Alysha's Fall (Fiction)

Tenth Anniversary Cover, 2010

First Edition Cover, 2000

The prequel to the Alysha/Stardancer series.

Publication Data

• Series: Alysha/Stardancer series
• Book: 0
• Publication Date: September 2000 (first edition, Cornwuff Press)
• Editions: Ebook, Paperback, Audio
• Revisions: 1

Blurb

What is the definition of strength? At what point is there nothing more to learn than the limits of endurance? When is darkness no longer contrast to light but a suffocation, and how close to that line can a person walk before she risks her soul?

This tenth anniversary edition of the original collection features all new illustrations. Ten years after she graduated from the Fleet Academe at Terracentrus, Alysha Forrest was captain of the battlecruiser UAV Stardancer with more honor to her name than any other officer her age. But before that dawn there was a night, and it is in the darkness that souls are made…

Tags and Content Notes

• Tags: survivorship, leadership, coming of age, military academy, furries, prostitution
• Rating: R for abuse, physical and sexual violence

Buy Links

http://books2read.com/u/mZjWDm

Trivia

The first edition of Alysha's Fall was published by Jim Doolittle's small press, Cornwuff Press, in 2000. At the time, color covers were created with successive 'screens' of color. Each additional color screen cost more (a lot more), so it wasn't unusual for small press efforts to have B&W covers only, or single-color covers. Jim was willing to shell out for a single color cover, which meant I had black, white, and one more color to work with. I chose yellow, which is what resulted in the first edition's "lit by lamplight" look. I revisited that for one of the teaser graphics.

By the time the tenth anniversary came around, Print On Demand had made full color covers a given, which gave me a full color palette to play with. Those ten years made a big difference in publishing technology...!

Characters

Alastar Virgil

Alysha Forrest

Baner Ajasiin

Harroway Sloan

Laelkii Takara Lifeweave

Liset Line Insendere

Mark West

Matthew Brighthaven

Nathan Lifeweave

Rispa

Tiell

Teasers/Marketing Graphics

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  A Fanzine Splash Ad, 1999
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  Alysha's Fall Bookmark

Gallery

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