The Vinctalin Legacy Survival Book 1 Harvest

What will you be doing tomorrow? Catching the 6.45 to Paddington? Taking the kids to school? Or will you wake up to a new world. One in which you find yourself threatening to slit the throat of a fellow inmate? Discover the galaxy that is ruled by the Vinctalin. Lies, propaganda, forced addiction, slavery, culling and torture have been the rule for countless millennia. Earth has ripened and will no longer remain untouched. Except this time the Vinctalin have made an error. In this complex and thrilling fifteen-part post-apocalyptic sf series enjoy an intriguing introduction to the unexpected heroes who will alter the course of galactic history.

In this dark hour the Earth needs a saviour. Only a few humans have survived the initial invasion and for the first time in the long history of the Vinctalin Tajats have fought back, even taking prisoner the fabulous humanoid agent of their cruellest tyranny: the Emperor, Pakow Lam Chenden. The clandestine masters of the invaders unleash their fury on the slave armies who have failed them. While those vast battalions of Guards are being annihilated in vicious punitive attacks the valiant little amateur corps of English men and women embark on a final battle that should see the truth carried forward by an intrepid few.

It is not by accident or inefficiency that there always are a number of survivors of a Vinctalin harvest. And it is not only the Vinctalin who can make use of them. Saved by Mettle, the remaining humans of the world are being gathered into a secure haven, but for what real purpose? Questions and resentment abound as the increasing population is forced to aid in the never-ending fight against the Vinctalin. But it is only at the release of the magnificent alien Emperor that Jonathan's suspicions are confirmed and he begins to understand just how dirty the tactics of the Disciples have become.

With their home world taken, their people being hunted down and a massive new challenge soon to take place, the Advanced Humans are close to defeat. But an injection of the fighting spirit of the primitives of Earth reignites their zeal. While these courageous new combatants join forces with the Vinctalin's only viable enemy, the peace-loving psychiatrist Dr. Alexander Byefield is left with what should be the positive task of rebuilding society on Earth. They are told that the Vinctalin don't return to their harvested worlds, so how could they have guessed at the horrific fate awaiting Alex and their vulnerable partners?

This is not a story of chance but one of the legacy of a bio-engineer who made one colossal error. When Halbolival created its own slave armies it failed to realise the nature of the source of the majority DNA utilised in that diabolical project. And it was ignorant of the existence of that same DNA in one planet harvested by its clan. By bringing together the slaves created in its laboratories with the progeny of ancient settlers on Earth, Halbolival set the scene for the only creditable resistance to Vinctalin rule in the galaxy.

Eighteen months ago Earth was thriving. Now it is reduced to a deserted wilderness containing one oasis of frenetic activity: the town in England newly named Foundation. Earth's valiant hero, Benjamin Stanzini, has sacrificed his all and lived long enough to see the survivors safe. At last he can let go, but while he's in free-fall Earth's leaders come to realise that their saviours are not all they claim to be. The magnificent Emperor, one-time slave to the Vinctalin, joins forces with the Earth humans in the fight against the beasts. With growing trust the leaders of Earth's tiny community are forced to re-evaluate old enemies as well as new-found allies.

They have heard so many stories now that the humans of Earth are understandably sceptical when told their ancestors did not in fact originate on this planet. However, there is an unsettling ring of truth tying that claim to the notion that Jacob Stanzini is attracting a spectral being who may be merely an initial scout for a potentially annihilative incursion into this world.

Who is the enigmatic beauty worming her way into Alex's life by caring for his son? What is the true identity of Jacob's old friend who seems to know more about his hallucinations than he does? And who has the ability to revive the dead? All these puzzles rest uneasily with the allies as Pakow begins a war the like of which this galaxy has never before seen.