Today, I welcome Canadian author, Slyvie Grayson to Five on Friday. See all of her books on her Amazon page. Follow her on social media. AND, remember to review the books you read!

Major Dante Regiment must find a way to protect Beth, as the Emperor is not the only one causing chaos in Khandarken
The Emperor has been defeated. New countries have arisen from the ashes of the old Empire. The citizens swear they will never need to fight again.
Bethlehem Farmer is helping her brother Abram run Farmer Holdings in south Khandarken after their father died in the final battles. But when Abram takes a trip with Uncle Jade into the northern territory and disappears without a trace, suddenly things are not what they seem and no one can be trusted.
Major Dante Regiment is sent by his father, the General of Khandarken, to find out what the situation is at Farmer Holdings. What he sees shakes him to the core and fuels his grim determination to protect Bethlehem at all cost.

***Ms. Grayson has created a fascinating new world with a lot of the same old problems. Sci fi and fantasy rolled into one with a sure hand and enormous imagination.

Author of many contemporary romantic suspense novels, and the sci fi/ fantasy series, The Last War, Sylvie Grayson loves to write about suspense, romance and murder, all about strong women who meet with dangerous odds, stories of tension and attraction.
She has lived most of her life in Canada, in spots ranging from Vancouver Island on the west coast to the North Peace River country and the Kootenays in the beautiful interior of British Columbia. She spent a year in Japan. She has been an English language instructor, a nightclub manager, an auto shop bookkeeper and a lawyer. She lives in southern British Columbia with her husband on a small piece of land near the Pacific Ocean.
Sylvie loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her at:

email: sylviegraysonauthor@gmail.com  
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Sylvie’s Five on Friday Questions

If there was one person, real, fiction or fantasy, you could spend time with, who would it be and why?

I would choose a character in my book, Khandarken Rising, Paulo Regiment. He is now General of the Khandarken military, a stern man with an iron will and deep physical wounds from the last battles in the War that still cause his skin to pull and his mouth to curl. But he was there at the beginning, when Emperor Aqatain began to lose his grip on the populace and rebellion fomented everywhere. Regiment found himself in the position of choosing sides, turning against the Empire and helping the rebels win that slow and painful war. During the battle, he lost his wife and tried to keep his growing sons out of the conflict. What does he know that I don’t? One day I’ll have to write his story.

Ann: Wow, my answer is so shallow compared to yours. I’d also choose a character from one of my books…only because he’s hot!!

What is one strong memory that has stuck with you since childhood and why?

When I was thirteen, we lived in northern British Columbia. I had just walked my sister to the bus stop and was heading home alone, when two timber wolves leaped the snowbank at the side of the road. They stopped and stared at me. I thought I was a goner. So I raised my arms above my head and yelled as I ran at them. They leaped down the bank, across the road and into the bush on the other side.

Ann: I’ve always heard animals are more afraid of us than we are of them. Lucky for you, that was the case!

Name the last three books you read.

Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson- a stunning novel that I’ve read twice.
To All Appearances a Lady, by Marilyn Bowering, a story of Chinese immigration to Canada and the aftermath, very insightful.
Forty Years in Canada, by Sam Steele. I’ve read this book twice as well, it tells the history of settlement in the west, from Ontario to British Columbia through the eyes of the North West Mounted Police.

Ann: Kudos to you. I never read anything twice…or watch a movie a second time!

One of your favorite quotes.

I love quotes and have a long list of favorites on my website, http://www.sylviegrayson.com, that I have gathered over time. They make me laugh, they make me think. Hard to pick a favorite but these are pretty good—
“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits”- Albert Einstein
“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read- Groucho Marx

Ann: I love both of those.

Name the most recent movie you’ve watched.

La La Land, with Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. I know everyone loved it but I found it just a bit blah. The dancing wasn’t great, the story a bit sad but nothing unusual. Sorry, you did ask me!

Ann: Yes, it got high praise, but I have no desire to see it. Maybe it comes from watching so many musicals when I was a kid. Now, I’d rather watch something with lots of action.