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Lorinda J Taylor
Biography
A former catalogue librarian, Lorinda J. Taylor was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and worked in several different academic libraries before returning to the place of her birth, where she now lives. She has written fantasy and science fiction for years but has only recently begun to publish. Her main goal is to write entertaining and compelling fiction that leaves her readers with something to think about at the end of each story.
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Where to find Lorinda J Taylor online
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Series
The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars
by Lorinda J Taylor
The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars, Part One: Eagle Ascendant
The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars, Part Two: Wounded Eagle
The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars, Part Three: Bird of Prey
The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars, Part Four: Survivor
The Man Who Found Birds Among the Stars, Part Five: Phenix Rises
The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars, Part Six: Merlin
A fictional biography of Capt. Robbin Nikalishin, the first space Captain to make contact with intelligent extraterrestrials in the 28th century.
The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars, Part One: Eagle Ascendant
Price:
$2.99 USD.
The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars, Part Two: Wounded Eagle
Price:
$2.99 USD.
The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars, Part Three: Bird of Prey
Price:
$2.99 USD.
The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars, Part Four: Survivor
Price:
$2.99 USD.
The Man Who Found Birds Among the Stars, Part Five: Phenix Rises
Price:
$2.99 USD.
The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars, Part Six: Merlin
Price:
$2.99 USD.
The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head
by Lorinda J Taylor
The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head: Volume Two: The Storm-Wing
The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head: Volume Three: The Valley of Thorns
The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head: Volume Four: Beneath the Mountain of Heavy Fear
The epic quest to reach the sea undertaken by Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head, a Shi Warrior (intelligent extraterrestrial termites) and its Companions. Along the way, they relive Earth myths, including the Trojan War (v.1) and Quest for the Golden Fleece (the later volumes).
The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head: Volume Two: The Storm-Wing
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$2.99 USD.
The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head: Volume Three: The Valley of Thorns
Price:
$2.99 USD.
The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head: Volume Four: Beneath the Mountain of Heavy Fear
Price:
$2.99 USD.
The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head: Volume Five: The Wood Where the Two Moons Shine
The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head: Volume Six: The Revenge of the Dead Enemy
The Termite Queen
by Lorinda J Taylor
The Termite Queen: Volume One: The Speaking of the Dead
The Termite Queen: Volume Two: The Wound That Has No Healing
In the 30th century, an off-world expedition brings back a giant termite with a behavior that suggests intelligence. During the planning for a first-contact expedition, Kaitrin Oliva, a linguistic anthropologist, falls in love with the entomologist-leader, a complex man hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, civil discord is brewing on the termite planet as the Queen's Chamberlain plots a murder ...
The Termite Queen: Volume One: The Speaking of the Dead
Price:
$2.99 USD.
The Termite Queen: Volume Two: The Wound That Has No Healing
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Books
The Man Who Found Birds Among the Stars, Part Eight: Rare Birds
by Lorinda J Taylor
Series: The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 201,510.
Language:
English.
Published: May 28, 2021
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Adventure » Action
(5.00 from 1 review)
First contact has taken place and the occupants of the alien ship are giant Birds. While nothing could make Capt. Robbin Nikalishin happier, the Ariana remains marooned on a moon in the Epsilon Eridani system and is running out of oxygen.
Will these avian extraterrestrials come to the aid of the human aliens, or will they simply fly away and leave them to die?
The Blessing of Krozem: A Tale of Ziraf's World
by Lorinda J Taylor
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 85,110.
Language:
English.
Published: June 26, 2020
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Science fiction » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
What would it really be like to be immortal? And how important is the power of friendship and the need for communion with one’s fellow humans?
An old priest named Gilzara decides to ask the Dreamers for the gift of immortality, and Krozem the Creator of Humankind grants his request, including giving him the power to make others immortal. However, things go tragically wrong…
The Man Who Found Birds Among the Stars, Part Seven: Fifth Island in the River
by Lorinda J Taylor
Series: The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 161,910.
Language:
English.
Published: March 9, 2020
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
The Big Mission has finally launched a flight to Epsilon Eridani. The mission begins positively, but once the ship reaches the Epsilon Eri system a series of disasters puts the mission in jeopardy. Will the ship run out of oxygen before the Dauntless can come to its rescue?
Meanwhile, it seems Earthers are not the only interstellar travelers voyaging in the vicinity...
The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars, Part Six: Merlin
by Lorinda J Taylor
Series: The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 220,780.
Language:
English.
Published: September 19, 2019
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
(5.00 from 1 review)
As preparation for the star-mission continues, Capt. Nikalishin’s wife persists in disrupting his life no matter how he tries to discourage her. Cmdr. Glencrosse remains under psychiatric treatment for his delusions about an entity out to destroy the mission, but still his Captain continues to support his appointment as Chief Engineer of the Ariana.
It’s too late to alter history ...
The Man Who Found Birds Among the Stars, Part Five: Phenix Rises
by Lorinda J Taylor
Series: The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 208,680.
Language:
English.
