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    Gifts of Jangalore
    Gifts of Jangalore
    Gifts of Jangalore
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    Gifts of Jangalore

    By Aurora Springer

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    A short science fiction story with adventure and romance starring psychics and aliens.

    On the eve of the festival of lights, Rosa Spruce is alone and half the galaxy away from her home planet. On the remote planet of Jangalore, she serves as the guard for Psi Master Varan. He is a man of immense power and influence, well above her lowly status. Their perilous venture to seek the ancient site in the jungle challenges all their skills and brings unexpected rewards.

    This story is set in the Grand Masters' Galaxy

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAurora Springer
    Release dateSep 10, 2015
    ISBN9781516374816
    Gifts of Jangalore
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    Aurora Springer

    Aurora Springer is a scientist morphing into a novelist. This year, I achieved a lifelong ambition by becoming a published novelist, after years of working as a professional scientist. I have composed science fiction and fantasy stories for as long as I can remember. I was born in the UK, and have a PhD in molecular biophysics. Currently, I live in Atlanta, USA with my husband, a dog and the requisite two cats to lie on my laptop. My novels allow me to express humor and a wild imagination with weird new characters and worlds, while exploring serious questions. My published works include science fiction romance novels and a short fantasy novella.

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      Gifts of Jangalore - Aurora Springer

      Gifts of Jangalore

      Short Story Set in the Grand Masters’ Galaxy
      by

      Aurora Springer

      Empath Rosa Spruce is the hired guard for Psi Master Varan, a powerful psychic seeking an ancient site within an alien jungle. Their perilous venture brings unexpected rewards.

      Copyright

      Copyright © 2014 Aurora Springer

      All rights reserved.

      Disclaimer

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidence.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      PLANET OF JANGALORE

      BONUS MATERIAL – Beginning of Grand Master’s Pawn

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      PLANET OF JANGALORE

      ROSA SPRUCE STEERED the flitter across the continent, high above the forest stretching from the amber ocean to the horizon. Jangalore was an untrammeled planet of jungles covered in a blanket of yellow clouds. The trees had leaves of a strange indigo color, instead of the familiar green of forests on her distant home world. As far as she knew, this uncharted land had no sentient inhabitants.

      She glanced at the date on the com screen and swallowed a sigh. Tomorrow was the festival of lights, when families gathered together to decorate a tree, exchange gifts, and offer prayers of thanks. Rosa had no family or plans to celebrate the festival on the eve of the New Year. Her parents were buried half the galaxy away. Since they had died, she had struggled to survive on her own.

      Spruce Security was her most successful enterprise so far. She had scrambled for the credits to buy good quality, reliable hand weapons and the survival suit with its lightweight armor. Then, Rosa had registered as Spruce Security, capitalizing on her skills with weapons and her psychic talent of empathy. Now, she earned a meagre wage as a

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