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  • Claimings, Tails, and Other Alien Artifacts

  • Claimings, Book 1
  • By: Lyn Gala
  • Narrated by: John Solo
  • Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (314 ratings)

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Claimings, Tails, and Other Alien Artifacts

By: Lyn Gala
Narrated by: John Solo
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Liam loves his life as a linguist and trader on the Rownt homeworld, but he has ignored his heart and sexual needs for years. After escaping the horrors of war, he wants a boring life. He won't risk letting anyone come too close because he won't risk letting anyone see his deeply submissive nature. For him, submission comes with pain. Life burned that lesson into his soul from a young age.

This fear keeps him from noticing that the Rownt trader Ondry cares for him. Ondry may not understand humans, but he recognizes a wounded soul, and his need to protect Liam is quickly outpacing his common sense. They may have laws, culture, and incompatible genitalia in their way, but Ondry knows that he can find a way to overcome all that if he can just overcome the ghosts of Liam's past. Only then can he take possession of a man he has grown to respect.

Contains mature themes.

©2013 Lyn Gala (P)2019 Tantor
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Love everything about this

Listened to this one this time around. I love this book. I love this series. I love this author. I love this narrator. The creativity around an entire species of alien, planet, customs, culture is astonishing. It is so cool that this author is able to imagine a world so different to our own but be able to put humans in it. I love scifi and this author does it amazingly.

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A very enjoyable beginning.

The truest form of an alien encounter book, including all of the language and cultural fumbles you would expect from encountering a different species, while still being a sweet story with wonderful characters. I enjoyed the extras at the end that till parts of the book from different perspectives. A satisfying start to a series.

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loved it

I had hoped that the audiobook would be as good as the book it self is and it's even better.
can't wait for the next instalment.

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love this series

this is one of my audible repeats, i can listen to this series over and over. it is a very comforting and sweet love story, and hot too! love it, want more of it! 💜❤️💜

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So good!!!

10/10! I highly recommend you give this book series a try! Can’t wait to start the next book!

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ability to create a whole new world

I wanted to continued reading after the series ended. the fact that you created a whole new culture that vastly differed from ours (yet seemed way more logical than ours) is truly impressive! I could probably rant for himours about my love for this series

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So Happy This Came To Audio!

I first read this book, then listened to the audio. Liam is a broken man traumatized by his past and is looking for someone he can trust, someone who will protect. And Ondry, through his patience and strength, is the one who offers Liam safe harbor. In Liam, Ondry has someone to take care of, someone to share his home (nest) with.

This is definitely Sci-fi as Ondry doesn't think or act like a human and yet, he is such an engaging and endearing character. The author does an excellent job in world-building, both in place and in culture. There are caretaker elements of light bdsm. While the ending is HFN, it is wholly satisfying. And, of course, the other books in the series are out so new readers can dive right back in!

John Solo does an excellent job narrating this story. He has a great sense of timing and his voicing of Liam's inner monologue was a treat to listen to. Until this performance, I had missed some of Liam's sass. And the narrator's matter-of-fact tone for Ondry reinforced that Ondry was "other" and yet still engaging.

I recommend this audio and am looking forward to the second book!

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Tons of fun and Satire

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Narrator John Solo performed an outstanding science fiction audiobook with tons of hidden satire and deeper meanings as easy as butter melts on toast.
The wayward alien characters were brought to life and in my minds eye I felt like I was in the Never-ending Story from way back, many years ago.

There is lots of twists and turns, and some unanswered questions. I believe we can expect a follow up. The story did end a little abruptly, and if it wasn't for the bonus content at the end I think I would have been much more disappointed. Lots of answers in that bonus content, we hear Rownt's POV.
I will definitely be on the lookout for book 2.

Yip, I do recommend this audiobook, it's something different and has tons of fun.

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Can't believe I didn't find this earilier!!

This is a gem of a find. Great narration. Great characters and world building. A lot of effort went into not only the main characters but the supporting "cast" as well. Not to mention a whole new language.
I just loved the grandmas!! Reminded me of that turtle from the Never-ending Story 😂😂
I wish there were more sci-fi stories like this outhere. I'll be rereading this one for sure and can't wait to continue with the next book in this series.

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Love!

Rownt are harsher and in some ways closer to their instincts than the human race, yet they live for centuries and see the world in ways humans cannot begin to understand, much less achieve. Lyn Gala explores the weaknesses and absurdities of the human psyche in juxtaposition to an alien race, and I am in love. So, so worth a listen!

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