Our show features THE AMBASSADOR, a fun, family-friendly, sci-fi, martial arts story that crosses generations and cultures, East and West. It’s a comfortable adventure in a world where excellence is expected, integrity and honor matter, trust is earned, wits matter more than firepower, friends are the best, everybody gets a seat at the table, and the good guys win most of the time. It’s not the same and it is exactly the same. It will make you smile, cry a little, and smile again.
The Ambassador is a highly respected older woman, not another Captain or Lost Renegade. She is not a broken relic looking for redemption. She’s good at what she does, very good. She is slightly snarky, really likes coffee, is an adept in the martial arts, speaks multiple languages, and keeps lots of secrets. She’s still got game but she’s not a ‘young vixen’ any more. She’d like to retire. She can’t. The High Council has summoned her for a difficult new mission. She brings together a multi-cultural, multi-generational team to find a way to protect the Local Neighborhood from the invading Olmeri.
The Ambassador and her team don’t save the universe. They try to do good. Sometimes they succeed. Sometimes they fail. They are excellent at what they do. They are brilliant and humble, honest and kind. They are mostly regular, normal, outwardly average, incredibly interesting, quietly extraordinary people.
The stories in the five books span most of the Ambassador’s lifetime. The first book begins in her present day. She’s older. She’d like to retire. The second returns to the time the Ambassador and her four old friends, Sentar, Maru, Galen, and B’ani met and studied with Master Tai on Ras 2. The third, fourth, and fifth are a trilogy. They return to her present day and the ongoing problem of the Olmeri.
The juxtaposition of present and past, the old friends who come to help, the new kids who have to learn, the differences in perspectives, and the questions of perception are all part of the story. Traditional Chinese internal martial arts are at the heart of who the five friends are. They are the foundation for the Lore of the Keepers and the Council of Nine. This real-world connection extends throughout the stories. The stories aren’t about fantastical creatures or strange planets or incredible machines. They are about us. We’re out here. Okay. Now what?
