Victor Penny
The Gravity Bender: An Unexpected Journey
Archeologist John Wheeler opens his home to a beautiful young woman who identifies herself as a Finn. She is in fact BeHan Algaeca Cadfan du Lukka, a warrior from another universe. She has saved her waterworld planet, Aqari, from destruction, but only at the price of joining the antagonistic Empire. Viewed as a traitor by her own kind, she operates under the nom de guerre “Acadfan.” She overcomes her status as a despised minority to command the sentient warship, Surma, placing her in the captain’s seat of the most powerful interstellar warship in existence. A near collision with a neutron star sends them through a wormhole, and they crash on Earth. Now, against every fiber of her being, she is hiding. As she recovers in Wheeler’s house, she and Surma find unprecedented freedom, allowing them to change in unexpected ways …
The Gravity Bender: When Titans Dance
Empire’s invasion of Aqari has taken its toll. Acadfan, grieving for the loss of family and reverting to her ultra-violent Aqari ways, finds John Wheeler falling in love with her as she forms unexpected friendships in his social circle. Meanwhile, the sentient warship Surma, now freed from Empire control, seeks to understand its new place in the universe. New threats emerge as the mighty Awblaster warship strives to break from humanity while still protecting its less-than-cooperative Captain. An asteroid will soon strike Earth, and suspicion falls on Acadfan that she may have a solution … just not in the way that the Americans and Russians think …
The Gravity Bender: Angel of Death
John Wheeler’s love for Acadfan has been returned … and Acadfan fears it will cost him his life. If, that is, Empire finds them. She cannot take the risk and must push away the heartbroken John Wheeler in order to save her true love. The US government joins the hunt for her as the covert “Special Projects” attempts to gain the secret to destroying the asteroid that threatens Earth. But Acadfan is the Gravity Bender and an Aqari warrior: her adversaries misjudge her powers at their own peril. Acadfan, along with her sentient warship, Surma, comes before the people of Earth in a terrifying demonstration of revenge.
The Gravity Bender: A Savage Against Empire
BeHan has forgiven Empire for the murder of her family and the annihilation of her tribe. For the first time in her life, she is at peace … until Surma reveals a shocking truth. Now, Acadfan faces a terrible choice: Will she defy fate, endangering her loved ones, her chance at a family, and the very existence of Earth? Or will she leave fate to its course? Only with the help of enemies as well as friends can Acadfan and Surma complete the unexpected journey begun so long ago, and together forge their destiny.