Why should Pietas end the war with humans?
His people are winning, yet they insist on peace talks. The Ultra people want to grant humans a seat on the Council. Pietas ap Lorectic, Chancellor of the High Council, War Leader and First Conqueror, disagrees. What's best for mortals is oppression, control, and if necessary, elimination.
Pietas seethes with rage at the idea of human equality. Humans might have created Ultras, but the creation has far surpassed the creator. Humans die. Ultras are reborn, no matter how grievous the injury. They have no equals.
His people permit him no choice. He must attend these insipid peace talks on Enderium Six and what's worse, be polite. To humans.
When a human special ops warrior is killed in battle, he's resurrected in a secret process and inducted into the Ghost Corps. He's given enough strength to perma-kill immortal Ultras. Ghosts are the most hated and feared of warriors.
When the ghost entraps and captures Pietas at the peace talks, the two begin a long journey toward Sempervia, an isolated and forgotten world. Once there, Pietas is marooned and the ghost abandoned alongside him. The two must either fight to perma-death, or join forces to survive.
As Pietas comes to trust the human, an unlikely and awkward friendship begins. Until he discovers how ghosts are resurrected...
Shelved on Goodreads as Military Sci Fi, Sci Fi, Soldiers, Bad Boys, Adventure, Angst, and 6-Stars. One reviewer wrote, "Watching Pietas and Six grapple through this deep dilemma was nothing short of beautiful for me. If these adversaries can navigate the chasm of hatred, distrust and male ego between them, maybe there’s hope for our own fractured world. I called this a bromance, but it is much more. I highly recommend you read and find out why."
Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas is character-based non-romantic military science fiction by a female veteran who literally wrote the book on world-building. Kayelle Allen is the author of the Tarthian Empire Companion, an illustrated World-Building Bible and Guide to Writing a Science Fiction Series. This is her twelfth book, first in the Bringer of Chaos series.
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Review
5 Stars This book was intriguing, disturbing, provocative, a real page turner.... The book is provocative because the author does an amazing job of showing both sides of the war between the humans and the Ultras (the would be slaves). I for one sympathized with both sides. The book is intriguing because the Ultras are fascinating. I wanted to know everything about Pietas. ... I want to read more about his people. - Amazon reader
From the Author
When I write, I feed my muse with music, especially when I choreograph an emotional moment, or an action scene. My immortal hero, Pietas, is at home with himself, cocky, sure, and confident. He comes across as a narcissist but in truth, he harbors no doubt whatsoever about his abilities. At the beginning of Bringer of Chaos, Pietas is already almost two thousand years old. A man should have plumbed the depth of his strengths and weaknesses by then, and Pietas has mastered them. Sadly, that doesn't mean he always makes the best choices.
Writing the fight scene in chapter six meant I needed new mood music. The sequence where Pietas faces eight reanimated special ops soldiers was unlike anything I'd written before. I studied stunts in action movies and listened to so much new music I was afraid I'd forget what I was there to do. I finally settled on combinations of moves by Jackie Chan (for sheer speed) and Captain America (for smooth motion). I wrote notes such as "jumps on and spins" or "leaps and twists". Not much, but it was enough for me to write.
I believe the best way to write a fight is not to spend too much time on details. I know that sounds wrong, but the truth is, the human mind can picture action much better if writers don't try to fill in all the blanks.
A punch to the jaw is fast and hard. Taking the time to explain the impact of the fist against flesh and the way the jaw moves, the expression on the person's face, how they fall back -- that takes up time. Writing a fight means writing a scene that's fast. Pietas is decisive. He doesn't hesitate to do whatever it takes to win. To show his incredible speed and the reason he would take the risks he did, the reader needed to understand his desperation.
Those who had betrayed him had given Pietas two options. Surrender or die a horrible final death by fire. They trapped him in a situation and location that made escape impossible. Defiant even in defeat, he created a third option of his own, and that is what sets the scene for the rest of the book. Was it a mistake for him to have chosen that option? Should he have submitted? Those are questions Pietas will have to answer for himself.
In my other scifi stories, I portrayed Pietas as the dark and dreaded king no one dares to cross. How did he become such a fearsome creature? This book reveals the origin of his journey into the bleak shadows of his soul.
On YouTube, the music video Queen's Breach by Critical Mass is listed as "epic action aggressive driving rock powerful". One listen and you'll agree. If that song isn't Pietas in action as a fighter, I don't know what is. Read chapter six of this book while you listen to that, and you'll see him in action. I listened to it repeatedly while I choreographed and wrote the fight of his immortal life.
