Sea of Stars (31 page)

star chamber:
a gravity chamber that animates figurines know as Crystal Clear Moments.

starcross:
a sharp, star-shaped weapon that resides in a bracelet housing. The star can be removed from the bracelet to throw at an enemy. It acts like a boomerang, returning to the bracelet after it’s thrown.

Striker:
a member of an elite body of troops trained to serve the Alameeda Brotherhood.

suckerfish-bot:
an automated medical robot.

swank:
an elegant party.

sweet furroo:
an Etharian saying similar to “good Lord.”

swimmi-bot:
an automated medical robot.

Syndic:
a member of the Comantre military.

Techtonic Peninsula:
land owned by the House of Peney; it is land that both Alameeda and Rafe are interested in obtaining for its strategic location as a staging area in wartime.

toad thumper:
idiot.

trift:
a smaller jet that looks like a Stealth Fighter.

triple nitronium fritzwinter sonicdrites:
Alameeda bombs.

troupedo:
a type of military grade hovercar/vehicle.

truluv:
Raspin’s Comantre slang for
soulmate
.

turk:
approximately one pound in weight.

underbits:
lingerie.

Valley of Thistle:
a district within the border of Rafe where spix races are held annually. Trey Allairis’s family estate is there, and it borders Charisma Sandersault’s estate.

venish:
venisonlike meat pie.

venteur:
Cavar military rank equivalent to captain.

Verdi Freckles:
a type of virus.

Violet Hill:
a district of Rafe.

visor:
a medical device, also known as
grandma goggles
or
ostioscope
, that fits over the eyes like glasses and is used to perform a full-body scan. It checks vitals: synapse firing, dendrite chemical composition, reuptake rates.

vista:
chloroform.

wacker:
an Etharian curse word.

wester:
a female sex offender.

Westway:
a city in Comantre.

whahappened:
a virus uploaded into Alameeda drones that causes them to explode when they dock onboard their mother ships.

wrap:
a medical procedure that removes scars from skin.

Wurthem:
one of the five clan-houses of Ethar. An ally of Alameeda. A member of the Wurthem House.

xerts:
a measure of sound equal to a decibel.

znou:
a dangerous flower known to be teeming with turbine worms. It grows in the restricted area of Ethar. The petals are poisonous if ingested, causing the erosion of organs. The plural is
znous
.

znou axicote:
poison from the znou flower.

A
bout the Author

Photo © 2013 Georgia Cates

Amy A. Bartol is the award-winning and bestselling author of the Kricket Series (
Under Different Stars
) and the Premonition Series:
Inescapable
,
Intuition
,
Indebted
,
Incendiary
and
Iniquity
. She lives in Michigan with her husband and their two sons. Visit her at her website:
www.amyabartol.com