Archon's Queen (66 page)

Division Zero, by Matt Cox
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http://j.mp/1ggujIv
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Most cops get to deal with living criminals, but Agent Kirsten Wren is not most cops.

Shunned by a society that does not understand psionics and feared by those who know what she can do, Kirsten feels alone in a city of millions.

Unexplained killings by human-like androids known as dolls leave the Division 1 police baffled, causing them to punt the case to Division 0. She tries to hold on to the belief that no one is beyond redemption as she pursues a killer desperate to claim at least one more innocent soul – that might just be hers.

Bone Wires, by Michael Shean
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http://j.mp/Npsr8B
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In the wasteland of commercial culture that is future America, police are operated not by government but by private companies. In Seattle, that role is filled by Civil Protection, and Daniel Gray is a detective in Homicide Solutions. What used to be considered an important—even glamorous—department for public police is very different for the corporate species, and Gray finds himself stuck in a dead end job.

That is, until the Spine Thief arrives.

Virtual Immortality, by Matthew Cox
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http://bit.ly/1hSXIMP
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Nina Duchenne walked away from a perfect life to pursue a noble idea, but one tragic night shatters her dreams.

Joey Dillon lives on a perpetual adrenaline rush. A self-styled cyber cowboy chasing thrills wherever he can find them, he is unconcerned with what will happen twenty minutes into the future.

Voices from beyond the grave distract Nina from her pursuit of two international terrorists, and send Joey on a mission to find out who is playing games. Joey falls square in her sights with the fate of the entire West City, as well as Nina’s humanity, at risk.

Silent Clarion: Before Starbreaker, by Matthew Graybosch
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http://bit.ly/1QSI3Nl
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My curiosity might get me killed. I thought I needed a vacation from my duties as an Adversary in service to the Phoenix Society. After learning about unexplained disappearances in a little town called Clarion, I couldn’t stop myself from checking it out.

Now I must protect a witness to two murders without any protection but my sword. I must identify a murderer who strikes from the shadows. I must expose secrets the Phoenix Society’s executive council is hellbent on keeping buried.

I have no support but an ally I dare not trust. If I cannot break the silence hiding what happened in Clarion’s past, I have no future. I must discover the truth about Project Harker. Failure is not an option.