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    Phantom Song: Toccata System, #2
    Prodigal Storm: Toccata System, #3
    Parting Shadows: Toccata System, #1
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    Toccata System Series

    By Kate Sheeran Swed

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    About this series

    Two weeks ago, the AI that raised LJ forced her to murder the man she loved. 

    But Conor survived. He wants nothing to do with the woman who tried to kill him, and yet LJ's got the only crew brash enough to chase after his father--who's a step away from twisting every AI in the Toccata System to serve his greed. 

    Conor's desperate, and he's got a scheme of his own: shut down Toccata's AIs, permanently. If the price is a voyage with LJ and her crew of ex-assassins, he'll pay. 

    LJ wants to leave the past behind. But she's not just another AI-trained killer: she's the worst of them all, and the proof of her cruelty stands before her. As mutiny and betrayal chase them across the sea, LJ and Conor must work together to survive--and if LJ can't face the sins of her past, she'll doom everyone she loves to a future that's made of chains. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSpells & Spaceships Press
    Release dateNov 12, 2019
    Phantom Song: Toccata System, #2
    Prodigal Storm: Toccata System, #3
    Parting Shadows: Toccata System, #1

    Titles in the series (3)

    • 1

      Parting Shadows: Toccata System, #1
      Parting Shadows: Toccata System, #1

      Parting Shadows: Toccata System, #1

      Kate Sheeran Swed
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      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.  Parting Shadows is a far-future take on Estella Havisham's journey in Great Expectations, and the first installment in Kate Sheeran Swed's Toccata System novella trilogy.

      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.  Parting Shadows is a far-future take on Estella Havisham's journey in Great Expectations, and the first installment in Kate Sheeran Swed's Toccata System novella trilogy.

    • 2

      Phantom Song: Toccata System, #2
      Phantom Song: Toccata System, #2

      Phantom Song: Toccata System, #2

      Kate Sheeran Swed
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      Claire Leroux must never let her fans discover what hides behind her mask--a body that's half-machine and hellbent on vengeance.    Onstage, Claire's known as the operatic sensation of Landry City, but offstage, she hunts the man whose violent act made her a cyborg and killed her parents. The people of Landry City might despise cyborgs, but her home is all she has left, and Claire means to protect it. Just when her double life leads her straight to the enemy's door, an unexpected factor enters the equation: Claire's long lost love, Isabelle Chagny.    Even if Iz can accept Claire's transformation, Claire isn't willing to risk her ex's safety. But Iz and her companions are already entangled with Claire's nemesis, and if she wants to save her home, she'll need to decide: fight alone in the shadows to save the city that hates her, or form an alliance--and risk the only woman she's ever loved in the process.    Inspired by Gaston Leroux's the Phantom of the Opera, Phantom Song is the second novella in the Toccata System trilogy.   

      Claire Leroux must never let her fans discover what hides behind her mask--a body that's half-machine and hellbent on vengeance.    Onstage, Claire's known as the operatic sensation of Landry City, but offstage, she hunts the man whose violent act made her a cyborg and killed her parents. The people of Landry City might despise cyborgs, but her home is all she has left, and Claire means to protect it. Just when her double life leads her straight to the enemy's door, an unexpected factor enters the equation: Claire's long lost love, Isabelle Chagny.    Even if Iz can accept Claire's transformation, Claire isn't willing to risk her ex's safety. But Iz and her companions are already entangled with Claire's nemesis, and if she wants to save her home, she'll need to decide: fight alone in the shadows to save the city that hates her, or form an alliance--and risk the only woman she's ever loved in the process.    Inspired by Gaston Leroux's the Phantom of the Opera, Phantom Song is the second novella in the Toccata System trilogy.   

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      Prodigal Storm: Toccata System, #3
      Prodigal Storm: Toccata System, #3

      Prodigal Storm: Toccata System, #3

      Kate Sheeran Swed
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      Two weeks ago, the AI that raised LJ forced her to murder the man she loved.  But Conor survived. He wants nothing to do with the woman who tried to kill him, and yet LJ's got the only crew brash enough to chase after his father--who's a step away from twisting every AI in the Toccata System to serve his greed.  Conor's desperate, and he's got a scheme of his own: shut down Toccata's AIs, permanently. If the price is a voyage with LJ and her crew of ex-assassins, he'll pay.  LJ wants to leave the past behind. But she's not just another AI-trained killer: she's the worst of them all, and the proof of her cruelty stands before her. As mutiny and betrayal chase them across the sea, LJ and Conor must work together to survive--and if LJ can't face the sins of her past, she'll doom everyone she loves to a future that's made of chains. 

      Two weeks ago, the AI that raised LJ forced her to murder the man she loved.  But Conor survived. He wants nothing to do with the woman who tried to kill him, and yet LJ's got the only crew brash enough to chase after his father--who's a step away from twisting every AI in the Toccata System to serve his greed.  Conor's desperate, and he's got a scheme of his own: shut down Toccata's AIs, permanently. If the price is a voyage with LJ and her crew of ex-assassins, he'll pay.  LJ wants to leave the past behind. But she's not just another AI-trained killer: she's the worst of them all, and the proof of her cruelty stands before her. As mutiny and betrayal chase them across the sea, LJ and Conor must work together to survive--and if LJ can't face the sins of her past, she'll doom everyone she loves to a future that's made of chains. 

    Author

    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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