"How about I tell you a story? One that has been passed down through the ages... One told to me by your father..." In an Earth reborn, ruled over by a tyrannical, anthripe hating king, half-human Astraea struggles against her morals by joining a theif guild to earn enough money to care for her sick grandmother. But on...
Autonomous is a thriller about wild-ass technology, the future of intelligence, floating cities in the middle of the ocean, murder, and autonomous underwater vehicles. It's a stand-alone story, loosely connected to my book Salvage (Masque, 2013). If you've read Salvage then you've already met a few of the characters...
Lilliane Tor, a renowned empathic healer from Rimland, learns the cost of keeping her oath when she saves the life of Jahnissim Hal Zev, a member of the nomadic and insular Tisreen. Entangled in a diplomatic nightmare, she becomes a fugitive from her own land, and in search of her missing sister, must escape to Tisree...
When Vincent Tucat learns he's to be robbed, he turns the tables on the thief to enhance his own reputation. However, in city ruled by thieves, burglary and politics often go hand in hand, and things are rarely as straightforward as they appear.