I'd like to take this opportunity to explain one of the links at the bottom of this page. It is the website of a great author named James Galloway, who goes by the pen name of Fel. He has yet to publish any of his works that I'm aware of which is really too bad, because he is a very talented author. He has a good sized internet following (including myself), that practically salivate waiting for the next chapter of whichever project he happens to be working on. He has actually produced several series of books, creating an entire universe within each series as complex as any 'professional' work I've encountered.
Currently he is working on the 3rd book of his highly popular 'Subjugation Series'. This is his most popular science fiction series, and rightly so. It is a great story taking the main character from a life as a college student to the life of a rebel in hiding, and finally to finding himself an important member of the very government he wanted to escape. This story might very much appeal to fans of Stargate, as it combines ancient legends with a parallel modern world being artificially infused with advanced alien technology. As an added incentive for Stargate fans, the story even has space based stargates for ships as a standard technology throughout the series. It is definetly a great read for any science fiction fans out there.
Without a doubt, Fel's most popular (and perhaps one of his oldest) series, is The Firestaff Series. It is a long epic story spanning 8 novel length books. It (like Subjugation) has a large cast of characters all of whom go through their own transformations as they journey along their adventure. The main character, a 'farm boy' (rather common motif I guess...), the son of a Ranger (soldiers trained for forrest warfare) and his Ungardt (Nordic type) Princess wife, finds himself suddenly forced from home upon learning he is gifted with exceptional powers as a Sorcerer, and must be trained to prevent harm to his self or others. It is the law. On the way to the Tower (the central place of power for all Sorcerers), they are repeatedly attacked, until finally one attacker, a Werecat, infects him. He is then transformed into a Werecat himself, and then finds his mind at war with an animalistic feral nature he can't control. It gives him powerful magical abilities in addition to the ones he already possessed, but at the cost of his innocence and nearly his sanity. Even after this, they are still constantly attacked, but now he is even harder to kill. However, although he is stronger now, his mind is placed under severe strain and he begins to become paranoid of those around him save his closest friends. Upon reaching the Tower, he finds himself at the center of many conspiracies, some wanting him dead, others wanting to control him. But the cat is an independent creature that will not endure chains, and this drives him further from the company of men. Ultimately, he is forced to leave on a great journey to save the world from an object of terrible power and a deposed god who would use it to conquer the world of Sennadar.
The works of Fel are truly an exciting read, and they will only leave you wanting more. By the time you reach the end of the stories, you wish you were still at the beginning, with the long read still ahead of you. I truly hope that someday Fel decides to publish the works he has at least finished already. As I understand it, he hasn't done so up til now because he didn't want to deal with the publishers. Now that the Firestaff Series is basically completed I hope he will eventually attempt to get it published, as he won't really have to deal with any deadlines.
At the moment the only way to read Fel's stories are in a digital format. An ebook reader of some sort is a boon, but uneccesary if you are willing to read it from a computer (perhaps a laptop?). You can download these books in a complete format (rather than by chapter) from the old Sennadar site, which I believe the forums have a link to. Most copies on the forum are in a Microsoft Word Document format, so you might need to run it through a conversion program to make it a .pdf file or perhaps an .epub file for those using ebook readers.
I wholeheartedly recommend checking out Fel's stories for an amazing read, however... WARNING- Some of the scenes in Subjugation are of an erotic nature, and those who might be offended by such things need be forwarned. That does not mean that the entire story is just a big sex romp..! It is a legitimate, complex, well written story that happens to have some sex scenes in it. This might seem to be an unneccessary part of the story, but it does have a logical and consistant place within the larger framework of the Subjugation universe. The attitudes about sex in the story is completely logical when taken in context of the various characters natures. Many of the characters in the story are Telepaths, who have greater insight into their partners commitment to them, than mundanes (thats us non-telepaths) could ever have. As a result sexual fidelity isn't as much of an issue for them. Also, your dealing with the average human male libido coming into contact with very attractive alien female libidos (nearly human physiology), that happen to be as strong or stronger than the average male libido. It wouldn't be hard to predict the results. The guy wants it, the girl wants it, and neither is willing to say no. It should be noted that the alien females (the Faey) are the dominant gender of their species (as a result of their greater telepathic abilities) and have about the same tendency to hunt down sexual partners as human men.
Okay, now that the warning and explaination is out of the way, I'll end this post here. You might have to deal with some editing errors while reading Fel's work, but other than that, AWESOME read..! I give it 5 gold stars..! 10 out of 10..! Whatever..! Just check it out..!
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