Danielle (Dani) Black: One of the lander enforcers in Gaelan, daughter of Danner Black
Danner Black: A skythane pith trade runner who helped instigate civil war between the skythane
Dark Market: Black market on Oberon, run by the Syndicate
Daro: One of Dani’s lander guards
Davis: Zefron’s son
Davos Madainn: Prior King of the House of the Sun
Davyn Sléite: Xander’s Gaelani name
Dawson: Rogan’s henchman
Dax: One of Rogan’s enforcers
Deathhawk: Deadly bird of prey native to Titania
Deca: Oberon’s tenth month
Deireadh an Domhain: The Mountain
Demetrius River: Southern tributary to the Theseus
Deterrent Field: Rope that is used to create a field to deter the local wildlife, especially wereveren
Dhagani: The enemies of the Ithani
Dillan Farrai: Quince’s brother
Distortion Field: Shield generated by a small device that blocks electronic surveillance
Distortion Zone: Zone of electronic interference at the edge of Oberon
Dorthia: Erriani woman who lives in Taycrob
Drimm the Dragon: One of Titania’s constellations
Earth-Standard: Timekeeping based on Earth’s clock/calendar
Egeus: City on Oberon
Elyra Sléite: Prior Queen of the House of the Moon
Enforcers: Men who work as the muscle of the Syndicate
Errian: City of the Sun (as in House of the)
Erriani: Citizens of the House of the Sun
Erissa: Alix’s PA
Erro: Sun God; also the Ithani name for the whole world
Ethilium: Growth hormone that stimulates the development of wings in the skythane
Faery Caves: Caverns in Titania’s mountains, often lit by glowing blue ponds
Faery Ponds: Blue glowing ponds in the caverns on Titania
Fizzpop: Carbonated sugar-alcohol drink popular on Beta Tau
Fynx: One of the Gaelani skythane at Torr Talam
Farris: Assistant to the Prison Master
Feather Trees: Trees native to Oberon
Fennow Root: Natural antiseptic
First Wave: First human colonists on Oberon, also called skythane
Fynx: Gaelani man in the war camp
Gael: Moon God
Gaelan: City of the House of the Moon
Gaelani: Citizens of the House of the Moon
Galaxion Hotel: Interstellar hotel chain
Gildensea: Oberon’s sea
Glow Sphere: Portable light source
Governor: Governmental head of Oberon
Governor’s residence: Vast estate where the Factor lives
Granth: Feline equivalents from Pleaides Six, valued for their leather
Great Division: Period after skythane refugees were chased out of Oberon to Titania
Great Retreat: The flight of the skythane settlers before the landers and Ober Corp
Grid, The: Oberon’s data and communications network
Gridcode: A pp, programming code, etc.
GSN: Great Sky Network, one of the Common Worlds news services
Gumba Tree: Tall, leafy native tree often used as a windbreak for farms on Oberon
Hallerwood: Golden-leaved trees native to northern Titania
Hachmoss: Yellow moss native to Oberon
Harrol: One of Xander’s companions on the way to Errian
Heart Fungus: See Croyol
Heartbrier Bush: Titania bush with heart-shaped leaves and orange flowers
Heartwood: Forest on Beta Tau
Hermia: One of Oberon’s two moons—red-colored
Hesies: Xander’s past life
High Slopes: Northern district of Oberon City, where the Spaceport is
Hippolyta: City on Oberon
Hoarberries: Little blue berries covered in a sweet white “frost”
Hollyhock Trees: Trees found in the valley of The Mountain
Honey Ale: Titanian alcoholic drink
House of the Sky: Ruins in the center of Oberon
House of the Stars: Royal retreat in the center of Titania
Hover-Plat: Transportation platform used to move small amounts of goods
Hoverbike: One of the main methods of personal transport in Oberon City
Hoversport: Hover craft used for human transport
Ice Pine: White tree native to the northern climes of Oberon—the Rim Forest
Imprean: Carrier pigeon-like bird used to carry messages
Ironwood: Tall trees in Titania that are impervious to flame
Ithani: Original inhabitants of Oberon/Titania
Jameson Havercamp: Psych from Beta Tau who comes to investigate pith shortage on Oberon
Jenner: Erriani person trapped with Quince in the mines
Jessa: Jameson’s fiancée on Beta Tau
Joseph Havercamp: Jameson’s adoptive father
Kadin Tamain: The chamberlain of the House of the Moon
Keff: Titanian equivalent of coffee—tastes like herbal tea and coconut.
