But now it's two years later. As the team struggles under the leadership of a new commander, news is uncovered which shakes Mack and Maddie to the core. Everything they believed in is shattered, including a loved one. Before they could recover, the team is on a mission to protect a planet from an ogre-like race. The world is attacked by an alien race long thought exist, the Synth. They barely escaped with their lives but not without some heavily losses. On the way back home, the ISC's most trusted ally, the Isgurd, delivers more bad news. They can't return home. In fact, home never existed. The Synth managed to go back in time to kill their former commander, Charlie Westlake, before he could befriend the Isgurds and for the ISC. They must go back to 1965 and stop the Synth, even if it means with their lives.
Mirror Shattered is a powerful story with a lot of heart. It's a roller coaster ride with huge implications. If you had the option to change the future, would you do it? That's a question Maddie is faced with... head over to kgstutts.webs.com to check out news, excerpts and more for this and her several other books. The first book in the series, Mirror Image, is on sale for $.99 now through the 20th! Catch up with the series before this book comes out on August 30th.
Here's an excerpt from Mirror Shattered:
The ship fell silent.
Seth had managed to maneuver the ship to avoid the second blaster charge.
"I think I have it.
Fly into that star," Maddie instructed Seth.
"You've got to be kidding me," David said, exasperated.
"You've got to be kidding me," David said, exasperated.
"The shields will
hold," Maddie assured Seth.
Seth looked to Jackson
who nodded in agreement with Maddie.
"I hope you know
what you are doing," Seth muttered, setting in the coordinates.
Me,
too. Maddie thought. But she knew she couldn't lose her nerve
now.
"What's your
plan?" Jackson
asked.
"We can actually use
our shields to deflect energy toward our attackers," Maddie responded.
"That sounds
dangerous," John warily said.
"It will take
everything we have in shields to do this. We'll only get one shot at this. If
my math is wrong, it could destroy us," Maddie admitted.
The crew looked on as
Seth punched in the coordinates to the nearest star. The attacking ship began
to follow suit. Maddie pulled out her data tablet and connected it to the ship.
"Maddie, please be
correct," Seth prayed.
Her entire body shook as
she turned on her tablet. If she was off by even a fraction...
"Maddie..."
John encouragingly said.
"A minute." She
shook her head.
"We don't have a
minute, Madison ," Jackson sharply said.
"Got it!" she
exclaimed, just as the ship entered the star.
The ship began to hum as
the shields started pushing back against the star's energy. The enemy stopped
its pursuit.
"It's waiting for us
to come out," Chris said.
"On my mark,
Seth," Maddie said, loading up her newly-written program into the ship's
control panel.
"The temperature in
the hull is rising," David alerted her.
"I'm aware. We're
almost there," Maddie replied.
"I think we have
it," Seth said.
"Fire!" Maddie
shouted.
Growing up in Texas and later South Carolina as the youngest in a house full of science-fiction fans, K.G. Stutts had her natural curiosity and imagination nurtured since birth by family movie nights where they would watch Star Wars, Indiana Jones and even timeless Disney favorites.
A prolific writer of sci-fi, romance and mystery, K.G. draws much of her inspiration from those amazing works that gave her an appreciation for telling rich, compelling, character-driven stories for all audiences.
Book one in her science-fiction writings are out now by the wonderful group at http://distinguishedpress.com and a romance ebook launched at the beginning of June from http://lazydaypub.com. She is also a contributor to http://iwassociation.com , The Sci-fi Romance Brigade and http://thewritingnetwork.com.
Keep up with her on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/KGStutts or follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/KGStutts. She also is on Tumblr at kgstutts.tumblr.com. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, Brad and works for a customer service call center full time. She's a lover of Star Wars, Star Trek (original, TNG, and Voyager), Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis, Muppets, Garfield, Disney, Indiana Jones and is a big football, wrestling, and hockey fan.
Keep up with her on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/KGStutts or follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/KGStutts. She also is on Tumblr at kgstutts.tumblr.com. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, Brad and works for a customer service call center full time. She's a lover of Star Wars, Star Trek (original, TNG, and Voyager), Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis, Muppets, Garfield, Disney, Indiana Jones and is a big football, wrestling, and hockey fan.
1 comments:
Beautiful cover! Great excerpt!
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