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The Soldier's Seed (Southern Skyes Book 1) Kindle Edition

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The Soldier’s Seed, the first book of the Southern Skyes family saga, captures the wide range of relationships between colonial, convict, and indigenous families during the tumultuous events that defined the early penal colonies of Australia.

Nicholas Thomas, a soldier in the New South Wales Corps, loathes his life in Sydney Town and through a series of events of his own making, he finds himself running from his past to what could be an even worse fate. While pioneering a new settlement that encounters one problem after another, he struggles to find his true self and identify what he really wants from life . . . until he meets a woman a soldier shouldn't love.

When tragedy strikes, he is forced to make choices that will affect his descendants for decades to come. The Soldier's Seed is a heart-rending adventure and an exciting introduction to Australian history and the epic Southern Skyes series. PLUS a Bonus Chapter! Take a sneak peek at Southern Skyes Book 2 – The Divergence

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19 October 2012
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B009TU16Z0
Publisher ‏ : ‎ thewordverve; 4th edition (19 October 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2038 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 280 pages

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Sharyn Bradford Lunn was born in Sydney, Australia, but most of her schooling occurred in a small country town before she returned to "the big smoke" so she enjoys both city life and the rural hideaway. Before embarking on a career in nursing she worked briefly in a telephone exchange then a kindergarten. Sharyn has also worked as a senior investigation officer with the New South Wales Health Department and later the Health Care Complaints Commission.

After reading Alex Haley's Roots, she developed a passion for genealogy and history that deepened with the ensuing years. This went hand in hand with another newly discovered interest: writing. And so the Southern Skyes series was born.

Now, after writing six books in the series Sharyn has turned her attention to another of her passions - the good old fashioned mystery, and is currently working on her first cozy mystery series featuring a young college student, Cody Costin, as the amateur super sleuth, as well as an archaeology mystery series.

When not writing or researching, Sharyn can be found enjoying time at home on the New South Wales Central Coast with family and friends, swimming, hiking, walking her dogs, reading, painting, tracing someone's family tree, or enjoying a rock concert. She digs a good rollercoaster ride as much as a trail bike ride. To round out her adventurer's spirit, she embraces the joy of travel and learning about other cultures.

Look for more books from Sharyn in the coming months and years, as she develops the Cody Costin Cozy Mystery series as well as tinkers in other writing endeavors.

If you enjoy her books please spread the word and consider leaving a book review . . . they are always very much appreciated.

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teacuptami

Keep it in your pants!

Reviewed in Australia on 13 October 2014

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Main character has some serious issues. Needs to learn to keep it in his pants. But I suppose that is what this book is about after all! Still made for an interesting and different read.

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Brian

A very enjoable read. Well done sharon.

Reviewed in Australia on 21 June 2017

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Great read
Even more so having just visited tassie and learned more about the early settlement.
Highly recommended to thoe who are interested in the early settlment of aust particular tass

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BJH

The Soldier's Seed by Sharyn Bradfor Lunn

Reviewed in the United States on 11 April 2015

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The Soldier's Seed by Sharyn Bradford Lunn takes place on an Australian island that is being colonized by convicts and the Navy. There is a lot of conflict going on about authority and establishing a town. Then another settlement is established down and across the river where one of the Sergeants see's a young female convict and falls in love with her. He talks her into escaping into the bush country and trying to reach a settlement on the very far side of the island. They do not reach their goal before a son is born and she dies. The son is raised by aborigine woman and eventually she also has a son by the same man. Then the story leads us on to the two boys being raised together and then being separated at the young age of 8, with the white boy being accepted into the mainstream society but the aborigine/white boy being discriminated against and the hardship he must try to overcome. This is the first book of the series and was very well written and interesting.

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North1960

A wonderful read.

Reviewed in the United States on 28 January 2020

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I was impressed how the author covered a whole lot of ground in setting up the series. Her words created such good images that it seems like you are right there. I'm keen on downloading the next book so I can learn how Buck and Lucas handle the cards that were dealt them.

kindlerdr

I enjoy reading series books containing familiar characters that are like ...

Reviewed in the United States on 29 February 2016

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I was expecting a historical novel but... The beginning of this book is full of interesting details about the hardships of colonizing New South Wales. The plethora of details, while interesting, were cumbersome at times. By the time things got interesting, around the last third of the book, the main character Nicholas, makes his exit and two illegitimate children are left behind (reason for the title.) The timeline jumps rapidly afterward as though the story must finish quickly, ending where the sequel begins.

I enjoy reading series books containing familiar characters that are like old friends but the way this book ended it doesn't make me want to read the sequel. The author's writing style is valuable. The characters are well developed. I was able to picture the struggles of life in early settlements.

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AlleyB

Australian Historical Story

Reviewed in the United States on 3 November 2013

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I would have enjoyed this book a lot more if it had less errors in it. I consider over 3 errors to be lacking and I found 13, not counting knits like sailing vessels anchored having "bare masts" when they probably meant "furled sails". It also needs a better detail map of the areas surrounding the main harbor and river in the story. I had trouble envisioning just where I was at any particular time. This book is also obviously part of a series, which was clearly stated, but to leave some of the characters hanging was frustrating. Other than that, it was a fun read and would have been rated a solid 4 stars without the errors. I later had an e-mail conversation with the author and she accepted my errors and has corrected them. Now rated a solid 4-5 stars.

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barbara curtis

Not very good

Reviewed in the United States on 22 February 2016

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I had planned to purchase the entire series, but was discouraged by the first book.

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