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Beaten to a
pulp, drugged into a daze, and brainwashed into oblivion, human experiment
Lukian Valentin gambles his life to evade another eviscerating afternoon with
his trigger-happy superiors. Fifty stories of a maximum-security building and
hundreds of trained special operatives can’t hold a candle to his will to
escape. Beyond the laser bars of his holding cell, Lukian must surmount the
even greater challenges of repairing the fragments of his broken mind,
forgiving himself for his unwilling involvement with the Empire, and learning
what it means to live on his own.
The sassy
and commanding Naoko Nai wonders just what to do with the soft-spoken, socially
awkward, and totally ripped guy she was assigned to train for employment. She
knows nothing else about him, other than the fact he was granted asylum, is
great with a knife, and his little white apron gives her distinctly
unprofessional thoughts.
When the
Empire comes to collect, Naoko unwittingly provides the perfect bait to reel
Lukian back to headquarters for a fresh series of brain implants and repair.
To save the
woman he loves, Lukian must summon the deadly powers implanted in him by the
Empire—powers he fears he can’t control, powers he struggled to forgive himself
for using, powers that may drive Naoko away forever—because no ordinary man has
struck a blow against the Empire and lived to tell the tale. To save Naoko,
Lukian must emerge victorious from the battle against himself.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Doctors
suspect Brie developed an overactive imagination during childhood to cope with the
expansive corn maze known as rural Pennsylvania. Unable to afford an operation
to have the stories surgically removed from her brain, she opted instead to
write them down.
Brie
currently lives in British Columbia with her boyfriend and naughty black cat,
somewhere not too far from the sea. She enjoys trips to the local farm,
chatting with her long-distance friends on a rotary phone, and roflstomping
video games from the nineties.
Brie’s
favorite storytellers include Anne Rice, George Orwell, and Hunter S. Thompson.
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MY REVIEW:
This action packed fast paced book was freaking FUN! It was gritty and sexy. The sci-fi world building was well developed and interesting. I plan on reading more by this author.
It was fun!
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