Barbarians, Sarah's Landing Series, Vol. 3

by Elena Dorothy Bowman

Sarah's Landing Series, Vol. 3

A Crlllion Armada is detected heading toward Earth. And a single battlecruiser, with the last of the civilized captives fleeing from Crlllion on board, is on an intercept course.

As the alarm is triggered in Space Command the Pleiades roars off the launching pad. Andrew learns that Adam is on board and is his weapons officer, and with that, knows what type of weponry he now has. Andrew changes course as an explosion rocks his ship. Adam fires back. Blinding explosions light up the darkness of space as one Crlllion ship after another vaporizes.

Two ships from Crlllion survive the explosions. One with the madman in command, bent on savagery and destruction streaking toward Earth and a confrontation with Andrew and the Pleiades; the other, unknown to Andrew, Adam and the Earth Defenses, commanded by a leader fighting for survival and refuge, was rushing to intercept and protect the vulnerable Earth ship and in so doing, Earth. Could the Pleiades stop the mandman's apparent suicide attempt? the fate of Joshua's two sons lay in the balance as well as many lives on Earth if they fail.

ISBN 1-59431-598-1 Science Fiction / Paranormal / Romance

Cover Art by David P. Bowman





Prologue

In the third episode, due to the unprecedented development of a highly secretive and selected relationship between the planet Earth and the Planet Theon, the new Ruler of Theon, an Earthman, is being confronted with problems he had not anticipated or desired.

Dissension began developing on Theon when the former Earth residents, from the ill-fated Starship, and earlier abductions, learn of the arrival and sudden departure of Alexandra without her three-year-old son Andrew. Seven years would pass before Joshua would allow Andrew to return to Earth.

Meanwhile, tensions were building slowly. Since Joshua was now Ruler, it was up to him to convince those seeking repatriation to Earth that their safety and the safety of Theon must be assured before he could let them return. Three more years of delaying tactics on the part of the Council would pass before violence finally erupts.

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In order to prevent Andrew from joining his brother and father on Theon again, once he returned to Earth, Alexandra contemplates the destruction of the botanical garden, which had been their focal transportation site, thus cutting off all means of communication with Theon. Joshua banishes the leaders of the revolt and allows the childless couples to return to Earth. For the safety of both planets, the decision is made to sever contact between the two planets for two or three decades. Joshua sends a former astronaut, a Theonian contact, who was instrumental in the starship’s disappearance, to accompany the returnees and to assist surreptitiously in Earth’s space exploration.

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Andrew, Joshua’s Earth son, enters the space academy at an early age and several years later enters Earth’s space program. As the years pass, he moves into leadership and assumes command of the spaceship, Pleiades. But on Theon, Adam, Joshua’s alien son, has developed traits of the long-forgotten warrior class. Meanwhile the Crlllions, forgotten by the Theonians, continue to hunt for people to conquer, and for slaves to serve them. Unrelenting surveillance tracks signals directed toward Earth, coming from empty space, so the Crlllions launch an inter-planetary battlecruiser against Earth.

An explosion destroying one orbiting platform, manned by humanoids, catches Earth by surprise. All manned platforms are placed on alert. Station #3, near India, is being pulled into space by an unknown force. Earth launches the Pleiades under Andrew’s command. Andrew fires Nuclear-tipped missiles in the direction of the unseen enemy. Station #3 is suddenly released after explosions in deep space. They wait for a counter-attack but it does not come.

The death of the Crlllion ship does not go unnoticed on Earth, on Theon, or on the Pleiades.

All of the witnesses were bonded by a ‘communion of spirits’ to one another, to the scene that exploded in their minds, and to the instinct for survival.

The Theonian assisting Earth’s Space Program asks for Theon’s capability. Joshua sends the weapons to Earth with his Theonian son Adam. Another Crlllion Armada is detected heading toward Earth. And a single battlecruiser, with the last of the civilized captives fleeing from Crlllion on board, is on an intercept course. Joshua decides it is time to neutralize the dark planet, Crlllion.

As the alarm is triggered in Space Command the Pleiades roars off the launching pad. Andrew learns that Adam is on board and is his weapons officer, and with that, knows what type of weaponry he now has. Andrew changes course as an explosion rocks his ship. Adam fires back. Blinding explosions light up the darkness of space as one Crlllion ship after another vaporizes.

Two ships from Crlllion survived the explosions. One with the madman in command, bent on savagery and destruction streaking toward Earth and a confrontation with Andrew and the Pleiades; the other, unknown to Andrew, Adam and the Earth Defenses, commanded by a leader fighting for survival and refuge, was rushing to intercept and protect the vulnerable Earth ship and in so doing, Earth.

The Space Command could not launch any missiles without endangering the Pleiades. Could the Pleiades stop the madman’s apparent suicide attempt? The fate of Joshua’s two sons lay in the balance as well as many lives on Earth if they failed.









Chapter 1

On the Hills Outside Star City, Theon

Memories stirred deep within him as Andrew swept his eyes across the boundless deep green valleys and plush hills. Behind him, Star City glistened in the background in mute testimony to the existence of life in a seemingly otherwise silent world. But for the dying echo of his call, which shattered the eerie stillness, not a sound could be heard.

“Where did he disappear to now?” Andrew demanded frowning. “I’ll bet he’s off somewhere with Maia.”

His thoughts turned toward Ballard’s younger daughter and his frown deepened. If she was missing as well, then Adam discovered another hiding place where they could be alone. He would only be wasting his time searching for them. Andrew knew he would never find them unless and until Adam wanted him to.

Maia is all Adam thinks about these days, Andrew thought. Guess he doesn’t have time for anyone anymore, including me. But then he didn’t know I was coming. How could he? I didn’t know myself. Well, maybe next time. He remembered a time when it was different. When no one could come between them—not even his mother.