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Life in the Shadows: Netwalk Sequence, #1
Life in the Shadows: Netwalk Sequence, #1
Life in the Shadows: Netwalk Sequence, #1
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IN A TECH-DRIVEN BIOREMEDIATION FUTURE, HARD CHOICES MUST BE MADE.

 

Powerful mother. Powerful daughter.

 

Sarah Stephens and her daughter Diana Landreth run bioremediation companies dependent upon neural nets and nanotechnology to operate complex biobots.

 

Sometimes competitors, sometimes collaborators, while they disagree, they are still mother and daughter.

 

And then the Disruption Machine begins its campaign of devastation.

 

In the process of their collaboration to stop the Disruption Machine, the shadows in their lives force their paths into a dangerous divergence.

 

Sarah chooses politics and power.

 

Diana chooses research and family.

 

What happens when their choices collide?

LanguageEnglish
Release dateMar 17, 2022
ISBN9798201715335
Life in the Shadows: Netwalk Sequence, #1
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Joyce Reynolds-Ward

Joyce Reynolds-Ward splits her time between Portland and Enterprise, Oregon. A former special education teacher, Joyce also enjoys horses, skiing, and other outdoor activities. She's had short stories and essays published in First Contact Café, Tales from an Alien Campfire, River, How Beer Saved the World 1 and 2, Fantasy Scroll Magazine, and Trust and Treachery. Her novels Netwalk: Expanded Edition, Netwalker Uprising, Life in the Shadows: Diana and Will, Netwalk’s Children, and Alien Savvy as well as other works are available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google Play, and other sources. Alien Savvy is also available in audiobook through Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. Follow Joyce's adventures through her blog, Peak Amygdala, at www.joycereynoldsward.com, or through her LiveJournal at joycemocha. Joyce’s Amazon Central page is located at http://www.amazon.com/Joyce-Reynolds-Ward/e/B00HIP821Y.

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