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Love, Danger, Homecomings & Heart β€” Your June Reading Escape Starts Here

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One disastrous night. One devastating man. One diabolical proposition.


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He’s stubborn. She’s tougher. His kid? Already picked the bride.


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A small-town second chance wrapped in danger, desire, and Sharon Sala heart.


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She came home to save the ranch… and found the cowboy she never forgot.


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From reality TV heartbreak to real-life reinvention.


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A missing twin. A deadly cartel. One K-9 team caught in the crossfire.


Dark Lightning by John Varley

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Also by John Varley:

Irontown Blues, September 2018
Trade Size / e-Book
Dark Lightning, August 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Slow Apocalypse, September 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
Rolling Thunder, March 2008
Hardcover
Mammoth, June 2006
Paperback (reprint)

DARK LIGHTNING
By: John Varley

Ace
August 2014
On Sale: August 5, 2014
Featuring: Cassie; Jubal Broussard; Polly
352 pages
ISBN: 0425274071
EAN: 9780425274071
Kindle: B00G3L130Q
Hardcover / e-Book
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Science Fiction

On a voyage to New Earth, the starship Rolling Thunder is powered by an energy no one understands, except for its eccentric inventor Jubal Broussard. Like many of the ship’s inhabitants, Jubal rests in a state of suspended animation for years at a time, asleep yet never aging.

The moments when Jubal emerges from suspended animation are usually a cause for celebration for his family, including his twin daughtersβ€”Cassie and Pollyβ€”and their uncle who is captain of the Rolling Thunder. But this time, Jubal makes a shocking announcement…

The ship must stop, or everyone will die.

These words from the mission’s founder, the man responsible for the very existence of the Rolling Thunder, will send shock waves throughout the starshipβ€”and divide its passengers into those who believe and those who doubt. And it will be up to Cassie and Polly to stop a mutiny, discover the truth, and usher the ship into a new age of exploration…

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