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Rapier
by R. A. "Doc"
Correa
Kathy Masters never expected to journey to the
stars until she was selected by the prestigious Galactic Geographic Society to
photograph and get videos of the flora and fauna of a newly discovered class M
planet before colonization begins. Filled with hope and enthusiasm she boards
the S.S. America for the trip to Beta 3 Epsilon to begin her new project. On
the way she is abducted and brought aboard the privateer Rapier beginning her
nine year sojourn among the colonies of mankind.
Going from captive to slave to induction into the
infamous Brotherhood, Kathy finds herself being called on to raise the adopted
daughter of the crew of the Rapier. Given the responsibility to raise their princess,
Cindy, with the help of Lien Lan Yi, daughter of the house of Yi and princess
of the imperial court, they travel among the stars preying on merchant ships,
dodging Chinese warships, fighting pirates, visiting strange worlds and
encountering fantastic creatures, all under the watchful eyes of Commodore
James Ulysses Black.
Trying to raise a young girl among gunfights,
sword fights, ship to ship battles, slave trades, deals and some of the most
feared raiders in human space is no small challenge. The only question is, is
Kathy up to the task?
About the Author
I was raised in Los Angeles, California in the
1950s and 1960s. I graduated from Eagle Rock High School in June 1970 and
entered the US Army in December of the same year. Having served in the Regular
Army, nine and a half years, Army Reserve, four years, and Rhode Island Army
National Guard, eight years, I retired from the military in 1993. During that
time I served as a battlefield medic, LRRP, surgical tech, scout section
leader, LRS assistant team leader, team leader and training/ops NCO in a LRSD.
I graduated from Colorado Technical University with a bachelor’s degree in
computer science in 1999. I then worked as a systems and applications test
engineer, test lead, and test manager from 1998 to 2009. I've had a number of
poems published in various publications. My wife and I have four children,
three grandchildren, and two great-grand-children. We currently reside in the
San Luis Valley of Colorado. I've recently released my first novel, Rapier, a SciFi adventure. The story is
set in the late twenty fourth century shortly after the genetics war. Currently
I'm working on Razor, the sequel to Rapier and The Young Kathy Masters Chronicles, a prequel to the series that
takes place in Australia.