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Return of the Maca (Chronicles of the Maca Book 4) Kindle Edition

by Mari Collier (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 62 ratings
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Battle for Thalia is imminent.

The exiled Maca of Don is returning to his homeworld to destroy the Justine and Krepyon conquerors, and break the rule of the House of Sisters.

Things spiral out of control as the Sisterhood attempts to destroy all male Macas, and isolate the House of Don. With escalating conflicts, the Maca and his friends enter a battle to find a new life and free their people from the invaders.

After the battle for Thalia is over, the galaxy will never be the same again.

Praise from readers:

★★★★★ - "Not one who regularly picks up science fiction, I found Collier's book to be engaging from the very beginning. There is so much room for supposition regarding possible future stories. Well done."

★★★★★ - "An unusual book with interesting characters and plot. The author's vast imagination has created an incredible world, but shows that no matter where or in what time we live we all have the same emotions and desires. I recommend Return of the Maca to anyone who enjoys a great story."

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    December 10, 2015
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About the Author

Mari Collier was born and raised on a farm in Iowa. From there she moved to Phoenix, then to North Bend, WA, and found refuge in a small community in the high desert of California. She is an active member of the Desert Writers Guild, on the Board of Directors for The Historical Society of Twentynine Palms, and the congregational secretary for Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. She writes two columns for the Old Schoolhouse Journal and enjoys family, friends, the local art galleries, and theaters. Earthbound is the prequel to Gather The Children. Earthbound (Volume 1), Gather the Children, and Before We Leave are the first three novels in the series.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0198DQOWC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Creativia; 2nd edition (December 10, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 10, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1313 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 279 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 62 ratings

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Mari Collier born on a farm in Iowa, and has lived in Arizona, Washington, and Southern California. She and her husband met in high school and were married for forty-five years. She is the Accessions Curator for the Twentynine Palms Historical Society. She has worked as a collector, bookkeeper, receptionist, and as an Advanced Super Agent for Nintendo of America. Several of her short stories have appeared in print and electronically, plus four anthologies. Twisted Tales From The Desert, Twisted Tales From The Northwest, Twisted Tales From The Universe, and Twisted Tales From A Skewed Mimd can be found online. Earthbound, Gather the Children, Before We Leave, Return of the Maca, Thalia and Earth, Fall and Rise of the Macas are the six books in Chronicles of the Maca. Man, True Man, The Silver and The Green, and Marika are the three novels in the Tonath Chronicles. All are on Amazon.

