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Slaves of an Alien Game by Nina Schluntz, a Science Fiction Romance series | Series Spotlight ~ Author Guest Post ~ $25 Gift Card 

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Slaves of an Alien Game by Nina Schluntz
Series: Book #1
Published by Independent on January 31, 2023
Genres: Romance, Science Fiction
Format: eBook, Hardcover, Paperback
Pages: 278

Caden works at all night diner in a small town near the interstate. When a man comes in late at night, asking for access to the roof, Caden knows the man is a bit off. But his ruffian nature and a small bribe makes Caden decide to let him go up.
“It’s a scavenger hunt,” the man says. Caden thinks he’s being helpful when he finds the item, a black orb, but when he touches it, he unknowingly becomes a competitor in an intergalactic competition, that ends in a battle to the death. Manipulated and lied to, drugged by the alien Incubus, Raghib, whom he is now allied with, he must train his lizard battle creatures to fight for him on an unknown planet with rules he barely understands.

He has little chance to survive and although he wants to trust, Raghib, who will earn his freedom if Caden wins the battle, he worries he is simply being used. A bit of truth is revealed when one of the Game Wardens takes a liking to Caden, but his alien species is known to eat humans, so Caden isn’t sure if the desire is that of hunger or true romance.
Either way, Caden is nothing but a slave to their alien games.

*This novel was previously published as Season 1 on Kindle Vella under the same title*

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Slaves of an Alien Game by Nina Schluntz
Series: Book #2
Published by Independent on February 22, 2023
Genres: Romance, Science Fiction
Format: eBook, Hardcover, Paperback
Pages: 312

Caden is free. He won his battle and got what he wanted. Sent back to Earth with his won kingdom given to the slave, Raghib. However, life on Earth, back at the diner isn’t the same after living on an alien planet. He still suffers from withdrawals from the Incubus influence and drugs Raghib forced on him, and nightmares from the horrible battle to the death.

When a woman arrives, the latest competitor in the alien games, she offers him a chance to visit Raghib. All he has to do is be her slave during the games and help her find the orbs. He agrees and finds she is a higher level competitor than Raghib was, the hunt is on a deadlier planet, one covered in darkness and monsters.

Caden is eventually reunited with Raghib and gets to see the kingdom he won. Raghib is more broken from the battle and haunted by the brutality of it than Caden. He has a new lover and is driving his country to poverty so he can buy drugs to forget the pain. Caden turns to the Game Wardens for help, offering to go back in the arena again, with the woman he helped in the scavenger hunt. He is a fan favorite and knows their ratings will improve if he goes in again.

He arranged to go in as her pretend slave, in a role that will have safety features turned on so he will be in no real danger. He thinks its his idea to go back in. Confident he’s messing with the structures in place and trying to leverage the Game Wardens to change the deadly games into a nonlethal form.

However, it was their plan for him to go back in from the start. Caden is still nothing but a slave to their alien games.

*This novel was previously published as Season 2 on Kindle Vella under the same title*

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Slaves of an Alien Game by Nina Schluntz
Series: Book #3
Published by Independent on March 21, 2023
Genres: Romance, Science Fiction
Format: eBook
Pages: 222

Caden’s long-term girlfriend on Earth is pregnant, and Caden is missing. Jenny worries he has been kidnapped and drugged again. A strange woman arrives, saying she knows Caden and where he is. She offers to take Jenny to him, if she helps her… they just need to find some orbs in a scavenger hunt. Jenny agrees, but is careful to not touch the objects. She doesn’t trust this woman.

They find four orbs and encounter the other competitor. The fifth orb is there, and Jenny is forced to pick it up. The other competitor forfeits and Jenny finds herself now in the games, the woman she’d been helping now announced as her deadly competitor.

She is taken to an alien planet and united with a distraught Caden. He confesses that he has a relationship with a man, an alien man, an Incubus named Raghib, and the woman Jenny must fight is Raghib’s daughter.

Caden is in an impossible situation, either his lover’s daughter dies or his childhood sweetheart dies, but there is a rule in the games, a protection for slaves and their offspring, who are viewed as profitable future slaves. A pregnant woman may not enter the arena, instead the sire must.

Caden is again forced to play in the games, but this time he has no sahalias to battle on his behalf, and safety features are not allowed. If Caden is to survive, he must find a way to not be a slave in their alien games.

*This novel was previously published as Season 3 on Kindle Vella under the same titl

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Excerpt from Slaves of an Alien Game, Book 2

“You were the victor in the arena. You. And you would have made a great leader.” Her face twisted with even more contempt. “But you gave your nobility away to Raghib. You, of all people, should have known better.”

“I don’t understand.”

I saw the flash of rage glimmer in her eyes, then my vision was flooded by the water below us as she thrust me under it. The shock had me inhaling the fluid, which panicked me more than anything. I thrashed and flailed. She pulled me back as I coughed, only vaguely aware that the water had stung my lungs less than water on Earth did.

