Jeff Olsen
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Jeff Olsen
PERM: The Book of Vows
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A borrowed diamond rod. A stolen girl. A promise sealed in blood.
When raiders from the stars attack the Moon, college kid Buck is carried across space to Perm, a desert world ruled by a King and Queen who came from the sky. Bound by a dying friend's blood vow, the boy from the Moon becomes the one the people call the Light Knight.
Perm: The Blood Vow
Book One of The Light Knight
Buck never wanted to be a hero. He just wanted to finish his science project and find the nerve to talk to Jenn, the green-eyed redhead who sat down at his table in the cafeteria.
Then the ship came.
For weeks it had hung out past Jupiter, as big as a small moon, answering no one. The night it reached lunar orbit, raiders stormed the dome where Buck lived. The diamond rod he'd borrowed for his project drank their laser fire and became a glowing crystal sword. By morning his best friend was dead, and Jenn was gone.
A crate of soy carries Buck to Perm, a desert world ruled by a King and Queen who arrived "from the stars" fifteen years ago. Thrown in prison and called a crewb, the lowest animal on the planet, Buck finds an unlikely friend in B-Tonn, a giant with a terrible temper and a missing sister. When B-Tonn dies in his arms, he binds Buck with a blood vow: find her, or die trying.
Hunted for a thousand bentars and bound by customs he barely understands, the boy from the Moon becomes a legend the people call the Light Knight. But every step toward B-Tonn's sister leads closer to the palace, to the truth about the rulers from the stars, and to the girl he came to save.
Begun by hand in 1989 and finished in 2005, Perm is a fast-moving science-fiction adventure about loyalty, honor, and keeping your word when it costs everything. The story continues in The Book of Wars.
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