Pursuit Series

BOOK ONE OF THE PURSUIT SERIES "I was fooled by a 21-year-old girl in a corset, ballgown, and a petticoat."   Claire is a space pirate queen who wants nothing more than freedom not only for herself but for those that she holds most dear. Garnet is a devoted Galactic Force member who is embarking on her first mission as captain of a starship in pursuit of the dream that her father failed to achieve. Both want to get away from their lives back on Earth, and both think that the dreams they're chasing are the key to that. However, when their paths cross, they will soon learn that what they think they want and what they actually need are two vastly different things.

His preacher father sold him when he was about 10 years old. The buyer was a 16 year old female who paid for the boy with a month of full body submission to the father. The agreement was for the itinerant father to use him a few years — for taking maintaining the camp, hunting for camp food, running errands, be available when the father got drunk (often). The boy did not know he was sold. Custody was to be delivered on the day of the boy's 13th birthday. During the three years the father had custody, at the suggestion of the buyer, Maude, the father instilled a morbid fear of killing a human person, even by accident. Maude assumed the boy would be upset with her and his father. The block was to prevent him from killing his nemeses. Years of repetitive demonstration of the pain of heat and admonishment of the for-sure hell destination of any person who kills another did its work. But the boy could maim. He suddenly got fed up with his mistreatment and did exactly that. He shot and destroyed most of his fathers joints — elbows, knees, …. He and his horse disappeared left camp with the intent to never return. Maude did not take kindly to her property disappearing just when she was ready to collect. She had paid dearly for that boy, the worst month of her life she later declared. Maude took out after him. The boy soon found out he was sold. But he did not get caught. Not then. To escape, he went West. Sometimes he had human company, but mostly not. He survived, not by killing but by so thoroughly maiming opponents that they would be unable to follow up and kill him. This book talks about the first part of the ten years he avoided Maude. (That's book 1, 55,000 words.) (The second book talks about Maude's adventures trying to catch her property. The third book describes the events that lead to the catch.)

80,000 words. In lieu of killing, the boy had shot and destroyed his preacher father's knees, elbows, and other joints. The intent was to prevent his father from following him and bringing him back. His father had sold his son and his father was known throughout his preaching area that whenever he made a deal, he kept it. No matter what. Maude is thoroughly pissed when she finds out the boy she purchased has escaped and his father is in no physical condition to bring him back. But Maude did learn something that came to her good stead for the rest of her life — shooting out the joints of people she wants to torture for her erotic satisfaction was the most intolerable pain she could render. The person could not escape and was forced to stand whatever torment Maude delivered. Even when the pain became more than they could stand, her victims still bore it. They had no choice. While Maim maimed in self-defense and never killed, Maude maimed with intent to torture and watch the victims slowly die. Maim went out West. Maude followed. Maude's proclivity to torture and slowly kill for personal satisfaction distracted her from the chase, at times. Her biggest desire, however, was to catch the person she considered to be her property, Maim, torture him for a slow and extended period, and watch him die. Losing his trail now and again, and despairing that she would ever catch up with Maim, she eventually had an idea. Knowing that Maim could not kill and was reduced to maiming aggressors, Maude would listen for rumors of maimings. There were few who maimed like Maim did and she should be able to find him that way. To have an excuse for traveling around, and also to get paid for what she liked to do anyway, she became an assassin intent on becoming known for her anonymity and for never missing a shot. Finally, she got a good lead.

50,000+ words. This is the third book of the trilogy, where Maim and Maude finally meet. But there is a bullet between them. They hunt each other. Maim hunts Maude. Maude hunts Maim. Only one will survive. Before the bullet, Maim finally finds the love he feels is forever. Maude's bullet misses Maim. A few days later, a different bullet kills his love. Maim is alone again. And he's on the prowl. Maude must be stopped. Maim will never be safe with Maude on the loose. Maude creates an trap to catch Maim, something to maim him yet should let him live for a day or more before he dies. But the trap didn't quite work as she thought.