Movies and television have always been a passion of Cari's and huge influence on her writing. As an English Professor and Scholar, Cari read a great many essays on great works of literature. And although she has no former training in Film Criticism, she has read and watched film reviews since she was twelve. Growing up Entertainment Weekly and the TV Guide were more important to her than the local newspaper. She also enjoyed watching review shows such as Siskel and Ebert at the Movies and then later Ebert and Roper. At the end of each show they always say, "See you next week, until then the...

Lieutenant Sydney Terrance is a Historic Officer, in charge of document all the alien life forms and adventures she encounters while assigned to the starship The Kaleen II. She serves with her friend Dr. Elizabeth James and her love interest Commander Zechariah Sitchen. Sydney is instrumental in the first assignment of finding and rescuing the survivors of the lost ship The Zane. It is on this assignment she meets and falls for Telmar. On the second mission, Sydney is poisoned in a botched attempt to assassinate the King and Telmar is killed trying to apprehend the assassin. Sydney is healed...