Reconaissance: Book 2
of Paradise Reclaimed by Aubrie Dionne
Nova Williams has lost her one shot at Lieutenanthood and at love.
Lieutenant Crophaven has promoted her rival, Andromeda, all because her
lifemate, Sirius, sacrificed their mission to win back Andromeda’s love.
While sneaking out to prove Andromeda is a fake, Nova finds an
alien ship hovering over their colony. Lieutenant Crophaven assigns her to a
reconnaissance mission, giving her a second chance to redeem herself. Sirius
must fly her and a research team to the vessel to decide if they are a threat.
Thrown together with the lifemate that betrayed her, she battles with her own
jealousy while her team battles for their lives.
Can she forgive Sirius in order to save her team and warn her colony?
Excerpt:
A drone, as deep and low as the growl of a primordial beast,
resonated in my gut and I yanked my hand away. My heart sped like someone had
fired a starter gun to a race, and my chest tightened until I couldn’t breathe.
That blaring blasphemy wasn’t from my ship.
The sound tapered off, leaving me in silence. I stared at the
bones, wondering if I’d imagined it, or if I should hide here in the ruins in
case the sound came back.
What am I doing? I’m a team expedition leader, for crying out
loud!
I pulled myself back together. Everyone else was attending the
ceremony on the ship. The thick hull, designed to protect us from deep space,
blocked all sounds from the outside world. I was the only one who would have
heard it. The only one who could investigate. I thought about going back for
help, but every second I delayed, the source of the sound could disappear.
Besides, I didn’t want the credit taken away from me. Not this time.
I scrambled to the window and climbed over the ledge, throwing myself
down so fast my ankles exploded in pain. Cursing, I hobbled up the embankment
of the excavation site. The sound boomed around me, vibrating the crystals
underneath my feet. I fell to my knees and covered my ears. It reminded me of
warping metal, growling monsters, and screeching alarms all at the same time.
The sound came from the jungle. I pulled myself up the incline and
peered over the edge. A dry, fiery breeze blew my hair back, and I looked above
the rustling canopy.
My heart stammered then beat into a frenzy. A massive ring of a
ship, twice as large as the New Dawn, hovered over the jungle. Spires jutted
from the top and the bottom, like a two-sided pin cushion. Blinking reddish
lights adorned the ends. The hull was a dull gray shield of impenetrable metal
with no sight panels or markings of any kind.
The buzzing sound made my eardrums throb. I pressed my nose up
against the crystal ledge and peered over as my whole body shook. The lowest
spire, thick as a nuclear reactor, lengthened from the belly of the ship until
the tip hovered a meter from the jungle canopy. A trap door opened, and a beam
of white light seared a hole in the foliage. The smell of burnt vines choked my
throat, and I cowered against the side of the ledge.
I have to warn the ship.
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Book 1: Colonization
Andromeda has spent
all seventeen years of her life aboard a deep space transport vessel destined
for a paradise planet. Her safe cocoon is about to break open as Paradise 21
looms only one month away, and she must take the aptitude tests to determine her
role on the new world and her computer assigned lifemate. As a
great-granddaughter of the Commander of the ship, she wants to live up to her
family name. But, her forbidden love for her childhood friend, Sirius,
distracts her and she fails the tests. The results place her in a menial role
in the new colony and pair her with Corvus, “the oaf”.But when Andromeda steps foot on Paradise 21, her predestined future is the least of her worries. Alien ghosts from a failed colonization warn her of a deadly threat to her colony. And when Sirius’s ship crashes on the far ridge in an attempt to investigate, she journeys to rescue him with Corvus.
Andromeda now must convince the authorities of the imminent danger to keep her protect her new home. What she didn’t expect was a battle of her own feelings for Sirius and Corvus.
Can she save the colony and discover her true love?
About the Author:
Aubrie grew up watching the original Star Wars movies over and over until she could recite and reenact every single scene in her backyard. She also loved The Goonies, Star Trek the Next Generation--favorite character was Data by far--and Indiana Jones. But, her all time favorite movie was The Last Unicorn. She still wonders why the unicorn decided to change back to a unicorn in the end.
Aubrie grew up watching the original Star Wars movies over and over until she could recite and reenact every single scene in her backyard. She also loved The Goonies, Star Trek the Next Generation--favorite character was Data by far--and Indiana Jones. But, her all time favorite movie was The Last Unicorn. She still wonders why the unicorn decided to change back to a unicorn in the end.
Aubrie wrote in her junior high yearbook that
she wanted to be "a concert flutist" when she grew up. She majored in
flute performance at the University of New Hampshire on a full scholarship,
then secured two teaching jobs at a University and a local community music
school. While playing in orchestras and teaching, stories popped into her head,
and she used them to make the music come alive for her flute students. Her
students said they were so good, she had to write them down! Maybe they were
right, who knows? Two careers seems to keep her busy. For now.
She is represented by Dawn Dowdle and
writes sweet and adventurous fantasy, science fiction, and contemporary
romance.
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