This trilogy collection contains the complete text of Empire, Confederation, and Final Battle.
The galaxy is at war. The Confederation of Humanity is a democracy fracturing under the strain of nearly a century of war with alien invaders, the warriors of the Kreelan Empire. Humanoids with blue skin, fangs and fingers that end in razor sharp talons, they have technology that is millennia beyond that of the Confederation, yet they seek out close combat with sword and claw, fighting and dying to honor their god-like Empress. For the Confederation, there is no negotiation, there is no surrender. There is only the fierce struggle to survive.
On an embattled world, young Reza Gard finds himself face to face with Tesh-Dar, the greatest of the Empire’s warriors. Born to a race whose recorded history spans half a million years, Tesh-Dar – a warrior priestess – is endowed with powers that are supernatural to human eyes. To Reza, a boy whose parents she has just slain, she is a monster. Holding him off the ground, face to face, she is slowly strangling him when he lashes out with his dead father’s knife, cutting her face across the left eye. Surprised and impressed with this young human animal, she bestows upon him a matching wound, a trophy of sorts, and inexplicably lets him live.
Orphaned and alone, Reza is sent to the planet Hallmark. Supposedly a safe haven for war orphans, in reality it is little more than a slave labor planet. Toiling in grain fields under a burning sun, Reza leads a ragtag band of orphans doing the best they can to survive. But again, Tesh-Dar intervenes in his life. Leading an attack against Hallmark, she has been sent by her Empress on a special mission: to gather human children and return them to the Empire as part of an experiment to see if they have souls. Reza, along with thousands of others, is captured, with Hallmark left behind in flaming ruin. He awakens to the silver-flecked feline eyes of Esah-Zhurah, a young warrior tasked with teaching him the language and customs of her people. At first beaten and caged, Reza gradually earns her grudging respect. Over the years that follow he not only survives, but thrives as he learns the warrior ways of the Empire, becoming both more and less than human. As the relationship between the two young warriors deepens, Tesh-Dar and the Empress wonder if Reza may be the One foretold in an ancient prophecy, who will redeem the Kreelan race from an ancient blood curse.
As Reza’s final challenge looms, Esah-Zhurah performs an ancient blood ritual that binds them together in body and spirit. For the first time the Bloodsong, the tie that binds every Kreelan soul to the Empress, echoes in his veins, at last making him one with the Children of the Empress. But his acceptance of the Kreelan Way leaves him with a dreadful choice: he must either make war against the humans, or – if he refuses – leave the Empire and Esah-Zhurah behind forever. The path he takes leads him toward a destiny set in motion millennia before, with the fate of both races hanging in the balance…
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I am reading 2nd book of In Her NAME where Reza is teaining for combat in the human way learning to speak English all over again. This is so wonderful a ride of great adventure. I thank you for your achievement in creating this tail that makes me feel I am there.
But I question you of which book after “book 3″, which one is – best” to go to next – and so on – with all books of this story line?
Thank you, very much, Chaeles Rosenau.
Charles – after book 3 (Final Battle), you should loop around to the beginning of the Human-Kreelan war with First Contact, which is also free as an ebbok here on my web site (just click on the “Free Novel” link).
Have read all the in her name books. Just finished from chaos born. Is there a hook to follow this one.
There are two more books in the trilogy, but not written yet!
OMG…when will it be written! When will it be released? I am just DYING to finish this series!
As soon as I can…
AWESOME, AWESOME read, Mr. Hicks. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I read the two trilogies in about a week…I am about to start with From Chaos Born and truly look forward to it. I have truly laughed, feared, even cried along with all the various characters you have so skillfully developed across this series. I hope you have plans to let us know what happened with Reza and Esah-Zhurah after they crossed the (inter-dimensional?) portal at the end of Redemption? To me, these two were the most important characters in the entire series and find that I want to know more about them, after all they had to endure to finally be together. Thank you again for such wonderful and visionary works.
Glad you enjoyed it so much, Alex! I can’t promise that there will be anything after Final Battle, but we’ll see…
I really miss Reza and Esah-Zurah… so much so that I’m finding it difficult to pick up First Contact :/
That’s why I generally have people start with First Contact! But if that doesn’t work for you, that’s okay – give From Chaos Born a try…
I’ll give it a shot. When I first started, I don’t think they were available? Was a while ago. Excellent books by the way, some of the best I’ve read in years.
I enjoyed this book very much and hope for more to come. It reminded me first of Andre Norton, but it flows with a completely different twist, a brilliant description of another world with different customs and philosophies, and a wonderful development of two young people growing up and becoming one. Thank you very much and continue writing with the same quality – I and many other people will always look for your name when we want to enjoy ideas, action and romance. Dietrich Liebert
Interesting read. By the way , we don’t spell in french ” mon chère” but ” mon cher” in masculine and ” ma chère ” in feminine. In plural masculine it’s “Mes chers” and feminine it’s ” Mes chères”. Thought you should know.
Thanks for that! I’ll update the book’s master file…
Fantastic fantasy read and all absorbing. I am disappointed that Esah is sidelined in book 2 and 3. I hope there is a book out there that will track what happened to her when Reza left. Also what happened to them when the trilogy ended.
It is much more interesting to read about the Kreelan History and how it evolved but also what the future happens to it.
Get that old type writer out and complete the story please.
Wonderful stories and characters so please don’t leave us felling empty.
Thank you Michael for a wonderful read.
I’m 73 years old and retired. I have read many SF. Books that ive enjoyed. But this series got me hooked from the very first. I could hardly.
Put my kindle down to even eat.
This auther captivates you at the very start of each story. The story line never slows down and the characters are real. It isn’t hard to believe your not there watching every event.
yes it would be nice to see what the writer can come up with to describe the next chapter in Raza’s life.
And just so you know some of us aren’t spellinng snobs we got your meaning clear. Once again thanks