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Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 05
Domesticating Dragons - Snippet 05 "Yeah, well, the jury's still out on that." That was news to me. From everything I'd read, Reptilian Corporation was killing it in a time when most nascent biotechs had failed. "Still, I like the systems approach to genetics. And I think my simulator could help with things." He frowned. "You're really here for all the genetic engineering stuff?" "Of course." I paused. "Does that surprise you?" "A little bit. Whenever I ask what brought people here, they always talk about the dragons." Oh, crap. I'd forgotten...
Two Cases For The Czar – Snippet 02
Two Cases For The Czar - Snippet 02 Here was another puzzle to solve. She ran her hands lightly over the wood, and felt a crack where there shouldn't be one. Pushed, pulled. Nothing. More examination led to another spot. Two hidden cracks at the back of the wardrobe in the gap between wardrobe and wall. This time, when she pushed, a door popped open at the back left side of the wardrobe. She called one of the officers over to it. The papers were only partly in Russian, and even her Russian wasn't great when it came to reading. So she couldn't...
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 46
This book should be available now, so this is the last snippet. 1637 No Peace Beyond The Line - Snippet 46 Leonora forced herself to become calm. "Sophie, you did not act to deprive Laurids of his life. And whatever you may have felt about your marriage, I do not believe you wished him dead, did you?" Sophie shook her head mutely. "And you only learned of the three other children afterward, so they could not even have been a part of your initial reaction to his death." Sophie looked up. "What point are you driving toward, Leonora?" The young...
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 44
This book should be available now so this is the last snippet. Serpent Daughter - Snippet 44 "Yes, My Lord." Julia bowed her head. "Beginning Friday," Thomas said. "I have a box -- that is, we have a box at the Walnut Street Theater. Friday evening, the Imperial Players will perform Henry V. It is well known to be my favorite play, and they shall dedicate it to you as their muse. We shall watch the play from the box, and afterward shall dine at the home of one of Philadelphia's wealthiest families, where you shall be the guest of honor."...
The Macedonian Hazard – Snippet 06
The Macedonian Hazard - Snippet 06 Carthalo figured he could do that. Before Padus Boca fell into the furnace mouth, Carthalo had several dracmas stashed away for work he did on the side. Maybe he was lucky. Besides, the woman who was buying him was attractive. He might be able to seduce her. Then he learned that he wasn't being bought by this woman. She was just acting as agent. He was going to sail on the Reliance. To New America. 214-216 12th Street, Fort Plymouth, Trinidad June 30, 320BCE Stella woke to a siren that lasted for almost a...
WarSpell Space Race – Snippet 02
WarSpell Space Race - Snippet 02 "No, Jerry," Tim said. "It was me. The old me was too studied when I was playing him. I remember it both from Tim's point of view and Alvin's. To Alvin, it was real. What he felt, what he saw in the other person's eyes and in the magic fields around them. What I see in the magic fields around people and plants and everything." Tim/Alvin remembered what he was like as both people. It was too early to tell if he would be more like Tim, the electrical engineer geek, or Alvin, the entertainer, a natural magic user...
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 45
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line - Snippet 45 Sophie smiled. "My surname, of course." Cautiously now, Leonora! "What is strange about it?" "That it is still affixed to my person. You know, of course, that I was married." "Y-yes." It would not do to let Sophie know how very much Leonora knew of this. Her very personal curiosity could easily be misunderstood as mere nosiness. "Your husband died in the Baltic War, did he not?" "Yes, he did. So I am familiar with the many ways in which mourning can become a burden more trying than the grief that may...
Two Cases For The Czar – Snippet 01
Two Cases For The Czar - Snippet 01 Two Cases For The Czar By Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett From the Casebook of Miroslava Holmes The Spy Who Got Away Location: Room 22B, Ufa Dacha Date: May 10, 1637 I take pen in hand to record the second case of Miroslava Holmes, my companion and friend. Miroslava has taken to reading with a fanatic zeal, so when she was called to the scene, she was reading yet another children's book. Even for Miroslava, reading isn't something that you learn in an hour, though that was all the time it took her to learn the...