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Obligations Kindle Edition

by Cheryce Clayton (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Kidnaped from Earth as a child, sold as a slave, discarded on an alien world as broken, Morgan is adopted by a Sansheren ruler and raised in a loving home. Now she finds herself desperately trying to hold onto her Sansheren identity while reconnecting with her human past.

Obligations is at its heart a story about the myths of childhood and how they color Morgan's ability to relate to herself.

It is a gender confused story about trying to live in one culture while relearning her humanity without losing herself.

About being two-spirit and walking between worlds against a backdrop of Space Opera sci-fi that showcases the after effects of planetary war and manifest destiny.

Originally written in 1994, "Obligations" speaks to the writer's struggle to find her science fiction voice after publishing romance books and was used as her primary writing sample during her career as a ghost writer.

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268 pages
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English
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October 12, 2014
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00OFEE5SA
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Six Point Press (October 12, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 12, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3215 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 268 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0692443983

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I was raised on the move; new schools, strange faces, swap meets, and skipping town before the bills came due.

My dad worked construction, always had a new plan, a new company, a new dream to be relayed until he convinced my mom to try again. He shared his Omni magazines with me and we snuck away to watch the latest movies together; he told me my heritage in off-hand comments and misplaced references.

Home was the places I recognized when we returned. Home was great grandpa’s garden in the spring, and grandma’s house in time for canning the garden; home was stories and barbecues at Ocean Shores, and camping by the Yakima River so the men could go hunting.

Recently, I was asked to be a part of a panel on indigenous creation stories and myths

at the world science fiction convention, I agreed thinking that I love creation mythos and study them for pleasure.

So, I’m sitting on this panel with one other woman, she’s an experienced and locally loved storyteller. She opens up telling a beautiful and inciteful story about how basket weaving came to man.

And I had the realization that the audience now expects me to tell them a story or two and not to discuss said stories.The microphone comes to me and I scan the room before saying:

“Hi. I write literary zombie porn.”

The truth is a deflection, it pushes away the need to say “I do not hold my family stories except in fragments gleaned as a child. My creation story is three parts forgotten and two parts yet unwritten. I’ll know it when it finds me; I’ll tell it when I’m whole.”

http://zombpocalypse.cartoonistsleague.org/

I can be found on fb as cheryceclayton and my webcomic page is TalesfromtheZombieApocalypse

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Jose Rivera

Obligatory read for Obligations (pun intended)

Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2015

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Great read, although not my normal venue (mostly tech manuals and such) this was truly refreshing to read something for pleasure. While a little hard to follow due the similarities in the characters names, but character development was full and robust. The author does an outstanding job story line management in my opinion; once I started reading it I couldn't put it down. Enjoy it I did!

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Tammy J Rizzo

What happens to all the street people who simply vanish every year?

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2015

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I had the opportunity before this book was published to proofread it for typos and to do some light editing on it. I am very proud of my contribution to the book!

This book mostly follows Morgan, a Taiwanese-born young woman, snatched with a handful of other young people from an alley in an American city and thrown into the galactic slave market. The story jumps backward and forward in time, using flashbacks and current happenings to follow Morgan's experiences as she struggles to find a place for herself in a completely alien culture.

I found the book very interesting, and while the alien names can sometimes be confusing, the alien culture and society feel whole and complete. Once I started reading this book, I had to stay up until after 2 am reading, until I had finished it!

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Hans Meier

Obligations.

Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2015

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I rate how well I like books, by how much I care about the characters. That being said, I cared a lot about them; living their trials, tribulations and successes along with them. Looking forward to more. I could go into details, but, that would include spoilers, so, I won't. I recommend this book and the author wholeheartedly.

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DietrichB

but once up to speed it was a great read! Interesting alien culture kidnapping

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2016

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This book had a steep learning curve with names, places and alien races, but once up to speed it was a great read! Interesting alien culture kidnapping earthlings

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Dr Susan

A different a!ien abduction story

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2020

The world building is fantastic, the aliens are believable but amazing, and the story is much more brutal than I expected. Obligations has a high body count and several disturbing story lines. I don't recommend this book if you're looking for an easy, happy read.

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Kindle Customer

Romance, politics, and societal expectations all combine for ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2015

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Romance, politics, and societal expectations all combine for a read that will enthrall you until the very last page of this sci Fi adventure.