In this science fiction romance that blends clan alliances, historical heritage, and a feudal government, Declan de Douglas has come to Planet Forest to negotiate a trade agreement with the treacherous Clan MacKendrick. Despite his training on Planet Mars under the Braemer Keep of Clan Douglas, Declan is not prepared for the peril ahead and ends up in the collared life of slavery. Fallon MacKendrick, princess of the MacKendrick clan, has fallen deeply in love with this forbidden savage despite the laws of her betrothal contract. When she later discovers that he has been kidnapped, she resolves to rescue the haunted man who touched her heart. But the destined lovers are doomed unless Declan’s soul can accept the DNA synthesis that has altered his physical makeup. Princess Fallon holds his life in her hands—the only woman with the power to save him from his captors and himself.
| |||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
Gray overcomes clichés and tired sci-fi tropes to create a remarkably entertaining space-faring romance. Princess Fallon MacKendrick finds the legendary Declan de Douglas fascinating when he visits her father while working to establish a trading treaty. She is soon sent to another planet to marry a fat lord to further the aims of her father and clan, however, while Declan has been captured and sold as a sex slave. An irremovable collar around Declan’s neck gives whomever holds the remote control the ability to dictate his lust, even turning him into a rapist. When Fallon discovers that Declan is also suffering amnesia, she helps him escape. Soon there is a bounty on both of them as they flee from one danger to another. Even though Gray’s intergalactic romantic suspense novel is set in 3211, the characters quote people who lived more than 1200 years earlier, and ancient Earth clothing and decor are popular. At his inventive best, Gray even creates a tiny flying poodle. --Diana Tixier Herald
Review
"A great addition to the futuristic romance genre with two main characters readers will absolutely fall in love with, Darkscape: Redemption is not to be missed." —Romance Reviews Today
"This is a powerful and magical tale of moonbeams, pixies and love. Readers who enjoy fantasy will want to put this on top of their to-be-read pile. SENSUAL." —Romantic Times BOOKclub Magazine
"Bravo Ms. Gray! This book is definitely a five-star and two-thumbs-up read!" —Paranormal Romance Reviews
"This is a great sci-fi romance book for adults, full of exciting passion, explicit sex, and lots of intergalactic chases . . . great for romance and sci-fi readers." —IjustFinished.com
"Hope wars with fear. Honor wars with love . . . This is a good book." —Affaire de Coeur
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another excellent sci-fi fantasy!,
By Darkcat_ak "darkcat_ak" (Alaska) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Darkscape: Redemption (Paperback)
Declan de Douglas has been given a second chance at life; he has been reborn with the Matrix incorporated into his body and he has family members. However, he is not happy; he feels he needs to earn their forgiveness because of his involvement in what almost destroyed the de Douglas clan. Choosing to help solidify trade agreements with the other clans, he has also become the protector of his brothers family. Always living on the outskirts of his life, never fully excepting the second chance he has been given.
Princess Fallon had a chance encounter with Declan that awoke her desires to be more than an object to adorn the arm of a fat dignitary from another clan. Blessed or cursed with telekinesis and pre-cognitive abilities, she has always kept to the shadows, but now she wants a life. When the opportunity presents itself to cause her own ruin, thus nullifying her unwanted marriage contract, Fallon goes to the brothel claiming to have a man who looks like the man of her fantasy, Declan. Only Fallon discovers the man isn't a double, but Declan himself, without his memory and wearing a control collar of a slave. Brought together by another chance meeting, Declan and Fallon find themselves in the middle of an intergalactic disaster. One step ahead of war, they flee from her jilted fiance, the owner of the brothel and something more omnipotent than either could even begin to understand. R Garland Gray has written another exceptional novel. She continuously amazes me with how imaginative her stories are. While I can honestly say I liked THE REBEL LORD more than REDEMPTION, overall, there are several qualities about Fallon I really admired and therefore she is more memorable to me. I really admire her for being able to look at what she has: opulence, wealth and everything that comes with this status and yet she is able to recognize she has wants that are not being met. Granted this isn't an unusual situation for a heroine, but I really like how everything was written out. Declan spends a large part of the story without his memory and I truly sympathize with his situation. He is rejecting his new body because he feels unworthy and only through the discovery of true love with Fallon can he finally accept both the actions of his father and himself. Who the villain is, is fairly easy to figure out. However between dealing with escaping from the brothel and figuring out what the enemy is trying to do, R Garland Gray has written an action oriented story. Combining this with her ability to write romantic and sexual tension, REDEMPTION is a very enjoyable story that I highly recommend.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lose yourself in another world,
By
This review is from: Darkscape: Redemption (Mass Market Paperback)
R. Garland Gray weaves a wonderful tale of love's salvation in a war-filled future world. This the much anticipated sequel to Darkscape: The Rebel Lord.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
pre-Culloden Scotland in outer space,
This review is from: Darkscape: Redemption (Mass Market Paperback)
In 3211 after serving as a Commander in a clan war, trader Declan de Douglas travels to Planet Forest from his home Braemar Keep on Planet Mars to negotiate a textile agreement between his clan and that of MacKendrick. Although filled with rage due in part to a DNA synthesis, the savage beast is calm every time he meets Fallon MacKendrick. Her father warns her to stay away from the savage as he is too dangerous, his clan deceitful, and besides her dad has completed a betrothal contract for her.
However, she is attracted to "Douglas the Savage", who reciprocate although he remains filled with guilt over the war and fury re his brother's DNA infused in him. When Fallon learns Declan has been kidnapped and sold into sexual slavery, she vows to rescue her beloved even as clan warfare seems ready to ignite again. However, in spite of the belief in knowledge is power by both clans, neither realize the real threat comes from a devious third party at a time when the solar system peace is fragile. The premise behind the Darkscape tales is simply placing pre-Culloden Scotland in outer space; thus clan wars are all over the solar system and where they are not, hostilities are one incident away from exploding. Redemption adds a Romeo and Juliet twist to the mix. Although it helps to read the previous Darkscape science fiction romance (see The Rebel Lord) to better understand the dysfunctional relationships between the feuding clans and the story line is somewhat expected, R. Garland Gray provides readers with a super outer space opera. Harriet Klausner
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
