CERULEAN SKYE - R. Pia

Cerulean Chronicles – Book 2

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ISBN: 1-934055-81-6

January 2007

Erotic Sci-Fi Romance

Silk Grade: L-Lusty

Hanä, Spaceship Triumph, Sartan - Future

Skye Clearwater's father, General Cadyn Clearwater, refuses to allow her to fight alongside him and her brother, Rylie. Skye cannot understand why since she received the same training as Rylie including training in Shizu, an ancient Cerulean warrior discipline. But her father is adamant. He is half-Cerulean, clairvoyant to a point and can communicate telepathically. He can also create an illusion of invisibility. Skye does not share his powers but she is an empath.

When her father and brother do not return after a long while, Skye goes to look for them with only her humadroid, Adam5. It is he who suggests she go into cryosleep to conserve rations. She wakens to find herself surrounded by Hegemonian soldiers, a unit of eleven men. Sky also finds that Adam5 has a fist-size hole in his chest. They think she is a helpless female until she proves them wrong by killing one when he dares to touch her. Fortunately for her, their Commander decides the soldier deserved what he got. It is then he tells her that her ship went off course after Adam5 malfunctioned.

Commander Aramon Degas only gets her first name. If she tells him who she truly is, things will not go well. And that barely covers the beginning of this space adventure.

Regent Morana badly wants Aramon and he wants nothing to do with her. So she decides to take up residence on his ship and orders Aramon to train Skye as a gratifier. Skye will then be given to Soclias, who rules the Vithgoths, vampire-like creatures of the planet Sartan.

Aramon has been attracted to Skye since he first saw her but he did not wish to make love to her because of the whims of a cruel woman. But they find that love can come along in times of crisis and be sweet, lovely, and unexpectedly passionate.

With the help of Aramon's friend, Zann, Skye manages to evade the lustful advances of the other crewmen. But how will Aramon protect her when they reach Sartan? And what of Skye's father and brother?

CERULEAN SKYE is a good science-fiction love story. There is a strong, brooding hero and a coming-into-her-own heroine. Morana is boo-hissable and Soclias made my skin crawl. It may be a bit clichéd and predictable, but it makes for a nice afternoon's entertainment.

Maggie Anderson