She looked for salvation. She found monsters.Khe loves her simple life on a farming commune until she discovers that her gift for pushing the crops is a death sentence. Fleeing across the treacherous wilderness, she makes her way to the city of Chimbalay, searching for the orindles who might save her. But Chimbalay has its own dangers. The Powers are there--the secret rulers who have chosen Khe to be the mother of a monstrous new race.Neither "man in space" SciFi nor classical fantasy, Khe deftly blends elements of both while satisfying those wanting something new in a dystopian story. Readers looking for solid world-building and fresh and fully-realized characters will especially enjoy this book.Khe's story continues in Ashes and Rain and concludes with By the Shining Sea. A companion novella, Gama and Hest, tells the history of Khe's world.
Author: Alexes Razevich Publisher: Razor Street Publishing Published: 09/10/2012 Pages: 268 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 0.62lbs Size: 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.56d ISBN: 9780615697987
About the Author Alexes Razevich was born in New York and grew up in Orange County, California. She attended California State University San Francisco where she earned a degree in Creative Writing. After a successful career on the fringe of the electronics industry, including stints as director of marketing for a major trade show management company and as an editor for Electronic Engineering Times, she returned to her first love--fiction. She lives in Southern California with her husband. When she isn't writing, she enjoys playing hockey and travel.