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Golden Cord of Light
by Heidi Skarie
(Star Rider, #6)
Publication date: June 17th 2023
Genres: Adult, Science Fiction
When darkness descends can a few courageous heroes save their planet?
Princess Morisa’s world is turned upside down. She planned to be a priestess living at a monastery for the rest of her life. But now she’s being sent to a foreign country and is expected to use her special powers to entice the prince to marry her. How can she seduce him when it goes against everything she’s been taught?
Prince Everette is embroiled in the world of politics and rebellion. With his father leaving for war and his mother ill, he’s the regent ruler and head of the military. As if that isn’t enough, he’s expected to be polite to the feisty Princess Morisa, who is staying at the palace for the summer.
Everette and Morisa’s stormy relationship intensifies as the warring world around them erupts. Can they put aside their differences long enough to keep the most dangerous sorcerer in the galaxy from destroying their planet? Or will the galaxy plunge into darkness?
Golden Cord of Light is the thrilling sixth book in the Star Rider Universe. If you like bigger-than-life heroes and heroines, evil sorcerers, space battles, romance, and mysticism, you’ll love Heidi Skarie’s exciting novel.
Buy Golden Cord of Light for an amazing adventure full of passion and excitement set among the stars.
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1 Dogfight
City of Silver Light, Jaipar, planet Borko
A beeping noise caused Baymond to glance down at the instrument panel of his starfighter. Everette’s Tornado was bearing in on his tail, trying to lock on a missile. He grinned and
soared upward, curving away from the Tornado before Everette was successful. The g-force
pushed him into his seat and he tensed as his anti-gravity flight suit squeezed his legs to prevent
a black-out.
“Candle, want to test the Liberator in a dogfight?” Everette said over the radio.
“You’re on, Hunter,” Baymond said into his helmet mike. He shot by Everette’s starfighter,
then looped around and headed back. The Tornado was now too far away to see and he relied on
his air combat instrumentation to locate it. On the screen, he spotted it over the ocean and flew in
that direction.
Approaching rapidly, he tried to get a lock on the Tornado as his helmet sensors pressed
against precise points on his head so he could control the weapons by thought. The Tornado shot
off so fast, he couldn’t target it. Baymond soared after it, pleased with how quickly the Liberator
could accelerate and how it handled at high speeds. The dot on his screen showed that Everette
had reduced his speed and was returning to engage.
The mock dogfight continued as the two starfighters tore back and forth across the sky.
Baymond finally succeeded in locking onto Everette’s Tornado. Across the display came
MOCK KILL. “Got ya!” he yelled.
“I’m dying!” Everette flew the Tornado into a nosedive. He pulled up at the last minute,
climbing back into the air. “I’ve been reborn.”
Baymond chuckled. “Only to die again.” A flashing red light caught his attention. He
glanced at his display. The words ENGINE OVERHEATING appeared. His laughter faded.
“Hunter, I’m having trouble with my engines.” Baymond switched them off. “I’m going to let
them cool off.”
“You’re dropping too fast!” Everette yelled. His ship was directly above Baymond’s. The
ocean loomed up quickly in the viewport. Baymond switched on two of the four engines. He
skimmed the surface of the ocean and rose into the sky.
The words ENGINE OVERHEATING appeared on the screen again.
Another voice crackled in Baymond’s ear. “Ground control to Candle. Gain altitude and
eject.”
“I’m going to try to bring her in.”
“Negative. Eject Immediately. The engines could catch on fire and she could explode.”
Ignoring orders, Baymond switched on the other two engines and switched off the two that
were overheating. His heart raced as he soared toward the airstrip. Warning lights flashed. The
two remaining engines were dangerously hot.
I can’t die! I can’t do that to Fawn, he thought.
He turned off all the engines, dropped the landing gear, and glided in for a landing. The
Liberator hit the concrete and rolled forward. One of the engines burst into flames. Baymond
pulled a lever and discharged a fire extinguisher agent on the engine, then threw open the canopy
top and leaped out. Adrenaline pumped through him as he sprinted away from the ship.
The wail of sirens pierced the air as two fire trucks sped over to the Liberator.
Heidi Skarie's life as a writer began when she had a dramatic dream about a futuristic world at war. The vivid dream was like watching an action/adventure movie. Excited about the dream, she recorded it upon awakening. That night the dream continued where it left off. After six nights, Heidi had a hundred-page journal recording the series of dreams. This awakened her interest in writing, which continues to be one of her greatest passions today.
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