Product Description
by Ellis Morning (Author)
Where superstition is law, there is no order! Dame Jessamine is a knight errant with a spaceship for a steed, a pupil of ancient science and technology who quests on behalf of the downtrodden. She's accustomed to forging her own path through the galaxy-until she's hijacked at sword-point and sent to investigate Nidaros, a remote barony known for bursts of rebellion. In Nidaros, Jessamine finds a populace short on food and patience, innocents detained for torture, and a court trapped in a web of delusion. The Baron considers her a distraction. The magicians, convinced of a "curse," dismiss her pleas for rational action. Even as Jessamine forges an alliance with the soldiers, an unknown foe seeks to frame her as an agitator. Stuck amid murderous intrigue and cut off from her mentors, Jessamine must figure out how to save Nidaros from starvation. But the only people who understand the true "curse" have been accused of witchcraft-and if Jessamine's not careful with her ancient knowledge, she'll join them in the dungeon! "... An excellent little sci-fi tale with capable protagonists and constant tension throughout ..." - Programmer Cat "It's a book that baits a reader ... and sets the hook in [the] next few pages. This makes one want to keep reading until finished; literally, a book one doesn't want to put down." - Shy Writer "An intriguing mix of future and past ... the characters drew me in as much as the setting. ... Can't wait for book two!" - Kendric Beachey Blood's Force is Book 1 of the Sword and Starship series of science fiction/fantasy adventure.
Author Biography
Ellis has always loved staging adventures in her head before going to sleep each night. When she was twelve, she started putting these adventures on paper. For the next twenty years, she wrote with varying degrees of seriousness, but always as a hobby. In that time, she fell in love with Mark Twain and Kurt Vonnegut, the original Star Trek series, and Mystery Science Theater 3000. Science fiction became her favorite domain to work in, but she also enjoyed reading fantasy, horror, Western, and detective stories, and incorporating their elements into her work. One of her favorite things to do was make people laugh. Ellis denied being a writer for decades. But then she sold articles to The Daily WTF, and a short story to Analog Science Fiction and Fact. After quitting her full-time job to finish her first novel, it was time to own up to writing as her calling. She's currently an editor at The Daily WTF, and having the time of her life writing fiction the rest of the time.
