Clay Gilbert

The Conversationalist Clay Gilbert

Return to the story of THE CONVERSATIONALIST. RYNN and NORTH could live happily ever after...if theUniverse would let them. Rynn Handel and Northrop Wynn have seen wonders and mysteries in places far across the Sea of Stars, but finding love and understanding was still unexpected for both of them. They're planning to be united face-to-face at last, on the world called Holdfast, location of the Portal that will give them passage to Mercy Prime, the planet where Rynn hopes to get the cyborg body she has dreamed of for years. But the next step of their journey doesn't seem to be its end. Now there's a riddle that must be solved: who are the mysterious race called the Aynari-Ahn, known to humanity as the "God-Builders"? Did they play a part in giving Rynn her life? What hold do they have over Rynn's human mother, Dr, Carolyn Schirer, who has turned up on board Rynn's ship, the Broken Road, missing pieces of her memories. On board North's ship, the Heart of Light, an old friend of his, David Penn, turns up in a similar state. The one link: both have been to the same mysterious world on the edge of the Sea of Stars; the world that is the planned endpoint of Rynn and North's own journey: a world called Mercy Prime. There are still obstacles in the way: a gravity-field in space called the Charybdis Spectre, which both ships must pass through in order to reach Holdfast, Rynn's own doubts about herself and her chances at a future with North, and an angry officer of the Earth government named Jessica Starger, who has a grudge to settle with Rynn, and will stop at nothing to capture North. Will Rynn and North reach their destination in time to play their part to bring balance and peace to the universe, and find a new life together? Or will the Aynari-Ahn, and the Shadow they serve, overcome all in their path?The answers are waiting. THE CONVERSATIONALIST Book Two: MiSSioN tO MeRcY PrIMe