Summer Reading Trail: Painted Promise

Here's a snippet from my next release, due out 18 August, Painted Promise

Thirza Girard is a clone. Her mirror image founded a thousand year dynasty that spans the quadrant. The Girard family power is no accident. The original Thirza did a deal with an alien, a Tashen-Dar, who could manipulate probability. He changed reality so that Thirza and her descendants are favored with opportunity, the chance, if they grab it, of achieving great wealth and power. However, it comes at a cost.

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