Rebellion on Planet sarvage
Under a death sentence on two planets, a hero, an outcast, the sole link to an ancient civilization, and the Champion of All Larches, he's Elias of Earth. He's an experienced explorer, a clever scientist, and a terrible planner. Another plan gone amiss pushes him to escape through a quantum portal to the planet of Sarvage, where he finds an alien race rebuilding after a devastating war.
With the help of an alien AI embedded in his skull, Elias seeks to blend in, help rebuild, and maybe find a home. Except that each plan leads to more trouble until he finds a research lab on an isolated mountain. Will he be the assistant...or the test subject?
Book Overview
Chapter 1 - "Rebellion on Planet Sarvage"
Elias sat with his back against a mossy tree, fishing pole in hand as he relaxed in the afternoon breeze. Nearby, his crude tent sat in front of a fire pit, slow drying a selection of fish and meat, supplies for his next trip through the quantum portal. He drew in a deep breath of the rich, fragrant air and imagined if this was what Earth was like a thousand years ago. Morning mists chased off by golden rays of bright yellow sunlight, warming his face while watching his line drift lazily on the crystalline stream, native wildlife chirping, and the scent of his cooking smoke wafting along the shore.
A gentle breeze rustled his dark brown hair, grown longer than he preferred to cover the nodules behind each ear, unwanted “gifts” from his first alien encounter. The nodules were bone growth over artificial intelligence implants grafted into his skull and used for mind control through direct brain wave manipulation. A rival alien race helped Elias reprogram the implants so that he could channel his fierce will to prevail over their mind control. Elias was 5’11, hazel eyes, a month’s growth of beard, athletic build, and on the lean side, but six months fighting for survival on a high gravity planet developed additional bulk and density to his muscles. He wore leather moccasins, leather pants, and a dirty white synthetic shirt, durable and quick drying, from the water planet of Hosushab.
His relaxed gaze shifted from his fishing to movement in the bushes on the other side of the broad stream, movement too consistent for a random animal. Perhaps his cooking fire attracted some local natives. A moment later, a dozen figures emerged from the bushes, moving hesitantly on the shore. Elias checked the notes on his wrist computer, scrolling through the extensive data he collected about each planet he visited. According to their size and features, they were Hyeneum. That was his name for them based on the light brown color and spotted markings of the hair that covered their neck and backs and reminded him of hyenas. What were they doing standing in the open?
They were primitive, aggressive, and very numerous in this area. Elias didn’t know if they had a true language, as each attempt to communicate with them ended in violence. They were humanoid in shape, over five feet tall, wiry figures, tanned human skin except for the thick hair that covered their neck and back. The most distinctive feature was the shape of their heads, bearing a crease down the center of their skull, from the forehead straight back along the top. They were stalking hunters that used their hairy backs as camouflage, hiding in the bushes to surprise their prey. This group seemed lost and out of place standing out in the open.
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