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Monday, July 15, 2019
The Gods of Probabilities @Liza0Connor
Xenophobia – the future of racism.
Definition
of Xenophobia – An Unreasonable fear or hatred of
strangers from other lands/countries/planets.
Original
usage: 1905-from the word Xenos, meaning strange added to
Phobia, meaning fear. Together they mean fear of strangers.
Current/Future
usage: 2300 – Fear of sentient aliens, especially
those who do not resemble a humanoid form.
In The Gods of Probabilities, Captain Zousan discovers
a great deal of his crew harbor xenophobic attitudes. This comes to light when
Pane is given the critical position of Shepherd for the planet Zepwick, which
is vitally important for the success of The Path of Light.
Pane is the result of one of the Gods getting frisky
with an orangutan species on the planet Hooweet in the Triangulum Galaxy. As
the dominant intelligent life on the planet, they drove about in three-wheeled
helio cars that could also fly short distances. Their young people loved to go
dancing and swinging ‘til the break of dawn, then head off to battle at the break
of dawn. They were warring with the other tribes, much like humans do, so
Zousan sent one of his crew down to teach them to live in harmony. Taking on
the rallying cry of “Make Love, not War” the sub-par God evidently followed his
own advice. Nine months later, Pane was born. Normally, God genes dominated
over the DNA of the native partner, and they always came out looking like…
well, Gods. The men were handsome and strong, the ladies beautiful and svelte.
But not this time.
This suggests that Pane’s DNA proved stronger and
better than the DNA of the idiot God that Zousan had sent to the planet. He
would like to know exactly who he sent to the planet, only the computer refuses
to tell him.
Despite Pane’s excessive fur, short bow legs, and a
grey muzzle jutting from his brown furry face, Zousan thinks him an excellent
Shepherd, the best he had in fact. Pane had great empathy for his charges,
excellent problem-solving skills, quick to give others credit for their ideas,
diligent, focused, hardworking and never resented questions or suggestions.
While disturbing in appearance, he handled his charges to perfection. Zousan only wished he had more like Pane. But
Pane was unique, both in his abilities and his hideous features. And his
presence had brought to Zousan’s attention that he had a serious xenophobia
problem. Even knowing they might destroy The Path of Light by their actions or
inactions, other crew members will ignore his requests, even if they were
signed off by his supervisor Athena. Zousan is constantly having to intervene
because the Xenophobes on his staff send Pane’s Highest Priority requests down
to the bottom of a hundred yearlong queue.
Finally, he threatens to send all Xenophobes home
through the next black hole they pass. SANS SHIP!
While this quelled the obvious signs of Xenophobia,
nothing has altered the hearts of his crew. The Gods who were Xenophobes
yesterday are still Xenophobes. They’re just more careful about it.
And the problem isn’t just with the Gods. The large
contingency of humans in space, while claiming to follow The Path of Light, in
truth walk a darker path, plotting to kill all other sentient lifeforms in the
all the multiverses. I’m sorry to say, but some things never change.
The Gods of Probabilities
By
Liza O’Connor
Blurb
The Gods
require a time shifter to ensure the Path of Light reigns during the final
collapse of possibilities. To speed the process of finding an Oceanic with the
specific talents needed, God DNA is induced in several batches of Oceanic eggs,
resulting in a generation of brilliant tiny blue Oceanic children.
One charming
boy named Drogan has the ability to manipulate quantum reality in ways that
will strengthen the Path of Light. The only trouble is that his gift runs a high
probability of killing him and wiping out the Path of Light for good.
While the
bureaucratic Gods will try to assist, in Quantum all possibilities not only can, but do happen, so the future is never certain.
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About Author
Liza O'Conner has exceeded 50 novels.
Yep, she loves to write stories in many genres:
Contemporary,
Sci Fi
Paranormal
Western
Historical
and a few youth books too.
Liza O'Conner has exceeded 50 novels.
Yep, she loves to write stories in many genres:
Contemporary,
Sci Fi
Paranormal
Western
Historical
and a few youth books too.
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Monday, July 8, 2019
Surviving Sojourn @Liza0Connor
Pane is the product of one of the Gods crew mating a sentient orangutan during an era when Zousan sent his fellows out
to teach sentients not to kill each other. The crew called it the Make Love Not War campaign.
And it resulted in a great many baby
Gods.
Normally, the God’s DNA overwhelms
the other species resulting in pure God DNA in the offspring.
Except, on occasion, it turns out the
sentient creature will have stronger, better DNA in some sections of the DNA
strand resulting in a mix-breed rather than a pure God. That is how Pane came
to be.
