Cyborg Security: Diaspora Worlds, #5

By Melisse Aires

Widow Aerria faces galactic prison when her precocious daughter rescues a child from an observation-only planet. She refuses to return the child to an abusive home and needs to find a way to keep him and not go to prison.She turns to old friend Domingo, a recovered cyborg and head of security, for help. A short story set in the Diaspora Worlds universe.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Melisse Aires
• Release date: Nov 24, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386657804

Melisse Aires

Take a shy Catholic school bookworm from Montana. Hand her a stack of her much older brother’s sci-fi and fantasy novels, James Bond books and horror comics. Later, introduce Barbara Cartland and the world of romance fiction.Get her a teaching job or two in authentic, one room Montana schools, ala Laura Ingels Wilder.Marry her off to a great guy, move her to a big city in Tornado Alley, then pop three daughters out of her in twenty-two months (one set of identical twins).Then, make her a jinx. Every great genre TV show she loves gets the ax: Beauty and the Beast, Dark Angel—and Buffy and Spike NEVER have a happy ending! She gets upset about no romance in the world and fires up to write her own stories with happy endings.Throw this all together into a small house in Wyoming, along with a small bouncy dog named Baxter and too many cats, shake constantly and pour it out onto a computer keyboard.There! You have me, Melisse Aires.

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Acknowledgements

Cover Artist: Melisse Aires

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Editor: Dave Ellis

Blurb

WIDOW AERRIA FACES galactic prison when her precocious daughter rescues a child from an observation-only planet. She refuses to return the child to an abusive home and needs to find a way to keep him and not go to prison.She turns to old friend Domingo, a recovered cyborg and head of security, for help. A short story set in the Diaspora Worlds universe.

Chapter One

ABOARD THE INTERSTELLAR research vessel Fair Discovery, situated in observational orbit around planet Pilori, Star: Beta Canum Venaticorum

Four hours—that was all Aerria needed to finish a huge project her team had been working on for many months. Unfortunately she had no tutor today for her daughter. 

Janna, I must get this finished, so I need you to stay in your room until lunch. I know it is a long time, but I got you two new vids and a new box full of playclay and a set of toy villagers to paint to make a model for your Interstellar Relations class. And I do expect you to do your homework. It is all review. Elodi will be here if you need anything.

Elodi, the small disc-robo flew into Janna’s small, colorful room.

Elodi will serve you a snack at ten.

Janna sighed. All right, Mom. But when you are done, can we swim? With toys?

Aerria smiled. Of course we can. As long as you want. Aerria kissed her small daughter and closed herself in her  office.

Janna couldn’t believe her luck! The flight line was a nice straight one— Fair Discovery was in the perfect position for her plans! Janna turned to Elodi. Override the daily instructions. Code: Janna the Boss.

Override accepted.

You new orders are to assure Aerria that all is well, Janna is playing nicely with her playclay, Janna is watching vids from Chen Chen Children's Network. You will not tell her I have left for a lower level of the pod.

Yes, Janna the Boss.

Now, go get me a generous snack for two, packed for a picnic.

Yes, Janna the boss. The disc flew off to the