Author:
Daniel M. Bensen is paid to teach through fiction. His debut novel JUNCTION is available now from Flametree Publishing. His Sidewise Award-winning short story “Treasure Fleet” is in the Tales from Alternate Earths anthology. Dan lives in Sofia, Bulgaria, where he teaches English. For more news, visit thekingdomsofevil.com and sign up for The Kingdoms of Evil mailing list.

Former soldier Andrea Herrera isn't happy with where her life has taken her: Hell Creek, Montana, 65 million years before the present. When their time machine malfunctions, Andrea and her paleontologist clients are trapped in a timeline that shouldn't exist with something a hell of a lot more dangerous than dinosaurs: other humans.

Kidnapped by the stone-age descendants of a lost time colony, Andrea finds herself stripped of her technological advantages and forced into a war against the implacable armies of the Slaver Empire.

Andrea's only hope lies with the ferociously intelligent and violently insane tribal war-leader, Trals Scarback. Can Andrea persuade him to see her as a partner rather than a tool for his ambitions? Only if she beats the barbarian at his own game and becomes the Tyrannosaur Queen.

Groom of the Tyrannosaur Queen

Trals caught Njrea as she collapsed, and lowered her tenderly to the floor of the Ship of Years.


"You fucking stupid bastard," she hissed.


"Stupid I may be," said Trals, "but coward I am not, to throw others' lives before my own." Though God knew he had once excelled at that game. "Not anymore."


She clenched her teeth, losing the battle with the sleeping drug Trals had given her. "What about caring for your life?"


"You still have much to teach me." Trals pulled the black material over his arms. Before, he had not been able to command the power of this suit, but the hud he now wore on his brow gave him command of the man-made mind within the black fabric. A quick command through the same machine, and the door of the Ship of Years opened.


Rain drummed on his skin, warm as blood. The water on the ground was less comfortable, splashing around his calves.


Chapter 64: Clash Of Kings Part 2