Format: Kindle, 216 pages
Release Date: February 23rd 2021
Publisher: Ink Monster, LLC
Source: Publisher
Genre: YA / Science Fiction
An Aunare Chronicles Novella*
Amihanna di Aetes is used to
fighting, surviving, and relying on her strength to get through the
hard times. She thought the worst was over when she accepted her
engagement to Lorne ni Taure, the High King of the Aunare, and claimed
her place as the future High Queen.
It should be easy to slide
into her new role. How hard can it be living in luxury with your
soulmate after growing up alone on the streets?
But the more she
learns about the Aunare and their politics, the more she realizes that
the true test of her strength is just beginning.
Amihanna di Aetes is in for the battle of her life if she wants the Aunare to accept her.
In Command is a 40K word novella that takes place between Off Balance and On Mission (Book 3 of the Aunare Chronicles). This story takes place entirely on Aunare. 20-year old Amihanna di Aetes as accepted the fact that she will marry Loren ni Taure and become Queen of Aunare. Ami is super focused on making war on Jason Murtagh and SpaceTech for what they've done to her, her mother, and her people. She knows that SpaceTech is slowly closing in on Aunare borders, and unless they gets allies behind them, Aunare may end up going it alone.
However, the list of people who want her dead has gotten pretty long. This book really ends up with Ami releasing all of her pent up aggression that's been building up for 13 years. 13 years since she was left behind by her father Rysden. She's had enough of the High Council which seems to be working with SpaceTech, and not trying to find a way to prevent them from submitting to Jason Murtagh's machinations. She's had enough of the local media treating her as the enemy, instead of the Queen she is fated to be.
As the camel back finally breaks with the people of Aunare wondering why she can't even speak their language, and her popularity not getting any better no matter what she does, Ami and her best friend Roan finally reveals to Aunare, Lorne, and her father what really happened to her and her mother Catherine during the 13 years she was stuck on Earth while being hunted down by SpaceForce. It's a brutal reminder of how awful SpaceForce is, and the lengths they went to in order to scare Earthers into believing those from Aunare are a threat. In way way, Ami gives hope as well as absolution to the people of Aunare for how they've been treating her.
This book also has several chapters from Lorne's POV. Lorne is having issues with convincing allies that they need to step up and help Aunare even though SpaceTech has already attacked them. Thanks to the former King, if Aunare and SpaceTech go to war, Aunare may find themselves at war with allies thanks in large part to an alliance signed by the former King. Lorne is also trying hard to make Ami understand that part of her job as Queen is facing the High Council no matter how much she hates them, and they look down their noses at her.
I'm glad that the author wrote this book to hold us over until On Mission releases sometime this year. It was a good thing that Ami and Roan did in order to make Lorne and her father understand that even though she can't speak the language, she was born on Aunare, and will always be part of Aunare. It will be an interesting discovery to find out what happens next now that we've seen the truth behind what Ami and her mother experienced on Earth. Will the allies step up? With the High Council stop treating her as garbage? Or, will Ami end up going it alone?
The Aunare Chronicles
1. Off Planet
2. Off Balance
3. In Command
4. On Mission
5. On Destiny
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