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Stephen Drake
5.0 out of 5 stars A well-crafted section of a saga
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2019
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Another well-crafted section of a huge saga. This one was a little more difficult to read, but you get used to it soon enough. Well done!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Strange World of Thalia
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2021
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After Llewellyn and his family and friends from earth make their escape from 20th Century United States CIA becoming suspicious and trying to take them prisoners, he and his friends make their entrance into Thalian civilization, finding the Sisters now have control of the world. The Sisters are basically the Warriors, but have control over agriculture, food distribution, and enforce the caste like system, now turning the male faction and anyone opposing the Sisters into a low caste called the Abs with little or no rights, having to scrape out a bare existence. However, family is still very strong, and even the Abs parents and children stick together in their fight for justice and survival, but the society was strange enough, that I found myself having to read over and over certain passages to understand all the new Thalian characters and figure out their roles in all the action taking place. There was a definite disconjunct between this being a highly technological society, yet so many poor and uneducated people with no means to improve their situation. Actually, sounds a lot like modern earth, when you think about it, though. However, I found the first three books totally believable and emotionally compelling, while I struggled to understand this society just alien enough to make it difficult to follow. Yet I could not leave it unread, because Llewellyn has a plan, and step by step, gets the various Houses to support his return to power, declaring himself Maca of Don, and restoring other Houses to their rightful rule, with their wives, or Counselors supporting and advising them. I certainly recommend this book, it is well worth the extra concentration to understand it, realizing how Mari Collier blends ideals of the Old West with the strange, alien world of another humanoid species' culture.
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Ted K. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Not one who regularly picks up science fiction, I ...
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2015
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Not one who regularly picks up science fiction, I found Collier's book to be engaging from the very beginning. There is so much room for supposition regarding possible future stories. Well done!
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Joseph_P
3.0 out of 5 stars Return of the Maca
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2016
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I didn't give this book of the series as many stars because I felt some thing s needed to be more clear than they were. The glossary needed to be more complete also as this would have helped things to be better explained. Still a great story and enjoyable characters.
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David Stewart
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2018
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Good book
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Berk Rourke
4.0 out of 5 stars A Bit of Confusion
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2016
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It is a rarity for me to complain about a book. I have a couple of complaints about this one even though I liked the story as a continuance of the series. First there are so many names and relationships that are not clear until the end of the book, and even then some are not clear, that it is difficult, if not impossible, to keep the characters straight from time to time. Obviously the characters from the first three books are easy to deal with. But there are so many Macas, so many Guardians, so many Counselors, so many leaders of one kind or another in this one I frankly got lost from time to time. POV is an issue here because of all these characters and their interrelationships. I liked this story, as a continuation of the saga of Llewellyn and his family. I wondered about the lack of use of the pilot of the Golden One as the story went along and the rebellion of the Sisters against Llewellyn and his family occurred. The rebellion was well presaged in the rest of the book but the failure to use the Golden One to crush the rebellion is without any explanation at all, or if it is there I missed it in one of my confused moments. I give the book four stars because I love the series, liked this story as a continuation of the series, not as a stand alone. It was, as all Mari Collier's books are, well written.
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Sashadoo
5.0 out of 5 stars Politics and intrigue abound in book 4 of the series
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2016
Having read the first three in the series I looked forward to this new instalment and was not disappointed. I did find my first reason for a small criticism in this one, in that I felt the author could have devoted a little more time in explaining the make up of Thalian society at the beginning of the book as it took a while to get to grips with the Abs, Tris, and other groups that make up the Thalian society. That said, I was soon engrossed in the story as Llewellyn and his extended family finally returned to his home planet. Here we found plenty of action and distraction as the politics of a Thalian society overrun by the sinister sisterhood threaten to derail the homecoming of the Maca of Don. Without a doubt, this was the most in-depth and gripping episode of the series so far and the return of those who had spent so many years on Earth spelled not only a return to normality for the people of Llewellyn's home world but also the beginning of the end for the evil sisterhood. I am eager to follow on to the next in the series to see how the internal politics and family wrangling unravel. tons of action and non-stop intrigue, a definite five stars!
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Georgia McNabb
5.0 out of 5 stars Such a Great Series to listen to
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2020
I so much enjoyed this series and can not wait until the next Audible books in Series are available. This is definitely a Series that needs to be read or listen to in order, Strongly recommend Listening because Narrator is Great and really adds life to the whole story.
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Sashadoo
5.0 out of 5 stars Book 4 as intriguing as the first 3 in series
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 5, 2016
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Having read the first three in the series I looked forward to this new instalment and was not disappointed. I did find my first reason for a small criticism in this one, in that I felt the author could have devoted a little more time in explaining the make up of Thalian society at the beginning of the book as it took a while to get to grips with the Abs, Tris, and other groups that make up the Thalian society. That said, I was soon engrossed in the story as Llewellyn and his extended family finally returned to his home planet. Here we found plenty of action and distraction as the politics of a Thalian society overrun by the sinister sisterhood threaten to derail the homecoming of the Maca of Don. Without a doubt, this was the most in-depth and gripping episode of the series so far and the return of those who had spent so many years on Earth spelled not only a return to normality for the people of Llewellyn's home world but also the beginning of the end for the evil sisterhood. I am eager to follow on to the next in the series to see how the internal politics and family wrangling unravel. tons of action and non-stop intrigue, a definite five stars!
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