Tainui Rauwhero is a young Maori guy a long way from home - several light-years from home in fact.
Alongside his excitable new lover, Andrej Hannan, they are violently abducted from their normal existance and unwittingly thrust into midst of the internal politics and conflicts of a predatory alien race called the Vanguard.
But it turns out that life in space isn't all anal-probes and alien experimentation...
The Cold Wind is a story of young gay love, tragedy, and survival amongst an alien species that for all its strangeness is still remarkably human. Faced with numbing heartache and seemingly insurmountable odds, Tainui comes to discover that after much soul-searching, hearts' are where the home is - but only if he is able to survive the approaching storm...
Sold around 40 copies on Amazon, although I am unsure of rankings.
"We'll make a Vanguard engineer out of you yet."
Tainui just rolled his eyes and poked his tongue out at the two lizards as they muttered at each other, poking away at their datapads. "Someone's gotta be the brains behind this operation, bro. You're a lucky guy, y'know that?"
Curiously, "Oh? Why's that, then?"
"Well, not only are you dating the sexiest guy in this part of the Galaxy, you're dating the smartest as well. Looks, muscles and brains, what more could you ask for?" he asked, preening himself with a shit-eating grin plastered all over his face.
"Hmm, that's not really fair, Tai."
Tainui turned his head and looked at him. "Why?"
"'Coz you're the only man in this part of the Galaxy." Andrej said, shaking his head, but with a sparkle in his eye. "It's not exactly like I've got a lot of choice, is it?"
"Oh, I dunno. You could always shack up with ol' Two-Talon there. He's a fine specimen of, uh, lizardhood. Or something. Sure he'd make a good wife. Husband. Whatever," he joked. "And just think of the hideous little ass-babies you could make together."
"Have you seen the size of his junk? That thing would break me in half!" The smile on his face faded ever so slightly. "Joking aside, I don't think Hunts would be all that happy with that."
"Yeah, let's take a walk while those two figure out the details, eh?"
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Italian
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Translation in progress.
Translated by Giulia
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Spanish
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Already translated.
Translated by Ramsés Cabrera and Jake
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Author review: Very impressed with the passion and effort put in by Ramsés & Jacob on this, having to deal with some very local colloquialisms and making suggestions for slight changes that would make more sense to a reader of Spanish. Happily recommended! |
