Bringer of Chaos
Bringer of Chaos
Imprisoned and in isolation over a year without food or water, the immortal Pietas survives. Though broken in body, his intellect and will are intact, thanks to Six, the special ops warrior who captured him, but kept him sane. The warrior had no hand in his deprivation and, like Pietas, was betrayed by his own kind. When Pietas is abandoned on an alien world with nothing but his honor–and Six–he must find and rejoin other immortal exiles. After centuries of war, Pietas despises and kills humans on sight, but he is too damaged to continue on his own. He allows Six to restore him to full strength, and accompany him. As they cross the planet together on foot, the immortal begins to wonder if he has found his first human friend, or if Six is loyal only because Pietas could keep the others from tearing him to shreds. This human will either be his closest living friend, or the one whose betrayal will trigger all out vengeance by the most powerful immortal ever born.
Two warriors: one human, one immortal. Different in belief, alike in spirit, dependant on each other for survival on an alien world.
Publisher Romance Lives Forever Books
Author Kayelle Allen
Genre Science Fiction (a bromance, not a romance)
Get ready! #ChaosIsComing Mayday 2016
Word count 51,300
Page count 204
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Excerpt Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas
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In this scene, a human is interacting with an Ultra (an immortal) who is an advisor to the humans about the imminent capture of the Ultra leader, Pietas, who is trapped within a room without air. Pietas can hold his breath far longer than any human. It opens with the human speaking.
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“You’ll be happy to know, they’re sending in a team from Ghost Division.”
“You can’t be serious.” The Ultra blinked. “You’re sending in recycled ops soldiers. Ahjdaya, they’re dead people.”
“They’re not dead. Special ops soldiers who die are reanimated for short-term missions. Ghosts are better than cyborgs. They can go without air for a long time, like Ultras. Sure, they have a short life but their sole objective is to kill. People are terrified of them.”
“People, yes. Pietas? He’ll laugh. You can’t send ghosts against him. He’ll take them apart with his bare hands.”
“Not this team. They’ve been reanimated before, and they’ve been on the front lines. They’ve fought Ultras. They’re the best fighters we have.”
“Had.”
“Excuse me?”
“Might as well start using the past tense. They’re going to be dead. Again.”
The voice in Ahjdaya’s earpiece prompted him, and he repeated what he was told to say. “These guys are good. You’ll see.”
“What you’ll see is slaughter. You’re sending in dead humans to fight the strongest Ultra in the galaxy. He will–literally–eat them.”
Ahjdaya tapped his earpiece, listened, and relayed the message. “They want to know if you have any other advice.”
“Not for dead people. If they were alive, I’d tell them to say their prayers.” The Ultra said nothing more.
Ahjdaya tapped the earpiece. “Good to go.”
The Ultra started to walk away, but then turned back. “One more thing.”
“Yes?”
“Don’t send in reinforcements. You’d have to open the door. That’ll give him air. He’s going to make you want to do that.”
“How?”
With those glistening, solid-colored eyes, his smile looked like a mask on a demon’s face. “By killing everyone you send in.”
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Kayelle Allen
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