Whisper of Andromeda: The Drath Series, #19

By Meyari McFarland

Wisdom glared. They'd taken her ID. They had no right to take it, none at all. Even less right to drug her and question her like she was a Banger from the Undercity.

Be easier to bear if the walls stopped melting. Or was that her brain melting?

Kelsey found the entirety of Melin terribly difficult to handle. They were so very informal and the number of dangers on the planet were mind-boggling. If only she had a way to navigate between the requirements of her job and the dangers of Melin.

Separately, Wisdom and Kelsey were at a loss. Together? Rest of the world better watch out.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Meyari McFarland
• Release date: Feb 23, 2019
• ISBN: 9781386075226

Meyari McFarland

Meyari McFarland has been telling stories since she was a small child. Her stories range from SF and Fantasy adventures to Romances but they always feature strong characters who do what they think is right no matter what gets in their way. Her series range from Space Opera Romance in the Drath series to Epic Fantasy in the Mages of Tindiere world. Other series include Matriarchies of Muirin, the Clockwork Rift Steampunk mysteries, and the Tales of Unification urban fantasy stories, plus many more. You can find all of her work on MDR Publishing's website at www.MDR-Publishing.com.

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Whisper of Andromeda

Whisper of Andromeda

A Drath SF Short Story

Meyari McFarland

MDR Publishing

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Contents

Other Drath Books by Meyari McFarland:

Whisper of Andromeda

Author's Note: Stranded With You

1. Comms Down

2. Stolen Room

Other Drath Books by Meyari McFarland:

Afterword

Author Bio

Other Drath Books by Meyari McFarland:

Clash of Lines

Joining of Lines

Consort of the Crystal Palace

Fragments of a Chain

Stranded With You

Reunited Hearts

A Simple Life

Cradle of the Day

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Copyright ©2019 by Mary Raichle

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Print ISBN: 978-1-64309-044-3

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Whisper of Andromeda

1. Melting Walls

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The walls curled over Wisdom's head. Not a lot. Not even consistently. They were wavy, slowly undulating above her in ways that reminded her of the seaweed she'd seen in vids on other worlds. Melin didn't have oceans that Wisdom could go see. There was one little one that held most of the free water on Melin but it was super-salty and her Ma had always said that it wasn't worth the bother to go see it.

Then she'd died and Wisdom hadn't had much choice about going anywhere. Sure, she had an ID and she was an official person, but without money and a job she'd not had a home for very long. The streets had been hard. Better than the Undercity. Hexal City was bad enough. No way was she heading down into the caverns and tunnels full of muck, killers and rapists.

Once the Drath stopped the government it got easier. Everybody ran away from Hexal City and Wisdom had been able to get into stores and buildings and apartments to get food and shelter. At least until Borna Truman became the Prime Minister. Then people'd come back and she was out on the streets again.

Stupid people. If they'd just stayed away a little longer, she would've stolen enough credits to get offworld. Other planets had to be better than Melin. Some of them.