Knacks: Oberon insect pests
Landed: to be stripped of your wings, usually as punishment for a criminal act
Landers: Second wave human settlers
Lyda: Sculptor of the statue of Gael at the House of the Stars
Lydia Madainn: Prior Queen of the House of the Sun
Lyrin Madainn: Jameson’s birth name
Lysander: One of Oberon’s two moons—golden color
Martach: Six-legged jungle cat on Titania
Mattis Vinder: An OberCorp headquarters employee
Meso Bomb (MB): Bomb that works by averaging out the molecular content of everything within its radius
Midcity: Heart of Oberon City
Mikelos: Miner on Tander’s World
Morgan: Mysterious child Xander finds on Oberon
Morgan Kinnson: Xander’s foster father
Mora Mountains: Titania’s mountian chain, Sléibhte Mora
Mountain, The: Location of one of the gates between the two worlds, close to the House of the Moon
Mugjuice: Oberon beverage made with pith
Mylin: Young skythane girl who helps Xander
Neamiah: Erriani person trapped with Quince in the mines
Nerve Cuffs: Handcuffs that cut off the nervous system
Nim: An Erriani man at Torr Talam
Nimfeach: Butterfly-like creatures on Titania
Norcrest: Small purple bush found in the plains north of the Riamhwood
Northern Glacier: At the north pole on Oberon
Nutrisynth Bar: Nutritional bars Xander likes
OberCorp: Corporation that controls most of Oberon—The Oberon Mining Corporation
Oberon: Also known as Split—the half world where the story takes place
Oberon City: Capital of Oberon, with about two million residents, most living in arcos
Obieberry: Native red-stippled fruit on Oberon
Orn: Main river on Titania
Outland: Desert and wilds beyond Oberon City
Paraba Bush: Titania shrub that has berries that can be ground for oil
Philo: City on Oberon
Pith: Psychoamoratic drug derived from the sap of the púca tree in Titania
Plas: Versatile artificial material with the hardness of diamond and the malleability of plastic
Pleiades Six: One of the worlds of the Common Worlds
Plascreet: Variation of plas used in heavy construction; a concrete analog
Pocans: Edible white fungus that resembles a string of pearls and tastes like chocolate and bread
Preachers, The: Rough rock band
Psych: Therapist
Psych Guild: Association of Psychs
Psychoamoratic: A drug with aphrodisiac qualities
Púca Tree: Tree which pith comes form
Pulse Laser: High-powered blast-pulse weapon used on transport ships
Pulse Pistol: Small pulse weapon
Pulse Rifle: Large pulse weapon
Pyramus Mountains: Mountain range along the Eastern edge of Oberon
Quince Farrai: Xander’s skythane friend who joins the quest
Rangers: OberCorp soldiers used in military campaigns
Ravi: Xander’s PA
Ravier: Erriani man who lives in Taycrob
Red Sands: Desert covering the southern part of Oberon
Red Shanks: Big red-trunked trees with large heart-shaped purple leaves, native to the Titanian jungle
Redfruit: Fruit native to Titania
Redoak: Tree native to Titania
Rentz Class Cargo Carrier: Heavy lifter that carries amalite ore up from Oberon to interstellars
Riamhwood: Forest on Titania
Riding Armor: Body armor Xander wears when riding
Rift: The split that divides Oberon and Titania
Rim Forest: Forest on the northern half of Oberon
Rinroot: A natural antibiotic on Titania
Rix: One of Xander’s companions on the way to Errian
River Apples: Native Oberon water fruit
River Cat: Small scavenger the size and temperament of a raccoon
Robyn Sléite: Queen of the Gaelani and mother to Xander, and Quince’s former lover
Rocthane: Access key to bring the worlds together
Rogan: Syndicate boss who has history with Xander
Rohin the Explorer: One of the first skythane to find Titania
Scurf: Domesticated, one horned herbivores on Titania
Second Wave: The second set of human colonists, also called landers
Sera Thorpe: OberCorp board member.
Seven Weeks War: War between the Erriani and Gaelani twenty-five years before
Sevyrn Triani: One of the Erriani skythane Jameson saved
Shift: Moving Oberon into Titania’s space
Silverbark: Tall, thin tree with silver bark, leaves, and a dark stripe on the northern side, native to Oberon
Skythane: First wave of human colonists, who have wings
Slander, The: Slums of Oberon City
Sleeper: Sleep drug patch
Slit: Transfer funds or information electronically
Sneach: skythane term for orphan—mischievous spirits who cause trouble or death
Split: Nickname for Oberon; also used for its broken side.
