The Bygone Wars 1: Songs of Space and Time – Scott J Robinson
Fifty thousand years ago, people were genetically engineered to take on different roles on the interstellar starships of a great civilization. For a while dwarves, elves, trolls, halflings, and giants worked with humans exploring the galaxy and colonizing amazing worlds. But then we discovered we weren't alone and, of course, we argued about what should be done. Nasty words were exchanged. Wars were started. And, of course, everything fell apart and the great civilization collapsed.
Soon there were just scattered worlds with myths and legends to hint at what had come before. And, eventually, civilizations rose again...
After years in the army, then more years backpacking around the world, Kim thinks she's seen just about everything there is to see. But she has to admit to being a little bit surprised when the giant bats started dropping bombs. And then the aliens came. There she was, wondering what a medieval hotdog might have been filled with, and five minutes later she was battling ugly, leathery-skinned aliens, beating them over the head with a historically accurate mace. And if that wasn't strange enough, she was shown a portal to another world, with the same war being fought on the other side.
Kim knows the information she holds could be vital, but she doesn't like authority all that much, and it doesn't like her either. So, when the leaders of the Earth's defenses continually prove incapable of making good decisions she sets out to end the war on her own. Well, just her, an elf, a giant, and a dwarf who may well be completely nuts
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Subgenres: Adventure, Alien Invasion, Fantasy, Genetic Engineering, Space Fantasy
Date first published: August 21, 2021
On Kindle Unlimited: Yes
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Twitter: @skywordz
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Biography: Scott Robinson grew up in a small country town (population 400) in Australia where the only fun to be had was the fun you made for yourself. His fun usually involved writing about strange worlds that were populated with brave heroes and dastardly villains. Most of the fun never got past the first few chapters. Now in a different small county town, He lives with his wife and three children and finishes what he writes. There are still strange worlds. And there are still heroes and villains, though sometimes it can be hard to tell which is which.
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