The odds were against them every step of the way. "Drugged with figures, working more and more from sheer obstinacy, stubbornly trying everything I could think of to try, I came up with the conclusion that our chances of getting to Mars, when we left the soil of Earth, had been about a thousand to
One Thousand Wishes, One Thousand Stars
β Scribed by Katherine Rhodes
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 66 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ASIN
- B071RQRKHT
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
The Complex Book Series.
A Lone Planet. One Complex.
Unlimited Chaos.
* * *
The Angel fell, but not for him.
P'iliticus Alvinad had pined for the beautiful angel Arahambramina for centuries. But angelsβliving just a quarter turn out of the reality all the Metas inhabitedβwere one of the most mysterious of all the species, and she had never taken a second look at the diminutive djinn.
Pili's heart was crushed when Min chose another to love. His ire rose when he found it was a Human. He knew he could ever turn her away from the Human who fathered her child.
He didn't trust his heart after that. For his own safety, he entrusted his lamp to John Smith, the vampire. When John brings the lamp to the Complex, Pili is forced to follow. There, he discovers what his angel never knew about her chosen mate...
...and his plans for their child.
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