Artistified

Fifty drafts, so far.

The spirit of sacrifice is not an article of surrender. It is a doctrine of self-rule.

U.S. President Carmen Benequista is a mother, a widow, a war veteran — no stranger to the practice of handing fate to the mercy of God, no pushover in a contest of wills.

In 2041, Earth will cross a river of stellar gas — fuel for an extinction-scale solar event, and a signal for neighbors from another planet to lend a hand.

Jivada, fully vested since the Ice Age: “We will not share Trans-Dimensional technology.”

Carmen Benequista: “What happens when you get into trouble? Who’s your partner then?”

Former NSA officer Brandon Lopez: “We can deliver America and France.”

The big blue bus is on a slow-motion slide into a light pole. Passengers in back are getting ready to bail out. An Italian lady from New Jersey is trading words with the driver.

You know she’s going to take the wheel.

Literary space opera. Political suspense. Romantic tension. And the discovery that who you’re with is more important than what you do.

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