Crisis On Sandar has been published

Now available at Smashwords for only $3.99, Crisis On Sandar, the second book in the Keestu Ranell trilogy, part of the Union novel series. 

Here's an excerpt: 

Hemda's voice broke the shocked silence that followed these revelations.  "Esplosion confirmed high o'er the middle of Eastique!"  She had stayed at her post to monitor the incoming reports while Ismer addressed the extended family.  

"'Nother o'er Southern. 

"Westique military reports tree military flitters chasin' a spacecraft inland!"  A moment later, she blanched, her voice trembling with reaction.  "Westique military flitters have gone off air in mid transmission."  

She took several breaths to steady herself while listening to more reports on the military channel before continuing.  "Eastern ground control reports esplosion o'er the Midrange Mountains, with the military flitters crash landin' 'fore inerception.  

"Westique capital ground control is on!  Esplosion high o'er that continent as well."  

"Are there any damage reports yet, Hemda?"  Ismer was tense.  

She answered after looking over the updates scrolling across her console.  "Not yet." She pressed a hand over one ear so she could concentrate on what was being reported.  "CeCe reports a spacecraft incomin' high o'er the border between the seventh and fifth baronies!  Military fighters have been scrambled from Enforcer but are still out of range, so our local military flitters are to fire on it in four, tree, two, one, fire!"  

A gasp rippled through the crowd, and Keestu felt a chill go down her spine.  She looked around the vault at her extended family, but her mind's eye was imagining unspeakable devastation: the other capital cities flattened by horrific blasts, people who were unable to get to shelter in time burned to death or mortally wounded by deadly radiation, and her eyes filled with tears.