Ceefan – Dead Tamassa Soma queen
Choslora – Queen
Falwass – Dead wasat of Ceefan
Hasmossa – Sawa sub-commander
Hessmas – Choslora’s aging wasat
Homsaff – Queen, leader of the Dischnya warriors
Neemtasa – Queen of Tamassa Soma
Neffess – Lieutenant, pilot, heir to Nyslara and Pussiro
Nyslara – Queen, matriarch of Neffess, mate of Pussiro
Offwa – Sissya’s wasat
Posnossa – Queen
Pussiro – Wasat, patriarch of Neffess, mate of Nyslara
Sissya – Queen
Sossfass – Wasat of Tamassa Soma
Waffala – Sawa sub-commander
Omnians – Humans/SADEs
Adrianna Plummer – Rear admiral
Alain de Long – Senior captain, twin of Étienne, partner of Tatia Tachenko
Alex Racine – Omnian co-leader, partner of Renée de Guirnon
Alphons Jagielski – Rear admiral
Chandra Khatri – Shuttle pilot
Cordelia – SADE, rear admiral, captain of the Freedom, partner of Julien
Descartes – SADE, commodore
Ellie Thompson – Vice admiral, later fleet admiral, partner of Étienne de Long
Étienne de Long – Senior captain, twin of Alain, partner of Ellie Thompson
Figaro – SADE
Franz Cohen – Fighter command rear admiral, partner of Reiko Shimada
Hector – SADE, fleet leader, captain of the Our People
Hermes – SADE
Julien – SADE leader, Alex’s close friend, partner of Cordelia
Lydia – SADE, advisor to Hector
Mickey Brandon – Chief engineer for Alex Racine
Miranda – SADE, partner of Z
Nata – Lieutenant, pilot, eldest of the wild ones on Omnia
Petra Havard – Traveler pilot, lieutenant
Pettifleur “Petite” Draken – Trident captain in Étienne de Long’s squadron
Reiko Shimada – Rear Admiral, partner to Franz Cohen
Svetlana Valenko – Admiral killed in battle
Tatia Tachenko – Fleet admiral, partner of Alain de Long
Thomas “Teddy” Lassiter – Crew chief aboard the Intrepid
Ude – Clone teenager on Toral, injured in accident
Z – SADE, partner of Miranda
Sisters in Talus system
Desdemona – Trident commodore
Georgette – Sister aboard the Night Wing, Taralum’s battleship
Hermione – Constructionists representative, designer of Ude’s avatar
Jacinda – Trident commodore
Miriamal – Militarists representative, fractious sister in opposition to other sects
Miriamelle – Centrists representative, after Miriamette resigned
Miriamette – Sisterhood liaison to President Sargut, resigned and made advisor to President Sargut
Miriamtess – Opportunists representative
Swei Swee – Sentient alien lifeform inhabiting the oceans of several worlds
Wave Skimmer – First (leader) of the hive
Toralians – Sentient race in Talus system, allied with the Sisterhood
Sargut – President
Sunnamis – Ex-colony governor
Suntred – President’s liaison
Taralum – Talusian commander
Other Individuals/Items
Artifice – Deposed AI ruler of federacy
Cedric – Avatar of Z
Chona – Dischnya term for queen
Dagger – Original fighter of Alex and his first companions
Dassata – Dischnya name for Alex Racine, “peacemaker”
Fissla – Dischnya queen’s enclave
Frederica – Avatar of Miranda
GEN machines – Omnian machines used to uplift technology
House Brixton – Méridien House responsible for SADE creation
Jatouche – Alliance race known for its medical services
Mahima Ganesh – Confederation’s scheming ex-Council Leader
Nest – Dischnya tribe under one queen
NNEMP Weapon – Non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse device
Nua’ll – Alien collective living in giant spheres
Omnia Ships – OS, business owned by Alex Racine, Renée de Guirnon, and others
SADE – Self-aware digital entity, artificial intelligence being
Scarlet Mandator – Ollassa captain
Shannon Brixton – Leader of House Brixton
Sisterhood – Cloned SADEs residing on Toral
Soma – Collective term for Dischnya nests
TSF – Terran Security Forces
Wasat – Dischnya warrior commander
Planets, Colonies, Moons, and Stars
Alliance – Collection of races uplifted by the Messinants
Celus – Omnian star
Confederation – Collection of Méridien worlds
Federacy – Races previously ruled by Artifice
Libre – Penal colony for Independents set up by the Confederation
Méridien – Primary world of the Confederation
New Terra – New Terrans’ home world
Omnia – World settled by the Dischnya, Swei Swee, SADEs, and humans
Sawa – Original home world of Dischnya
Sawa Messa – Dischnya term for Omnia
Sol – Earth’s star
Talus – Home system of Toralians, now includes the Sisterhood
Vinium – Home world of the Ollassa
World of Light – Ollassa term for home world
Ships and Stations
Freedom – Omnia Ships’ city-ship
New Terra – Damaged and abandoned Earth colony ship
Night Wing – Taralum’s battleship
OS Intrepid – Captain Pettifleur Draken’s Trident
Our People – Omnia Ships’ city-ship
Rêveur – Omnian liner, ship Alex rescued
Sardi-Tallen Orbital Platform – Omnian construction station
Travelers – Beam-armed shuttles and fighters
Trident – Omnian tri-hulled, beam-armed warship
My Books
Talus is the twenty-first novel in the interwoven series of The Silver Ships and Pyreans, which tell the stories of Earth colonists and the spread of humankind throughout a galaxy filled with alien races. It’s available in e-book, softcover, and audiobook versions.
Please visit my website, http://scottjucha.com, for publication dates and purchase locations. You may register at my website to receive email updates on the progress of my upcoming novels.
The Silver Ships
Libre
Méridien
Haraken
Sol
Espero
Allora
Celus-5
Omnia
Vinium
Nua’ll
Artifice
Sojourn
Alliance
SADEs
Earthers
Talus
Elvians (forthcoming)
Pyreans Series
Empaths
Messinants
Jatouche
Veklocks
The Author
From my early years to the present, books have been a refuge. They’ve fueled my imagination. I’ve traveled to faraway places and met aliens with Asimov, Heinlein, Clarke, Herbert, and Le Guin. I’ve explored historical events with Michener and Clavell, and I played spy with Ludlum and Fleming.
There’s no doubt that the early sci-fi masters influenced the writing of my first two series, The Silver Ships and Pyreans. I crafted my stories to give readers intimate views of my characters, who wrestle with the challenges of li
ving in space and inhabiting alien worlds.
Life is rarely easy for these characters, who encounter aliens and calamities, but they persist and flourish. I revel in examining humankind’s will to survive. Not everyone plays fair or exhibits concern for other beings, but that’s another aspect of humans and aliens that I investigate.
My stories offer hope for humans today about what they might accomplish tomorrow far from our home world. Throughout my books, humans exhibit a will to persevere, without detriment to the vast majority of others.
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