“Yes,” he said. “You are a warm and generous people.” He bowed low to them all. “You have honored me with your friendship and your generosity. Each of you will always be welcome in Suralia.”
He turned to leave.
“High one?” Jeryth called.
He looked back.
“You have a good eye for the trade,” she said. “There will be a place for you here, should you tire of being the Sural.”
He smiled and nodded as he disappeared out the door.
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Other Titles by Christie Meierz
The Marann (Tales of Tolari Space #1)
"A beautifully realized story that proves that politically driven space opera and tender love stories do not have to be mutually exclusive." Kirkus Reviews
"For anyone who enjoys tightly written, wonderfully imaginative Science Fiction wrapped with romance, this one is a must!" InDTale Magazine
A story that will appeal to fans of Marion Zimmer Bradley and Zenna Henderson, The Marann recounts one woman's experience on a world where everyone can read her emotions.
Marianne Woolsey is a high school Spanish teacher in rural Iowa, when Earth Central Command decides her linguistic talents would be better exercised if she spent 26 years teaching the daughter and heir of an alien ruler on a planet 24 light years from Earth. Now she's alone on a planet of aliens so humanlike that she has to keep telling herself her student's noble father is just her boss.
Handsome – and deadly – the Sural has ruled his province and led his planet far longer than he can admit to his daughter's human tutor. He hides much more from the space-faring races of the Trade Alliance than he is willing to reveal. What he doesn't want Central Command to know, he has to conceal from Marianne, but Marianne is concealing her own secrets from him – and as an empath, he knows it.
The Marann is a sweet romance. Might not be suitable for young teens.
A portion of the proceeds from The Marann goes to support Warming Hearts, a charity dedicated to providing winter firewood to the poorest of Navaho elders.
About the Author
Christie Meierz was born in Chicago, grew up in Santa Barbara, California, and met her husband at the 1983 WorldCon (World Science Fiction Convention) in Baltimore, Maryland. She now lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband, her youngest son, her piano, and a very sharp oboe. When she’s not writing, she enjoys knitting, quilting, reading, and trying to keep her menfolk from telling the odious puns they relish so much.
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Safe journeys to you, dear ones.
Contents
Acknowledgments
First Contact
Field Work
Other Titles by Christie Meierz
About the Author
Table of Contents
Copyright
Other books by the Author
Acknowledgments
First Contact
Field Work
About the Author
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