Evolution (34 page)
Authors: Stephanie Diaz
Our lives will evolve into something different here. I don't know what they will be like, but I hope they'll be better.
“It certainly looks promising,” Logan says with a wry smile.
I laugh and intertwine my fingers with his. “I guess we'll find out.”
“Together?”
“Together.”
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Four years ago, the idea for this series fell into my head: two planets and a cast of characters I wasn't sure anyone else would ever care about. Some very special people played a role in the process of these books becoming real, and I owe each and every one of them my gratitude.
Thank you to my wise agent, Alison Fargis, and my brilliant editor, Eileen Rothschild, for rooting for Clementine all the way to the end. Thank you to Kathy Huck for saying “yes” and helping guide
Extraction
into the world.
To the awesome publicity, marketing, and sales crew at St. Martin's, especially to Michelle Cashman and Karen Masnica, thank you for pushing to get these books in front of readers. To James Iacobelli, thank you for designing the incredibly gorgeous covers.
To my parents, thank you for your continued support of my crazy career endeavors. Elisabeth, thank you for reading and loving the series before it was polished. Julianne, thank you for being my bestie and twinsie, and for not hating me for all the times I don't hang out with you because I'm writing.
To Jennifer, you poetic and noble land mermaid, thank you for your constant friendship, for your late-night phone calls, and for talking me through plot twists in books and real life. No matter how far apart we are, you'll always be my favorite Galentine.
To Matthew, thank you for listening to me ramble about made-up characters, for driving me to bookstores, for making me laugh on my worst days, and for pushing me to keep writing when I'm afraid I have nothing interesting to say. You're pretty awesomesauce, Halpertâand yes, you're usually right.
To the Class of 2k14, Binders, Riley, John, and all my writing buddies, thank you for reminding me I'm not going through this alone.
And finally, to the readers who boarded a ship to Kiel and stuck with Clementine through every battle of her war, thank you. This world in my head comes alive through you.
Saraashi
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STEPHANIE DIAZ
wrote her debut novel,
Extraction
, when she should've been making short films and listening to college lectures at San Diego State University. When she isn't lost in books, she can be found singing, marveling at the night sky, or fan-girling over TV shows.
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CONTENTS
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.
EVOLUTION
. Copyright © 2015 by Stephanie Diaz. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Cover designed by James Iacobelli
Cover photograph compilation © Shutterstock
The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.
ISBN 978-1-250-04126-5 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4668-3737-9 (e-book)
e-ISBN 9781466837379
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First Edition: September 2015
