A Touch of Death (The Outlands Pentalogy #1)

A Touch of Death by Rebecca Crunden
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Rebecca Crunden gives us a complex heroine in Catherine, raised in affluence while hearing a lifetime of lies about a dystopian society. A Touch of Death follows Catherine's journey into the Outlands with a man she despises: the brother of the man she loves. Along the way, we see the many ways the corrupt can justify cruelty, the eloquent can hide murder, and the heroic can defy everything. Crunden delivers a fast-paced narrative, propelled by action and conflicted emotions.

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New SciFi Artwork: General Sydra, Woman Warrior

General Sydra, one of the Maintainers in Sons of Taldra. I won this free commission from O. P. Holden’s Project Octavian group by signing up for their weekly mailing list. Other scifi writers who want to do the same should sign up right away.

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Picture description: A Black woman in her late thirties, with a weapon over one hand. She wears the gray and black uniform of a Maintainer in Sons of Taldra: A Science Fiction Adventure.

In Sons of Taldra, the Maintainers are the judges, juries, police, and military of the human home world. Some of them are violent, corrupt, or power-hungry, but Sydra only wants to help and protect people.

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