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High fantasy meets modern sci-fi. A mad sorceress sings the Pillars-of-Thoth alive-azure magicfire erupting all around her. She searches for a savior as beast-headed invaders from eons past have returned from the far reaches of the galaxy to enslave her people. As Keeper of the Archives she knows a terrible secret-a powerful artificial intelligence known as the WuShi survives hidden deep within the Cape of Orion forever suppressed by the Guardian Dragons of Janaidar. Her forbidden song spell awakens the powerful ancient alien hyper-sapient AI into its most dangerous state. Transforming dark energy into source energy, the untethered AI charges its accumulators and generates a transdimensional-arc that tears an enormous gaping hole between worlds to find a suitable candidate. On Earth a swirling vortex violently materializes through the side of Elijah's house. Peering through the shifting tunnel, he sees a beautiful sorceress on fire with azure flame. Without warning a young fire-dragon dives straight through the transdimensional rift and sets him aflame. And yet he does not die but is stolen onto Janaidar. The WuShi heals him, claims him, and terrifyingly transforms him from a human into something else.

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Robert Dean Holland's latest work is the Stolen Man Series, a gripping Science Fiction Fantasy about dragons in space, sorceresses and their techno-magic, and a hypersapient, general artificial intelligence aka a sophont or GAI.Robert is a former Oracle Master Database Administrator and IBM AIX Systems Admin. His technical expertise informs the frightening characterization of a deadly artificial general intelligence (GAI), which evolved into a fully self-weaponized entity - a vicious and heartless intelligence that serves, enslaves, and destroys.In Robert's past he was in the US Navy, then a Master Electrician who worked in both nuclear and coal-fired powerhouses across the USA for many years. As such, he knows all about extreme industrial and heavy mechanical environments like nuclear installations and submarines.He and his wife live in Colorado with their two Labrador Retrievers. They love to hike in the mountains and travel in their tagalong travel trailer. The Oregon coast is a favorite destination.Robert says, ""I invite you to go along for a ride with me in the worlds of super-smart dragons; high-technology; and the fight against a transdimensional/transgalactic empire.""Now complete, the ""Stolen Man Trilogy"" is a gripping Science Fantasy adventure about dragons, sorceresses and their techno-magic, and artificial-intelligence gone terribly wrong. Creating her digital art in Photoshop, Vic Holland produced the vibrant images for Dragons of Orion. She utilizes Adobe Photoshop(TM) and Clip Studio Paint(TM) on a Wacom Cintiq(TM)22, which she loves.As an amateur photographer, and while traveling with her husband Robert in their travel trailer, she has stocked a library of fabulous images from the Oregon Coast and Utah, two favorite destinations. She and Robert have a pair of beautiful Labrador Retrievers. One little lady is black, and the other is brown. They love to swim whenever they get the chance, but especially in the Pacific Ocean along the beaches of Oregon.During her career at the U.S. Geological Survey she was the Database Systems Administrator for their procurement database and performed ad hoc data-mining through Crystal Reports(TM) per management requests.Vicki has a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Wyoming; a Master's Degree in Government Contracting from University of Phoenix; and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance and Accounting from Regis University in Denver, Colorado.Vicki says, ""I hope you enjoy my illustrations, and thank you for your time.""

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