Relkili Steel: Book 1 of the Star Lyathe Series

By Mara Blake

There are eight planets in the system, Itaan, Relkili, Pisal, Neusa, Nosa, Nohal, Syle and Freer.

Most of the planets struggled with the intense heat and reduced resources that this heat caused. One day two brothers on Relkili were experimenting with various minerals that were being mined in their home country and almost by accident discovered that one particular mineral - once hardened, was far stronger than the bricks that they had previously used to build their homes with. Because of the intense heat that seared their planet, their sand and soil had amazing bonding properties already. But this mineral made those bricks look soft. They played around with the recipes and proportions and compounds and by the time they had reached the 3199th compound, they had found the perfect combination.

They named it rse3199 or relkili synthetic energy 3199. They took this find to a neighboring nation state, one that had far more governmental structure as well as funds for research and production than they did. But in order to bring their dream of sharing the rse3199 with their world to fruition, they were forced into a series of contracts that would put every aspect of their find under that leader's control.

Fearing that they wouldn't be able to help their people as they had hoped to do, they turned to their second largest nation, for assistance. Fortunately, this leader had great vision for Relkili, as well as a little bit of pull with several other nations. Calling them to assist, they banded together with the two brothers to do what they could to secure their patents, their compounds and to protect the future for the entire planet. Drawing on advisors from all of the other nation states they set up laws, governance and a military structure designed to protect as many aspects of this new industry as they were able to, in order to bring it to as many Relkilians as they could. Making ALL of the reasons for these changes ... public, they garnered the support of everyone, even those in the country whose leaders had tried to take advantage. This is the brief history of Relkili.

In Relkili Steel, these measures are being tested. There are those who do not like the way that things are being handled. Many of them want to make drastic changes in the very fabric of their government. And there are those that are just angry and feel that those in power are being unfair. A few suspected that descendants of the original Dithann dissidents might be involved in thefts, murders and disappearances that were beginning to become a problem in pockets all over their world. The Confederation Council always discounted these as rumors only and little was ever done. But then, why wouldn't they? When Dithann had a large support base among the Council members, this had become the norm. Each country had representatives on the Council. And while those from Dithann clamored the loudest that something needed to be done, they always seemed to be the first to suggest doing nothing.

Those who suspected collusion decide to make a concerted effort to find out about the more solid of the rumors that had reached the Lumiere's fortress by infiltrating one of their own facilities. They sent one of their best commanders in with a small group to find out if there was any validity to the rumors. To find out once and for all if the long held and often repeated suspicions of the Lumiere's premier general were actually true.

Four comporadors stripped themselves of everything that gave their military an edge and stepped into the lion's den as vulnerable as any other migrant worker. What they uncovered there would challenge nearly every aspect of their lives. They realized that this was not merely about rumors of missing or murdered workers but a large underground movement replete with the collusion of government officials from several states. This was a movement that could topple their entire society. And they weren't having it

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CNKMRY2B
• ISBN13: 9798867938086
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"