Week In Review – December 1-5, 2019
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Shattered Truth Snippet 3 Time
Shattered Truth Snippet #3
Did you know we are only 5 days away from the release of Shattered Truth??? I can’t wait! Then it’s only a couple more days before the audio is released! YES!!!
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Snippet #3:
Jia’s PNIU chimed, pulling her out of her reflection as her heart rate kicked up. “Now what?” It was that kind of day.
She gasped as she sent the caller ID to her smart lenses. “No way. This is impossible.” It wasn’t her partner, the acting captain, or anyone calling to tell her about a case or a criminal.
It was something far more dangerous.
INCOMING CALL: LAN LIN.
It was her mother.
Jia would have been less surprised if the UTC prime minister had called her. She tapped her PNIU. Her mother didn’t like to be kept waiting.
“Is everything all right, Mother?” Jia answered, trying to keep the fear out of her voice. Her parents were in good health, but accidents happened. Wealth and money couldn’t save someone from circumstance or the will of “the Lady” Erik liked to talk about.
“Of course, everything is all right,” Lan replied in a crisp tone. “Why wouldn’t it be?”
“Because you’re calling me so late,” Jia explained, thinking “calling me at all” would have been a more appropriate response. She placed a hand over her pounding heart and sucked in a breath. Even if her parents didn’t approve of her career choice, she loved them, and she hated that she couldn’t personally do more to help them, even if they didn’t need it. Faint guilt lingered over the idea that she had disappointed them. Perhaps it would remain until she capitulated to their wishes.
“Oh, it’s not that late,” Lan insisted. “I know you’re up this late all the time, and I often work late, too. It’s not as if you’re a child who needs to go to bed early, Jia.”
“It’s just been a long day. The criminals are feisty lately,” she explained.
“Feisty?”
“Don’t worry about it.” Jia kicked off her shoes and laid back on her bed. “But I’m happy to talk to you. It’s been a while.”
A few beats of silence passed, as if Lan were crafting her response before offering it. “We’ve both been busy with our respective careers. There’s nothing wrong with that, and there’s no shame in not being able to chat for a period of time.”
“I’m not saying there is, Mother.” Jia sighed. “But let’s be honest. We both deserve that much.”
“I would like to think that if I can pride myself on anything, it’s on my honesty with my children.” A quiet scoff followed. “An honesty that has produced more than an insignificant amount of strain between the two of us. If I weren’t honest, you would be less nervous when I call.”
“Fair enough. I don’t want to fight with you. What did you want?”
“I wanted to congratulate you,” Lan explained with a hint of condescension her voice.
Jia refused to rise to the bait. Even if the call wasn’t intended to be a positive experience, she would make it into one. “Thank you. Congratulate me for what? Mei told me already that you were happy with what I’ve accomplished lately.”
She saw no reason to doubt that report. It wasn’t as if her sister would go out of her way to shield Jia from the truth. Such feeble sentimentality accomplished nothing useful for anyone in their family.
“Good,” Lan replied. “I hoped she would pass that along without too much embellishment. You know how unfortunate indirect conversations can be. But yes, your father and I are pleased with you achieving an unusual level of success in your relatively low-level position. One might even make the argument that the level of attention you’ve received represents a potential peak in your current experience.”
“That’s a possibility.” Jia sat up, her stomach tightening. This was leading somewhere, but she wasn’t sure where. “But there are advancement opportunities in my career. I could be chief someday, or even commissioner. A captaincy is definitely in the future.”
“All true, but let me present a different scenario for your consideration.”
Here it comes, she thought and waited for a moment before asking aloud, “What’s that?”
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12 Days of Christmas – Day 7
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12 Days of Christmas – Day 6
On the sixth day of Christmas, LMBPN’s gift to you is…
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Shattered Truth Snippet #2
Shattered Truth Snippet #2 is here!
Are you getting as excited as me? I know, I say that a lot, but truly this series has inspired me. I’m so excited for each book coming, it’s almost like Mike’s first series! I must admit I was part of the original pitchforks and matches crew, but I don’t want that to happen here. LOL with each release scheduled 6 weeks apart, that would get tiring. LOL
Anyway, without further ado, I’ll give you today’s snippet!
Jia hurried behind him, her stun pistol pointed at the suspect. She yanked his arms down and slapped on bright orange binding ties to secure him. “You are under arrest. All Article Seven rights apply. Do you need these explained to you?”
