Grant, Susan - The Star Queen

Title: The Star Queen
Author: Susan Grant
Series: Prequel to the Star series
Pub: Leisure Books
Pub Date: August, 2003
ISBN: 0843951702
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Hero: Romjha B'kah
Heroine: Taj Sai

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    Romjha's head spun and his leg ached, but he couldn't pull his eyes from Taj. "We've have met the enemy, and he is us!" she shouted. "If you doubt me, ask Petro, for if things continue as they are, all of us will be making a trip to the Ever After far sooner than we think. Just yesterday a raider's rifle misfired."
    At that, her wild, impassioned eyes found his. The jolt of that brief contact rocked him to the core. Her scorn for men like him emanated from her like heat from a blaze, penetrating his indifference like a hot knife cutting through wax. Abruptly self-conscious, Romjha cleared his throat and shifted more of his weight to his good side.
    "Last week, it was the fuel spill," she said, dragging that appalled gaze from his. "What is next?" she beseeched the shocked, silent gathering. "Who is next?"
    Romjha grimaced. Her accusing words rang with a truth he couldn't deny. His rifle misfiring was a mistake that could have just as easily killed Petro as any of the children scampering underfoot when he'd loaded his weapon before leaving on the raid. With their population in decline, could they afford such recklessness, such sloppiness?
    Taj marched back and forth, as if the energy coursing through her wouldn't allow her to stay still. "We have become lax," she charged. "We are killing our own people. Laziness...apathy," she growled. "That is the greatest danger of all!"
    Romjha was raised to celebrate and appreciate the differences between men and women, but Taj was unlike any he'd ever encountered. The black outfit she wore was utilitarian and unisex. It contrasted with her long hair and graceful body. She obviously relished her femininity, and yet she swaggered with the confidence of a raider.
    It roused his curiosity.

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The Star series

Prequel: The Star Queen - Susan Grant [from the anthology The Only One]
Book 1: The Star King - Susan Grant
Book 2: The Star Prince - Susan Grant
Book 3: The Star Princess - Susan Grant