We've got an exclusive today courtesy of Ms. Julia Barrett.
An Interview with Aja Bokinan, The Thousand Year Empress - let's see what she has to say...
Interviewer: Empress, I understand you are considered the Thousand Year Empress. Can you illuminate this title for your subjects?
Empress: Yes, of course. As you know, the genetics project that produced the line of female rulers began thousands of years ago on our home world, Earth. Many safeguards were built into the project, intended to avoid the problems caused by genetic tampering. However, nothing is perfect. It would seem that every thousand years or so, an empress is born with unusual powers and abilities. She’s also born with the tendency toward megalomania. In other words, every thousand years, we risk an empress who is driven mad by her ability to see into the future.
Interviewer: Yet you seem perfectly sane, my Lady…
Empress: I understand the dangers and I use my…shall we say…unusual attributes with caution. I’ve been taught well by the Empress Mother, and I have the example of the two Thousand Year Empresses before me as a warning.
Interviewer: You smile as you say this, Empress. Why?
Empress: I have my own methods of keeping the madness at bay.
Interviewer: My Lady, would those methods include your consort, Captain Kyr Aram?
Empress: You might say that. However, I do like to keep my private life, private.
Interviewer: Empress, it’s said you can travel through time, or even stop time in its tracks. Is this fact or is this superstition?
Empress: I cannot stop time. As of yet, no Woman of the Blood can, and I hope no Woman of the Blood ever will. As to time travel, well, I prefer to avoid it whenever possible.
Interviewer: So you can travel through time, my Lady?
Empress: I’d rather not comment over much on that aspect of the Royal Blood, other than to say that even a touch of the Royal Blood allows women to pilot very well. In order to pilot, one must, in a sense, navigate through time eddies and currents, otherwise, space travel would take far too long to be of any value to us.
Interviewer: Empress, do you plan to restore full rights to women?
Empress: I’ve already done so by decree. Once the new Imperial Senate meets, I expect their first act will be to ratify my decision.
Interviewer: My Lady, I know you must leave for a meeting with our new Imperial President, Karna Aram. I’d like to thank you for your time. Do you have any parting words for our listeners?
Empress: For thirty years, the Empire has known uncertainty and fear. That time has ended. A new era of prosperity and freedom dawns today for all my subjects. I ask you to remember those brave men and women who paid the ultimate price for our cause. They deserve your vigilance. Cherish and protect your newly won freedom. Thank you.
DAUGHTERS OF PERSEPHONE I & II
Publisher: Resplendence Publishing
Available: July 13, 2010
Erotic Fantasy Romance
Aja Bokinan, of noble blood, is the Thousand Year Empress who has grown to adulthood in exile. Throughout the Empire, women are banned from public life, have no legal rights, and they have become little better than property.
In an attempt to kill off the royal line and end all resistance, Aja is kidnapped by a General who intends to inject her with a lethal virus, hoping she will infect her family and Women of the Blood everywhere.
Kyr Aram, is a smuggler and secret Resistance fighter. He must find a way to protect Aja from both the General and a traitor on his own ship who wishes to see her dead. With the Thousand Year Empress, he gets more than he bargained for.
Book Two: Return
The Lady Ennat, has been sent by her mother to Resistance Commander, Karna Aram. She is a Blood decoy, her role is to protect her sister Aja, the Thousand Year Empress, and draw the bulk of the Coalition forces away from the Resistance fighters. Knowing she may not live to see tomorrow, she gives into her growing feelings for Commander Aram.
Karna Aram wanted the woman from the moment she set foot on his supply depot, but nobody touches a Princess of the Blood. He resists his bone deep desire until Ennat challenges him to pick up a sword and spar with her. All bets are off. Karna has a different kind of sword play in mind.
When the Ennat and her sister, Aja, are reunited, they know the Coalition is coming after them. They must risk all to save their followers, and the men they love.
Julia Rachel Barrett writes fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Her books can be found with Siren, Resplendence Publishing and Cobblestone Press. She and her family make their home in Northern California.
http://juliarachelbarrett.net/
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I happen to love how Chris has her rules set-up at Stumbling Over Chaos so mine are verra similar *grin* - okay fine - they're pretty much a dupe *I love you, Chris* (grin)
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