The Hero's Companion (The Hunter Legacy)

by Timothy Ellis

  In the end though, since this is happening in a book, it comes down to what the author thinks will happen, and the outcome the author wants. In these cases, death by broken nose.

  I'll die if you don’t stop it.

  Consensus of opinion suggests the severing of the penis won't result in bleeding to death.

  Obviously the longer the wound is left to bleed, the bigger the problem, but such a wound is on par with a wound anywhere else, which doesn’t involve an artery.

  Untended, it eventually could lead to death, especially when the thus wounded man passes out, or the shock of loss causes other problems such as a heart attack. There is also the possibility of air entering the blood system through veins now open to the air, and causing some sort of embolism or stroke.

  Consensus therefore would be assuming medical help is very quickly available.

  In a novel, it comes down to this: The author giveth and the author taketh, said giving or taking depending on where the story is going.

  I thought you'd be bigger

  From the square screen movie Roadhouse.

  rabbiting

  To Rabbit on. Slang for talking non-stop.

  Bwana

  Boss or Master, in Swahili.

  Bones, mmmmm

  Homer Simpson joke.

  face-palm

  Head bowed forward, and resting in the palm of the hand. Usually indicated extreme surprise, usually the result of major stupidity.

  The classic face-palm, used ever after in social media, was of the face-palm done by Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Enterprise-D, in Star Trek The Next Generation.

  Taking a moment

  Head bowed forward, the nose held between thumb and two fingers, eyes closed.

  From the square screen tv series Ally McBeal.

  Moving right along

  … footloose and fancy free.

  From the square screen, The Muppet Movie.

  survivors off planet at the time it was nuked

  The main theme of Battlestar Galactica.

  A dark man in fire?

  "… the figure of a dark man, wreathed in fire, who takes a step towards you…"

  From the flat screen The Hobbit movie series.

  the whole thing in one sitting

  Jon: "Dinner over, most headed for the theatre, while I took myself back to the Bridge. With luck, Elves and Dwarves verses Orcs and Goblins might keep the crew occupied for a while. Although I seriously didn’t think anyone would be watching the whole thing in one sitting. I had, but then, I do crazy things like that at times."

  Referring to watching extended edition movie trilogies, where each movie is two to three hours long. Brief pauses for toilet breaks and sourcing food, otherwise non-stop viewing.

  For the record, the author does this all the time.

  Guru-G

  The author was called this on his 2014 visit to northern India, as he was there as a volunteer healer.

  scratch and bite marks

  It is possible to bring something like a scratch, which happens in etheric 'dreamland', onto the body when waking.

  The author does this all the time, constantly finding scratches he doesn’t remember getting.

  The more time you spend 'out there' while asleep, the more chance of injury while you are there. It’s the price of being a soul which astral travels while asleep, doing the healing work of the angels.

  However, it also helps that you sleep with well-trimmed finger and toe nails.

  Grumpy Cat

  An internet 'personality' beginning late 2012, noted for negative sayings and a grumpy expression. Was a real cat.

  The Long Road to Gaia

  Max

  From Max and the Gang of Five, a novel by Helen Ellis.

  Mostly Harmless

  The complete amended description of the planet Earth, in the electronic book, the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. Previous to the update, the entire entry had read 'harmless'. Shortly after the description was amended, the planet was demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass.

  From the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams.

  Botany Bay

  Botany Bay is on the south side of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. Captain James Cook landed there in 1770. Eighteen years later, the first British colony fleet landed there, before deciding to colonize slightly further to the north.

  Botany Bay was the ship Khan was exiled in, found adrift by the Enterprise in the square screen Star Trek Original Series. Years later, its remains were discovered again by the crew of another starship, carrying one of Enterprise's original crew, with disastrous consequences; in the second Star Trek square screen movie.

  Do not pass go

  From the board game Monopoly.

  Relativistic effects

  As your speed approaches that of the speed of light, weird things happen to time. On the ship, time remains constant, you age as you normally do, and notice nothing. But outside the ship, time speeds up. The result of travelling at relativistic speeds is, it might take you 5 years to get to your destination, and five years to get back, but when you return, the grandchildren of your family and friends might already be dead. The effect varies according to how close you get to the speed of light.

  Traveling at relativistic speeds is a one way ticket into the future. For examples, see the Ender's Game sequels, Ender in Exile, and Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card.

  Foom

  Something more than Boom, and much more final. From the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy series. "…the universe going foom…"

  Slugfest

  Slugging it out the hard way. Where there is no deviousness, guile, deception, carefully arranged trap, or other device designed to make a battle one sided, you end up with two combatants fighting it out in the most brutal way possible, like two fighters in a ring, using only their fists.

  Thunderbolt

  The Thunderbolt was an American fighter during World War 2. It was also a fighter in the computer game Wing Commander 4.

  Broadsword

  The Broadsword was a bomber in the computer games Wing Commander 2, and Wing Commander Privateer.

  Mundanes

  Ordinary beings, especially humans. Possessing no special gifts of any kind. From the square screen tv series Babylon 5.

  Ninety Nine

  From the square screen tv series, Get Smart. As in: "Good thinking Ninety Nine."

  I've never met anyone who didn’t matter

  From New Who, Twelfth Doctor. (Matt Smith)

  Alpha Team Descriptions, by Thirteen

  Annabelle Smith is like an older version of Amanda Tapping, from Stargate SG1, and Sanctuary, just grey the hair.

