A. K. A. The Alien: series 3
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ship.”
“It was nothing,” I said, looking away and down modestly. “Any-one would have done it.” I think I got the pitch just right. I started on the lines on the ball of the thumb. “Do you think they’ll re-open the kitchen now?”
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See me with my soul divided
The cease-fire is about to end. Resistance leader Hester is sent to the neighbouring city-state of Sickle Bush, run by a Freelander called Reever, to set up an alliance against the Eden-seekers. The Union States funded Reever’s rescue from a kidnapping and arranged his reinstatement to power, and in return want his help. Reever agrees to work with Hester, but has his own battles to fight.
The empty part of the grave
‘Queenie’ Mab, ex-inmate of the notorious Charity Island prison, is employed as a poorly-paid trouble-shooter. She accepts the chance to make extra money by helping to escort the Zampigli party to the backwoods to witness the recovery of bodies from an old massacre. But with unwelcoming travelling companions and unexpected discoveries in the woods, earning the money is not going to be easy.
Spirits dancing
Surah Garter is a ‘spirit walker’, a remote-viewer who works for a government department. But she has not been entirely honest about her skills, and her abilities are far greater than she has ever admitted. She has to balance her need for secrecy with the knowledge that there are people trying to use the department for their own ends, and is soon in a fight to stay in control of her own life.
Sleeping fleshless
When the Counter Corruption Unit arrives it includes a psychic whose word is enough to ruin any career. DS Duke is appointed as Liaison, a role she resumes a few weeks later when the psi returns to help identify the victims of a serial killer and retrieve their bodies. But psis are both feared and hated and are rarely welcome, even when they come to help the police rather than prosecute them...