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Aftermath by Randall Sharpe

The novel “Aftermath” by Randall Sharpe was published for the first time in 2023. It’s the third book in the Astral Alignment series and follows “Addendum”.

Clover Field is ready to lead her new people into battle, as ordered by her new deities. However, she must clash with a powerful entity, surviving only because her new body can be sliced ​​in two without killing her. That enables her two halves to be rejoined. Xander Powers, his family, and another group of survivors have arrived on a planet that seems barely habitable for humans, yet the surrounding environment appears to harbor hidden dangers.

Despite the catastrophe the Astral Alignment wreaked upon Earth, a portion of humanity managed to survive by leaving the planet in hopes of a fresh start. The new kingdom of Camelot isn’t the original, yet King Arthur is determined to confront a threat that could destroy it. On the planet Nibiru, the Anunnaki civilization has survived for millions of years, but the humans still living in the solar system eventually come into conflict with them.

The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson

The novel “The Broken Sword” by Poul Anderson was published for the first time in 1954 and in a revised edition in 1971.

Orm kills a witch’s family to take over their lands. In revenge, the witch allies herself with the elf Imric and helps him kidnap Orm’s newborn son. The child is exchanged for Valgard and taken to the land of the elves, where he grows up under the name Skafloc.

The switch has significant consequences for the growth of the two children, whose destinies become part of events larger than their own. A war between trolls and elves and plans advanced by gods unfold, with a sword broken—for good reason—by Thor as a potential tipping point.

Addendum by Randall Sharpe

The novel “Addendum” by Randall Sharpe was published for the first time in 2023. It’s the second book in the Astral Alignment series and follows “Astral Alignment”.

For Annabelle, seeing a dead body near the local lake is traumatic, especially since various murders have occurred in the area. She and her friend Charon try to support each other in a difficult time in various ways. Other strange events see them sometimes as witnesses and, on other occasions, as protagonists. The presence of Darien Weever, who seemed like a normal substitute teacher at their school but turns out to be something else, adds to the strangeness. Their path also crosses that of a masked vigilante. Danger comes from strange creatures, but also from the Delta Freya and religious fanatics who show that humans can be the worst monsters.

Ray is a vampire but has no malicious intentions towards others. When she finds herself in legal trouble because of an empath she met by chance, her parents hire a lawyer to defend her, who turns out to be a vampire herself and a prominent one among vampires. Mallory alternates between transporting people and running a conspiracy website. The Delta Freya take at least some of her articles so seriously that they kidnap her and her husband and force her to take them to the depths of the Earth. Clover Field encounters a sasquatch who predicts a momentous future for her, but under circumstances that are shocking to her.

Astral Alignment by Randall Sharpe

The novel “Astral Alignment” by Randall Sharpe was published for the first time in 2022. It’s the first book in the Astral Alignment series.

Clover Fields wakes up in an unfamiliar place, with no memory of her own. She finds her name on the driver’s license she carries, but even her body seems strange to her due to certain inhuman characteristics. She can defend herself from strange creatures because she carries a weapon unknown to the people who live in the area and find her. She discovers she has strange powers and ends up becoming a sort of priestess of the community.

Darien Weever is trying to recover a manuscript that could be very dangerous in the wrong hands, but he ends up in a situation far more complex than he imagined. Josiah is taken by his father thousands of miles from his home for reasons he doesn’t understand. His father tells him he has special powers, which explains some of his strange experiences, but he finds it difficult to accept that his mother withheld such important information about their family from him.

The Shadowed Sun by N. K. Jemisin

The novel “The Shadowed Sun” by N. K. Jemisin was published for the first time in 2012. It’s the second book in the Dreamblood series and follows “The Killing Moon”.

Gujaareh seems to be struck by some sort of plague but it’s not a common disease because it seems to afflict people in the world of dreams causing their death during sleep after an agony that can last a long time. The priests try to keep the gravity of the situation secret so as not to create panic and because it’s a crucial moment for the future of the city.

Hanani and her mentor Mni-inh are charged with accompanying Wanahomen, the son of the old prince of Gujaareh, as part of a new alliance that involves the Banbarra tribes as well. Their task is to assist the allies as healers but the agendas that the various parties have in mind are not always aligned.