STARBOUND - Kassie Burns

Samhain – www.samhainpublishing.com

ISBN: 1-59998-870-4

January 2008

Erotic Science Fiction Romance

Rated: Red Hot!

Starbound  Habitat  -  Future

When the androids, which were designed to assist a human crew aboard the Starbound  care for the inhabitants who were headed for a planet suitable for colonization, rebelled and killed their masters,  energy beings called the Napau, Star Gods, found the habitat and turned the androids off…thus saving the entire habitat.  At least that was the information passed on to the next generations.  Free love was encouraged, love one, love all, and one-on-one relationships were not permitted.  So all should have been idyllic, should it not?

But, as the years passed, there were some who wished a return to one man – one woman marriage.  Jerod and Erlinn plan to be married.  The date is only a week away when the whole populace is called to the Temple of Eros where the gossamer-winged Napau make their home, and Jerod is called into service as a priest.  He barely has time to ask that his crèche mate, Kev, look after Erlinn.  However, Gem, Kev’s lover, wants Kev in the same way that Erlinn wants Jerod.  When Erlinn is also called into the Temple, Kev and Gem must find a way to free them and find out the truth of the habitat.

STARBOUND is a first–rate sci-fi adventure.  Kassie Burns has taken a familiar idea and turned it into something new and refreshing.  If I tell more, several surprises will be spoiled.  Star Gods Nicion and Liayun control the temple.  But, is it a benign control?  Are they friend or foe?  Harlie is the human manifestation of the shipboard computer.  He appears as a kindly uncle or teacher, is a confidant of many and has all the answers.  One just has to ask the proper questions.  I had to sit back and fan myself and the monitor at times.  Wow.  Hot, Hot, HOT!  I also turned pages quickly, anxious to see if the risks Jerod, Erlinn, Kev, and Gem took help them or harm them.  The descriptions are clear and one can almost feel the hum of the ship as it floats through space.  I highly recommend STARBOUND.

Maggie Anderson