Published: March 18, 2019
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Biographical
(5.00 from 1 review)
Back in the Captain’s chair in the Phenix Project for Interstellar Flight, Capt. Nikalishin’s first task is to select a crew for two new starships. The Captain recruits members of the earlier program even though not all of them have fully recovered from the Darter Disaster.
The Captain’s marriage has not been severed. Can it be that the High Feather will resurface, with a new agenda of her own?
The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars, Part Four: Survivor
by Lorinda J Taylor
Series: The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 190,740.
Language:
English.
Published: January 22, 2018
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Biographical
(5.00 from 1 review)
Capt. Nikalishin continues to struggle with loneliness, misunderstandings, and dissatisfaction in spite of his friends’ efforts to help him. He takes increasing refuge in alcohol. Meanwhile, the officials of the new interstellar program wait for him to prove himself still capable of commanding a starship. Will Robbin Nikalishin’s “core of character” save him. or is his life really at an end?
The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars, Part Three: Bird of Prey
by Lorinda J Taylor
Series: The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 168,520.
Language:
English.
Published: October 19, 2017
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Romance » Sci-fi
(4.00 from 1 review)
When the woman of his dreams abruptly re-enters Robbin Nikalishin’s life, he woos and weds her, in sequences filled with both comedy and pathos. The Captain was hoping to find a soul mate to assuage his loneliness. Will this radical alteration in his life really be the answer to his difficulties? Or will the marriage turn out to be a disastrous and even tragic mistake?
The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars, Part Two: Wounded Eagle
by Lorinda J Taylor
Series: The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 212,970.
Language:
English.
Published: June 11, 2017
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Biographical
(4.00 from 1 review)
In this second part of Capt. Robbin Nikalishin’s biography, the responsibility for the space disaster in Part One is determined and Prf. Eiginsh’s mystifying behavior is explained, while the Captain attempts to recover from the devastating aftereffects of the disaster. The resolution is bittersweet; will the Captain ever become capable of coping fully with the damage that was done to him?
The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars, Part One: Eagle Ascendant
by Lorinda J Taylor
Series: The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 172,230.
Language:
English.
Published: January 6, 2017
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Biographical
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
Robbin Haysus Nikalishin was born on 31 October 2729 and became the first starship Captain to make contact with extraterrestrials. This book recounts the early life of this man who became one of Earth’s greatest heroes. All heroes are human beings and all human beings are flawed, and the man the Earth will come to know as “Capt. Robbie” was a very human man.
Children of the Music
by Lorinda J Taylor
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 122,040.
Language:
English.
Published: August 4, 2016
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
(4.50 from 2 reviews)
The Land between the Mountains and the Sea had belonged to the Siritoch since time before memory. Now these peaceful, pastoral people who worship Music are confronted by the Epanishai, a warlike people who are being pursued by an even more warlike tribe and who are looking for a place to claim as their own. When two such people clash together, who has the most to lose?
The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head, The Sequel: The Buried Ship at the End of the World
by Lorinda J Taylor
Series: The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 87,950.
Language:
English.
Published: January 26, 2016
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Is’a’pai’a and the remaining Companions set out to complete the Quest for the Golden Fungus, retracing the voyage of Ek’dai’daim’a. Will they succeed in navigating the Wandering Rocks and the Closing Gate? Can they find the Fortress at the End of the World where the Golden Fungus grows? And what fate awaits Is’a’pai’a after it returns home to Hwai’ran’chet?
Fathers and Demons; Glimpses of the Future
by Lorinda J Taylor
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 116,390.
Language:
English.
Published: April 6, 2015
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological
(4.00 from 5 reviews)
In the 28th century, Earth’s first mission to the stars is about to depart. The crew takes a pre-launch holiday to attend the wedding of a Judish crewmember, an excursion that proves enlightening in many ways. The mission’s Chief Engineer, however, heads to his own home to try to lay his personal demons to rest; scientific advancements do not guarantee the perfect functioning of the human mind.
The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head: Volume Six: The Revenge of the Dead Enemy
by Lorinda J Taylor
Series: The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head, v.6.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 90,910.
Language:
Australian English.
Published: October 30, 2014
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
As the Quest for the Golden Fungus makes its way westward, the Champion of Peace must confront an old foe before certain prophecies can be fulfilled, bringing the Labors of Ki’shto’ba Huge-Head to an unexpected and tragic end.
The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head: Volume Five: The Wood Where the Two Moons Shine
by Lorinda J Taylor
Series: The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head, v.5.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 90,990.
Language:
English.
Published: September 6, 2014
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
(4.67 from 3 reviews)
In the Hidden Fortress Is’a’pai’a at last learns of its origin and of the destiny for which it was hatched – to save its home from a tyrant and its evil Sorcerer/Seer. However, after the Companions complete the Quest to reach the sea, they find themselves caught up in the Quest for the Golden Fungus, which is set to launch toward the Islands of the West as the volume concludes.
The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head: Volume Four: Beneath the Mountain of Heavy Fear
by Lorinda J Taylor
Series: The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head, v.4.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 115,790.
Language:
English.