“I’m from that kingdom you abandoned,” she said. “My people are from there.” She turned my head so I was forced to look at her. “Your Raghib sold our natural resources. Drained our water. Drilled our soil. Left us with nothing but barren land. Not even enough for us to live on, let alone afford the taxes he demanded.

We had lush swamps, like this.” She gestured with her free hand while the other still held me, just barely high enough to keep my face from being submerged. “But now, it is a desert. My family sold me, sold their child, to pay Raghib’s tax and buy enough food to keep from starving. So I am here to win my own kingdom so my people can live in a better place. A place not ruled by a drug addict who cares nothing for his people.”

She dunked me again, before I could even consider mustering the air to respond or comprehend what she was telling me. I flailed, swung wildly, and probably hurt myself far more than I did her. She pulled me up again, and I vomited out the water as she tossed me away.

“You don’t even know whose side you are on. Kralasee is a puppet of the Game Wardens. She trains fighters. She is employed by the Game Wardens and works to prepare competitors in the months before they go on their scavenger hunt. And now, they have allowed this, you, their favorite competitor to return. How am I to win?’

“Not killing me would definitely be a good step in the right direction,” I managed to say between coughs.

“Does it matter if I am killed for murdering you rather than murdered in the arena in six days? Death is death.”

“Yes, but one of those options is a guarantee, the other is not.” I regained enough composure to look at her. “I can help you. I will…help you.”

I noticed she didn’t have any of the bands on her arm. She hadn’t found any orbs.

“It doesn’t matter to me which of you wins. I have no intention of going into the arena. So how about I help you find the remaining orbs?’

She did that smiling sneer, and for a moment, I thought it meant she was accepting my offer. She gripped my shoulder and pulled me from the water, pushing my back against a trunk. At least, I hoped it was a tree trunk.

“The more orbs that bitch finds, the better, so don’t offer me your pity.” She gave me a final push, then stepped out of my light, vanishing and leaving me, once again, alone. Only this time, I didn’t have any hope of finding Kralasee’s tracker.

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Guest Post from the Author of Slaves of an Alien Game

Battle of a Thousand Deaths: Press Conference with Game Wardens

Host: We are here with all seven Game Wardens. They are the men behind the Battle of a Thousand Deaths and today they will be answering questions directly submitted by you, the fans of the show. Our first questions, not surprisingly, is for Game Warden Vicr. Lisa82 would like to know, “Do you see a future with Caden?”

Game Warden Vicr: I have imagined one, yes, but he keeps saying no. I’m open to any fan suggestions to help convince him to say yes.

Game Warden Ivard: You’ve never thought of being with someone else?

Game Warden Vicr: We’re answering fan questions.

Game Warden Ivard: I think they’d want to know.

Host: Game Warden Ivard, since you seem eager to speak, let’s ask a question to you. FireLizard44 asks “Is there any chance we can see you shift into your snake form and set some stuff on fire?” Uh, how did that question make it past our vetting system? We will not be performing any pyrotechnics on this show.

Game Warden Ivard: Perhaps my brother would like to do a demonstration. Gira? The fans have seen you control fire, what do you say?

Game Warden Gira: I would have to agree with Virc. Can we stick to the fan questions?

Game Warden Ricardo: Let’s circle back to that question about Vicr and his lovers. I’m curious who he would say his best lover is. Anyone recent pop into mind?

Game Warden Ivard: Why do you always have such a perverted look on your face? Pull another fan question and ignore Ricardo.

Host: Uh, yes, this fan would like to know “Is the Empire taking any actions to help those most affected by Pathogen Eight-Five?” For those unaware, this pathogen primarily affects those of Sepentin descent, which the Game Wardens are. Would any of you like to answer?

Game Warden Kendrin: This pathogen is being treated with as much care as any other. We are not giving it special attention just because it targets our species. Anyone who needs care will receive it.

Game Warden Ricardo: Unless you’re in the black market district.

*crowd murmurs*

Host: I think that’s enough questions for today. Tune in next month for another special episode with the Game Wardens.

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Full Tour Schedule:

January 30: Momma Says: To Read or Not to Read
February 1: Author Deb Bailey
February 3: Kit ‘N Kabookle
February 6: Sandra’s Book Club
February 8: Christine Young
February 10: Westveil Publishing
February 13: The Faerie Review
February 15: All the Ups and Downs
February 17: Lisa Haselton’s Reviews and Interviews
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February 22: Lynn’s Romance Enthusiasm
February 24: Literary Gold
February 27: Maggie Blackbird
March 1: Dawn’s Reading Nook
March 3: The Avid Reader
March 6: Gina Rae Mitchell
March 8: Jerry’s Circumlocution
March 10: Jazzy Book Reviews
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March 20: The Obsessed Reader
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March 27: Welcome to My World of Dreams
March 29: It’s Raining Books
March 31: Wendi Zwaduk – Romance to Make Your Heart Race
April 3: Books+Coffee=Happiness
April 5: Author C.A.Milson
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