follows Harvette Coin, an XO on a space pirate ship, and Teela Skyler, a housekeeper who barely escaped an alt-right cult with her life.
Morning Stars is a blend of space opera and drama with a thread of galactic magic and romance. It has the aesthetic of your favorite occult store ending up in space; of pirates dripping in gold jewelry juxtaposed against sharply dressed lifetime spacers wondering what life upon planets is like.
Tarot cards and stars and shimmering diamonds. Designer gowns and workboots. Sweaty, cramped freight ships and ornate space-bound penthouses.
It is the culmination of years of work, professional editing sessions, and is the first in a trilogy of novels as the galaxy faces a threat of a ruthless religious cult.
AND IT IS FREE!
The author has a separate career, and trying to pursue the world of traditional publication was discouraging and destroyed the fun i have writing.
It would mean the world to me if anyone would give it a chance now that i have it posted again for free.
(Especially as i hope the second novel will be complete soon!)
XOXOXO
And as always, writblr, my inbox is always open for collaboration and community with other artists and writers.
An update i didn't expect to make so soon. Unfortunately, i'm probably not skilled enough for a Patreon post - i have almost no graphic design skills, art skills nor marketing skills (triple threat watch out)!
After a lot of traditional publication rejection, and being unable to afford to indie publish the way i want to at this point, MORNING STARS is now going to be a serial on AO3!
MORNING STARS: LINK
Morning Stars: Kamarie K’s Space Opera
Harvie Coin makes her living as a part of a hauler crew, transporting and selling valuables across a galaxy ruled by the governing League and a ruthless religious cult known as the Order.
When a run ends badly, she's left injured and in the hands of law enforcement. Forced to make a deal to act as a guide for an eccentric philanthropist in return for her freedom, Harvie begins to uncover dark secrets and mysterious disappearances throughout the Milky Way.
She finds unlikely friendship in Teela, a housekeeper and cult escapee.
Harvie and Teela, used to being nobodies, are mistakenly thrust into the middle of the galaxy's churning politics. As the Order threatens to spread their cult across the galaxy, both women find they must decide what matters most to them, and who they are going to protect.
Content notes: This novel contains references to sexual, emotional and spiritual abuse as well as science fiction typical violence and sexual themes. This is a work of adult fiction.
The novel has been fully edited and written, so you can expect an update every week. This gives me the freedom to write exactly what I want, tell the story that i've wanted to tell for so many years, and share it with all of my amazing friends on here. I have a full time job where i'm trying to career climb, and managing a Patreon is out of my scope right now.
I do have a Ko-Fi if anyone enjoys my writing and would like to throw me a few dollars (money will probably be spent on more commissions for the novel or for buying youth in foster care in my community gifts <3) - link
Thank you to @maia-beans for all of your amazing support and artwork throughout the years, to @winterandwords for your kind feedback during our Wattpad days and for connecting me with the OG writing side of Tumblr where i've met so many lovely people. To my writing bestie, Irene, without a Tumblr, who's been working on MS with me since its inception. To @sunset-a-story and @explosionshark for letting me bounce ideas off of you and hearing all of my rants/offering suggestions. To @leebrontide and @daphnevermeer for sharing your knowledge about indie publishing with a newb like me. To my writing coaches who have been patient with me and given me incredible feedback to tell the story i want to tell.
I can't wait to share Morning Stars with everyone on here, and can't wait to read more of the stories you all have written!
xoxoxox
Kam
PS - if you leave me a comment/share the novel i'll love you forever and ever and maybe even give you a lil kiss.
Check out Morning Stars! A free to read original novel -
Harvie Coin makes her living as a part of a hauler crew, transporting and selling valuables across a galaxy ruled by the governing League and a ruthless religious cult known as the Order.
When a run ends badly, she's left injured and in the hands of law enforcement. Forced to make a deal to act as a guide for an eccentric philanthropist in return for her freedom, Harvie begins to uncover dark secrets and mysterious disappearances throughout the Milky Way.
She finds unlikely friendship in Teela, a housekeeper and cult escapee.
Harvie and Teela, used to being nobodies, are mistakenly thrust into the middle of the galaxy's churning politics. As the Order threatens to spread their cult across the galaxy, both women find they must decide what matters most to them, and who they are going to protect.
Thanks to @winterandwords for the tag! Make sure y'all check her out - she writes some incredible dark and twisted fiction over on her Patreon! It's super high quality and fun to binge!
📝 Find a line in your story that fits each of the parameters given by the person who tagged you, then give new lines for the people you tag
These are from Morning Stars, a complete, 100% free original space opera! I'd be thrilled if any of y'all checked it out.
A line about darkness
Teela grit her teeth. There was still air. No emergency alarms or depressurization warnings sounded. The suffocating darkness lasted for another moment before the floodlights took over.
A shouted line
"By the Gods, Coin!" Jethra shouted, his yell echoing through the radio in her ear and startling her, "This is a crime scene! Don't touch anything!"
A line with less than five words
Blood. A lot of blood.
A line you LOVE
A thick silence settled around them, “I'm sorry, Teela. That’s heinous."
Tagging @meiyohakobune, @gaeldricge, @firesidefantasy, @orangelizardtattoo and @sodaliteskull if you'd like to do it!
Your lines are...
A line about betrayal. A mention of fish or a body of water. The color black. A line about music.
Dr. Adam Arkane, an esteemed archeologist, has been trying to prove all his life that the legends and myths of old have some basis in history. Little does he know, he's about to get his wish. On behalf of the eccentric collector Milo Malvent, Arkane travels to a remote island-and meets the wizard known as Merlin. Merlin tells Arkane that the dreaded warlock, Lord Tyranus, is plotting to escape from his earthly prison-and when he does, humanity will pay the ultimate price. Now Arkane finds himself learning the arts of magic and battling all sorts of monsters and myths. For he is destined to become the Master of Magic.
Starring Henry Cavill as Dr. Adam Arkane
Series One-Episode Guide
"Avalon"
"Beast at the Gates"
"Souls of Steel"
"Reunion"
"Lady of the Lake"
"The Dragon's Tale"
"Camelot Falls"
"Death Becomes Thee"
"Ill Met By Moonlight"
"Siege"
[Part of my New Year's resolution was to write more and voila-that's exactly what I intend to do. Think of this series as Doctor Who meets Indiana Jones, with a splash of Harry Potter. It takes place in the Nova Universe alongside my other series, Saviors: Defenders of Humanity and Starbound.