While Zousan was worried when Athena
took a liking to Pane—(He did not want furry grandkids), over time, he also grows
very fond of Pane. He promotes him to top shepherd and constantly praises him
for his fabulous ability to get sentients to cooperate with one another and
solve their own problems. This is critical to the PATH of LIGHT's success upon
the final collapse.
The contract Zousan signed severely
limits the number of times Zousan or any of his crew can intercede to save the
various sentients needed to save the Path of Light. So Pane’s incredible gift
of persuasion, foresight, and genuine love for his sentients makes all the
difference in their battle to ensure the Path of Light triumphs over darkness.
Over time, Zousan comes to love Pane
like a son. He could not be prouder of his top Shepherd.
But the sentient computer Marybell
senses her Pane beloved needs physical love, so Marybell suggests and Zousan
acquires a Tea Cup Puppy that resembles Pane a great deal. When the puppy licks
Pane’s nose, he licks the puppy and a love bond is set forever.
Ah, Puppy Love!
Surviving Sojourn
By
Liza O’Connor
Blurb
An
alien species is removing human colonies from planets, but to where, no one
knows. Sojourn, along with the Emperor’s daughter and their crew, must find
this unknown species and negotiate a treaty before the Empire’s army declares
war on all non-human races.
Those
who do not follow the Path of Light would prefer to kill all the non-human
sentient beings before they are even aware they are under attack.
Matters turn bleak for the Path of Light when
Sojourn’s ship crash-lands on Terranue before their journey even begins.
Excerpt
Zousan smiled as he turned from his
monitor. “Marybell, I have a great wish to reward Pane for his extraordinary
work getting the alien bias removed from the books so Drogan could return to
Captain Longfellow’s service.
“He did more than that,” the sentient
computer replied. “By not placing Drogan on the crew list, your father has been
under the presumption he died and thus has made no further attempts to kill the
poor fellow.”
Zousan had wished he’d known what an
ass his father intended to be. Then he would have bothered writing a trillion
rules to stop his father from cheating. But no, he mistakenly believed he and
his brothers and sisters had been successful with their intervention and his
father had realized he needed to stop controlling all of their lives. Given all
the troubles his father had plagued him with, he worried what happened to
Poseidon’s fishing trip and Hade’s desire for a warm climate. He doubted his
father had played fair with them any more than he had with Zousan.
“What does Pane want more than
anything?”
“To be woken with kisses,” she
replied.
“I thought you loved Pane?” Zousan
challenged.
“I do!”
“Then why did you suggest I find him
another woman to warm his bed?”
“I suggested no such thing! I said he
wanted to be woken with kisses.”
“And how do you propose we achieve
the matter? I guarantee you no female on this ship will accept the job.”
“Well, I would, if I could, but I
can’t. But I have found a cute little teacup poodle to do the trick.”
“There’s a planet with sentient teacups?” Zousan asked. He was definitely demoting whoever made tea cups sentient.
“Actually one your idiots did try to
make sentient teacups, to prank you, but when he poured the hot water into the
cups, I made it so hot the cups melted, spilling hot water all over the idiot.”
“Why didn’t you tell me about this
before?”
“We weren’t on speaking terms back
then. You preferred your interface.”
“That was a huge mistake on my part.
One in which I’m most thrilled to have changed.”
“Thank you. I much prefer our current
relationship as well.”
“So, back to the original topic. What
type of Tea Cups are able to kiss Pane awake?”
“It’s a puppy. A very tiny puppy. So
small, he’ll fit in a teacup. Which means Pane can keep him in his pocket so
he doesn’t have to worry about the little fellow when he’s working.”
“Then let’s get him a teacup puppy.
He’s more than earned those kisses.
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Book 4 : Surviving Sojourn
Book 3: Surviving Terranue
Book 2: Surviving Outbound
Book 1: The Gods of Probabilities
About the Author
Liza O’Connor lives in Denville, NJ
with her dog Jess. They hike in fabulous woods every day, rain or shine, sleet
or snow. Having an adventurous nature, she learned to fly small Cessnas in NJ,
hang-glide in New Zealand, kayak in Pennsylvania, ski in New York, scuba dive
with great white sharks in Australia, dig up dinosaur bones in Montana, sky
dive in Indiana, and raft a class four river in Tasmania. She’s an avid
gardener, amateur photographer, and dabbler in watercolors and graphic arts.
Yet through her entire life, her first love has and always will be writing
novels.
