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Snowbound secrets, shifter wars, family lies, and epic battles β€” September delivers it all.

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Some promises cost you the one you love.

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The Temple of Kronos wants her dead. The Stoneslayer wants her destroyed. Neither will have her.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.

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Betrayal runs in her blood. Justice runs in his. Together, they burn it all down.

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"ANOTHER WINNER!"
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Running from her past, she finds a killer, a protector, and her faith.

The Venusian Gambit by Michael J. Martinez

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Also by Michael J. Martinez:

The Venusian Gambit, July 2016
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Enceladus Crisis, May 2016
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Daedalus Incident, March 2016
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Venusian Gambit, May 2015
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The Daedalus Incident, August 2013
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THE VENUSIAN GAMBIT
By: Michael J. Martinez

Daedalus #3
Night Shade Books
July 2016
On Sale: July 5, 2016
400 pages
ISBN: 1597808601
EAN: 9781597808606
Kindle: B00VVNFP7I
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In the year 2135, dangerous alien life-forms freed in the destruction of Saturn’s moon Enceladus are making their way toward Earth. A task force spearheaded by Lieutenant Commander Shaila Jain is scrambling to beat them there while simultaneously trying to save crewmember Stephane Durand, who was infected during the mission to Saturn and is now controlled by a form of life intent on reopening a transdimensional rift and destroying the human race. But Jain doesn’t realize that the possessed Stephane has bigger plans: beaming critical data to other conspirators suspiciously heading not for Earth, but for Venus . . .

In 1809β€”a Napoleonic era far different from our ownβ€”the French have occupied England with their Corps EternΓ©lle, undead soldiers risen through the darkest Alchemy. Only the actions of Lord Admiral Thomas Weatherby and the Royal Navy have kept the French contained to Earth. But the machinations of old enemies point to a bold and daring gambit: an ancient weapon presumed lost in the jungles of Venus.

Now Weatherby must choose whether to stay and fight to retake his homeland, or pursue the French to the green planet. And Shaila must decide if it’s possible to save the man she loves, or if he must be sacrificed for the good of two dimensions. In the dark alien jungles of Venus, humanity’s fate in both dimensions hangs in the balanceβ€”forcing past and present to once again join forces against an ancient terror.

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