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You can’t outrun your past. Korri Fontenot left her family behind on Earth a century ago to fight in a war that broke her body and her mind, but her great-granddaughter, Jackie, has followed in her footsteps, first as a Marine and then as a mercenary outlaw, and she’s made the mistake of breaking into a secret corporate lab and stealing an ancient alien artifact. Now someone wants that artifact back and only Korri can save her from the assassins on her trail. What starts out as a fight against ruthless mercenaries leads them far outside human space, and into the remains of a fallen empire, for the artifact that Jackie stole isn’t just alien treasure, it’s a weapon with the power to re-start an ancient war, a war that could bring down all of human civilization. For fans of galaxy-spanning space opera like the James S.A. Corey’s the Expanse and Richard Fox’s Ember War series. Buy now to take a journey into forgotten realms and fallen empires…
Author
Rick Partlow is that rarest of species, a native Floridian. Born in Tampa, he attended Florida Southern College and graduated with a degree in History and a commission in the US Army as an Infantry officer. His lifelong love of science fiction began with Have Space Suit—-Will Travel and the other Heinlein juveniles and traveled through Clifford Simak, Asimov, Clarke and on to William Gibson, Walter Jon Williams and Peter F Hamilton. And somewhere, submerged in the worlds of others, Rick began to create his own worlds. He has written over 60 books in over a dozen different series, and his short stories have been included in many different anthologies. He currently lives in norther Wyoming with his wife and their dog. Besides writing and reading science fiction and fantasy, he enjoys outdoor photography, hiking and camping.
