Author Teresa Howard
About the Author
Teresa Howard makes her home in Hoover, Al, where shares her abode with Gracie Jane, her furry dachshund friend. She is a life-long fan of science fiction and fantasy and her dream since childhood has been to see her books in libraries and bookstores.
In 2000 Teresa participated in a Writers Workshops taught by the late Ann Crispin and has been a regular at DragonCon’s Writers Track led by Nancy Knight for many years.
Though she was employed for many years as a technology coordinator and computer lab instructor in the Birmingham School System, Teresa’s passions remained writing science fiction and fantasy and researching genealogy. Many of her stories have elements of both. Her work covers a wide range of speculative fiction and has been published in magazines, anthologies, webzines, and on iPhone aps in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.
To learn more about Teresa’s novels and short fiction visit her Amazon Author’s page.
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Aldebar Home
Author: Teresa Howard
Paperback ISBN: 9781958336014
eBook ISBN: 9781958336021
Genre: YA Sci-Fi Fantasy
Release Date 5/30/2020
Looks can be deceiving. Kelli looks like a typical teen, but she is far from average. At seventeen, she is beautiful, a genius with computers, and a master criminal. What she isn’t, is human. Tortured by that fact, Kelli is willing to do anything to find out the truth about the father who abandoned her years ago. The father she knew and loved as a young child was an imposter. DNA had proven that he had been an alien. Not just someone from a foreign country, he was from another planet, and she was the result of his “first contact” with humans.
“Come Home!” The words pierced her dream like a javelin hurled across space and time, dragging her from a nightmare.
Following that summons, Kelli begins a quest to solve the mystery of who and what her father was. She joins the first interplanetary student exchange and travels to Aldebar, a planet with seven sentient species. Will she find answers there among the diverse peoples? Will she find a home? Her extraordinary journey will include a notorious info-raider, a sentient computer program with a deadly subroutine, and the honorable, ever truthful Degg. With their help, she will attempt to unlock the secret of who and what she is and find a home where it is okay not to be human.
Prophecy's Daughter
Author: Teresa Howard
Paperback ISBN: 9798891261488
eBook ISBN: 9798891261495
Genre: YA Sci-Fi Fantasy
Release Date 3/11/2024
From Emma’s creation as a frozen embryo in a madman’s lab on Earth to her reign as High Priestess of Nellar on Aldebar, she struggles to fulfill her destiny. Gallandra proclaimed her the daughter of prophecy, one sent to reconcile the peoples of Aldebar, but Emma is too young to bear such responsibility, and Galandra is no longer there to guide her.
To fulfill her destiny, Emma must uncover secrets hidden from everyone except the High Priestess. The Stones warn her that not all secrets are safe to tell. What will happen if she shares the truth of their origins and their sins? Will the peoples of Aldebar love her or hate her? Will they embrace the truth of hate the messenger? Not even the Stones, with all their wisdom and power, can guide her. They fear the truth and have kept the secret and their part in it hidden for thousands of years. Is it time to let the truth shine?
The Road to Sanctuary
Author: Teresa Howard
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Genre: Paranormal Dark Fantasy
Release Date to be determined
In a world controlled by evil vampire overlords and filled with countless dark creatures, a hero is called to lead the people to a place of safety beyond the crystal mountain. This is a place known as Sanctuary. But first, someone must rescue Jaron from slavery, where his blood is used to feed the evil vampire overlords.
Jaron doesn’t remember his life before captivity. Even trying to remember sends an excruciating pain through him. How can he lead anyone when he can’t remember who he is? Why does the mysterious old woman, Magada, think it is so important that Jaron reach Sanctuary? Why does the beautiful but evil keeper, Naria, and her powerful master, Lord Vincent, seem determined to stop him?
On his journey, Jaron will meet many humans and encounter strange creatures, both powerful and evil. He will find allies and enemies along the way. His charisma will draw people to him and the hope of Sanctuary, and though his mind does not remember, his heart knows who he is. It guides his true mission. Only time will tell if Jaron can survive the road to Sanctuary and lead his people home.
Annis
First Daughter of the Stone
Author: Teresa Howard
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Genre: YA Sci-Fi Fantasy
Release Date to be determined
Tobar is a dying planet. The very people inhabiting it are destroying all life and magic there. Not even the power of the Stones is immune to the destruction. The magical wall protecting the Nellari people is failing and the Stones themselves are dying.
Annis, a half-blood Nellari, and granddaughter of the High Priestess, is chosen as First Daughter. She struggles to save her people, but no one heeds her warning. No one believes the rebellious young First Daughter, except perhaps Josylnn, the powerful but acerbic Stone she is bound to.
These two make an unlikely pair. Annis is young, uncertain of her power and place in the Nellari world. She does not want the responsibility that the Stones have thrust upon her. Josylnn is a powerful stone who has waited to be chosen for hundreds of years. She has a high opinion of herself and little patience with her young charge.
Disaster strikes and all hope for Tobar is gone. Annia and Josylnn must join forces to save a remnant of the peoples on Tobar and one brave tree called Forest. Together, they journey into space to find a new home for everyone. But they have not left behind the anger and hate that destroyed Tobar. Will it destroy them before they reach their new home?