This official website for Stella Atrium exists to promote the action adventure fantasy novel SUFFERSTONE launched in January 2012.
Early responses include Lisa DuMond, an online reviewer of science fiction, who wrote:
"... an intriguing tale. The struggle to overcome oppression, to preserve a way of life, to maintain compassion in a cold and hateful conflict, is always interesting and involving ... Atrium has a fl air for creating and maintaining an atmosphere of mysticism and mystery ... she stays true to the situation, never slipping out of the frame she has set." |
A March 2012 reivew of SufferStone from Chris Gerrib on POD People wesbite.
"I found it oddly fascinating, and something about the book kept drawing me into it. I think part of what pulled me in was seeing the patterns of imperialism playing out again. I also think that Ms. Atrium made me care about the characters, thus I cared what happened to them. So, I’m putting SufferStone down as an interesting read."
Guest interview on website of International Best Selling Author Stacy Eaton.
Guest blog post with fellow writer Emerald Barnes.
Guest interview with Hawaiian mystery writer Gail Baugniet.
Synopsis:
On Dolvia the women of the savannah serve under the burka, but Kyle Le
was denied that covering by tribal leaders.
Only her gift of second sight and the mortgage on her father's land protects her and her three sisters.
Kyle Le meets Brian Miller, a Softcheeks who teaches her about off world politics and accumulating wealth while she teaches him the words of power from Mekucoo.
Working alongside the warrior Cyrus, they labor against the mining enterprise that robs the savannah of its mineral wealth and leaves the tribes with only the scarred and suffering land.
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FROM THE AUTHOR:
"I was a great reader of science fiction as a young person, but I began to wonder why the protagonist in a sci-fi or fantasy story was always a man, even when the writer was female. Where were the stories that presented a woman as the problem solver?
I was encouraged to write a story that was unique and built on my own struggles. I thought a sci-fi story with a girl as the protagonist might be fun. A real heroine cannot call on armies to follow her, or pay assassins for special work. She may have children already, so adventure is out of the question, and family must be secure before she can enter the public square where she has no voice.
So how does a story shape if the young hero must solve problems that girls experience in ways that females address problems? I could find no books that started with this premise, so I had to write some. And that was my first reason to write."
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Watch for the June 2012 launch of the second book in the series HEARTSTONE
Synopsis:
On Dolvia's unforgiving savannah, a chance meeting between stubborn and surefooted Dr. Greensboro, an Earth-born research doctor, and the abandoned boy soldier Karlyhi sets into motion a series of events that change the tribal structure, even as Dr. Greensboro's efforts may increase the opportunities for the veiled women of one tribe.
When Dr. Greensboro catches Karlyhi abusing Brianna, an orphan who is used by everybody but valued by nobody, the doctor is forced to banish Karlyhi from her bush clinic. How could she foresee that Karlyhi and Brianna will turn against her colonial mindset, no matter how hard she tries to prove that she labors for their best interests?
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