Conspirators E-Book

Cora Buhlert

• Herausgeber: Cora Buhlert
• Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

Lord Jonathan Summerton, husband, father, lord of Caswallon and current head of one of the oldest families in the Empire. For too many years, he turned a blind eye to the abuses perpetrated by the Emperor and his followers. But now that his homeworld is under threat, he is no longer willing to stay silent.Arthur Madden, miner's son from Askvig IV turned Rebel leader turned most wanted man in the universe. He has dedicated his life to fighting the Empire and putting an end to injustice and inequality. However, in order to achieve that goal, he needs allies, including some who seem to represent everything he fights against.Alanna Greyskull, former commander in the Imperial Navy. Court-martialled for refusing to scorch a planet full of unarmed civilians, she escaped the firing squad and wound up joining the Great Galactic Rebellion, because there was nowhere else she could go. Ever since then she has been trying to bring some semblance of organisation to the chaotic rabble that makes up the Rebellion, while plotting to make the Empire pay for what was done to her.When these three meet in a nameless restaurant on the planet Wei Xiu II, lives are changed and history is made and the universe will never be the same…This is a prequel novella of 24000 words or approximately 82 pages in the Shattered Empire universe, but may be read as a standalone. 

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Conspirators

by Cora Buhlert

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In the far future, humanity has spread out across the universe, colonised every corner of the galaxy and formed the Fifth Human Empire. It should have been an age of greatness and glory, the pinnacle of human achievement. But instead it was an age of misery and injustice, an age where the wealth of humanity was concentrated in the hands of a small clique of aristocrats and corporations, an age where freedom only meant the freedom to starve, an age where the Empire stood not for peace and justice but only for fear. Until one day, a scattered band of rebels came together to overthrow the Fifth Human Empire. These are their stories.

Conspirators

On the planet Wei Xiu II, a busy trading hub strategically placed between the galactic core worlds and the rim territories, a man walked briskly through an upscale commercial neighbourhood in the capital city Houshou.

In spite of the balmy, climate-controlled air, he was swathed in a thick brown cloak. He kept his head down and the hood pulled deep into his face, making it clear that he preferred not to be seen, let alone recognised

The man stopped in front of an anonymous building squeezed between a designer boutique on the one side and a fashionable café on the other. There was no sign above the door. It wasn’t needed. If you had business here, you knew how to find the place. If not, you weren’t welcome anyway.

The cloaked man clearly had business here, since he walked right up to the front door and pressed the button. He uttered a few words and the door swung open.

Inside, the light was pleasantly dim. The interior was rendered in tasteful blacks and browns, all leather and wood, if not natural than at least a pretty good imitation of the real thing.