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Two Cases For The Czar – Snippet 06

Two Cases For The Czar – Snippet 06 “I’d like to,” Bernie assured the lad, “but where did Pavel go?” “He went to tell Colonel Aslonav that you are here.” “Dumnye D’iaki Zeppi.” Colonel Aslonav bowed and Bernie sighed. Mikhail had bumped Bernie to the status of “duma clerk,” basically the highest rank a person […]

Two Cases For The Czar – Snippet 05

Two Cases For The Czar – Snippet 05 “Huh?” Aside from the whole lady of the evening bit, which Miroslava had had read to her from one of my mysteries and just loved for some reason, none of it made any sense to me. I’d spent the day reading gauges in the shop and finding […]

Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 08

Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 08 CHAPTER SIX INTERLUDE I was twelve when I first got interested in genetics. My brother Connor was ten, and we spent every waking minute together. That’s probably why I noticed the little changes. He started to tire more easily, whereas I had boundless energy. He couldn’t jump as high as […]

The Macedonian Hazard – Snippet 09

The Macedonian Hazard – Snippet 09 Roxane’s Suite One Hour Later Roxane sat on the couch and said, “That was a mistake.” “It doesn’t matter.” Eurydice shrugged. “You know what happened in that other history and you know how Olympias felt about Philip’s mother. There is nothing I can do to keep safe from her, […]

WarSpell Space Race – Snippet 05

WarSpell Space Race – Snippet 05 “If you set your goal to try to make a better mousetrap, you generally get a better mousetrap and not that much else. Try to measure the age of the universe and mostly what you’re going to find out is how old the universe is. But try to put […]

Two Cases For The Czar – Snippet 04

Two Cases For The Czar – Snippet 04 There was something off in that, but–even for Miroslava–identifying the precise meaning of facial expressions or nonverbal communications in general was a hit or miss proposition, affected by circumstance and the abilities of the person being observed. Tatiana was highly skilled and Miroslava wasn’t at all sure […]

Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 07

Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 07 “Oh.” Shenzhen was home to China’s government-sponsored research laboratories. These were basically the genetic engineering version of sweatshops. The government recruited the best and brightest right out of high school, and worked them eighty hours per week, fifty-two weeks a year. Most of them slept in the lab. At the […]

WarSpell Space Race – Snippet 04

WarSpell Space Race – Snippet 04 Chapter 2–The Pacing Lap Location: Home of A. Dujarié, San Francisco, California Time: 3:27 PM, January 5 Honey Abrams stifled a grin when she answered the door. These guys were classic geeks, at least before the Merge. The first guy grinned back at her. She could tell they were […]

The Macedonian Hazard – Snippet 08

The Macedonian Hazard – Snippet 08 “I’m sorry, General Eumenes, but the Queen of the Sea can’t involve itself in the internal politics of the United Satrapies and States of the Empire. Quite aside from logistical concerns, which are real and serious, we have to maintain our neutrality . . . at least officially.” “Officially?” […]

WarSpell Space Race – Snippet 03

WarSpell Space Race – Snippet 03 “Tricia, tell me what you’ve found out,” Carla said. “I heard that Translocation has problems going from aircraft to aircraft.”  “More than that,” Tricia said. “First we tried using a translocation spell to take us to the moon, then to the international space station, but neither worked. Then someone […]