom, Ev'rel must play the frail princess with the Demish to claim power as she is tempted by her feelings for her ex-mentor Di Mon. But does she love him or hate him? Disillusioned by Ev'rel's warped sexuality, but desperate to secure her as a leader, Di Mon is terrified she will discover the equally forbidden bond between himself and the young forbidden Reetion, Ranar. An unwilling contender for the throne, Ev'rel's beautiful, battered son Amel longs for friendship with tom-boy Ayrium, who has been sent to court to put down her sword and don a dress to win court allies for her rebel alliance. Ayrium meets a peculiar, reclusive scholar from Monitum and worries romance will distract her from her true agenda. Will her inconvenient love interest change everything for everyone?