  Amanda and Aleesha Peck, the twins, are the spitting image of Karen Gillan from Doctor Who, only with short dark hair.

  Alison is close to Tricia Helfer from BSG, only with straight blonde hair.

  BA is a slightly more solid version of Zoe Saldana, from Avatar and the first Trek Reboots.

  Aline looks like a younger Grace Park, also from BSG.

  Alana also looks like a BSG actor, being close to Katee Sackhoff, but not as outgoing.

  Agatha has the dark lean looks of Sarah Shahi, from Person of Interest.

  Abigail has the dark, more rounded look of Taraji P Henson, also from Person of Interest.

  George is epitomized by John Gallagher Jr., from Newsroom, only with more attitude.

  Jane looks like Amy Acker, from Person of Interest, only with short mousy brown hair.

  Dreams teach

  From a Stargate SG1 episode, where Daniel dreams the consequences of a choice, which leads to disaster, teaching him to make a better choice.

  Karn

  Karn was a planet in the Doctor Who universe. The 'Sisterhood' lived there. Very little is known of them, as they were only in a fourth Doctor Series (The Brain of Morbius), and a mini-episode for the fiftieth year celebrations, featuring the eighth doctor's regeneration into nine. (Eight
was only in the one telemovie, which forms a bridge between Classic Who, and New Who. Nine was only in the episode The Day of the Doctor.)

  There is speculation the Sisterhood was an offshoot of the Doctor's race, before time travel began. But as far as is known, there is no canon source to confirm this.

  The sisterhood's main charge was to guard the elixir of life, which co-incidentally could help a Timelord through a regeneration crisis.

  Who else, numb nuts?

  Said by Grace, to Jake, in the flat screen Avatar, the first time he sees her in an avatar body.

  The Mage-King's books

  Starship Mage, by Glynn Stewart. Instead of the FTL or jump drive, space travel between star systems is done by rune driven magic.

  Magician, by Raymond Feist. Travel between worlds is done by the use of a rift through space and time. Same principle as a jump point or a space gate, but instead is located on a planet and people can walk straight through.

  Jack Deth

  Jack Deth was a character in the Trancers square and flat screen movie series. He travelled to the past, using a drug which shifted his consciousness into one of his ancestors, giving him control of their bodies while he was there.

  Miriam description, by Thirteen

  Miriam looks like Nicole De Boer, as she was in Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Only projecting a lot more authority and command presence.

  Corridor Dreams

  The Corridor from which Jon dreams he walks down, was an actual corridor in the hotel the author stayed in, whilst in Abadania Brazil in 2016. The sequences mostly happened to him, as he himself walked the corridor, and he wrote them immediately after as Jon's.

  Observations about the Author

  Jon and I have been trying to get the author to write these books for a long time now.

  The original ideas are more than twenty years old now, some of which haunted him constantly. For example, his relief at no longer hearing "Freeze Motherbitch" in his head regularly, once he'd actually written it, was major.

  The author has a migraine. The pain returns each day, depending on how well his medication keeps it at bay. A side effect is often a fatigue state. It often slows down the writing process, much more than he wishes, but writing does require a working brain. Hence he suffers from periods where he is unable to write.

  At this point in time, we all wish we knew how he wrote books two to five so fast, so we could permanently put him back in that state.

  He also has a more or less permanent limp, from driving a farm tractor in his late teens. And yes, it's his left knee which is lame.

  Another of his issues is being unable to raise his right arm above shoulder height, without pain.

  He never learnt how to type, so could be called a "hunt and peck man", using two fingers on one hand, and three on the other. He is also ambimousetrous.

  He lives on the Gold Coast, Australia, and constantly battles with his cat for possession of his desk chair.

  Coffee does indeed make him throw up, and he drinks Red Bull for the caffeine, Ginger Ale, and bottled water.

  He eagerly awaits a female Doctor Who, and the sound of the Tardis materializing in his house.

  Talking of his house, Daleks do guard duty, and he keeps his sonic screwdriver next to his lightsaber and wand.

  Sector Maps

  Acknowledgements

  Thanks goes to Kalen O'Donnell for the cover design for this book. The cover includes me standing on the nose of the first of the Hive fighters, having just launched from Avon Shipyard.

  A Message to my Readers

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  Also by Timothy Ellis

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  The Hunter Legacy

  Part One

  Hero at Large.

  Hunted Hero Hunting.

  Send in the Hero.

  Make or Break the Hero.

  Hail the Hero.

  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WL26P8G

  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YPIKC6U

  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B011FH7TSM

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  Part Two

  Burnside's Killer.

  Hire a Hero.

  Jane's Christmas.

  Hero to the Rescue.

  Hero at the Gates.

  The Long Road to Gaia

  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B017G60X5M

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  PC Games

  The X3 Handbook.

  The X3 Handbook for Albion Prelude.

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  Spiritual

  The Wisdom of the Ages is available for the price of asking a question.

  The Wisdom of the Ages Volume 2.

  The Wisdom of the Ages Volume 3.

  The Wisdom of the Ages Volume 4.

  The Wisdom of the Ages Volume 5.

  The Wisdom of the Ages Complete Volumes 1 to 5.

  The Wisdom of the Ages Volume 6 Accrued Karma.

  The Wisdom of the Ages Volume 7 Healing the Indigo.

  I want to go home, Ascension for the travelling soul.

  Personal Healing using basic meditation.

  101 Tips for the John of God Brazil Experience.

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  Feng Shui

  Life Harmony, Feng Shui in Plain English.

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