A Cat Among Dragons series by Alma T C Boykin (#1-6) + Short Story
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Overview: Alma grew up on the Great Plains and prefers to live where she can see the weather coming. She escaped academia twice, has held jobs ranging from lab tech to pilot, and is currently pretending to be a respectable citizen and model for the youth of America. Many of her books and stories draw on Central and Eastern European history, even though she is, officially, an Americanist. She sings, stargazes, cooks, reads anything that stands still long enough and has words on it, travels, and wages a losing battle against the forces of garden entropy.
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
A Cat Among Dragons (#1)
She wanted to live life on her own terms. Her enemies had other ideas. The galaxy is about to discover just what a cornered cat can do.
They started it. Her father’s people declared her a corrupt half-breed, one unfit to live. Now she’s on the run, fleeing back in time. When she joined an interstellar mercenary company, she did not anticipate becoming the Pet of House Nagali, becoming the student of a mysterious but very well connected Healer and diplomat, and fighting her way into power as the only sentient mammal in the court of a reptilian empire.
This collection of short stories, the first in the Cat Among Dragons series, begins the saga of Rada Ni Drako and her odd assortment of allies. Join the adventure as Rada takes on her father’s people and tries to keep her head, and the rest of her, intact.
Justice and Juniors (#2)
Rada Ni Drako’s idea of a quiet life did not include a succession crisis, grand-theft timeship gone awry, or a sword-point honor challenge in front of the entire Azdhag Imperial court. But she never planned to develop a conscience, either.
Join Rada and Zabet as they discover the complications of duty in this Cat Among Dragons short story collection.
A Double Edged Wish (#3)
Rada Ni Drako and her business partner Zabet survive a King-Emperor’s anger, a contract that leads to plague and discovery, and motherhood. But when inattention, famine, and a conspiracy from Earth’s future combine against her, Rada proves once again that there’s nothing so deadly as a cornered cat. Especially one who already lost her soul.
Promises and Powers (#4)
Don’t threaten a HalfDragon’s family: he’ll change the world in order to protect them.
Alien invasions only exist in bad movies. Earth’s militaries know better. That knowledge forces Joschka Graf von Hohen-Drachenburg to make a choice. Will he remain in hiding, or will he risk losing everything in order to protect his family and House Drachenburg? His decision pulls Rada Ni Drako back into his life. She in turn receives an offer she probably should refuse, from a creature as old as Earth itself. When the Cat and a HalfDragon join forces, everything changes.
A Touch of Power (#5)
From wandering alien graduate students to a musician who plays more than just a guitar, Rada Ni Drako, or Rachel Na Gael as the humans call her, has her paws full of mischief. Her old friend Joschka von Hohen-Drachenburg isn’t helping, either. Rachel really should have read the fine print on this contract.
Between Flood and Flame (#6)
What price justice, and who will pay? Rada Ni Drako returns to Drakon IV and rediscovers the joys of politics. She and her business partner, Zabet, prefer to live and let live, but a corrupt King-Emperor drives Rada to disobey a direct order. The results may bring down the government, if Rada survives.
A dying junior cries out for justice for a long-forgotten crime. And General Andrew Whitehead decides to solve two problems with one building. It’s just another uneventful decade (or two) for the Cat among the Dragons.
A Cat for Christmas (Short Story)
A meter-long catnip mouse? Major Rahoul Khan is back from Afghanistan, rejoining the 58th Regiment of Foot in time for Christmas. But Afghanistan doesn’t want to let him go. His old friend Rachel Na Gael may hold the cure for what ails him. Or she may take him farther than he ever imagined possible. Sometimes, the little gifts mean the most. A Cat Among Dragons short story, 3100 words.
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