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    The Harvest: Taken

    By MA Church

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    We are not alone. In the year 2050 mankind’s never-ending quest for proof life exists in the universe is answered—in the form of massive space ships that appear without warning above the capitals of all major nations. The name of their planet is Tah’Nar—and is dying. The United States sets up a lottery system, and each young man between the ages of twenty-three and twenty-eight is assigned a number. Once a year, for the next five years, numbers will be drawn and a new set of one thousand males will be collected. The media coined the expression ‘The Harvest’ for when the Tah’Narian’s collect these young men.

    Captain Keyno Landium Shou is a Tah’Narian starship captain who has been granted the right to take a mate, any mate, he wants during the last harvest on Earth. Dale was seventeen when the aliens first appeared. His parents assumed he’d be safe since the final collection would be done before he turned twenty-three. He didn’t fall within the guidelines established, so they took for granted he had nothing to fear.

    They were wrong.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMA Church
    Release dateOct 1, 2014
    ISBN9781626330252
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    MA Church

    M.A. Church is a true Southern belle who spent many years in the elementary education sector. Now she spends her days lost in fantasy worlds, arguing with hardheaded aliens on far-off planets, herding her numerous shifters, or trying to tempt her country boys away from their fishing poles. It’s a full time job, but hey, someone’s gotta do it! When not writing, she’s exploring the latest M/M novel to hit the market, watching her beloved Steelers, or sitting glued to HGTV. That’s if she’s not on the back porch tending to the demanding wildlife around the pond in the backyard. The ducks are very outspoken. She’s married to her high school sweetheart, and they have two children. She was a finalist in the Rainbow awards for 2013.

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    • 4/5
      So incredibly sweet.
    • 5/5
      Really enjoyed this. A fascinating idea, great characters, Well definitely read more by this author.
    • 2/5
      Okay, I made it t o about chapter eight. To be honest the logic behind that they have a right to survive is flawed if not out right wrong. Clearly the character's in this have scruples and yes they have a right to survive but not by taking away anothers lively hood in the processes. I really didn't like Chad. I was expecting a lot more screaming and fighting but instead he just accepts it? Not very realistic. I liked the writing and dialogue style. I feel like the main character his Stockholm syndrome.
    • 4/5
      Alien abductions, for whatever purpose, have been part of literature ever since we came up with the idea that alien life might be "out there", and that they might, one day, decide to come visit us. This book is part of a subclass of stories with that theme and focuses on aliens coming here not to invade Earth, but to find mates. Why they would do that is neither here nor there, normally, but in this novel it makes a difference. The Tah'Narians have been rendered sterile by their enemies and need fresh DNA, but instead of asking for volunteers Earth governments decide to "give" them the men they need (female DNA doesn't work for them).

      Dale Michaels is one of the men who get "harvested", but he believes it’s an error. He isn't in the age bracket, and the agreement is supposed to have ended after five years. As he gets to know his new mate, he finds out that those weren't the only lies told by Earth's governments to "appease" the population. The process he goes through as he adjusts to life with an alien is interesting, and goes from anger and despair over what he has lost to curiosity about his mate's culture. Dale is not one to shut up, and the number of issues he creates for himself and his new mate is impressive and – at least for me – extremely entertaining. If Keyno had been looking for a passive, docile mate, that is definitely not what he got.

      Keyno is the captain of the starship sent to harvest the one thousand Terranns, and he is not only an amazing warrior, proud, and full of testosterone (or whatever the alien equivalent may be called), he is also full of secrets. Many of these are not the kind he should have kept from Dale, but how could he have known Dale is so – volatile? Luckily, Keyno is up to the challenge, and I loved watching him and Dale verbally spar as they slowly fall for each other. They need all the spitfire they can each muster to make it through the adventures ahead of them.

      While the initial idea of aliens having a treaty with Earth for the "delivery" of a certain number of males per year is very similar to the concept of the Owned series at Siren Publishing (right down to the lottery devised by human governments to make the selection), the development of the story takes a different direction. I liked the addition of the Onfre, Tah'Narian's enemies, the focus on actual reproduction (read: male pregnancy), and the development of a real relationship between Dale and Keyno at a slow enough pace to make it seem somewhat realistic.

      If you like your science fiction a little wilder and out there, if you enjoy reading about captured mates who remain true to their own nature, and if you're looking for an entertaining space adventure with a healthy dose of romance and some very hot interspecies bedroom activities, then you will probably like this novel. It is the first of three, and the story ends rather suddenly, so be aware of that to avoid disappointment. I have to say I really liked this first installment and look forward to the next one!
    • 5/5
      The Harvest: Taken is a gay romance erotica mpreg story (which continues in the second book, The Harvest: Journey's End) with alien alpha males intent on saving their species by claiming their human mates. Lifemates. The story is fast paced and I couldn't put the book down. It's hot and sexy, with several interesting side characters.
      My favorite two characters, other then Keyno & Dale, is Dale's best friend Chad (who was harvested the previous year and is mated to Keyno's second in command, Gibor). And the bad boy, Colt. There is so much going on it really wraps up well on the second book. Very much enjoyed it.
    • 1/5
      I got through 2 chapters, but even that was a stretch. It might appeal to pure romance/erotica readers, but there is nothing here for sci-fi lovers except the beginning of Independence Day merging into the worst kind of slavefic (the kind where horror at captivity gives way to lust in about 2 paragraphs). The MC was annoying and the dialog stilted.