When Worlds Collide (The Chronicles of Natasha Mackay Book 3)

When Worlds Collide (The Chronicles of Natasha Mackay Book 3)

Three centuries after the disappearance of Major Natasha Mackay and the end of the Dark Wars, the Commonwealth slowly spread outwards. Trouble, however, is bubbling away, as the emerging Federation of Independent Planets began to flex its muscles against the might of the growing Commonwealth.
Three young people from three completely different backgrounds are due to meet under the strangest of circumstances.
Kaytania Bushay arrived on Earth to attend Military Academy, in which she excelled in all subjects. With some Psi ability, she became a talented pilot as her father before her, and was keenly observed by the Security Intelligence Unit. She didnâ€™t like Earth or those who called it home. Her home world lacked the arrogance and general superior attitudes that she found here. However, once through training, she shipped out to join her first posting on a state of the art battleship.
She never gets there. An act of terrorism destroys her transport ship. Her psi ability alerts her to impending danger, and she finds herself the only survivor in a small life-pod. The only habitable planet near enough to reach isâ€¦â€¦
Scotia â€“ a Class 3 Planet; colonised for a few centuries Scottish clans and staunchly independent of any other authority. Their planet was as wild as were they â€“ largely forested and with a brutally changing climate. They traded with anyone who wanted timber, and enjoyed the freedom to decide their own destiny, within the limitations of the Clan Law. Against this backdrop, young Greg McCann grew up to espies the clan politics, preferring solitude in the wilderness with only a canine called Laddie as company.
Into his world comes crashing a certain life-pod and a certain little lady. The pair becomes the target of a professional covert team from the Federation who are tasked with destroying any evidence of the act of sabotage and eliminating any witnesses.
Meanwhile, a long way away - E789-3B was how the Commonwealth Protective Service Colonial Department recorded it. This Class 3 Planet was so recently colonised that they had yet to get round to giving it a name. It had been discovered some time back, but due to the lack of premium minerals and a glut of better prospects, it had been left vacant and waiting. Those who finally colonised it were the People of the Way â€“ a quasi-religious sect who denied the assistance of mechanical aids to undertake anything. After around one hundred years, all they had achieved was a larger population. Limited to one town â€“ Haven, they lived a simple, agrarian lifestyle of farming and minor crafts. However, their strict adherence to the Way and the Law, as set out in the Good Book (not, I hasten to add, the Holy Bible), they were ruthless in banishing anyone who failed to follow the rules.
Young Ru is a teenager who knows he should have been born female. This is against the Law of the Way. Discovered wearing girlâ€™s clothes by her mother, she faces the wrath of her father and latterly the might of the Law.
For his sins Ru is banished from Haven. Refusing to repent and admit his wrong-doing, Ru is sent across the river with enough provisions as he can carry. Still wearing female attire, Ru is banished, hoping to join others of a similar ilk, bound never to return to family and friends.
Ru never meets any of the others. Instead, she finds something else that alters her life forever. The humans meet what they believe is a non-human life form, and the repercussions send shock waves through the system.
Within the community of Haven is a CPS agent. Duty dictates that any contact with intelligent, non-human life-forms that the CPS is to be informed. Not understanding that the person who used to be Ru is not a non-human life form, the CPS are informed, and a chain of events is begun.
Then, a ship comes out of super-warp speed in close proximity to planet E789-3B. The ship is the CPS Panther. Natasha Mackay is back, albeit a little late.
Country USA
Manufacturer TJA Publications
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-07-31
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	TJA Publications
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-07-31
Format	Kindle eBook

When Worlds Collide (The Chronicles of Natasha Mackay Book 3)

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