Ante-Up: Book 3.3

by Azure Boone

In this second installment of the Archangels Creed Puzzle Pieces supplemental series, the evil plans begun in Wager begin to bear fruit. Dr. Samuel McBride interviews to take over the Augusta Project, parent of the creature, Annie. The insane deadlines are bad enough, but then there's the boss and his darling "pets". Can Samuel get it together and get the product out?

Or will his predecessor tip off the opposition first? Dr. Cutter Bailey, the geneticist responsible for creating Annie, has suddenly grown a conscience. Not only does he want to bring Annie in before she can rip someone else to shreds, but he also needs to bring Socerith's evil plot down. And while he's doing all that, can he save a woman who has barely survived a devastating attack?

* this book is a novella, at 60 pages. It covers one phase of the story leading up to Summon Kassern and some of the elements that show up in Summon Dorn and Summon Toren, and has direct relevance to the plots of Summon Lyght and Summon Zool.

Some characters and views might be viewed as controversial or offensive, but are essential to the plot.

63 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 5, 2013