Dreamspy
Tales of the Luren, Book Two
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Publisher Description
In THOSE OF MY BLOOD, humans exploring a galactic spacecraft that had crashed on Earth's moon wakened an alien, a luren, who desperately tried to prevent the contamination of human culture with galactic technology--by lying to Earth's vampires. DREAMSPY reveals the truth behind those lies, presenting the story of Elias, a musician kidnapped from Earth into a tangle of galactic espionage, amidst a galactic war over the destruction of the fabric of space. When Kyllikki, a powerful telepath, rescues Elias from his captors amidst a space battle, they must run for their lives across enemy territory aided by Zuchmul, a distant relative of the luren who'd died on the Earth's moon. Can Elias admit his love for a woman who could enslave his soul--even if the fate of Earth depends on it? Another marvelous tale of intrigue, romance, and "magic" set in the Earth's future!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Continuing the universe introduced in Those of My Blood , this volume finds two powerful political factions, the Teleod and the Metaji, waging war over two competing systems of interstellar travel, with the Metaji alleging that the Teleod are destroying the substrata of space-time that make such travel possible. A small group of outcasts attempts to divert the course of war to avert disaster. Kyllikki, a high-ranking telepath who deserts the Teleod to join the Metaji Empire, joins with the luren (vampire) Zuchmul and the Guide (astrogator) Idom, to rescue a Dreamer, Elias, after their vessels are destroyed during battle. Elias, who has been kidnapped from Earth, is bonded--illegally--to Kyllikki's cousin, Zimor, leader of the Teleod. The four then set off across the galaxy in a stolen starship to depose Zimor. While the plot, when stripped of its interstellar trappings, is quite simple, Lichtenberg ( House of Zeor ; Dushau ) builds intricate and interesting multi-species societies, particularly that of the luren, circumscribed by law and custom because of their powers. ( Dec. )
