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    Dreaming of the Stars: In Love and War, #2
    Dreaming of the Stars: In Love and War, #2
    Dreaming of the Stars: In Love and War, #2
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    Dreaming of the Stars: In Love and War, #2

    By Cora Buhlert

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    Even in a galaxy torn apart by war, the young still have dreams.

    On Rajipuri, a poor planet in the Empire of Worlds, Anjali Patel and her two younger sisters look up at the stars and dream of escaping the limitations of a traditional and rigidly stratified society.

    At the same time, in a camp for war orphans in the Republic of United Planets, Mikhail Grikov also looks up at the stars and dreams of escaping a life of pain and abuse.

    One day in the far future, they will meet and change the galaxy. But for now, they're merely dreaming of the stars…

    This is a prequel novelette of 8500 words or approx. 29 print pages to the "In Love and War" series, but may be read as a standalone.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPegasus Pulp Publishing
    Release dateAug 27, 2016
    ISBN9781536521436
    Dreaming of the Stars: In Love and War, #2
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    Cora Buhlert

    Cora Buhlert was born and bred in North Germany, where she still lives today – after time spent in London, Singapore, Rotterdam and Mississippi. Cora holds an MA degree in English from the University of Bremen and is currently working towards her PhD. Cora has been writing, since she was a teenager, and has published stories, articles and poetry in various international magazines. When she is not writing, she works as a translator and teacher.

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      Dreaming of the Stars - Cora Buhlert

      In Love and War

      pinstripe

      For eighty-eight years, the galaxy has been torn apart by the endless war between the Republic of United Planets and the Empire of Worlds.

      Anjali Patel and Mikhail Grikov are soldiers on opposing sides of that war. They meet, fall in love and decide to go on the run together.

      Pursued by both the Empire and the Republic, they struggle to stay alive and free and prove that their love is stronger than the war…

      pinstripe

      Dreaming of the Stars

      I. Anjali

      pinstripe

      In the Gurung highlands on the planet of Rajipuri, three girls, the daughters of a craftsman from the valley, scrambled up a mountain trail.

      It was the height of summer in the Northern hemisphere of Rajipuri. School was out, Mama and Grandmama were busy at home, Papa was busy in the workshop and their older brother Milan had gone away to become an apprentice silversmith. So the three Patel sisters spent their time exploring, roaming the valleys and meadows and mountain paths near the village.

      At thirteen — about to turn fourteen — Anjali was the oldest. She scrambled ahead with the easy grace of a mountain goat, scouting out paths and routes for her sisters, seemingly unburdened by the backpack she was carrying.

      Anjali had always been something of a tomboy, who wore her dark hair tied back in a messy braid and hid her developing body under her brother’s cast-off clothes. But — so the neighbours in the village whispered — you could see that she was going to become a beauty one day soon. Anjali usually frowned at such remarks. Beautiful was not very high on her list of things she wanted to be.

      At ten, Lalita was the second oldest. She was lugging a fresh box filled with the girl’s lunch and groaned under the weight, even though — so Anjali had insisted — the box was not very heavy at all.

      If Anjali might grow into a beauty one day, Lalita — so everybody agreed — already was one. She had been gifted with sparkling eyes, a heart-shaped mouth and glossy black hair that fell to the middle of her back in gentle waves.

      Where her older sister favoured boy’s clothing, Lalita was clad in a shalwar kameez, the pants and tunic combination that was the traditional garb of young girls on Rajipuri, of bright pink synth-silk. Anjali had told her to put on something more practical, that she’d only soil her nicest clothes, but Lalita did not care. She liked looking pretty. And besides, Anjali was the one who always managed to soil her clothes.

      At six, Sundari was the baby of the family. She trailed after her older sisters, a broken com unit in one hand and a much loved plush rabbit in the other. Like Lalita, she was dressed in a shalwar kameez, but in darker colours and sturdier fabric than her sister’s. Sundari’s dark hair was bound in two braids that constantly whipped in every direction, as the little girl struggled to keep up with her bigger and longer legged sisters.

      Can’t we stop here? Lalita wanted to know, Just for a little bit?

      Anjali continued undaunted. We’re almost there.

      But I’m tired, Lalita insisted.

      Like I said, we’re almost there.

      I’m tired, too, Sundari piped in.

      Anjali’s expression softened. She paused and dropped to her knees in front of her youngest

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