Squamwat: A small domesticated animal that imprints on its human owner and shows absolute loyalty
Standing Stones: Guardian statues outside the faery caverns on Titainayes
Stim: Stimulant
Stim Cuffs: handcuffs that can deliver an electric shock
Swamp Bear: Harmless forest creature
Symbol of the Two Gods: Tapping your right fist against your chest twice
Syndicate: Crime ring that controls the Slander
Synth Meat: Meat grown in a vat from a cellular culture
Synthglass: A more expensive form of plas that radiates light when touched
Taycrob: Small Erriani village of tree houses
Tamara Fine: OberCorp’s head of PR
Tander’s World: Mining colony where Jameson was stationed
Tartanga Tree: Oberon riverside trees with broad, tripartite silver leaves
Teanna: Skythane woman in Gaelan
Tevin: Erriani boy Jameson saves from the invaders
Tharsis: Home to one of the Tander’s World miners, Mikelos
Thera: Prior Queen of the House of the Sun
Theron Sléite: King of the Gaelani, Xander’s father
Theseus River: Main river in Oberon
Titan Station: Receiving space station for visitors to Oberon
Titania: Half of the planet on the other side of the rift
Tobin: Skythane man with Jameson in the mines
Toree: Erriani person trapped with Quince in the mines
Torr Talam: Tower in the time of Elyra and Daedus
Traxon: A smaller, light gravity Common Worlds planet
Tri-dee: 3-D video, video player
Tubers: Native Oberon edible plant—can be eaten cooked or raw, like a jicama
Turbien: Plants used to grow the towers of Errian
Tweener: Someone who is nonbinary or gender fluid
Vassir Honym: Prison master on the Split
Venin: Guard in Gaelan
Veril: A small rabbitlike creature that lives in the Riamhwood
Verrim: One of the Ithani from Jameson’s memory
Vestra Halta: Acting Regent of Errian
Water Cane: Native Oberon edible plant
Wempole: Short, squat trees with wide purple leaves and fragrant white flowers the size of two hands that smell like vanilla and honey, found in the northern Riamhwood
Wereveren: Birds that transform at night into lethal pecking machines
Wetreeds: Native plant with numbing properties
Wetware: bio implants that allow humans to interface with machines and the grid
Whipcat: Deadly feline equivalents in the mountains of Titania
Whirills: Titanian bird that lives in the Riamhwood
Wing Man: Slang for the skythane
Wrenwood: Tree from Titania whose wood burns without smoke
Xander Kinnson: Skythane who works in Oberon City, embarks on a quest with Jameson
Xiini: One of the Ithani from Jameson’s memory
Zain: Sculptor of the statue of Erro at the House of the Stars
Zakka: Poisonous reptile in the Red Sands
Zaxxim: One of the Ithani from Jameson’s memory
Zefron: Stranger on Titan Station
Zenia: One of Xander’s companions on the way to Errian
Zenix: Lena Preston’s house AI
Zim: Dani Black’s PA
Zimbee: Large, harmless pollinator on Titania
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The Oberon Cycle: Book One
Jameson Havercamp, a psych from a conservative religious colony, has come to Oberon—unique among the Common Worlds—in search of a rare substance called pith. He’s guided through the wilds on his quest by Xander Kinnson, a handsome, cocky skythane with a troubled past.
Neither knows that Oberon is facing imminent destruction. Even as the world starts to fall apart around them, they have no idea what’s coming—or the bond that will develop between them as they race to avert a cataclysm.
Together, they will journey to uncover the secrets of this strange and singular world, even as it takes them beyond the bounds of reality itself to discover what truly binds them together.
What if you could hear the words behind the words?
Brad Weston’s life seems perfect. He’s GQ handsome, the chief of staff for a Republican California state senator, and enjoys the power and the promise of a bright future. And he’s in a comfortable relationship with his boyfriend of six years, Alex.
Sam Fuller is Brad’s young blond blue-eyed intern, fresh out of college, running from a bad breakup, and questioning his choices and his new life in politics. To make things worse, Sam also has a thing for the boss, but Brad is already taken.
While looking for a gift for his boyfriend, Brad wanders into a curiosity shop and becomes fascinated by an old wooden medallion. Brad’s not a superstitious man, but when he takes out the medallion in his office, he sees the world in a whole new light.
And nothing will ever be the same.
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