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Lies that become truths…The Hlad are one race, the only race beneath the Great Abyss. The great Fire King deemed it so when the Great Mother birthed the Fire King’s children from the dry lake beds. All know of His power and scorn, and praise Him with each rising so…
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As a fan (and author) of first contact science fiction, written from the extraterrestrial's perspective, I was eager to read Raq and I was not disappointed.
Raq is a reptilian warrior of the Hlad race on a planet that humans had set out to colonize. When a follow-up mission is sent to find the colonists, the humans are killed by the Hlad, with the exception of a man named David.
Raq is assigned to guard David (known as "The Dayyid" among the Hlad). At first, Raq is ashamed to be given the assignment of caring for such a…
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