The Ambassador: Open and Closed
by Terri Morgan
Ambassador Micha Lawrence has finally retired. She’s packing up her apartment and not sure what’s next when Sentar arrives for a visit. He asks her to marry him. Their friends are overjoyed. Galen is Sentar’s best man. Maru and B’ani arrive to help Micha get ready. Beth comes back from the Library at Nareem to join the wedding party. They have a private ceremony and then several receptions.
They finish the tour and go back to Ras 2.
Next, they have to figure out how to live together. It takes some work.
Sentar has an open-door for the students, but Micha doesn’t like the parades. Micha still likes her coffee. Sentar isn’t pleased by the smell. He likes tea. They fight. Then, they talk about what they each want. They decide to add another room on the house for Micha. They begin developing their new relationship.
The Ambassador returns to where her heart lives.
The stories offer a rare glimpse into the inner world of traditional martial arts training.
They focus on the good guys, their training, and their character. They are human stories about how we learn, grow, develop our skills, and then pass on what we have learned to the next generations.
The stories are written for adults at a high-school reading level. Using movie ratings, they would be G/PG-rated. Themes include philosophical questions – is this the right thing to do? how do we gain trust? what is ‘good’ character? There are nuances (no profanity) in the ways the characters talk with each other that younger children would not understand without explanations. Curious teens and young adults will like the stories quite a lot.
Throughout the stories, the key idea is that what may seem too difficult isn’t, not when we have good friends. The focus is on taking care of each other, what honor, integrity, honesty, and kindness mean, how we pass on what we have learned and bring up the next generations, and all sorts of positive character questions that are fundamental to the traditional martial arts.
GENRE: Sci-fi/Adventure/Martial Arts/Hopepunk
NUTSHELL: Stargate SG1 + Mission: Impossible + Kung Fu + The Waltons
TROPES: Friendships Found Family Special Skills and Objects Martial Arts Coming of Age Apprentice/Mentor Secrets Ecology Ancient Wisdom Journey Adventure Task
Good friends, good, food, good times in the Local Neighborhood.
The Ambassador: Open and Closed
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The Ambassador: Open and Closed
Paperback (250 pp)
ISBN-13 978-1-62037-019-3
Retail: US$12.99
The Ambassador: Open and Closed
Digital Online/Kindle (2.0 MB)
ISBN-13 978-1-62037-018-6
Retail: US$8.99
The Ambassador: Open and Closed is the seventh book in the series. The Ambassador has finally retired. Sentar goes to visit and asks her to marry him. It’s quite the wedding.
LOGLINE: An accomplished older woman leaves one life and starts another as the next generation begin their watch. Together, they must find a way to protect the Local Neighborhood from the invading Olmeri.
RATING: G/PG