Bitter Angels
โ Scribed by C. L. Anderson
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group;Ballantine Books
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 212 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
An Imploding Star System.
A Murdered Galactic Spy.
A Woman Seeking the Truth--and Finding the Unbelievable...
The Erasmus System is a sprawling realm of slavery, smugglers, spies--and constant, creeping decrepitude. Here everyone who is not part of the ruling Four Families is a slave of one kind or another. But the Guardians, a special-forces branch inside the United World Government for Earth, have deemed Erasmus a "hot spot." Somehow, it is believed, this failing colony intends to launch a war upon the solar system.
Ex-Field Commander Terese Drajeske, now a mother of three, has been called back to active duty and sent to Erasmus, ostensibly to investigate the murder of her colleague--and friend--Bianca Fayette. At first blush, the death defies explanation: Bianca was immortal. But beneath that single murder lies a twisted foundation of deceptions. Suddenly Terese is plunged into a vortex of shattered lives, endemic deceit, and one dreadful secret. In this...
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