THE
ENEMY WITHIN
By
Liza O’Connor
Book3
BLURB
MAC, the computer that controls the SkyRyder Corp
discovers that soldiers within its ranks wish to stop its Breeding Project to
make superior flyers. When a great many of these special talents are murdered
over a two-week span, MAC quickly gathers the remaining assets, modifies their
fingerprints and alters their looks, then sends them to the last place in the
world that anyone would look for them.
Welcome
to Fort Dismal, Alaska,
The
absolute worst fort in the Americas.
EXCERPT
Eliza woke to excruciating pain. However, beyond
the pain, she could feel someone holding her hand. She opened her eyes to a
very worried Captain Hudson. She was disappointed it was not the colonel, but
he was a battle soldier. She could not expect him to spend his time waiting for
her to wake up. She tried to smile at Captain Hudson but smiling hurt her lips
too much.
“Don’t try to talk,” he said. “I just want you to
know that the girls who hurt you are no longer here. You are completely safe
now. I’ve brought you both paper and pencil.” He smiled. “I know you will be
terribly bored, sitting here with nothing to do. Therefore, I’ve placed a
mathematical problem on each of the pages to keep that wonderful brain of yours
challenged.”
She wrote, thank
you, on the paper.
He pressed her hand to his lips. “You are more
than welcome, Eliza. I only wish I could have prevented this.”
“She’s awake?” Colonel Polanski’s voice spoke
from the door. Just the sound of his voice brought a smile to her face, which
caused her to groan in pain.
The colonel leaned over her, examining her face.
“I know you’re in pain, but it’s damn good to see you awake.”
Captain Hudson excused himself, giving Eliza’s
hand a gentle squeeze before leaving.
The colonel stroked her hair. “I see I’m not the
only one you’ve mesmerized,” he teased. “Well, lucky for him, he will be
accompanying you to your new place of residence. Captain Hudson’s job will be
to make certain you remain focused on your studies, and my job is to ensure you
are safe and secure.”
Eliza stared at him in surprise and then wrote
her question on her pad: Am I not going
to college then?
“No, this attempt on your life has MAC concerned.
He wants you better protected, and I’ve been assigned the onerous task.”
She wrote: It
will be a task requiring frequent rewards.
He smiled. “I imagine it will.” Then his eyes
saddened. “But first you must heal.”
For a bunch of
girls, they sure did hit hard.
His face turned dark and frightening. She
imagined this was the man the enemy faced. She squeezed his hand bringing back
the man with the sparkling eyes.
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About the Author
Liza O’Connor lives in
Denville, NJ with her dog Jess. They hike in fabulous woods every day, rain or
shine, sleet or snow. Having an adventurous nature, she learned to fly small
Cessnas in NJ, hang-glide in New Zealand, kayak in Pennsylvania, ski in New York,
scuba dive with great white sharks in Australia, dig up dinosaur bones in
Montana, skydive in Indiana, and raft a class four river in Tasmania. She’s an
avid gardener, amateur photographer, and dabbler in watercolors and graphic
arts. Yet throughout her entire life, her first love has and always will be
writing novels.
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