Enigma

By Lindsay Buroker

After surviving ancient booby traps, deadly puzzles, and torture-happy imperial marines, cryptanalyst Tikaya Komitopis can’t wait to return home, even if that means explaining to her family how she came to love Fleet Admiral Rias Starcrest, the empire’s most notorious commander and the man responsible for the decimation of her people during the war.

Tikaya and Rias believe they’ll have several calm weeks at sea to mull over the problem of irate citizens and horrified parents, but the ship they board is on the run. The captain has acquired a mysterious stolen artifact... and the owners want it back. When he learns of Tikaya’s background, he urges her to decode its secrets, implying her life—and everyone else’s—might be forfeit if she fails.

Engima is a 15,000-word short story set after the events in Encrypted.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lindsay Buroker
• Release date: Nov 6, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301649266

Lindsay Buroker

Lindsay Buroker war Rettungsschwimmerin, Soldatin bei der U.S. Army und hat als IT-Administratorin gearbeitet. Sie hat eine Menge Geschichten zu erzählen. Seit 2011 tut sie das hauptberuflich und veröffentlicht ihre Steampunk-Fantasy-Romane im Self-Publishing. Die erfolgreiche Indie-Autorin und begeisterte Bloggerin lebt in Arizona und hat inzwischen zahlreiche Romanserien und Kurzgeschichten geschrieben. Der erste Band der Emperor’s-Edge-Serie „Die Klinge des Kaisers“ ist jetzt ins Deutsche übersetzt.

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Reviews for Enigma

[tldegray-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

In the novella, Enigma, Tikaya and Rias are on their way to her home so he can meet her family. That should be trouble enough for them, but, naturally, the second they board a ship they're in trouble again. Tikaya's skills as an archeologist and Rias' skills as just about everything else keep them safe and in the end they make what I hope will be a valuable ally in future stories. It's filler, but it's entertaining filler, and it's a good thing to read prior to Decryption so you understand just what's going through their minds as they arrive.