The Last Empress of Mars

Prelude to Adventure – The Last Empress of Mars Book I by Rex Augustine Lord

Beneath the surface of Mars – Fifty-One Thousand Years Ago

“Quickly Commander Ruthaar, we must leave now before it´s too late!!!” Shouted Akitaah, Empress of Mars, the only surviving royalty of a once proud, powerful, and just empire that ruled the planet in peace and harmony for millennia, overseeing a variety of races that called Mars home. Ruthaar, head of her Imperial Guard, and overseer of the Imperial Starships, had the duty to protect her and the mission but it was becoming painfully obvious to him that he had failed and had failed miserably. “My shame is infinite your Exalted Highness, it appears that agents of the Lizariums have sabotaged our Hyper Star Drive propulsion by lowering the containment capacity of the anti-matter fuel storage to such a degree that it would cause a massive explosion if we try to use it and they have done this on all 3 Starships, we cannot reach the Tiuran sector 60 light years away, all we have is standard plasma propulsion systems operational and our Shield generator has also been damaged as well as our weapons systems!” For a moment, Princess Akitaah drifted back to memories of happier times when she played at her Father´s side and the only worry she had was keeping her three older brothers from playing mean tricks on her. Then they came, a single ship apparently damaged and claiming to come from somewhere in the Sirius quadrant, a reptilian type of aliens who were given refuge from their alleged plight as Martians had a long tradition of hospitality to strangers.Little did we suspect it was all a ploy to plant the seeds of an invasion and turn our idyllic planet into the sad nuclear wasteland it was today, and now her father, mother and her brothers were all dead and only she was left to look out for her people. “Forgive me Exalted One, what are your orders?!” Princess Akitaah, the last Warrior Empress of Mars, was snapped out of her daydreams by the hoarse voice of her Commander and the uncharacteristic worried look on his face.