“Nope, I’m good,” the man replied morosely. “As good as a man who just got nailed by the cops can be. Not my first time talking to you, but it is the first time you all chased me like that. Damn. That was a nice flitter, too. I’m sure the idiot I stole it from had insurance. You didn’t need to come after me like that. It’s not fair.”
“Fair?” Erik shouldered his rifle and reactivated the safety. He’d been expecting more resistance, but he supposed a man who’d had his vehicle shot out of the air recognized that he wasn’t in a position to resist. “Don’t commit crimes if you don’t want the cops to be unfair to you.”
The man scooted to face the two detectives and the approaching patrol officers. He narrowed his eyes, his face scrunching in concentration as he looked at Erik and Jia. “Wait a minute.”
“What?” Erik grunted. “Want to whine about things being unfair some more?”
“Hey, I know you,” the suspect muttered. “I know both of you.”
Jia frowned. “I don’t know you, criminal.”
“That’s harsh,” he complained.
12 Days of Christmas – Day 5
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“Emma’s driving. Not like I have to pay that much attention. And I don’t need an exoskeleton for what I’m planning.” Erik reached under his duster to his holster. He grabbed his pistol and ejected the magazine. After replacing it, he slipped in a new one with a blue stripe on the side.
“Don’t discourage him from jumping,” Emma interjected. “It might be interesting. He’ll probably survive. Or is that a maybe? Is maybe less of a chance than probably? Hmm.”
“Very funny, you two.” Jia sighed. “We just have to try to box the suspect in until other units can get here.” She looked down for a moment, her brow furrowed in thought. “Taking out one or two grav-field emitters will put him on the ground, and that is something you can do, Erik. I’ve seen you do it before.”
Erik pressed a button on his door. His window slid down, the air that was rushing past them almost deafening. He jacked up his voice so Jia could hear, almost yelling. “I’ve got a better idea. I need to test something!”
Jia stared at him. “You’re not going to jump through the window, are you? That doesn’t make sense!”
“Nope. Not jumping out. Not today.”
Jia let out a sigh of relief, then yelled so he could hear her, “Good to hear. I never know what you’re going to try.”
Erik flipped off the safety on his pistol. “Remember when I sent the request for the department to install the EMP?”
“Yes? What about it?”
“They officially denied the request this morning. They don’t care that I’m using a private vehicle for cop work, but they won’t upgrade it, so I made other arrangements to accomplish the same thing.” Erik switched his gun to his left hand and stuck it out the window. “I went ahead and got myself some disruptor bullets.”
“That’ll make the drop uncontrolled,” she argued, looking ahead of them to see where the flitter might crash.
“I know. Just need to find the right place to do it.”
The fleeing vehicle rose at a steep angle. Emma brought up the front of the MX 60 to match, jostling Erik.
Jia looked down at the lidar and jerked her head to the right. “The backup is here.”
Three black and blue patrol flitters approached in tight formation in the distance, spinning red and blue lights on the top. Having someone actually show up when called was nice, compared to when Erik had started at the NSCPD, but if they didn’t bring the suspect down soon, it would only increase the trouble. He needed to take the shot.
Jia pointed to a mostly empty parking platform in the distance. Both vehicles were heading that way.
“If you’re going to try your questionable plan, that’s as good a place as any,” she suggested. I don’t see anyone moving down there.”
“I’m not seeing anyone on my sensors, either,” Emma confirmed.
Erik nodded. “Fine by me.”
The suspect’s vehicle continued flying forward, the course taking it right over the platform. Erik waited for a sudden course correction, but the other flitter screamed over the platform, barely above it. It was like the Lady was serving the criminal up to Erik.
The gift didn’t make up for everything she’d done, but he’d take it.
Erik lined up the shot, steadying his arm. The disruptor bullets meant he wouldn’t need to be that careful or even use aim assist. The pistol spat the rounds. Blue sparks arced over the suspect’s flitter and it dropped, slamming hard against the parking platform, sparks flying as it ground to a halt a car-length shy of the edge. It left a small trail of smoldering dark-gray debris behind it.
“Bring us down, Emma,” Erik ordered, pulling his arm in. “That was easier than I thought.”
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Are you thinking what I’m thinking? When something is easier than Erik thought, that usually means it’s bad. I can’t wait for December 14th!
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12 Days of Christmas – Day 4
On the fourth day of Christmas, LMBPN’s gift to you is…
Join Kaiden as he learns about Nexus, the Animus and the opportunities that one fight has brought him. Never has helping someone benefitted him so much.
The future is looking bright…except for the pain.
Wild Wednesday – December 4, 2019
It’s Wild Wednesday on December 4, 2019!
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