ForeSender Resolve

ForeSender Resolve ForeSender Chronicles Book 5 Adrian Murphy Copyright Novel 2023 Copyright © 2023 by Adrian Murphy All rights reserved Ebook ISBN: 978-1-7779222-8-3 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-7779222-9-0 This edition February 2023 No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including scanning, photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Website: adrianmurphybooks.com Series Description The ForeSender Chronicles A dragon-shifter sleuth with a mystery to solve. Invaders from the stars. Billions of lives on the line... Galindra still mourns her mother’s mysterious disappearance and yearns to discover the truth. She leads a team of interstellar investigators tasked with probing into the brutal kidnapping of a king’s brother. It seems like a straightforward case until sinister forces conspire to stop her... permanently. After a chance encounter with travelers from an unknown planet called Earth wielding advanced weapons and strange technology, Galindra wonders if they are friend or foe. As dangers multiply, she resolves to find her missing mom, rescue the prince, solve a murder, defeat an invasion from space, and save entire worlds from doom. All while watching her back for a homicidal witch bent on blood—hers. The ForeSender Chronicles is a clean (no sex or heavy swearing) futuristic fantasy adventure series with galaxy-spanning action, ferocious mythical creatures, devious plots, betrayals, and a mother and daughter’s struggle to reunite despite desperate odds. For readers who enjoy their fantasy laced with hi-tech. Author Adrian Murphy invites you to enter the spellbinding world of Galindra, the dragon-shifter intergalactic sleuth, today. Series available at Amazon Join Adrian's Newsletter Freebies & Insider Info Subscribe to my newsletter to receive a fast-paced free prequel short story, Galindra and the Troll.You’ll also get bonus content, cover reveals, insider news, and be first to learn the release dates for new books. I’ll send one or two updates a month to your inbox. I promise not to share your email or spam you—unsubscribe any time you like. Sign-up is free at my secure website: adrianmurphybooks.comAdrian Murphy, Author Contents 1. Formless realm 2. Elemental joining 3. Corporeal harm 4. Rough welcome 5. Fled 6. Repercussions 7. Return to Calistra 8. Regrets 9. Siege 10. On leave 11. Claws and blades 12. Defenses breached 13. Bio-zone 14. Temporary refuge 15. Mortal danger 16. Missing 17. Graveyard robber 18. Through the eyes of a cat 19. Blue fire 20. Skills 21. Redcoats 22. Bayonets 23. Sniper 24. Blame 25. Nanites 26. Mysterious adept 27. Dark-robed figure 28. Sisterhood 29. Survivors 30. Massacre 31. Suspicions 32. Compromised 33. Emergency shaft 34. Destiny awaits 35. Compulsion 36. Rescue 37. Emerging abilities 38. Thwarted 39. Pursued 40. Bait 41. Reception committee 42. Rat trap 43. Distraction 44. Reunion 45. Friendly fire 46. Sacrifice 47. Dragon squad 48. Purification 49. Assignments 50. Fresh challenges 51. Apprentice 52. Bittersweet embrace Epilogue A Note from the Author Thank You & Please Rate Join Adrian's Newsletter Free Prequel Short Story More Books by the Author About the Author 1 Formless realmColors, more startling than a rainbow after a summer rain shower, streamed past Galindra’s eyes and swirled around her head. She looked down and gasped. The floor of the portal chamber in Havenwood’s Palace of Golden Boughs was nowhere to be seen. Instead, multi-hued streaks of brilliant iridescence sailed by beneath, alongside, and above her, disappearing into the far distance.On impulse, she reached out a hand to grasp onto a solid surface. There was none. Yet, her footing was firm despite the lack of a visible support.A curse caught her attention, and she turned. Valeth stood a few feet away, wearing a bemused expression. Galindra rushed to her and the pair embraced. “I thought I almost lost you again, Mother.”Valeth stroked Galindra’s hair as the edges of her lips curled in a soft smile. “No, daughter-mine. We are together still. It would be heartbreaking indeed to be parted so soon after only just reuniting.” A grim look chased the joy from her face. “But it seems we have a new peril to contend with. What is the last thing you remember?”Galindra stepped back and cocked her head, her eyes going wide as recollection flooded in. “The troll mage’s dark spell! It reemerged and sought to gain power over us. I heard its foul words in my mind.” She ducked as an especially intense band of shimmering color flashed past her head. “We, along with Melnik, were in the portal chamber at the Palace of Golden Boughs, in Havenwood. We were on the verge of bringing the portal back under control and preventing it from exploding after the Dane-entity used the gateway to journey to Earth.”Valeth wore a distant expression, gazing into their surroundings. She rubbed a hand against her cheek, her demeanor pensive. “Yes, I too experienced the incantation’s vitriolic pronouncement inside my head. I suspect it is responsible for our present dilemma.”“Where are we?”Valeth paused before replying as a warm breeze ruffled her hair. “Stories are told of the existence of this place. I was never certain I believed them until now.” She bent, tapping the invisible, yet firm, ground, then straightened. “Unless this is a bizarre, shared hallucination, I’d hazard a guess we are between dimensions, in the formless realm.”Galindra’s eyebrows arched, and she frowned at the shapeless colors crowding them on all sides. “The primeval land beyond a portal’s threshold? I had always deemed it to be a myth.”“It would seem not.” Valeth took a few tentative steps forward. “I often wondered what became of our essence when portaling. Now, it seems, we know.”“The transition from one location to another is usually instantaneous,”