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Dawn Christine Jonckowski is a writer/editor/dancer/musician/shoe connoisseur and lover of the Oxford comma. She is married to her very own rebel leader and they live with two adorable yet spoiled dogs in North Carolina under a single sun. Find her on Bluesky and Instagram: @DawnCJonckowski
The Weight of Stars and Suns
Series: The Stars and Suns Trilogy
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: A princess on the threshold of power. A rebel on the verge of revolution. And a planet on the edge of ruin.
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One hundred years ago, the spaceship Genesis crashed on a planet ringed with thirty-six suns. And all hell broke loose. Now the descendants of the marooned humans live enslaved to the natives. As the humans plan their latest rebellion, the suns of Tav begin to extinguish one by one. The ecological and political turmoil is Tavarian princess Dameia's chance to prove herself worthy of becoming the next Chieftain. When her well-ordered path collides with the humans' rebel leader Hyam, the unlikely allies find themselves reconsidering ingrained prejudices in order to protect the future of the planet and everyone on it. Tav is facing imminent ruin. Hyam is caught between the freedom of his people and the princess he has come to love; Dameia battles the demands of her birthright and its condemnation of the human who has become her world. Because if they each save their people, they cannot save each other.
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The Ashes of Hope and Hunger
Series: The Stars and Suns Trilogy
Series Number: 2
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Blurb: A princess who sacrificed destiny for love. A queen who surrendered dreams for duty. And an alliance preparing to destroy it all.
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“Once again, man tries to play God and fails. Do we ever learn?” After their rescue from Tav, Dameia and Hyam are caught up in a whirlwind of media and diplomatic events as they attempt to adjust to their new home planet. Everything from the clothing to the weak heat of the single sun is acutely foreign; still, Dameia is determined to fit in. But at each turn, society’s subtle biases push back: The pair is deeply alien to Earth, despite Hyam’s humanity, and they wonder if this is the right world for them. Not all Tavarians are struggling to belong. Xanth, a healer, quickly finds work at a local Health Center, offering virtual care for innumerable Global Alliance citizens across the stars. But his compassion for one patient, Arba, risks entangling him in an affair with far-reaching consequences: Unbeknownst to Xanth, Arba is the newest wife of Katuu, ruler of the plague-riddled Alliance planet Vepo, and she carries what Katuu hopes will be a second heir to the planet’s rapidly dwindling population. Despite most Tavarians barely coping on Earth and Vepo continually requesting aid for survival, the unexpected mission to Tav has left the Global Alliance more concerned with getting back on track—and on budget—with its plans to colonize the galaxies. The celebrated Captain Woolsey and her crew receive orders to the inhospitable ice planet Avalon VI next, according to plan. Faced with leaving Dameia and Hyam on Earth and ignoring Vepo’s plight to captain her crew toward certain death, Woolsey may instead break the rules for the first time in her illustrious career. Because allowing the Global Alliance to ignore the worlds it already controls comes at a price. And the cost could span galaxies.
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The Reign of Ghosts and Galaxies
Series: The Stars and Suns Trilogy
Series Number: 3
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Blurb: A planet starving for a future. A universe challenging the past. And a love rebellious to the end.
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"There's no planet in the universe where our story actually works. You were and always have been the impossible choice." First there was a costly rescue from Tav. Then a disastrous power struggle over Vepo. Now the universe hangs on the brink of unprecedented war. Captain Woolsey has encouraged it with her mutiny. First Wife Megai thirsts for it by declaring herself queen. Arba fears its intrusion on her future with Xanth. And Dameia and Hyam defy it with a wedding meant to be the beautiful symbol of a previously impossible future. But when a ship arrives on Vepo bearing one of the last individuals anyone expected to see with news no one ever imagined they'd hear, rebels of every kind —Tavarian, human, and Veporian—must stand together and fight for the future the galaxy deserves. Because reckoning is coming, hope is fragile, and in the face of disaster, love may not be enough to conquer all.
Salt Water and Song
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Blurb: She'll do anything to escape. So will he.
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“If your mer loves you, your legs will fuse and sprout scales and fins. Your neck will split with gills. If he doesn’t love you, you will dissolve into foam atop the ocean and disappear forever from the hearts and minds of all who truly did.” Denmark, 1837. The circus comes to town with its trumpeting elephants and dazzling trapeze girls. Tucked away in the back, the freak tent showcases its own shocking displays, from a bearded lady to a dwarf . . . to real, live mermaids. But the mermaids keep dying, and it is the Ringmaster’s daughter Arløgh who must bury the dead and fish for the next. Only this time, her hook snares a merman. And his presence in the circus is about to change everything.