Flight & Anchor: A Firebreak Story

• About the book

<B><I>From the world of the breakout novel </I>Firebreak<I>, an exciting new adventure of corporate corruption, hazardous flight, and divided loyalties. After a daring escape from a prison lab, two young, modified soldiers arrive in a freezing-cold city where they have no resources. With time running out, a sinister handler pitting the operatives against each other will be the biggest threat to their mutual survival.</I></B><BR><BR><B><I> Kornher-Stace masterfully weaves a deviously creative romp that is somehow both nail-bitingly suspenseful and tenderly cozy, as if the authors of </I>How to Win the Time War<I> had decided to set </I>The Boxcar Children<I> in </I>Snow Crash<I> s tongue-in-cheek hyper-capitalist dystopia. </I></B><BR><B><I> Maria Dong, author of </I>Liar, Dreamer, Thief</B><BR><BR>Stellaxis operatives 06 and 22 have escaped. Years ago, they survived a corporate civil war; Stellaxis kidnapped and modified them into celebrity supersoldiers. But 06 and 22 have finally broken free from their barracks. They flee into a strange city they barely remember, trying to remain anonymous while their faces appear on billboards.<BR><BR>It will be an expensive disaster for the director of the supersoldier program if word gets out about the escaped operatives. But she has paired them for a reason: 06 to aggressively engage, 22 to keep her in check. One flight, one anchor: a perfect team if they would just return to their rightful place with her. If not, all operatives' days are numbered.<BR><BR>In Nicole Kornher-Stace s newest addition to her popular <I>Firebreak</I> world, <I>Flight & Anchor</I> is a riveting dystopic adventure of corporate corruption, hazardous flight, and divided loyalties.