Ammonite Planets
by Gillian Andrews
Young Adult Sci-Fi
Date Published: July 28, 2014
This
omnibus edition exclusive to the Kindle bookstore brings you the first three
books of the award-winning Ammonite Galaxy series - a thousand pages in one
volume!
"Awesome
book! I'd give this 6 stars for writing if I could. I stayed up till 5 am last
night because I was that enthralled." Rose - Podiobooks reviewer (about
Valhai)
Meet
Six and Diva for the first time in this special omnibus edition of the first
three books in this series, starting with Valhai, which is a Readers Favorite
award-winning book and a Parsec Awards finalist.
"It
continues to astound me that this author has come up with something so
completely original and interesting." Cynikat, Podiobooks reviewer.
The
two occupants were staring at each other in disbelief.
“You’re
a no-name!” said Diva, and took a step back.
“And?”
said Six, and took a step forward.
“Don’t
come near me!”
“I
was only going to offer you my hand!” Six said, plaintively.
“I
wouldn’t touch your grubby hand if I were drowning in a sea of Xianthan
crocodiles!” snapped Diva.
“Oh,
So sorry, your mulchiness. If I could I would instantly remove my presence, but
you may have noticed this cabin is for two, and we happen to be locked
in.”
“There
must be some mistake. Kindly stay on your own side of the cabin!”
“Listen,
lady muck,”—the boy had the nerve to say—“if I want orders I shall give them
myself, right? You might have lorded it over all and sundry on Coriolis, but
that means nothing here, see?”
“How
dare you speak to me like that … you … you … nomus!”
The
boy laughed in her face. “You are just an apprentice, like me, my lady, and you
are going to have to get used to it.”
Diva
looked aghast. “Surely they wouldn’t expect me to share a cabin with a no-name?
They couldn’t!”
“You
haven’t heard me complaining about having to put up with you, now have you?”
said the boy. “And you are not exactly my idea of a pleasant traveling
companion.”
Diva
drew herself up to her full height, a trick which usually served to intimidate.
The
boy laughed again. “You remind me of a puffer eel faced with a giant crab!
Nothing but air!” He moved his hands in front of him with a fake scared look.
“Ooooooh!”
“I,”
she said with huge dignity, “am Divina Senate Magmus of Coriolis.”
Six
executed a bow. “I,” he said, “guessed you would have some silly sort of name
like that. Only have to look at you.”
“My
father is chief Elder of Mesteta on Coriolis!”
“Well,
he would be, wouldn’t he?”
She
stared at him.
“I
mean,” he elaborated, “with you dressing like that … he would have to be.”
She
frowned. “What is wrong with my garment? It is a Coriolan Ceremonious Robe.”
“Bet
you said that with capitals!”
“I
don’t understand you, boy!” she said haughtily.
“My
name is Six.”
“What
kind of a name is that?”
“Well
it sure beats yours,” he said. “At least nobody named me ‘Divine’!”
“It’s
‘Divina’,” she told him severely.
“Whatever.”
Gillian Andrews
I
am English, although I live in Spain now. I've worked at all sorts of things,
but have been writing too, on and off, since I was little. I have always been
passionate about cosmology and astrophysics, so it was exciting to be able to
bring that aspect into the series. I
recently finished a masters in astronomy and astrophysics.
Valhai
is the book I always wanted to write, but I got so involved with the characters
myself that I simply had to go on writing about them, which turned a one-off novel
into a series. I hope readers will identify with them and enjoy them too. I
myself have been practically living in The Ammonite Galaxy for the last five
years. It has become so real to me that I can almost touch it!
The
books out so far in the series are:
Book
One: Valhai
Book
Two: Kwaide
Book
Three: Xiantha
Book
Four: Pictoria
Book
Five: The Lost Animas
Book
Six: The Namura Stone (published September2014)
Book
Seven: The Trimorphs (to be published
2015)
Ammonite
Planets is the omnibus edition of Books #1-3 and is exclusive to the Kindle
store, and Ammonite Stars is the omnibus edition of Books #4-5, also exclusive
to the Kindle store.
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