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Monday, July 1, 2019
Surviving Terranue @Liza0Conner
HEAVY THOUGHTS BY
LIZA O'CONNOR
One disturbing point of my books is there are quite a few Pre-ordained deaths. Both Tamara and Blue are fully aware that their deaths were pre-ordained. On the positive side, neither actually 'dies'. They simply transform into a different entity rather like a powerful spirit.
I wouldn’t mind a pre-ordained death, especially if I got to help a great cause in doing so. Then, hopefully, I could get everything in order before my death. Maybe even clean the house, but that would be the last on my priorities. If I knew the exact time of my death, I could give all my stuff away and not worry about the future. But alas, we don’t get an exact time of death. Even if you have cancer, exactly when you will go isn’t known until a short while before. Six months can be three months or nine.
I would love to know, down to the very second, so I could give away all my worldly goods in person. It would please me a great deal doing good deeds ‘til the end.
My spirit-Tamara was told by Pane, as she endured agonizing pains of death, that her demise was pre-ordained and necessary to protect her soul-bond and her husband when they go Outbound. And while she didn’t enjoy her excruciating death by poison, at least she didn’t have to blame herself for being stupid enough to stick her hand into a bag which was supposed to have apples in it only to be bitten by a deadly inland Taipan snake. That it rested in her bag of apples is most odd because it naturally lives in Australia, which was half-way around the world.
The Inland Taipan is normally non-aggressive to humans. It would prefer to get away from people. But stuck in a bag with a giant hand reaching in, it had no choice but to defend itself. And it did, killing Tamara in short order. As she died, Pane told her the good news about her transformation so she could keep Saran and Dmitri safe.
The other pre-ordained death is Blue’s, yet Pane has no idea who told him about his forthcoming death. Pane had no idea of the complexities required to save the Path of Light until a short time before the event when he dreamed a very complex solution to the problem at hand.
Do you think it possible that the dream Pane had in his sleep was like the advice he gives his sentients while they sleep? Did an even bigger God, possibly the First God, dream speak to him?
What do you think?
Surviving Terranue
By
Liza O’Connor
Blurb
Leading a colony of frightened people on a new world is rarely easy. The human colonists of Terranue have as their leader, Tamsarandem, the only Soul-bond of Three that has ever existed. Unfortunately, some perceive the innate kindness in the shaman’s choice of leaders as a weakness, thus, challenges begin. From the moment they arrive on the planet, self-survival instincts take hold among the colonists, putting the survival of the colony at risk.
To survive, they must act for the good of the colony rather themselves, even when their natural instincts tell them to do the opposite. First, they must befriend the dominant intelligent life form on the planet, long-haired blue cattle, only slightly smaller than the blue bull Tamsarandem brought with them. Second, they must find a way to survive three of the planet’s five seasons. Otherwise, they’ll be baked, frozen, and pummeled to death. Third, they must protect themselves from the giant bears, saber tooth lions, and T. rexes that roam their planet. But worst of all, deep within the planet, a seed of evil grows, waiting to devour every living creature on the surface.
Every day in their new paradise is a challenge to survive. Despite all the advantages the Gods have provided, success is neither easy nor certain, and people are rarely as good as they need to be.
Excerpt
Zousan worried over the twenty-six percent probability of The Path of Light succeeding in every single universe. It made no sense! The chances of the same percentage occurring was less likely than every sentient being in existence choosing the correct Zega Lottery’s seven hundred game symbols. No. This had his father’s hand written all over it. Damn Cronus! Why couldn’t he just be proud of his son’s success? Why was he driven to crush and devour his children? Was his ego so fragile?
While Zousan wasn’t crazy about most of his offspring, he certainly didn’t spend a second on conniving ways to destroy them. He just left them behind when his father allowed him his own multiverse. He happily escaped the man’s tyranny, taking his one sweet offspring, Athena, with him. While his other children were a pain in the ass, he absolutely adored his talented, brilliant daughter.
Without her, he would have failed early on, since she was the only one Cronus had ever shared the secret of creating life with. Fortunately, his father adored Athena and had showed her how to make life when she was but a little girl, long before Zousan demanded his own multiverse which he assured his father would be far superior to his.
“Pane have you found the source of trouble?” he asked his top shepherd.
Book 3: Surviving Terranue
Book 2: Surviving Outbound
Book 1: The Gods of Probabilities
About Author
Liza is a multiple-genre-author of nearly fifty novels.
