The year is 2001. The location: Safe Haven. The remnants of a decimated alien race seek shelter from their aggressors, as well as a means to launch a counterattack. However, one of these remnants is more of a liability than anything else--a child, a...
Considering how much time I've spent working on the "P O W E R" series and working out all the twists and turns that come with the territory of the new-and-unimproved Safe Haven, I've come to enjoy writing stories that take place in the past more than those in the present (or future, relatively speaking. That's a time joke, BTW). Tackling Zill's family history was a challenge I accepted wholeheartedly, especially since it allowed me to develop his relationship with the ever-elusive Cierra (now "Syha'h"), Queen of Crime and follower of Cthulhu.
It also let me introduce the rest of his family:
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There they are! What a happy-looking bunch, eh?
I hope you guys have as much fun reading about the arthrogons as I did writing about them. It let me get away from the humdrum of "P O W E R" and experiment with something a little different. So enjoy it—I COMMAND YOU! (Not really. You can say it's crap if you want, I won't mind.)
Oh, and by the way: this is Part I.
Now prepare for launch. The survivors of the arthrogon race are desperate for a hero. But what's a hero without an origin story...?
