Ascendant Saga Collection: Sci-Fi Fantasy Techno Thriller by Brandon Ellis (easy to read books for adults list txt) 📕

“It has to deal with octaves and vibrational dimensions, Fox. Your mind wouldn’t understand,” said Zara. She had Rivkah in her arms. She halted when she saw Kiyo-zan. She gave a sad bow and closed her eyes for a moment. “I’m sorry for your loss, Jaxx. He was a good man.” She lifted Rivkah a little higher in the air. “She doesn’t have much time. Jaxx.” She tipped her head toward the pyramid entrance. “There might be something in there that might help Rivkah.”

Craig backed up. “A cat-human?” He bowed, then extended his hand. “I’m Craig Martelle, the President of the United States of—”

Zara pushed him aside with her hip. “Move it, long-nose.”

Jaxx rushed past the pyramid entrance. Two women greeted him, though greeted was the wrong word. These two sat cross legged near the entrance of the pyramid, their eyelids shut, humming. A megalithic rectangular stone was in front of them, hovering and spinning end over end.

Their eyes opened and the stone crashed to the floor, pinging loudly against the walls. They stood, their hands out, unblinking.

“Pyramid,” said Jaxx. “I have an injured friend. Can we heal her?”

A door opened up in the side of a transparent wall, leading to a room full of weapons, bones, and stone tablets covered with hieroglyphs. Jaxx would have been in absolute heaven translating each glyph, figuring out the secret to the creation of the universe, if he’d had time. But time was slipping away, taking Rivkah with it.

He walked into the room and static electricity swarmed over him.

The two humming women followed Jaxx, their arms still extended outward.

Jaxx turned, trying to figure out where the pyramid was trying to lead him, and accidently bumped into one of the women. “You can help Rivkah?” There was a hopeful gleam in Jaxx’s eyes.

A woman dipped her head. The other woman mimicked her.

They must be mute, thought Jaxx. “Zara, bring Rivkah in here.”

“Yes, I’m on my way.” Zara rounded the door frame, Rivkah still limp and lifeless.

“Put Rivkah in their arms,” ordered Jaxx.

A woman slowly shook her head and sat down in the middle of the room, the one area that wasn’t littered with ancient masterpieces. The other woman sat across from her. They both patted the ground at the same time.

Zara gently set Rivkah on the ground in between the two ladies. She backed away and the women began to hum louder. Rivkah lifted off the ground and hovered between them, her legs straight out and her arms by her sides as if she was on an invisible table.

Lightning-like electricity materialized around Rivkah and a loud pop filled the air. Rivkah began vibrating, shaking, her limbs moving as if she was going through a shock treatment. Her head lifted and she screamed. She fell to the floor.

The two women in meditation stood and put their hands together, bowed, then walked out of the room.

Jaxx held his breath for several seconds and finally spoke. “Rivkah? Are you there? Are you alive?”

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J-Quadrant, Solar System - Namuh Farms, Callisto

“Where am I?” Rivkah bolted up, her eyes darting around the room. The kids? Where were the kids? Was she too late?

Jaxx ran to her side, grasping her arm. “You’re with me.”

“Jaxx?” She couldn’t believe her eyes. Was he really there in front of her? She reached out and touched his face. “Did you—” She didn’t finish her sentence. She wanted to know if he saved her, because damn, that would make up for a lot of shit she’d put up with from this guy. But the children. They were most important.

A flood of energy ran over her, running down her arms and to her feet. A voice boomed in her ears, one that she knew was from the structure she was inside. How was it possible for a building to talk with her? “I have to get the children and bring them down here. Here their DNA can be rewired and link up to the pyramid network. They can help us close it.”

She stood and ran out of the healing chamber and out of the pyramid. She stopped, her heart racing, her adrenaline on full alert. Where was she? How the hell could she get out?

Jaxx caught up to her. “What’s all this about children?”

She nodded. “We need to get them down here. Where are they?” She paused as she caught sight of Slade dead on the ground. “How did—” Right now, it didn’t matter. Slade was dead. That was all to the good. The details could come later.

Jaxx pulled her to the elevator. It opened.

She hurried into the elevator, Jaxx by her side. He pressed the up arrow. She closed her eyes, searching for humans in the city. She let out a sigh of relief. “They are safe.” She looked at Jaxx. “I know where the children are.”

The elevator dinged and the doors opened. They rushed into the skyscaper’s lobby and out of the entrance doors. There wasn’t any time to question how she made it underground and to a giant pyramid. She had to get the children away from any remaining Kelhoon. The damn place was vacant. No sounds, no gun blasts close by, just thunder and crackling phasers over the hills to the north.

They made their way down a side street, heading toward the castle that mainstaged the city. Rivkah couldn’t believe how warm it was in contrast to the rest of Callisto. Her brain raced on ahead, making plans for the children. She would house them right here, keep them safe, keep them far from the Kelhoon and the Agadon and any other race that might seek to enslave them.

“Left,” she shouted, heading down another street. “Right there.” She lifted her arm, pointing her index finger at a warehouse. “I don’t know if it’s being guarded.”

Jaxx shook his head. “Okbak, the Kelhoon leader, said he sent all his troops after the Agadon. My guess is that it’s