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Ocean's Echo is a stand-alone space adventure about a bond that will change the fate of worlds, set in the same universe as Everina Maxwell's hit debut, Winter's Orbit. Download a FREE sneak peek today!Rich socialite, inveterate flirt, and walking disaster Tennalhin Halkana can read minds. Tennal, like all neuromodified “readers,” is a security threat on his own. But when controlled, readers are a rare asset. Not only can they read minds, but they can navigate chaotic space, the maelstroms surrounding the gateway to the wider universe.Conscripted into the military under dubious circumstances, Tennal is placed into the care of Lieutenant Surit Yeni, a duty-bound soldier, principled leader, and the son of a notorious traitor general. Whereas Tennal can read minds, Surit can influence them. Like all other neuromodified “architects,” he can impose his will onto others, and he’s under orders to control Tennal by merging their minds.Surit accepted a suspicious promotion-track request out of desperation, but he refuses to go through with his illegal orders to sync and control an unconsenting Tennal. So they They fake a sync bond and plan Tennal's escape.Their best chance arrives with a salvage-retrieval mission into chaotic space—to the very neuromodifcation lab that Surit's traitor mother destroyed twenty years ago. And among the rubble is a treasure both terrible and unimaginably powerful, one that upends a decades-old power struggle, and begins a war.Tennal and Surit can no longer abandon their unit or their world. The only way to avoid life under full military control is to complete the very sync they've been faking.Can two unwilling weapons of war bring about peace?At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
- GenresFiction
50 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 16, 2022
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October 25, 2022
Promising, will be buying the book.
February 21, 2023
So very satisfying. All that wonderful world building detail adding the perfect seasoning to a delicious love story.
Surit.. an ‘architect’ who has a deep ingrained moral compass. Finds himself taking on the mission to sync with Tennal . A ‘reader’ who has spent the last 8 or so month running from his Aunt, a legislator, determined to rein him in.
It’s not a good start for either of them. Both getting caught up in political intrigue and finding their lives and minds are at risk.
Tennal. Right from the very first chapter. I could feel his frustration, panic and fury with his situation. He was such a well developed character. I was in his side completely. Surit… always needing to do the right thing.. puts him at odds with his orders. I loved how he responded to Tennal with respect and trust… seeing so much more in Tennal than a spoiled rich legislators nephew trying to shirk responsibility.
I just loved every moment of these two slowly connecting emotionally. Whether synched or not. They were going to risk everything to save the other.
Brilliant side characters and a plot to get your teeth into . This is another memorable story from a very talented author.
Surit.. an ‘architect’ who has a deep ingrained moral compass. Finds himself taking on the mission to sync with Tennal . A ‘reader’ who has spent the last 8 or so month running from his Aunt, a legislator, determined to rein him in.
It’s not a good start for either of them. Both getting caught up in political intrigue and finding their lives and minds are at risk.
Tennal. Right from the very first chapter. I could feel his frustration, panic and fury with his situation. He was such a well developed character. I was in his side completely. Surit… always needing to do the right thing.. puts him at odds with his orders. I loved how he responded to Tennal with respect and trust… seeing so much more in Tennal than a spoiled rich legislators nephew trying to shirk responsibility.
I just loved every moment of these two slowly connecting emotionally. Whether synched or not. They were going to risk everything to save the other.
Brilliant side characters and a plot to get your teeth into . This is another memorable story from a very talented author.
July 20, 2023
A new to me author has dazzled me. This is the best sci-fi book I have read in years! Her prose creates a vision of surreal beauty to a mind expanded beyond human limits within a world that flaunts gender identity as a type of jewelry but retains its fear of abuse of power. And it all began with alien technology used to give a few mind bending powers, that are written into their genes. Or at least they thought it was technology, until the current generation, evolving nefarious military plots, and power grabs on an epic scale. Complex characters, romance and space battles. I loved it.
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