Dark Destiny

Book Summary: a fierce space warrior with a lust for power meets his match.
Sci Fi Categories: Aliens and Monsters, Fantasy, Space Adventure, Violence,Telepathy,
Book Description: Could he resist the power behind the veil? He was known throughout the system as Sha Haral, a fierce space warrior with an unrelenting lust for power. He’d blasted his way back and forth across the spaceways many times. However, Haral’s fortunes had taken a turn for the worse, and he soon became a downtrodden, bitter would-be conqueror haunting the dives on a backwater planet called Ulna. But his fate took an unexpected turn when a beautiful blonde-haired priestess, fleeing from a space pirate’s hordes, fell into his lap. From this priestess Haral learned of an ancient woman-goddess who, according to legend, lay sleeping in a lost city surrounded by a legion of terrifying monsters. This ancient goddess, whose face was half-hidden by a jeweled veil, was known as a woman of ultimate beauty, possessing the secrets of great power. And she still lay there, in her crumbling city, waiting for someone to awaken her…
Authors Bio: Dwight V Swain was an American author, screenwriter and teacher. Swain is a member of the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame. His first published story was "Henry Horn's Super Solvent", which appeared in Fantastic Adventures in 1941. He contributed stories in the science fiction, mystery, Western, and action adventure genres to a variety of pulp magazines. His first published book was The Transposed Man (1955). In the 1960s, he scripted a motion picture, Stark Fear, starring Beverley Garland and Keith Toby.
Narrators Rating (9 out of 10): ★★★★★★★★★☆