Planet Torn Asunder

About the Book

On Znski—a world fraught by rivalry and age-old enmities, a world dominated by the sentient Lizzardi race—two ruling families, the Voshiaddas and Clonces, negotiate a tentative peace. But one embittered heir, Divilli Clonce, orchestrates the assassination of his reigning parents, framing the Voshiaddas and Western Alliance for his crime. Divilli manipulates the resulting outrage from his home continent of Sweftlin and leads a rebellion against his foes that threatens to embroil the entire planet in a volatile dispute. Only the Voshiadda family and their allies can stop him. Aging leader Caslimodi Voshiadda looks first to diplomatic solutions, trying to secure a peace for his sons, the future leaders of Alagora. But when Divilli’s growing forces threaten with revamped warships and menacing technology, the Voshiadda family and their allies face impending defeat. Ultimately, in their quest for survival, their epic plight pits them against Divilli’s Divclonzi Warriors on both land and space, in fiery confrontations that span generations and planets.

About the Author

K. J. Wolf resides in Maryland. He received his B.A. in History and minored in English at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. After graduate work at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, he served as an editor, first in scholarly book publishing, then in software book publishing, biotechnology,and financial services. In recent years, he has switched gears to web content development. His short stories have appeared in various small-press magazines and his history article "Laura M. Towne and the Freed People of South Carolina, 1862-1901" appeared in a scholarly journal. That article was repubished in 2011 in a best-of anthology titled "The Civil War in South Carolina."