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Toccata System Complete Trilogy
Toccata System Complete Trilogy
Toccata System Complete Trilogy
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Enemy assassins unite to stop the AI-led attacks on their star system. 

From Book One, Parting Shadows:

Raised by a heartsick AI, she's programmed to kill. And desperate to flee. 

After growing up on an isolated space station, Astra dreams of solid ground. But with an AI guardian plugged into her head--and her nervous system--it's not like she's flush with choices. In fact, she's got just one: use her training to carry out the rogue AI's revenge. Her first mission? Assassination. 

When her target flashes a jamming device that would guarantee her escape from the AI's grasp, Astra sets out to steal it. But the AI's plans are more dangerous than she suspected. Corrupted by heartbreak, the wayward computer is determined to infect the star system with a new order of digital tyranny. 

Astra's been raised to care for no one but herself. Now she'll have to decide if she's willing to trade the star system's freedom for her own.

This set includes: 

Book 1: Parting Shadows

Book 2: Phantom Song

Book 3: Prodigal Storm

A bonus short story, "Fated Queen"

LanguageEnglish
Release dateNov 12, 2019
ISBN9781393800521
Toccata System Complete Trilogy
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Kate Sheeran Swed

Kate Sheeran Swed loves hot chocolate, plastic dinosaurs, and airplane tickets. She has trekked along the Inca Trail to Macchu Picchu, hiked on the Mýrdalsjökull glacier in Iceland, and climbed the ruins of Masada to watch the sunrise over the Dead Sea. After growing up in New Hampshire, she completed degrees in music at the University of Maine and Ithaca College, then moved to New York City. She currently lives in New York’s capital region with her husband and son, and two cats who were named after movie dogs (Benji and Beethoven). Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming in the Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide Volume 5, Electric Spec, Daily Science Fiction, and Andromeda Spaceways. She holds an MFA in Fiction from Pacific University. You can find her on Instagram @katesheeranswed.

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