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Monday, May 13, 2019
Scavenger Vanishes @Liza0Connor
Scavenger Vanishes
By
Liza O’Connor
Two hundred years ago, before the terror wars changed Earth, rules
to prevent inappropriate relationships and coercion between high-ranking
personnel and their subordinates existed in the USA armed forces.
But it never worked well, especially when highly ranked colonels
raped women or men in his service. Even if the victim tried to file a
complaint, the general could and usually would refuse to bring charges and that
ended matters, except statistically the victim, would suffer further abuse for
filing the complaint, which explains why most rapes were never reported
Now, 200 years into our future, MAC, the artificial intelligence
that runs the SkyRyder Corps, evaluates all personnel and ranks them on their
abilities, thus the need to prevent an officer from fraternizing or having sex
with someone beneath them is not against the rules IF both parties are willing
to participate. Since both parties are assigned their rank and job by MAC,
there should be no negative impact if they wish to fraternize.
Sadly, MAC missed the big issue:
As long as General Powel can field promote or demote the
soldiers whenever he likes, for whatever reason, he still has excessive power;
and as long as Powell keeps a list of every mistake a soldier has ever made and
can send it to MAC whenever he wishes to punish the soldier, he still controls his
or her future in the Corps; Thus, Powel continues to wield incredible power over
his men and women.
And like most humans, he’s not always fair or reasonable. In the
excerpt below he demands Alisha to give his men the “same comfort” she has
given Logan’s men. He sees it as fairness. She sees it as coerced sex.
Scavenger Vanishes
By Liza O’Connor
BLURB
Stationed on opposite coasts,
Alisha and Logan must each face their own demons and challenges. On the West
Coast, Alisha loses her rank for butting heads with General Powell and soon discovers
the life of a private can be utter hell. On the East Coast, newly promoted
General Logan discovers his soldiers do not recognize his authority to command.
In an effort to retake control of the East Coast Corps, Logan authorizes
unthinkable actions. When Alisha faces a life-threatening crisis, will Logan
rise above his own troubles, or will she discover love and rescue with her best
friend Jack?
EXCERPT
The moment the door closed behind
her, her ears rang from Powell’s bellowing about her inability to teach his
fliers Class Five skills.
“How many passed, sir?” The general
had stormed off without reading the scores out loud.
“None!”
“Tucker didn’t pass?” she asked in
disbelief. His run had been nearly perfect.
“I was talking about my soldiers!” the general raged. “None
of my soldiers passed. But then you
didn’t actually provide them any of your generous comfort, now did you?”
“I haven’t provided anyone with
comfort.”
He was in her face, roaring just like
that old lion at the zoo, except this time there were no bars protecting her.
“You are addressing a general, Private Kane. You will address me as ‘sir’, and
you will limit your answers to no more than is required to answer my questions.
Is that understood?”
“Sir, yes, sir.”
“Now I want to know why all my men
failed the exam?”
“They couldn’t have failed by much,
sir. They have all the maneuvers down.”
“I don’t care how close they got.
They didn’t pass the test. Do you understand?”
“Yes, sir!”
“I want them to pass. You do whatever
you have to do to make them pass in three days. You give them whatever you gave
Tucker. Am I clear?”
Alisha suddenly felt like a virgin
mistress being scolded by her parents. “Do whatever it takes, but keep him
happy and get a baby in your womb.”
Logan, get me out of here! she inwardly prayed as she replied to the general that she
understood.
“Good.” He returned to his desk and
held up a sheet of paper. “I made a mistake with my handling of you. I admit
that. I gave you too much rein. Ironic, since that was the exact problem Logan
had with you as well. You would think I would have learned from his mistake.
Well, I didn’t, but I have learned now. Going forward, there will be zero
tolerance in your behavior. You will be the model soldier.”
“Yes, sir,” Alisha said. “I will,”
she promised. “I recognize what I did at the assembly was wrong, sir. That will
never happen again.”
“Nice words, Private Kane. And they
sound sincere. Would that be because you’re expecting General Logan to come and
rescue you from having to fulfill them?”
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About the Author
Liza O’Connor lives in Denville, NJ with her dog Jess. They
hike in fabulous woods every day, rain or shine, sleet or snow. Having an
adventurous nature, she learned to fly small Cessnas in NJ, hang-glide in New
Zealand, kayak in Pennsylvania, ski in New York, scuba dive with great white
sharks in Australia, dig up dinosaur bones in Montana, sky dive in Indiana, and
raft a class four river in Tasmania. She’s an avid gardener, amateur
photographer, and dabbler in watercolors and graphic arts. Yet through her
entire life, her first love has and always will be writing novels.
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