Insurrection (Athena Lee Chronicles Book 5) (14 page)

After the Cabal seized control of the Empire, they were going to betray then destroy the pirate clans.

Minerva reported this conversation and all of the other reports they had gathered to the new planetary council. Some of our own local businessmen were in this Cabal up to their necks. They would need to be dealt with. When the Empire came to force a reckoning about the Governors arrest and our rebellion against the government, who would be in charge? The Navy or the Cabal? Deep questions to think about over the next few weeks. Minerva put all of that out of her mind. It was festival season on the planet. Now was the time to party!

The Festival of Ramen was the planet’s biggest festival of the year. Pastafarians from across the Galaxy came to Hong Kong to celebrate and worship. The Grand Temple of Spaghetti had scheduled a huge concert followed by the olive oil and pasta races. Last year, Minerva had come in second in the olive oil race. I was going to meet up with Min and my girlfriend Dar just before the concert. I had scored some backstage passes and front row seats from some friends I made last year. Buck, the leader of the bad, had finally made it to the big time. That name change that I had suggested really payed off for them. The Hong Kong Cavaliers sounded so much better than just the Cavaliers.

Author’s Note and comments

I hope that you enjoyed Insurrection as much as did. Look for Book 6 Next month.

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I started writing in February of this year (2016).

My good friend Michael Anderle kept pushing me to put words on paper. So I did. The Forgotten Engineer was my first try at writing fiction. I have written some non-fiction for both the Witches Voice and for the Magical Almanac. But that was not fiction. I will be the first to admit, that my early writing had a few misspellings and typo’s. An English major I am not. In fact, that was one subject that I did not excel in during college. I have a BFA in Telecommunications along with a Culinary degree. I’m an old Radio guy that likes to cook. I now am working with an editor and several Beta readers. I’m always looking for a few more, so feel free to send me a message of Facebook or on my Blog. Same with being a Redshirt. I put a call out for pirate names and my fellow authors responded. Many of the now dead pirates in my books got their inspiration from those responses. The Pirate Reuben is one such character. He is based upon my beta’s son. The characters Di and Dj who have popped up in this book as well as one of the short stories are based upon real people.

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Look for many more Athena Lee books in the future. I have opened up this universe and it won’t close now, it is too big for that. There is a stand-alone book based around Sam from book 3 coming soon. Books 7,8, and 9 will deal with happenings in the Earth solar system. I have fans who are begging me for a Minerva Lee book. Yannos and his team may make an appearance also. Space Marines? We will have to see about that. Don’t forget about Wilson. That rascal has a new crazy adventure every Wednesday on my
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He may one day get his own book. His origin story is working its way around my brain. Drop me a line on FaceBook or at my Email address [email protected] See you soon!

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Reviews. I get my fair share. The early ones were not very nice, we don’t talk about those. Some of the newer ones make me smile.

4.0 out of 5 starsGreat fun!

ByJim Rabyon April 12, 2016

Yea sure there are typos and dropped/wrong words but given that all of the "books" in this series are some of the authors early works, who cares? Keep it up. Beats the living **** out of the over priced "established" authors schlock the big publishing houses are pushing.

4.0 out of 5 starsGreat read. Nice to see a serries about engineers.

ByJames A. Rasmussenon April 18, 2016

Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase

Great read. Could have been a little more editing to get out some typos. If not for typos, I would give this a 5 star rating.

5.0 out of 5 starsWOW - I will enjoy this seres.

ByRobert Lowreyon April 10, 2016

Format: Kindle Edition

This is a great series and I can wait for the next book. I just wish the book was longer. It is diffidently a good buy.

5.0 out of 5 starsI like the series

ByJoshua J McDonnellon April 9, 2016

Format: Kindle Edition

I like the series. It reminds me a lot of Ell Donsaii series. The MC is smart funny and likable. And DAMN that AI is damn funny.

*** I like the Ell Donsaii series myself

4.0 out of 5 starsShort but fun

ByGeezetteon April 6, 2016

Format: Kindle Edition

This is more like a serial episode, equivalent to the length of a chapter in a novel. But that's not really an issue when read as a Kindle Unlimited entry. Since that's pretty much all I read from Amazon, I'm just happy to have found it (thanks to the author's post on Michael Anderle's discussions group.

Thought this was a fun read and enjoyed the pop culture references. Naming bad ass weapons system armaments after mayhem rowdy cartoon characters is just so special.

4.0 out of 5 starsShort

ByAmazon Customeron March 25, 2016

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I read this useing kindel unlimited. I enjoyed the story but would like to have had more of the main characters work to survive and less jumping back and fourth to her rescue. Dont let that stop you from reading it. It is quick read and fun.

5.0 out of 5 starsMore, more, more

By Terry Keeling on March 31, 2016

Format: Kindle Edition

The characters were believable. The story line great, nice to see "engineer" as main character. It's a shame that people are the same as now days, greed rules! Thank you

That’s it for now. Keep reading.

Copyrights

This book is a work of fiction, All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Sometimes both.

Copyright (c) 2016 T S Paul

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author.

Digital art for the cover is Markus Vogt

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Cover designed by Michael T. Anderle

Editing by Diane Velasquez. Dorene Johnson, David Brim

Special thanks to Michael and to my wife Heather who keeps me grounded and to Merlin the Cat, we are his minions.