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Books one through four in the Star Lyathe Series

Relkili Steel, Book one in the Star Lyathe Series

Relkili is the second planet from the Lyathe star in the Hyleit system. This star has burned extremely hot for many centuries, spitting plumes and fire balls regularly for longer than anyone could remember. Surprisingly, life was able to flourish even under these circumstances on even the closest planets.

There are eight planets in the system, Itaan, Relkili, Pisal, Neusa, Nosa, Nohal, Syle and Freer.

Most of these planets struggled with the intense heat and reduced resources that this heat caused. One day, two brothers on Relkili were experimenting with various minerals that were being mined in their home country and almost by accident discovered that one particular mineral - once hardened, was far stronger than the bricks that they used to build their homes with. Because of the intense heat that seared their planet, their sand and soil had amazing bonding properties already. But this mineral made those bricks look soft. They played around with the recipes and proportions and compounds and by the time they had reached the 3199th compound, they had found the perfect combination.

They named it rse3199 or relkili synthetic energy 3199. They took this find to a neighboring country named Dithann, that had far more governmental structure as well as funds for research and production than they did. But in order to bring their dream of sharing the rse3199 with their world to fruition, they were forced into a series of contracts that would put every aspect of their find under that leader’s control.

Fearing that they wouldn’t be able to help their people as they had hoped to do, they turned to the second largest nation, Kili-Pau, for assistance. Fortunately, this leader had great vision for their entire people, as well as a little bit of pull with several other nations. Calling them to assistance, they banded together with the two brothers to do what they could to secure their patents, their compounds and to protect the future for the entire planet. Drawing on advisors from all of the other nation states they set up laws, governance and a military structure designed to protect as many aspects of this new industry as they were able to, in order to bring it to as many Relkilians as they could. Making ALL of the reasons for these changes … public, they garnered the support of everyone, even those in the country whose leaders had tried to take advantage. This is the brief history of Relkili.

In the book Relkili Steel, these measures are being tested. There are those who do not like the way that things are being handled. Many of them want to make drastic changes in the very fabric of their government. And there are those that are just angry and feel that those in power are not being fair. A few suspected that descendants of the original culprits on Dithann might be involved in thefts, murders and disappearances that were beginning to become a problem all over their world. The Confederation Council always discounted these as rumors only and very little was ever done. But then why wouldn’t they? When Dithann had a large support base among the Council members, this became the norm for years. Each country had representatives on the Council. And while those from Dithann clamored the loudest that something needed to be done, they always seemed to be the first to suggest doing nothing.

Those who suspected collusion decide to make a concerted effort to find out about the more solid of the rumors that had reached the Lumiere’s fortress by infiltrating one of their own facilities. They sent one of their best commanders in with a small group to find out if there was any validity to all of this. To find out once and for all if the long held and often repeated suspicions of the Lumiere’s premier general had any validity.

Four comporadors stripped themselves of everything that gave their military an edge and stepped into the lion’s den as vulnerable as any other migrant worker. What they uncovered there would challenge nearly every aspect of their lives. They realized that this was not merely about rumors of missing or murdered workers but a large underground movement replete with the collusion of government officials from several states. This was a movement that could topple their entire society. And they weren’t having it.

The Relkili Sun - The Star Lyathe

Space was vast in the Hyleitan system. But those who lived within it were undaunted. They were unafraid. Many felt that they should have been. Those on the fifth planet believed that there had to be something better out there. They embraced the unknown because what they already knew was unsustainable.

A strong, brave people … determined to coexist on their terms with their capricious star – Lyathe; four brave ships set out to find homes that might provide them with better options. Their entire lives were fighting to survive and to learn. Those ships left chaos in their wake as those that remained continued the fight that had been started decades ago. To go or stay.

This is the history of the Hyleitan system. Those that reached for the stars, and those that remained.

The Zoerc Discoveries

The islands are beautiful. They are peaceful, with soft sands and warm waves and many neighboring nations enjoy vacationing on their shores. It was also a haven for nerdy, science-y and artsy people. And many inventions and works of art are created there.

Helping friends improve their own situation, two brothers, who dip their toes deeply into the science-y, nerdy aspects of their haven, searched for a way to give their people a better life. And they found it. And it was big. But someone wanted to take it away from them. From their entire world. In searching for allies to help them set things right, a new world was born. One of prosperity and of family.

Alliances were formed and sides were chosen and from the struggle, a great house was raised and with it, a fortress to protect them all, not the least these islands. Organizing their governments and their military towards the offensive rather than the defensive, they staked their claims for their people. And now, all they had to do was protect all that they’ve built long enough to get it into the hands of everyone that wanted it. Only not every government agreed with their goal.

The Comporadors - The First and Second Born

It was an epic test. An experiment in a world full of experiments. The Zoerc Twins had just given their people the most wonderful gift. A future. And a few brave souls were determined to do everything that they could to protect it.

After centuries of war, the people of Kili-Pau wanted peace and prosperity for their people. For all of their people. Even those that didn’t want to play nice. Their military was barely sufficient for a defensive world, but they believed that they needed to create an offensive world in order to achieve everything that they wanted to.

After the last wars with Dithann, they had needed leadership … and from the ashes of world-wide devastation, an emperor was born for their nation, making alliances with other states struggling to recover as well. When new tests to their fledgling government fell into their lap, the emperor called together all of those friends, contacts and alliances she had been fortunate enough to make. And they searched for solutions that they hoped would bring their people together for the first time in centuries. But this meant that they needed new leadership … not in the form of a new person, but a new position for a leader that they all loved and trusted. And so, the people elevated their emperor to Lumiere, their first born, light … leader … hope … not just for some, but for the entire planet.

But they needed … more. This series of strange and wonderful happenstances gave them the idea of also creating a special unit, an elite force … to help them make the transitions that they needed. To give their military balance. To keep watch over the machinations of their emerging world governments. And, to protect the entire realm. From the moment of their inception, they were exceptional and exceeded any and all expectations.

These are the Comporadors … the Second Born.