To Mark Woodring: I truly appreciate your wonderful assistance as an editor. Always a pleasure to work with you.
To Merethe Najjar for another great proofread.
Special thanks to Dioris Betances for his help with Spanish dialogue.
Special thanks to Alisa Gus and Kate Bystrova for her help with the Russian dialogue.
Special thanks to Tanya from CQ for help with the German dialogue.
And thank you to Eugene Teplitsky for the amazing cover!
Translations:
I don’t know what you said.
I dropped the toilet seat.
I’m sorry for making noise.
I didn’t mean to!
Accident. I won’t do it again.
Where is your NetMini? You forget that I do not speak English.
What?
Who’s she? She looks tired.
You are being silly. You know I cannot understand.
She doesn’t look happy.
Stop that. The bridge is so narrow! I don’t want to fall.
Answer.
Hello, my dear. I hope you are well.
I’ve had better days, but I’ve also had worse.
Fortune favors the bold, and the beautiful.
Maybe… but nice to look at.
Holy shit!
Put down those damn weapons.
God of death! She can’t die!
Millipedes. Many hundreds are coming. Sit down and hold on to something.
You are inexperienced. Your job is not a job people should discuss… especially for pussy.
Moron.
Yes. Very weak.
I’m sorry I’m learning English too slow.
It’s okay. You don’t have to rush.
What she said.
He speaks like a robot.
They should learn how to speak Russian.
They can study Russian too.
I will speak in Russian at home with you, so that you do not forget.
The beast is angry! It’s snarling!
It’s a motor, not a beast.
Shit! There are two of them!
On three.
Time to die, mongrel.
Damn. Shit. Speedware.
Anyone want food?
Run! Fall back!
No retreat! No―
Originally from South Amboy NJ, Matthew S. Cox has been creating science fiction and fantasy worlds for most of his reasoning life. Since 1996, he has developed the “Divergent Fates” world, in which Division Zero, Virtual Immortality, The Awakened Series, and the Daughter of Mars series take place.
More recently, he has forayed into young-adult and middle grade novels.
Matthew is an avid gamer, a recovered WoW addict, Gamemaster for two custom systems (Chronicles of Eldrinaath [Fantasy] and Divergent Fates [Sci Fi], and a fan of anime, British humour, and intellectual science fiction that questions the nature of reality, life, and what happens after it.
He is also fond of cats.
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Prophet of the Badlands, by Matthew S. Cox
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For most twelve year olds, being kidnapped is terrifying. For Althea, it’s just Tuesday. Her power to heal the wounded and cleanse the sick makes her a hunted commodity in the Badlands. For as long as she can remember, they always come, they always take her, and she lets them. Wandering after an escape, she is found by a loving family who helps her find the courage to defend herself. Her newfound resolve is tested by an ancient evil, and a dangerous man bent on exploiting her abilities.
Pop Travel, by Tara Tyler
(https://curiosityquills.com/kindle/pop-travel/)
In 2080, technology has gone too far for J. L. Cooper. He avoids pop travel teleportation, until he stumbles onto a video of a pop traveler who turns to dust. Sparking a series of murders and threats to his brother, Cooper wants to pass off the evidence but knows he’s being watched. And who would believe him?
With help from the neurotic genius “Creator” of pop travel and a beautiful Southern charmer, Cooper must expose the deadly glitch and shut it down or die trying. No problem.
Shadow of a Dead Star, by Michael Shean
(https://curiosityquills.com/kindle/shadow-dead-star/)
As an agent of the Industrial Security Bureau, it is Thomas Walken’s duty to keep the city of Seattle free of black-market technology. But when a trio of living sex-dolls he has recently intercepted are stolen from custody, Walken finds himself seeking a great deal more than just contraband. He will be forced to use his skills and preternatural instincts to try and keep his career, his freedom, and his life.
The Schwarzschild Radius, by Gustavo Florentin
(https://curiosityquills.com/kindle/the-schwarzschild-radius/)
This is the story of Rachel, an 18-year-old Columbia University student who descends into the netherworld of runaways and predators to find her sister, Olivia, who has suddenly disappeared. After getting a job in a strip joint where Olivia worked, then doing private shows in the homes of rich clients, Rachel discovers that Olivia has been abducted by a killer who auctions the deaths of young girls in an eBay of agony. When she finds Olivia, Rachel becomes the killer’s next target.
Appetizer:
Book Cover
Title Page
Author's Note
About the Series
Main Course:
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-One
Chapter Forty-Two
Chapter Forty-Three
Chapter Forty-Four
Chapter Forty-Five
Chapter Forty-Six
Chapter Forty-Seven
Chapter Forty-Eight
Chapter Forty-Nine
Chapter Fifty
Chapter Fifty-One
Chapter Fifty-Two
Chapter Fifty-Three
Chapter Fifty-Four
Chapter Fifty-Five
Chapter Fifty-Six
Chapter Fifty-Seven
Chapter Fifty-Eight
Dessert:
Acknowledgments
Translations
Closing
About the Author
Copyright & Publisher
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