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Why should Pietas end the war with humans? His people are winning, yet they insist on peace talks. The Ultra people want to grant humans a seat on the Council. Pietas ap Lorectic, Chancellor of the High Council, War Leader and First Conqueror, disagrees. What's best for mortals is oppression, control, and if necessary, elimination. Pietas seethes with rage at the idea of human equality. Humans might have created Ultras, but the creation has far surpassed the creator. Humans die. Ultras are reborn, no matter how grievous the injury. They have no equals. His people permit him no choice. He must attend these insipid peace talks on Enderium Six and what's worse, be polite. To humans. When a human special ops warrior is killed in battle, he's resurrected in a secret process and inducted into the Ghost Corps. He's given enough strength to perma-kill immortal Ultras. Ghosts are the most hated and feared of warriors. When the ghost entraps and captures Pietas at the peace talks, the two begin a long journey toward Sempervia, an isolated and forgotten world. Once there, Pietas is marooned and the ghost abandoned alongside him. The two must either fight to perma-death, or join forces to survive. As Pietas comes to trust the human, an unlikely and awkward friendship begins. Until he discovers how ghosts are resurrected...
Shelved on Goodreads as Military Sci Fi, Sci Fi, Soldiers, Bad Boys, Adventure, Angst, and 6-Stars. One reviewer wrote, "Watching Pietas and Six grapple through this deep dilemma was nothing short of beautiful for me. If these adversaries can navigate the chasm of hatred, distrust and male ego between them, maybe there’s hope for our own fractured world. I called this a bromance, but it is much more. I highly recommend you read and find out why." Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas is character-based non-romantic military science fiction by a female veteran who literally wrote the book on world-building. Kayelle Allen is the author of the Tarthian Empire Companion, an illustrated World-Building Bible and Guide to Writing a Science Fiction Series. This is her twelfth book, first in the Bringer of Chaos series. **
Review
5 Stars This book was intriguing, disturbing, provocative, a real page turner.... The book is provocative because the author does an amazing job of showing both sides of the war between the humans and the Ultras (the would be slaves). I for one sympathized with both sides. The book is intriguing because the Ultras are fascinating. I wanted to know everything about Pietas. ... I want to read more about his people. - Amazon reader
From the Author
When I write, I feed my muse with music, especially when I choreograph an emotional moment, or an action scene. My immortal hero, Pietas, is at home with himself, cocky, sure, and confident. He comes across as a narcissist but in truth, he harbors no doubt whatsoever about his abilities. At the beginning of Bringer of Chaos, Pietas is already almost two thousand years old. A man should have plumbed the depth of his strengths and weaknesses by then, and Pietas has mastered them. Sadly, that doesn't mean he always makes the best choices. Writing the fight scene in chapter six meant I needed new mood music. The sequence where Pietas faces eight reanimated special ops soldiers was unlike anything I'd written before. I studied stunts in action movies and listened to so much new music I was afraid I'd forget what I was there to do. I finally settled on combinations of moves by Jackie Chan (for sheer speed) and Captain America (for smooth motion). I wrote notes such as "jumps on and spins" or "leaps and twists". Not much, but it was enough for me to write. I believe the best way to write a fight is not to spend too much time on details. I know that sounds wrong, but the truth is, the human mind can picture action much better if writers don't try to fill in all the blanks. A punch to the jaw is fast and hard. Taking the time to explain the impact of the fist against flesh and the way the jaw moves, the expression on the person's face, how they fall back -- that takes up time. Writing a fight means writing a scene that's fast. Pietas is decisive. He doesn't hesitate to do whatever it takes to win. To show his incredible speed and the reason he would take the risks he did, the reader needed to understand his desperation. Those who had betrayed him had given Pietas two options. Surrender or die a horrible final death by fire. They trapped him in a situation and location that made escape impossible. Defiant even in defeat, he created a third option of his own, and that is what sets the scene for the rest of the book. Was it a mistake for him to have chosen that option? Should he have submitted? Those are questions Pietas will have to answer for himself. In my other scifi stories, I portrayed Pietas as the dark and dreaded king no one dares to cross. How did he become such a fearsome creature? This book reveals the origin of his journey into the bleak shadows of his soul. On YouTube, the music video Queen's Breach by Critical Mass is listed as "epic action aggressive driving rock powerful". One listen and you'll agree. If that song isn't Pietas in action as a fighter, I don't know what is. Read chapter six of this book while you listen to that, and you'll see him in action. I listened to it repeatedly while I choreographed and wrote the fight of his immortal life.