“Like an instant flicker, it was a sudden blow. As if all the time in the world led to this very moment...” Emily and her son Reli are on the run, evading the Celphian soldiers that want to kidnap Reli. Reuniting with Barnaby, they travel through time and dimensions, never staying in one place for too long. The old, broken wagon traveler is quirky with its landings, and they run into trouble with the Founding Fathers, when Benjamin Franklin tries to steal the magic crystal. Aurelius and Syrius hunt down Celphian breeding grounds, hoping to eliminate them before Commander Rydar builds an army large enough to start the war to extinguish the hybrids. They are pulled away from their mission when they receive a bad vibe about a dear friend and rush to save him. With Reli growing up before her eyes, the reality of her mortality becomes an obsession for Emily. She begins taking alien blood injections, trying to achieve the same longevity that Liza had. Unfortunately, all it seems to do for Emily is make her a little cuckoo, which is never good when running from Celphians.
Ginger Gelsheimer (1973-) became part of the surf & ski writing team in 2009, when the Aurora Conspiracy franchise came to life over a great bottle of vino. What if he lived? And Aurelius was born.
With writing partner Christina Keats, she took a leap of faith and embarked on her own adventure of a lifetime with the Aurora Conspiracy trilogy, kicking her corporate job to the curb. Together, this surf and ski team has explored the outer limits of where life could actually take them. The freedom and boundary-less adventure in Aurora Conspiracy has truly become a reflection of the freedom they have demanded and achieved in their lives.
Ginger lives in Tampa, Florida where the ocean inspires imagination. She lives with her daughter and a house full of black furry animals and four huge fish in the pond.
If I didn't already want to read the rest of this series...this book wouldn't just tip me over the edge. It'd launch me off the cliff, BASE-jumping style.
This book has more action in it than the first three put together, so it was a hell of a wild ride. From alien drug addiction to reconnaissance into hostile enemy strongholds, this story well and truly lives up to its title. Such was the chaos that even I didn't see the ending - it took me completely by surprise.
The writing style is far from chaotic - jumping effortlessly across vast distances of time and space to weave a coherent story. With this much action in just the prequel series, I MUST read the rest of the Aurora Conspiracy series.
As with the rest of this series, the book took me by surprise. There were things in the plot I wasn't expecting. It made for an amazing story. I'm so excited to see what happens next. There's definitely some WTF moments in here!
The intensity did not seem as nail-biting as the first three episodes. More narrative and a bit of romance which did not appear in the other three. Still have questions about Ben and Elsie. Need more episodes!!!