Interference (A 25,000 word novella introducing the world of the Verdant String) Interference can go either way .
And he\'s prepared to break any rule, and disregard any order to do it..
So is this attack on Var an isolated incident, or is there a bigger conspiracy at play? Whatever the truth, Nick isn\'t prepared to leave Tila in the insurgents hands.
Not that long ago, Halatians were used as hostages in another incident on the tiny moon of Cepi, and the parallels are hard to ignore.
But Nick, and his commander, Drake, see the first glimpse of a pattern in the insurgents behavior.
They\'d rather let the insurgents get away.
No one on Par wants to give the order that might catch her in the crossfire.
Tila sees herself as Parnian first, Halatian second, but her dark blue hair, and the strong emotions her very existence provokes in others means the insurgents see her as the perfect hostage.
Cornered, forced to take Tila\'s whole office hostage, the insurgents are surrounded and out of options, until they use Tila as their shield.
That is until his neighbor, Tila, is caught up in the first real mistake the insurgents have made.
Nick Bartega is part of the Protection Unit team investigating the explosions, but with no discernible pattern, and no one taking responsibility, he and his colleagues have hit a blank wall.
Buildings are being targeted by insurgents whose only aim seems to be destruction.
Insurgency (Insurgency is a 45,000 word short novel set in the Verdant String series) The Parnian city of Var is under siege.
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When Nyha and her girls are taken hostage, Mak and the rest of his special forces team are the only ones who have any hope of rescuing them, and they\'re ready and willing to do what Arkhor does best .
Arkhor has interfered on Cepi since it discovered the ruins four hundred years ago, but sometimes, Interference can have unexpected consequences.
Mak Carep knows his team\'s presence on Cepi is the last flex of Arkhor\'s muscle before the moon is blown to bits.
What the hostage-takers don\'t know is that Nyha and her girls have more help than they realize.
Nyha and her wards\' value as survivors of the destruction of Halatia means it would be political suicide for any leader of the Verdant String to endanger them again--something the hostage-takers know very well.
The only problem is, someone has other plans--plans to exploit Nyha and her girls\' status as the betrayed orphans of the Verdant String in order to give them time to steal Cepi\'s secrets.
The tiny moon of Cepi is on a countdown to destruction, and while Nyha Bartali has been persuaded to take her four wards for a final look at the archaeological wonder, now she\'s eager to leave. . .
Interference (A 25,000 word novella introducing the world of the Verdant String) Interference can go either way
