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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