The kon piset on Harmony Home have always lived in peace, and Speaker For The People has been one of them, even if she seemed… different somehow. They are her family and she would fight to the death to keep them safe. But soon the Others return-creatures from the old stories and legends, aliens that used to kidnap the People for their own mysterious purposes. Speaker is their next victim, imprisoned aboard their alien craft, being carried away from her home. She must find a way to protect all the kon piset… except, the Others resemble Speaker more than her own family ever had, and they have proof that Speaker is not of the People, but human, like them. Now, faced with the Others' plans to enslave the kon piset and every other alien planet in what they consider Syndicate Space, Speaker will learn to fight hidden threats and pervasive lies instead of tooth and claw as she battles for a better world-not just on Harmony Home but throughout human-controlled space. Award-winning speculative fiction author Barbara Lund has several indie-published novels, dozens of short stories, and has been traditionally published in Daily Science Fiction and L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume 37 (November 2021).She won the Writers of the Future Golden Pen (2021), along with a First Place, three Silver Honorable Mentions, and two Honorable Mentions. She won the 24th Annual Critters Best Magical Realism Short Story.She's always working on new novels and short stories.Add a husband, two kids, and a martial arts obsession, and she keeps pretty busy.
