Barbarian Alien (Ice Planet Barbarians) Paperback – January 25, 2022 by Ruby Dixon

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Author: Dixon Ruby

Color: Multicolor

Package Dimensions: 21x210x318

Number Of Pages: 336

Release Date: 25-01-2022

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The second novel in the Ice Planet Barbarians series, the international publishing phenomenon—now in a special print edition with bonus materials and an exclusive epilogue!Liz Cramer swears she’ll find a way off of this alien planet she’s stuck on—then she meets Raahosh, the surliest and stubbornest alien, who won’t leave her alone, and she just might be okay with that…

Twelve humans are left stranded on a wintry alien planet. I’m one of them. Yay, me.
In order to survive, we have to take on a symbiont that wants to rewire our bodies to live in this brutal place. I like to call it a “cootie.” And my cootie’s a jerk, because it also thinks I’m the mate to the biggest, grumpiest alien of the bunch. Raahosh believes the cootie’s right, so he steals me away from the group, determined to make me fall for him—or else.

He has
no idea who he’s up against.

And if I didn’t want his insufferable self so much (thanks, cootie), I’d let him know exactly what I’m thinking. As it is, I’m doing my best to fight this instant attraction. Just because the symbiont thinks we’re supposed to be together doesn’t mean I have to go along with it. And if we fool around a little, it’s merely biology. It doesn’t mean I’m in love—or that I’m destined to be his.

About the Author

Ruby Dixon is an author of all things science fiction romance. She lives in the South with her husband and geriatric cats.

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Part One

Liz

Kira and I watch as Megan and Georgie run their fingers along the panel of the alien ship’s hull, trying to figure out how to pry it open and get out the girls enclosed inside. There are six capsules, and each one has another captive girl. Each girl inside has no idea of where she is or how she got here.

“I can’t decide if they’re the lucky ones or the unlucky ones,” I tell Kira.

“Lucky,” she says, her soft voice flat. Her gaze is fixed to the blinking lights and the dark wall of the hull. “They don’t know what we’ve gone through for the last few weeks.”

I grunt a maybe sort of agreement. I don’t know that I agree with Kira, but she can be a real Debbie Downer at times. The last few weeks haven’t exactly been a party for the rest of us, but maybe it’s better to know everything than to be blind to it.

I guess.

Kira and I are watching the others work because we’re too weak to actually help. Of the six of us, Georgie is the strongest still. She’s been with the alien guy so she’s been getting three squares a day and warm clothing. The rest of us have been stuck in the hull, and Megan is doing the best out of our small group. I’m weak and lethargic, and my toes hurt like mad. Josie has a leg that looks like it’s broken in two spots, and no one knows how to fix it. Kira’s ankle is swollen and she’s super weak. Tiffany is possibly dying, since we can’t wake her up out of the deep sleep she’s in. She roused for a bit of broth and then fell unconscious again.

We don’t need a warning from the aliens that this planet is killing us. Big duh there.

“It’s opening,” Megan says, and she and Georgie step back. The panel lifts from the wall with a hiss, just like in the sci-fi movies. Inside is a girl in a T-shirt and panties, weird coils wrapped around her body and feeding into her throat.

I shiver despite myself.

Georgie and Megan study the sleeping girl, trying to figure out the best way to free her. Eventually, they just start ripping tubes and cords off of her and she wakes up and begins to gag. A moment later, the new girl is collapsed on the floor and vomiting up the last of the tubes as Megan strokes her back.

Well, that did it. For better or for worse, we have another person.

The girl begins to sob, her eyes wide. She’s clearly confused and frightened, and Kira stands up, opening her arms to pull the girl to her. She makes quiet, soothing noises and enfolds the girl in a hug, helping her away from the wall. Without a single person touching th