Emerald Tears: Book One of the Sav'ine

Emerald Tears: Book One of the Sav'ine

Stacy Bender

  • 4.2 out of 5
  • 56 ratings
  • 254 pages
  • PG-13
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Overall Content Rating: Parents Strongly Cautioned PG-13

This is a crime-and-science-fiction blend with ongoing gun violence, organized-crime brutality, and characters who swear often under stress. Parents should expect moderate profanity, graphic discussion of murder scenes and blood, and occasional harsh name-calling rather than constant graphic gore on every page. There is no on-page explicit sexual activity in the sampled material; one line uses assault vocabulary only as a metaphor for invasive interrogation. A brief ethnic slur appears in internal narration. Religious settings and references to hell appear alongside expletives, but the sampled matches are not primarily blasphemous attacks on faith.

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Reviews first uploaded October 11, 2026 3:25 pm. Page updated October 11, 2026 3:25 pm.

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Crude Mild

14

Characters frequently call one another foolish or contemptible in heated dialogue, especially when authority figures or rivals frustrate them.

Amazon reviews mentioning crude

Specific words
  • idiot: 8
  • stupid: 6

Profanity Moderate

81

Strong and mild swearing runs through much of the book in police work, criminal underworld scenes, and science-fiction action. Characters use harsh insults, frustration expletives, and crude dismissals when lives are at risk or trust breaks down.

Amazon reviews mentioning profanity

Specific words
  • damn: 28
  • hell: 19
  • shit: 10
  • ass: 8
  • bitch: 6
  • bastard: 5
  • bullshit: 4
  • goddamn: 1

Racism Mild

1

A single ethnic slur appears when a character mentally describes a stranger’s looks during an investigation.

Amazon reviews mentioning racism

Specific words
  • spic: 1

Violence Moderate

36

The story includes shootings, executions, warehouse killings, and detailed talk of mutilated bodies and bloody crime scenes. Injuries and bleeding are described during combat and medical emergencies, with occasional non-violent idioms mixed in.

Amazon reviews mentioning violence

Specific words
  • blood: 29
  • bleed: 3
  • kick: 2
  • smash: 1
  • stab: 1

About this book

Everything comes too easy to nightclub owner Gabriel Tanner, aka Emerald, as if his life is a dream. His recurring nightmare of a futuristic world where he is murdered seems more real. A beautiful cybernetic assassin who knows the truth comes into his life. Is she his savior or here to finish the job? Read more