When I began writing my Elementai story, the ideas that flowed from my mind - plots, subplots, characters, and scenes - were like the waters flowing from a broken dam. It took some time, but these ideas had been sorted and channeled into individual books.

I am pleased to announce that the first book in the Elementai series, entitled Allegiances, will be released sometime in October 2009.

The plot of the book and series is as follows:

Thousands of years ago, a group of feline, canine, reptilian, and avian species - collectively known as the Charzin - had been enslaved by a civilisation known as Shadows. Over time, an underground group of fighters and scientists devised a form of organic viral nanotechnology that would be used as weapons. These were called "nanolinks", because they linked the host with natural energies, such as electricity or gravity, and thus enabling them to use such forces and energies to repel their enslavers. After an uprising that took many lives, the Shadows were banished from their world. The Charzin continued on, living in peace, using their nanolinks to enrich their lives and rebuilt their civilisation.

But now a spatial tear has been found moving towards the planet, carrying with it a fleet of Shadow vessels. But when the fleet reaches the Charzin's world they vanish, along with a random scattering of individuals on the planet's surface.

Meanwhile, Joshua and Kali Reed are living with their father in Australia. Life is quiet for them, until the day arrives when a Japanese man runs into their lives with an international terrorist group, the Obsidian Syndicate, on their heels in pursuit of an old piece of technology called the Understone.

Joshua and Kali learn that they are Elementai - humans selected by a enigmatic "Sentinel" to prevent a infiltration by the Shadows into our world. The Sentinel tells them that if they choose not to risk their lives and find the Understone, then the world will be enslaved by the Shadows within a few months.

Making the task more difficult is that the Syndicate routinely leave false evidence behind to implicate the Elementai in their activities. They do, however, have the assistance of a few Charzin who lend their nanolink abilities in the goal to defeat the Shadows.

With the Syndicate seeking to kill them on one side, and the International Terrorism Intelligence Commission trying to arrest them on the other, Joshua and Kali have to make a choice - side with the Charzin and risk their lives in defending mankind, or cease being on the run and become a Shadow.

The choice they make will determine the survival or destruction of two civilisations.

I will be publishing through Lulu.com, which prints in the United States and ships worldwide. It will be available in paperback, hardcover, and electronic versions. If you are interested in this book series, then keep an eye on my journal or subscribe to my blog at [link] in order to receive updates.

It will also be great if you could spread the word about my book to your friends. Feel free to quote or link to this journal entry. If you would like to read a sample of Elementai: Allegiances, a couple of chapters will be uploaded today for your free viewing.

^{Elementai, Charzin, and the International Terrorism Intelligence Commission are trademarks of P.G. Palmer. All rights reserved.}