Synopses of the First Two Novels in the Series:

Warrior-Woman: The Forging Of The Legend:

Signe, a charismatic rebel leader of legendary fame, drives a force of ruthless Columbian invaders off Gaea. Resolved to gain permanent freedom for her world, and assured of the full support of her cooperative, intensely loyal fellow citizens, she leads a series of daring strikes on military installations in the heart of Columbia . Cannily, she parlays a single space ship captured during a raid, into a fleet. A premier strategist, Signe fights Arlen, Commander-in-Chief of Columbia's military forces, to a draw.

Arlen, warrior, statesman, and man of sterling honor, besieged on two fronts, draws on all his superb talents so as to survive. Even as Signe raids military bases on his populous world, four ruthless rivals seek to unseat him as military dictator wielding supreme power over his male-dominated, militaristic, fiercely competitive society. Despite his suffering a traumatic personal tragedy, this intellectually brilliant world leader succeeds in rendering Columbia impervious to attack, thereby causing a stalemate frustrating for both leaders.

Will these two gallant archfoes finally discover that each harbors dangerous misconceptions regarding the other? Will Signe and Arlen achieve a peace each side can accept with honor?

Master Of Intrigue:

Six Earthyears after the pivotal event that radically changed Signe's and Arlen's perceptions of each other, Galt, the perpetrator of a heinous crime that no one, even Arlen, suspects he committed, plots to cause Arlen's downfall. Well aware of his danger, the Commander-in-Chief lays a trap for his power-hungry rival, with the aid of Adrienne, a bewitchingly lovely, highly intelligent, and astonishingly courageous courtesan. The Columbian leader eliminates one potent danger to the autocratic control he wields over his world, only to find that another looms.

In a brilliant maneuver, the master of intrigue uses a mutinous subordinate to lead him to Signe as the warrior-woman embarks on a quest to find the Flagship: the mobile stronghold hidden by Johann, the colony-founder revered both by the Columbians and the Gaeans.

At long last, Signe and Arlen meet. Will the extraordinarily risky method Arlen employs to rid both the peerless warrior and himself of the erroneous beliefs each has been harboring serve to dissolve their enmity? What profound change in their feelings for each other will this mutually traumatic experience produce?

To read a short overview of the plot of each of the remaining eight novels in the series, click on this link: Catalog.