Blood Claws Rising Tales of the Sanguine Empire (Paperback)

The shadow grows, the claws are out. It is the 24th century, and humanity has successfully breached beyond their limited solar system to colonize much of the known galaxy. Mostly located within the Orion Arm of the Milky Way, humanity has ventured into a prosperous and ever-expanding era of exploration and discovery, with several other new races joining one of powers in humanity's growing sphere of influence, either willingly or by force. However, mankind cannot escape the shadow of conflict which dared to follow them out beyond the stars. In the immediate aftermath of the Earthborn War between two galactic superpowers, the oppressive far reaches-based Hagorian Alliance, and the more egalitarian-minded and Earth-based Praetorian League, one young girl rises from the ashes of chaos to break the yoke of oppression which the tyrannical Alliance has leaned upon to enforce its rule over its section of the cosmos. While other nations exist, they are constantly and often caught in the crossfire between the Alliance and the League. The Alliance, based at the trailing ends of the Orion Arm, valued slavery, fear, and subjugation to control and rule its people. The League, while not ideal, was far more egalitarian if not apathetic. But for citizens of the Alliance, many had had enough. One girl was chosen by fate to be the leader of these dissidents who the Alliance would classify as militant rebels outright, viewing them as little more than vermin who need to be extinguished. From being an owned slave, to a warrior and rebel leader, to empress and conqueror, this is part of the legacy which Ava'kra hopes to forge, but in the brutal maelstrom of seemingly unending war, can she? When facing betrayal at every turn, fighting outnumbered and outmaneuvered, can a young girl forge a new galactic nation free of oppression, and live to tell the tale?

Born in San Francisco, California to a military family, Brooke Renee is a science, science fiction, and fantasy enthusiast and author. She gained recognition for her research and analyses in historical and sociological developments during her college and graduate school tenure. Brooke earned her Bachelor of Arts in history, Cum Laude, at Cleveland State University where she also specialized in sociology, political science, Classics/Antiquity, and applied criminology, all of which she has utilized in her writing. Her graduate thesis was published on the Ottoman Siege of Constantinople and the last Roman Emperor. She went on to earn her Master of Arts degree in U.S. history, specializing in gender and sociology, and their application in world militaries. She has been a fan of science fiction from a very young age, where she played and read everything she could among manga, major science fiction franchises, and more. She often uses military history to develop major ideas in her stories, just as she did to help teach children and young teens when she taught history and social sciences. She has hobbies and interests in various fields, from her 23 years in martial arts, to her interest in Japanese culture and history, and love of the classics in terms of antiquity reading - Plato, Herodotus, and Plutarch just to name a few, to her weekly strategy and tabletop gaming nights. Brooke currently lives in Oakland, California (and enjoys venturing all over the Bay Area) after a move from Cleveland, Ohio with her partner, Geoff, and their cat.