Published: April 28, 2014
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
As the Companions continue the Quest, they meet the 9th Companion, an eccentric Alate named Bu’gan’zei who practices a strangely hypnotic type of word craft and who has visited the World Beyond. Bu’gan’zei agrees to guide Ki’shto’ba and its friends to the Mountain, where the Champion can seek resolution for its guilt and where Is’a’pai’a’s personal quest can finally begin.
The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head: Volume Three: The Valley of Thorns
by Lorinda J Taylor
Series: The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head, v.3.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 102,960.
Language:
English.
Published: November 4, 2013
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Science fiction » General
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Ki’shto’ba and its Companions return to Marcher lands to fight alongside A’zhu’lo and the High Commander in defense of the fortress of Wei’loi’bao’cha. However, the enemy is treacherous, resulting in a debacle.
The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head: Volume Two: The Storm-Wing
by Lorinda J Taylor
Series: The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head, v.2.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 116,200.
Language:
English.
Published: March 23, 2013
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
The Champion Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head and its Companions set out across the Nu'wiv'mi Marsh. They are soon forced to do battle with the Marsh Guardians, huge sauro-avians that attack from the air. Ki'shto'ba lops off the leg of the King-Bird but fails to kill him, with ominous consequences. As the Quest continues, Ki'shto'ba slays more monsters and the Companions spend time among the Marchers.
The Blessing of Krozem
by Lorinda J Taylor
Price:
Free!
Words: 9,050.
Language:
English.
Published: January 4, 2013
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
(4.50 from 4 reviews)
In this fantasy novelette a spirit being called a Troi suggests to the Headman of Greivat Fastness that he might ask the Dreamers for immortality. But when the Headman approaches the aged Shrine Guardian Gilzara with a request for help in summoning the correct Zem, things do not turn out quite as planned.
The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head: Volume One: The War of the Stolen Mother
by Lorinda J Taylor
Series: The Labors of Ki'shto'ba Huge-Head, v.1.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 150,640.
Language:
English.
Published: July 30, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
(4.67 from 3 reviews)
Following the end of “The Termite Queen,” the Champion Ki’shto’ba Huge-Head and the Remembrancer Di’fa’kro’mi set out on an epic quest to reach the sea. In the Champion’s home fortress we learn that Ki’shto’ba has a twin and that he may have been sired by the Sky-King. Later, the Companions visit a fortress that has been at war for nine years with its neighbors ...
The Termite Queen: Volume Two: The Wound That Has No Healing
by Lorinda J Taylor
Series: The Termite Queen.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 199,040.
Language:
English.
Published: May 19, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Romance » Sci-fi
(4.50 from 2 reviews)
A team of scientists in the 30th c. makes first contact with a species of intelligent termite on an alien planet. The romantic relationship between the expedition leader and the team's anthropologist intersects with the civil unrest existing in the termite fortress to produce an explosive climax. The team must then return to Earth and deal with the outcome.
The Termite Queen: Volume One: The Speaking of the Dead
by Lorinda J Taylor
Series: The Termite Queen.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 131,320.
Language:
English.
Published: April 5, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Literature » Literary
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
In the 30th century, an off-world expedition brings back a giant termite with a behavior that suggests intelligence. During the planning for a first-contact expedition, Kaitrin Oliva, a linguistic anthropologist, falls in love with the entomologist-leader, a complex man hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, civil discord is brewing on the termite planet as the Queen's Chamberlain plots a murder ...
Monster Is in the Eye of the Beholder: Report of the Anthropological Expedition to the Planet Known as Kal-Fa
by Lorinda J Taylor
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 19,280.
Language:
English.
Published: February 3, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological
(4.71 from 7 reviews)
Three anthropologists make first contact with a species of bizarre intelligent lifeforms. Each team member reacts in a different way to their strangeness as the story builds toward a disturbing climax and a conclusion with an unsettling twist of perspective.
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Smashwords book reviews by Lorinda J Taylor
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Ultimate Duty
on May 23, 2015
(no rating)
Ultimate Duty is an adult version of the author’s YA novel First Duty – adult in that some mildly graphic sex scenes are added. Laid several centuries into the future, the book is basically an action/spy thriller involving the fight between SemCorp (the tyrannical governing body that rules all the planets of the known universe) and the Reformers (an underground group who wants to free the planet worlds to make their own lives). The tale is full of battle and fight scenes and frenetic voyages through space and has lots of description of the technology of the future (it’s well done and you need to like that aspect in order to fully enjoy this book). The heroine, who is a martial arts expert, goes through a process of deciding where her real duty lies, although this process is not particularly deep or in much question. Altogether, this is a book that concentrates on plot and action and not particularly on character conflicts or hard decisions. However, if you enjoy a fast-reading, quick-paced action thriller, this book may be just what you want. One additional word – the editing of this book is very clean – you won’t be bothered by typos or grammatical errors.
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Lines in the Lawn
on April 09, 2022
An entertaining tale (with nice illustrations) about try-and-try-again persistence that can lead to an outbreak of creativity, with a subtext of how creative innovation isn’t always a good fit for the “old folks.”