Chapter Two - Into the Wild Places
The book, characters, and artwork are (c) Ronald J. Lebeck (that's me). * * * # # # Chapter 02 - Into the Wild Places # Sounds reached me through the mists of distant memories and pulled me back into the "now." I listened for a bit and...
"Daggers of Darkness" - Cast of Major Characters
# Cast of Major Characters - James Daugherty, Captain -- James is the Commanding Officer and pilot of Nightwing. He is the great, great, great grandson of Ron and Lupina Daugherty via their son, Cormac. James is a "near human" with several wolfish...
"Daggers of Darkness, Book #4: An Unexpected Discovery", Chapter-10
# 10 ( **Note:** _The author recommends listening to_ "Guardian Angel"_, by Elias Nilsson [[https://youtu.be/ehRWzT8eLMo](https://youtu.be/ehRWzT8eLMo)].)_ The faint smudge against the darkening eastern sky suddenly became a streak of...
"Daggers of Darkness, Book 2, The Heart of Élendor": Chapter-1
# 1 Zhir-Chi'an gave the apartment one last nostalgic look before she shut the door for the last time. For the last six months, she had been on Terra acting as a Diplomatic Cultural Aide, learning everything she could about the people and their...
Chapter Three - Hope's Spring
The book, characters, and artwork are (c) Ronald J. Lebeck (that's me). * * * # Chapter 03 - Hope's Spring When I awoke, the sun was just up and both Red Moon and Dahmietra were gone. "_Must be out somewhere_," I thought. I had a good stretch, then...
"Daggers of Darkness" - Part 12
# Part 12 The day of departure had arrived, and among the huge crowd that had gathered to see the three_Spirit_-class long-range scout ships lift, was the crew of the _Chel-Sar Se'nika_, Zhir-Chi'an's family, the First Attendant Lady Niwa-Ele'ana, and...
Chapter Six - A Timeless Love
The book, characters, and artwork are (c) Ronald J. Lebeck (that's me). * * * # Chapter 06 - A Timeless Love The area we arrived in was wooded, though the trees were much younger than the ones in The Great Forest and not nearly as large. We decided...
"Daggers of Darkness" - Epilogue
# Epilogue In due time, full diplomatic and trade relations were established between the Sol Federation of Worlds and the Mûr Tua'ansa Star Empire, along with the formation of an alliance between the two governments. With trade came a sharing of...
"Family Tails" - Chapter 40
# Chapter 40 Ron and Lupina celebrated their sixty-second wedding anniversary on 01 January 2075, surrounded by family and friends. Cormac and his wife/mate Annie, Sierra and her husband/mate Dakota, Chrys Ann and her husband/mate Steve, Violet and...
Tangled Vines - Prologue
# Prologue In 2513, six months after the Sol Federation ships _Nightwing_, _Shadow Storm_, and _Darkfire_ made their historic voyage to Mûr Zhæn--the homeworld of the Mûr Tua'ansa Star Empire--the Terran embassy was established in the capital city...
Daggers of Darkness, Book #5: "The First Ones" - Chapter-1
# 1 ( **Note:** _The author recommends listening to_"Voices of Namibia"_, by Patryk Scelina [[https://youtu.be/ANBjn5uK8uw](https://youtu.be/ANBjn5uK8uw)].)_ Little by little, consciousness slowly returned to Tanya. At first, there were vague sounds,...
Chapter Nine - The Meaning of Family
# **Chapter 09 - The Meaning of Family** The rest of the night was largely uneventful. Night Song returned not long after Grimm came back, having found out about evening meal. Given that the outpost was on a state of alert, the dining area was...