Treason: Episode One in the Star Song Series

Commander Temozar Alkabah is an intelligence officer in the Earth Extraterrestrial Command. As the EEC's top expert in alien languages, he has been studying the musical speech of the frond shaped animals on the planet Shirr Null. When war breaks out between humans and the Shirrah, he is assigned the task of interrogating a captured alien warrior. During the interrogations, the alien often turns the tables by asking cynical and incisive questions about human aggression and violence.

But in the back and forth of their musical conversations, a rapport develops between the two representatives of different species. The harsh realities of war force Alkabah to make a difficult choice between military duty and his human compassion. The choice he makes will determine the course of the rest of his life.

“Treason” is the first installment of 20 self standing stories, each about 10,000 words, that make up the “Star Song” saga, a complete science fiction novel. Although “Star Song” was inspired by the cliffhanging serials of science fiction's golden age, these stories are aimed at the more sophisticated reader of the 21st century. The series follows Temozar Alkabah, born in a subterranean refuge on the ruined planet Earth, as he goes from adventure to adventure in the far reaches of the galaxy. But the adventures of the characters in “Star Song” turn out to be more psychological and emotional than swashbuckling. Alkabah discovers the universe is a far stranger place than he could ever imagine.