This time the Commonwealth alone isn't at risk-the entire Universe is. Now Vas has to deal with pirates, murderers, long dead nuns, and an invasion that looks to be heading for the Commonwealth. Just find who has been stealing cargo from a major Commonwealth firm, get paid lots of money, and come back. The crew finally gets a job, an undercover one outside the Commonwealth. Then invaders from outside the Commonwealth show way too much interest in Vas and her crew-the type of interest that leads to death. /rebates/2f97809860981612fWarrior-Wench-Asarla25C325AD-Wars-Volume-09860981672fplp&. A steampunk adventure, A Curious Invasion has also been released with the second book slated to come out in early 2020-The Mayhem of Mermaids. The final book, Defiant Ruin, is available now. A ship that's been missing for over fifty years. A space opera trilogy, The Asarlai Wars, launched with Warrior Wench, and continued with the Victorious Dead. Things start to go off course when a mysterious ship comes far too close to her secret home planet. Then a bunch of murdering Asarlaí stepped up and made things messy.Īfter a long recovery, she and most of her crew are ready to return to a nice, normal mercenary life of fighting where they are paid to fight instead of trying to save the Commonwealth. Vaslisha Tor Dain had a simple life as a mercenary captain.
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In 1984, it was adapted into a film.Ī miniseries follow-up to the film, Firestarter: Rekindled, was released in 2002 on the Sci-Fi Channel and a remake from Blumhouse Productions was released on May 13, 2022. In 1981, Firestarter was nominated as Best Novel for the British Fantasy Award, Locus Poll Award, and Balrog Award. In July and August 1980, two excerpts from the novel were published in Omni. Firestarter is a science fiction- horror thriller novel by Stephen King, first published in September 1980. |