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Trailblazer
by Michelle Diener
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GENRE: Sci-fi
Romance
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BLURB:
He's on a mission . . .
She's running for her life . . .
And if they get off-planet alive, she'll have to trust he won't
reveal her darkest secret.
Tally
Riva is not what she seems, and even she's not happy about it. Infected,
invaded, she's not quite sure how to describe it, but on a disastrous mission
to a ghost ship, something burrowed its way into her body. Into her mind.
When
her commander decides the best cure for what he thinks is Tally's trauma is to
send her on the famous Veltos Trail, Tally goes without revealing what's really
behind her mental anguish. Anything to be seen as normal again, anything to
ignore what she's afraid is happening to her.
But
Veltos isn't the safe place it seems. The chosen military personnel lucky
enough to be offered the chance to walk the Trail are supposed to be the only
people on Veltos. But Ben Guthrie, a captain in Arkhoran Special Forces, knows
they're not. He and his team have been on Veltos for a month already, tracking
suspicious enemy activity, and he's gone undercover on the Trail in search of a
satellite his superiors are sure has been shot down.
When
Ben's worst fears become reality, and they find themselves hunted by a cunning
enemy through the thick forests of Veltos, Tally and Ben fight together to
survive. And Tally has to decide if accepting the changes inside her will save
them both, or be her doom.
TRAILBLAZER is part of the Verdant String series but can easily
be read as a standalone novel. Other books in the series include Interference
& Insurgency (Two Novellas of the Verdant String), and Breakaway and
Breakeven.
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EXCERPT ONE:
It
had occurred to her more than once that this ship was very much to her own proportions.
That everything she'd found was built for hands like hers.
Could
this be a lost Verdant String ship, from before the eight planets of the
Verdant String had found each other? From those first centuries of space
exploration?
Or
even--her mind reeled at the implications--from another Verdant String planet,
one they had yet to find?
Whatever
it was, it was a major historical find.
She
reached the halfway point across the walkway, and looked over the other side.
It was more of the same, although there was also tanks that looked as if they'd
once held liquid, now long dried up.
She
shivered, her sense of isolation and insignificance seemed amplified in this
massive space, and she moved a little faster as she headed for the other side
of the walkway.
A
door blocked her way. She stepped close to it, but it didn't open
automatically. She looked around for a button or handle, but there was nothing
except a screen attached to one side.
She
hesitated, then touched it, and it flickered on, an outline of a hand showing
in pale gray.
A
hand exactly the shape of her own.
Cautiously,
she pressed her palm against it, and with a gasp that startled her, the door
slid to one side.
She
stepped into the room, and knew immediately it was the bridge, the center of
the ship.
She
lifted the light, but there was nothing in here, just chairs and machines.
There
was one light, throbbing a dull red rather than glowing, and she walked up to it.
She couldn't understand the label written above it, but she accepted what she
was going to do.
She
pressed the button.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Michelle Diener writes
historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction. Having worked in publishing
and IT, she’s now very happy crafting new worlds and interesting characters and
wondering which part of the world she can travel to next.
Michelle
was born in London, grew up in South Africa and currently lives in Australia
with her husband and children. When she’s not writing, or driving her kids from
activity to activity, you can find her at her website, or online at Twitter and
Facebook.
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
Michelle will be awarding a $25 Amazon or B/N GC
to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
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