WHEN PLANETS FALL
Stars Fall Circle #1
WAR IS COMING . . .
Breaker’s home is cleaved by blood. The three tribes on the planet Scarlatti, whose only difference is their blood color, each want to exploit Breaker’s valley for themselves. The feudal tension has already claimed red-blood Breaker’s leg and his older brother. Now all this 18-year old wants is to maintain the tenuous peace in order to keep his little ‘stroid of a brother alive. Malani, a red-blood raised blue, is a kidnapped POW and only wants to return to her adoptive home with her dangerous blue secrets. Luka, a red-blood stewing for trouble, wants to right wrongs done to his family and bathe his home in justice.
All three intersect when Breaker discovers a wrecked starship and is given seven days by the green-bloods to fix and hand it over as a weapon. Breaker must decide if aiding his enemies is worth the home he knows and his family’s life. War is coming. And war respects no boundaries. And war leaves no survivors.
Praise for WHEN PLANETS FALL
“In this richly imagined start to a new sci-fi series, Reed brings optimism to the goal of solving entrenched violence in a galaxy far, far away . . . A propulsive, sharply crafted tale about a planetary war.” –Kirkus Reviews
“When Planets Fall” is a fast-paced, well-crafted and intriguing narrative. The world building is well done and believable, and details of the planet and its inhabitants’ are impeccable, making for a vibrant tale. The characters are definitive and distinctive, with very distinguished inner and outer conflicts, compelling the reader to turn page after page . . . The story is intricately crafted and a stunning catalyst for the reader’s imagination. The Stars Fall Circle series has gotten off to a promising start! –InD’Tale Magazine
“When Planets Fall was such a fun science fiction read! It had all the elements of science fiction that I love but it also featured an underdog, futuristic technology, and the world was nicely developed . . . I needed to have this book on my bookshelves.” –Genre Minx Book Reviews
WHEN DREAMERS FALL
Stars Fall Circle #2
ESCAPE WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING . . .
Breaker sacrificed everything—his home, his hand, even his relationship with his little brother—for the chance to escape Scarlatti’s war and find peace in their ancestral home. But time is running out. Supplies are low, Brody hasn’t recovered from his concussion, and Breaker’s right to lead is looking rather grim.
When a stranger arrives, Breaker realizes the world outside Scarlatti is so much bigger than even he could ever dream. Torn between the home he knows and the new home he wants, he will have to ask himself what else he’s willing to sacrifice. With old friends, two new points of view, and more secrets to unbury, read the series Kirkus has called “a propulsive, sharply crafted tale.”
WHEN DREAMERS FALL is book two of the Stars Fall Circle series and is meant to be read in order. Readers who enjoy multi-POV action-packed sci-fi will love this twisty tale.
WHEN ROYALS FALL
Stars Fall Circle #2.5
SUCCEED OR DIE . . .
Princess Scorpia is the heir apparent to the Solteran throne. All she wants is to prove to her mother that she will make a good queen. Now it’s her turn to pass the QueensTrial, the test all hr other sisters have failed.
Pass and she proves herself worthy of the galactic throne.
Fail and she dies.
But when Scorpia receives a secret warning, she starts to wonder if the QueensTrial has more than one purpose. What deadly secrets is her mother hiding? And will she live long enough to find out?
Full of epic twists and turns, this thrilling novella takes place concurrent with Book 1 (When Planets Fall) and contains some spoilers for Book 2 (When Dreamers Fall). Get your copy today!
WHEN HEROES FALL
Stars Fall Circle #3
WAR IS HERE . . .
Breaker did the one thing he swore he’d never do: leave his little brother Brody behind. All for a chance to save the planet he hates from a mad queen. But the Queen Mother is determined to find the galaxy’s biggest payload of dark matter, which means Scarlatti is still in danger. And the clock is ticking.
Racing across the galaxy, Breaker returns to Scarlatti to find the home he once knew has changed. Worse yet, he discovers a chilling truth: The war he left behind is not the war his people are fighting.
With the fate of his friends, his family, and the entire planet of Scarlatti in his hands, Breaker must decide how far he is willing to go to try to save them all. Because this time, he has nothing left to give save himself.
THE COLOR OF PAIN
The Intersection of Migraine, Art, and Faith: A Memoir
TAKE MY HAND.
You don’t have to walk this path alone.
Ancient Egyptians treated migraine by tying clay crocodiles to the forehead. The Victorians solved migraine by having doctors drill holes into their loved one’s skulls. Today, the Migraine Research Foundation says migraine is currently the sixth most disabling illness in the entire world, affecting over 9 million men and 28 million women in the US alone.
Abby J. Reed is one of them.
She is also an artist, a writer, and a woman of faith. Looking at the space where faith, art, and pain intersect, Reed interweaves vignettes to share how having chronic intractable migraine impacts both her Christian faith and art during a ten-year journey to find healing for the never-ending pounding in her head.
From intercessory prayer to Netflix binges to spending weeks in an intensive in-patient clinic, all while working on her art, sometimes true healing looks different from what we imagined.
THE COLOR OF PAIN is a brave, brutally honest and luminous memoir for fans of Jaouad’s Between Two Kingdoms and Peterson’s Adorning the Dark.