Alien Olympus
Starship's Mage, Book 19
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Alien Olympus
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Narrated by:
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Jeffrey Kafer
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Written by:
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Glynn Stewart
They need allies. They need intel. They need time.
Despite sacrifices and even victories, the Protectorate of the Mage-Queen of Mars is losing the war against the Reezh Kazh, the fascist theocracy that rules the only aliens they've ever met.
Ambassador Connor O'Hannagain has been sent to find allies among the reezh home worlds, the old and mighty systems that defied the Kazh once—but a centuries-long cold war has left the enemies of his enemy paranoid and violent.
Mike Kelzin, husband, pilot, and spy, is the Protectorate's eyes and ears, seeking every scrap of intelligence that can be found on the Kazh. But access to the enemy worlds is nigh impossible, leaving his best chances in the occupied Chimera System—where even the Resistance is entirely cut off from Mars.
Mage-Admiral Jane Alexander, Crown Princess and fleet commander, knows that they need time more than anything else. Time their enemy is unlikely to give them.
To turn the tide, Mars must buy allies, intelligence, and time—and only the oldest currency can pay for all three.
Blood.
©2026 Glynn Stewart (P)2026 Podium Audio1. The story didn’t advance as much as I would’ve liked. Without spoiling the story, some new interesting elements were introduced but they won’t come into play until future books. There were a lot of idle discussions that, retrospectively, didn’t contribute much to the overall story. The military operations and decision making by some of the characters was a bit weak.
2. The ending was quite abrupt
3. This next section has a bit of a spoiler so please avoid if you wish to avoid that:
-The entire part of the story with Rosalyn was a much smaller part of the story than I would’ve expected especially given the cover image. The approach to Rosalyn’s captivity taken by the antagonists is incredibly bizarre. They were treating her more like a house guest than a POW. The last human they took as a prisoner (Kay?) was drugged with a truth serum and while this could be the case with Rosalyn (to be shown in the next book?), their actions for a species that committed ‘the Burning’ are pretty abnormal. I also find it a bit off putting that in every novel there are multiple reminders to use about how curvy or big chested Rosalyn is.
Weaker addition to the series
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