Space Knights: The Arrival

Space
Knights
Volume I
The Arrival
by
Gregory Samuelson


Published by:
Light Switch Press
PO Box 272847
Fort Collins, CO 80527
Copyright © 2021 Gregory Samuelson
Printed in the United States of America
ISBN: 978-1-953284-39-6
Second edition
First edition published by Tate Publishing in 2014
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Dedication
This novel is dedicated to my friends and family that supported my dream to write. Most especially the author dedicates this work to my beloved wife Christi and in memory of Glenda, Dad, Gram, Aunt Twi and Nora. Also the class of 1990 Valley High School, “Go Big Vikes!”


Acknowledgments
The author would like to thank and acknowledge the assistance of a few people that helped him write this work. Before anyone else, the author would like to thank God for giving me this story to tell. He also thanks his family for their love and support through this process. Words can only begin to express his gratitude. The author also would like to thank his wife Christi for her love; encouragement and waking my heart back up. He also would like to thank his mother in-law Jaque Crick for her help with the initial editing and advice. Thanks to his late wife Glenda for her love and encouragement in this process and her invaluable input after listening to him read rough passages so he could refine them before her passing to cancer. He would also like to thank his editor Michael Presky for his outstanding work to polish the manuscript and asking questions that he had not thought of. Thank you Mom Judy Samuelson for believing in me. Dear God keep our loved ones in your loving arms “Till the Breaking of the Sky.”


Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1 Before the End of the Earth
Chapter 2 Grandfather’s Dream
Chapter 3 Leaving the Earth
Chapter 4 Close Call
Chapter 5 A New Home
Chapter 6 A Time for Action
Chapter 7 Voices in the Dark
Chapter 8 Lost and Found
Chapter 9 Battle Homeward
Chapter 10 Legend of a General
Chapter 11 Welcome Home
Chapter 12 School Again
Chapter 13 The New Captain
Chapter 14 Test of a New Leader
Chapter 15 Enter the White Dinosaur
Chapter 16 Applications, Battles, and Kisses
Chapter 17 Jousting
Chapter 18 The Journey
Chapter 19 The Boulthorian Plot
Chapter 20 Dance and Conversation
Chapter 21 Shields
Chapter 22 Tournament Fun
Chapter 23 The Peaceful Blockade
Chapter 24 Bold Plays
Chapter 25 Noble Stand
Chapter 26 Graduation Gifts
Epilogue


Prologue
Trillions of centuries ago, when the Earth’s sun was just a nebula, and God had not yet created its solar system (including the Earth), he was watching other races of men and other sentient beings He had created on other planets in other solar systems. Not just solar systems in the Milky Way galaxy but across every galaxy in the entire universe. As creator he watched over all of his creations. He was aware of them all, their thoughts and actions, watching everything all at once.
An event was taking place in the outer edge of one of the arms to the Andromeda galaxy. Here in this section of space the race of Sphinx from the planet Pyramar were in the middle of conducting a very dangerous experiment that would have catastrophic results across the universe. The Sphinx had developed an extremely deadly weapon, a solar bomb, that when detonated would explode with the power of a supernova.
“All is ready captain,” disclosed the young soldier named Sax as he smartly saluted his commanding officer. He was a typical Sphinx, a being whose body had the characteristics of a lion’s, but with a human face. Like most sentient beings, the Sphinx walked upright on strong powerful legs, and what would be the front legs of a regular lion were extremely powerful arms with hands with paw pads and fingertips that were sheaths of deadly sharp claws. This particular soldier had a strong young face, eager for new adventures. He wore a suit of armor that conformed to his body. The smooth gray metal plates moved seamlessly and silently. He wore the standard trapezoidal helmet adorned with two small bars in the center just above his eyes signifying his rank of lieutenant.
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Melthor was the ideal test site for the solar bomb. Its residents, Minitons, had died off centuries ago, or that was what was believed. There was a rumor that some of them had left and migrated to other planets, but this couldn’t be proven. In Melthor’s history there was mention of a deep space scout ship that was to explore the next galaxy over. It had been believed that the ship was destroyed long ago. The truth (that nobody would ever know) was that the ship had malfunctioned and after trillions of centuries would land on Earth in ancient Greece. Its Miniton pilot would be considered a monster and hid in a labyrinth on Crete. The Miniton had a face that resembled a bull with the body of a man. The Greeks called him a Minotaur. At this moment a small group of peaceful Olorians were on an archeological expedition on Melthor.
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The Sphinx had been at war with the Olorians for four centuries. The Olorians were wizened ancient beings that believed that every world should be sovereign and left alone. They acted to defend their home world and aided worlds that were threatened. They had the visage of an owl and a body that resembled a lynx. They walked erect, and had armor and weapons such as swords, spears axes, bows and arrows. These types