Ginger Kenney
Undergraduate student
Matriculated in 1963 in Annapolis.
List of Publications
- Freeing Eden (2019)
- The Last Lord of Eden (2020)
- A Warrior of Eden (2021)
- Saving Aran (2022)
- Alien Son (2022)
- Mightier Than Magic (2023)
Freeing Eden (Book)
Year of publication: 2019
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing
Genre: Science fiction, romance
Description: A unique take on the eternal quandary of "good" versus "evil." -- Joan D. Vinge, Hugo Award-winning author of The Snow Queen All trader Zara wanted was to help Kell, a clone, retrieve his maker's memories and discover who he really is. The conflict-torn planet Eden was supposed to be just a stop en route, but Kell begins recalling fragments of memories from Swifthammer, Eden's now-deceased resistance leader. Despite Zara's misgivings, Kell assumes Swifthammer's role, opposing the planet's foreign warlord Reuel. But Reuel's schemes take a dangerous turn when it becomes clear he has tampered with Kell's programming. Could the memories Kell now begins to experience be . . . Reuel's? Kell struggles to bring peace to Eden by uniting his maker's heritage with that of the planet's oppressor, but Zara fears she may be losing her heart to the man who is poised to become Eden's next and most terrible warlord. Can she help Kell find an identity all his own--and a future they can share together?
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The Last Lord of Eden (Book)
Year of publication: 2020
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing
Genre: Science fiction, romance
Description: Cloned by planet Eden’s greatest resistance leader, Kell has inherited dominion over the planet from its previous oppressor. Now he can give Eden its much-desired freedom, but only if, as the planet’s successor warlord, he can deliver the addictive drug that politicians throughout the galaxy crave while keeping the illicit market under control. Zara wants to stay close to Kell and help him, but his warlord ruse demands that he act alone. And as danger looms, he pushes her away to keep her safe. Too far away. When Kell’s uncle and the Federation’s most powerful drug lord team up to get rid of Kell and seize Eden’s golden harvest for themselves, Kell will stop at nothing to prevent them. But even his unique combination of commitment and ruthless calculation may not be enough to save his beloved home planet. He needs Zara’s help to survive . . . if only he’ll let her get close enough to try.
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A Warrior of Eden (Book)
Year of publication: 2021
Publisher: Self-published
Genre: Science-fiction, coming of age
Description: Is the man in charge of Eden’s resistance a traitor? An off-world army led by the malevolent Black Lord is crushing Eden's farmers, burning their fields, and destroying their villages. Eden's people are pacifists, but if they don't resist the invaders, they will be forced to grow the cash crop the Black Lord is selling across the galaxy. Fiercely independent teen Karoline wants to join the resistance. Her father was its bold, inspiring leader, who died fighting for Eden’s freedom. Defying the enemy is Karoline’s birthright. Her destiny. But after her father’s death, another man took up the mantle of leadership and became her stepfather. Though Karoline is no longer a child, he treats her like one. Worse, she suspects his cold, controlling attitude is hiding something more sinister. When her stepfather embarks on a journey that he explains in suspiciously vague terms, Karoline follows him to a clearing in the forest where he meets with a captain in the Black Lord’s army. Their conversation confirms her worst fears. But she is captured by the soldiers before she can warn the Edenians of their leader’s treachery. Imprisoned in the enemy camp, she learns of a sinister plot deep within the heart of the army that threatens all of them. Now, what began as her secret mission has become a desperate struggle for survival. Karoline finds an unlikely ally in the surprisingly honest captain. Determined to do the right thing, they face death together. Read A Warrior of Eden to find out whether Karoline can fight for the resistance and save her beloved home planet from those who would enslave it. The fate of Eden hangs in the balance.
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Saving Aran (Book)
Year of publication: 2022
Publisher: Self-published
Genre: science fiction, ecology, planetary colonization
Description: The deep forests of Cort and Dilia's home world, the planet Aran, are under threat of extinction, ravaged by the aliens from the stars. Avatar meets Shadow and Bone in this fantastic tale of lovers torn asunder amid a planet’s growing danger. Aran native Cort has risen to head the premier gang in the rough slums that surround the aliens’ military base on his beloved planet. But his life is shattered when a powerful slumlord abducts his dearest friend Dilia to sell to the alien commandant. When Cort’s daring rescue attempt fails, the slumlord marks him for death. Cort’s only remaining hope is to flee to the one place the man and his minions can’t follow—the wilds of Aran’s strange, forbidding forest—and become the hunter, not the hunted. On her own in the heavily fortified base, gentle healer Dilia fends off the commandant’s advances while working on ways to escape and rejoin her love. Deep in the forests of Aran, Cort faces his own challenge: to confront his kinship with the ancient consciousness that lies deep in Aran’s heart, and to terminate the monstrous mission of the aliens, who are rapidly plundering the forest for profit. If they complete its destruction, they will imperil every living thing on Aran. Read Saving Aran to learn Aran’s innermost secret and see how Cort and Dilia overcome the forces that seek to destroy them and the home planet they love.
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Alien Son (Book)
Year of publication: 2022
Publisher: Self-published
Genre: science fiction romance
Description: A time-travel knot full of twists spans two worlds and five millennia. It began as a mission to save an unspoiled world, but people are going missing. Now it’s a desperate battle to survive. Present day – 24th century Earth Mikel Pelerin, a young scientist, dreams of an accomplishment worthy of his famous father, the Aran native who became a martyr to save his home planet. Mikel travels to Aran for the chance of a major scientific breakthrough—to meet the elusive whynywir, Aran’s true natives. But it all goes wrong, and now Mikel needs help. Future – 33rd century Earth Time-traveling historian Aiana discovers a holo of the most famous person in history, the 24th-century world redeemer Taerlin. The way he looks at her is decidedly personal. It speaks to her across centuries—she must find him. But time travel to Taerlin’s century on Earth is impossible, even in theory. Following a legend that Taerlin is from Aran, Aiana braves her university’s threats to cut off her funding and begins a millennia-long search. Taerlin is Mikel. When Mikel meets the mysterious time-traveler Aiana, he is fascinated by her, but she dares not reciprocate his growing love. Aiana knows he must follow his destiny—Taerlin’s destiny—to die in the events that shape both Earth and Aran.
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Mightier Than Magic (Book)
Year of publication: 2023
Publisher: Self-published
Genre: fantasy, romance
Description: In a world ruled by magic, eighteen-year-old Katie is a princess who has none. Katie is so shy that her mother, the queen, mockingly calls her ‘Mouse.’ Her only real talent is getting around her mother’s castle unnoticed. Alone and unloved, she befriends Alaric, the foreign mage-king who is her mother’s enemy and prisoner. Cleaved from his magic, Alaric hopes to negotiate for his release and for a way to end the long, brutal war between the two kingdoms. Drawn to his vulnerability and his principled stand, Katie shares his desire for a just peace. Alaric negotiates a settlement with the queen that hinges on one condition: He must marry one of her daughters with magical abilities. Not the magicless Katie. The agreement is sworn on an oathstone—and to be forsworn is to die. When Alaric teases the tiniest bit of magic from Katie and announces that he will marry only her, the queen is livid. In mortal danger, Katie and Alaric flee for their lives. Will Katie’s blossoming magical ability bring an end to the war—or will it destroy Alaric and all she loves?
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