The Exiled Earthborn by Tassi Paul

Author:Tassi, Paul [Tassi, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: alien contact, Action & Adventure, Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Space Opera, Fiction, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781940456386
Publisher: Talos
Published: 2015-11-15T06:00:00+00:00

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“Rhylos had it rough from the beginning. Fifty thousand years ago, before anyone invented so much as a light switch, they constantly found their land pillaged by their neighbors who were after its abundant resources. They were once a peaceful people, but were forged into warriors over time. Much of it was against their will, of course, their populace ravaged by conquering armies, but they grew stronger with each new generation.

“They held fast to their faith. They always maintained that Kyneth and Zurana had revealed the Tomes of the Forest directly to their ancestors. They believed the pair kept them safe from harm, but after enduring so much, it’s hard to believe that idea persisted. Again they were razed during the Sacred Wars and had to build themselves up from nothing. They were largely spared during the machine uprising, but suffered huge losses in the next war when the first-gen Xalans took up arms. Years after that, they were hammered by the first of the homeworld strikes in the Great War. And, to top it all off, a massive earthquake shook the life out of them barely a century ago. Heartache was simply a way of life even as the rest of the world thrived around them.

“When we discovered Vitalla nearly a century ago, it was our first reason to celebrate in a long time while the Great War droned on. It was a planet far more hospitable to life than any we’d discovered to date. Sure, we’d built bases on moons and extra-solar planets, but they were always domed colonies surrounding by inhospitable landscapes. Vitalla was different.

“It wasn’t filled with lush greenery, but it was rich with rare minerals and had enough surface water to sustain life. The weather was too severe to allow for anything larger than microbes to exist. But with some modifications, we believed we could artificially raise the temperature enough for a colony to thrive.

“Once we started talking about a settlement, a spark was ignited inside Corinthia. Her sole mission in life became to ensure the colony went to Rhylos. She’d been doing aid work on the continent practically her entire life, and she pleaded with her grandfather Varrus to allow the Rhylosi to be the ones transplanted there.

“It was a hard argument to dismiss. Rhylos was now little more than a wasteland, its people only surviving on the charity of other nations. They were a resource drain on the entire planet, and the idea was that on Vitalla they could be put to work farming and mining resources to be shipped back to Sora for the war effort. Hex Tulwar, then Grand Cleric of Rhylos, happily agreed to the bargain with Varrus, and Cora’s idea, much to her delight, was approved. Though she was young, she threw herself into the project, spending almost every waking hour planning the details of the voyage and eventual colony.

“The discovery revealed further good news: Vitalla was in the opposite direction in the galaxy from Xala. It was unlikely they could even reach it.

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