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A Life Before Sleep
In the future, the unauthorized dissemination of knowledge is a grave crime, and Doctor Samantha Vanay is a career criminal. Through secret teachings, she and her only friend, Rachel MacArthur, have become major players in an illicit empire of knowledge brokers—thanks to a delicate alliance with one very powerful, very mysterious man known solely as The Red Merchant.
On the hunt for a big payout, Doctor Vanay pushes too far, too fast, bringing her into the crosshairs of Planetary Link Corporation, her country’s ruling power. The heat doesn't bother Vanay. She has a plan—keep her mouth shut and stay in The Red Merchant’s good graces no matter what happens. But all that changes when Rachel starts cracking under the pressure.
On the hunt for a big payout, Doctor Vanay pushes too far, too fast, bringing her into the crosshairs of Planetary Link Corporation, her country’s ruling power. The heat doesn't bother Vanay. She has a plan—keep her mouth shut and stay in The Red Merchant’s good graces no matter what happens. But all that changes when Rachel starts cracking under the pressure.
57 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 19, 2015
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About the author
M. Stephen Stewart
3 books30 followersI'm a guy from Indiana. I happen to love telling stories in all their forms.
In 2009, I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from Indiana University, and was greeted with a withered job market. Turned out the Journalism thing didn't work so well. I'm one of he lucky few, in that I had another job lined up, and I don't give up easily. From a young age, I knew writing was what I wanted, and I'd be damned if I didn't get it.
My spare time outside of work was spent in creative writing for myself, and making enough scratch at a video game website to buy a few used games here or there.
Then, in 2014, I wrote my first novel, We Are Watching. Currently, I have begun a draft for a book in a second, unrelated fantasy series, and have laid the groundwork for two sequels to We Are Watching.
Stay tuned!
In 2009, I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from Indiana University, and was greeted with a withered job market. Turned out the Journalism thing didn't work so well. I'm one of he lucky few, in that I had another job lined up, and I don't give up easily. From a young age, I knew writing was what I wanted, and I'd be damned if I didn't get it.
My spare time outside of work was spent in creative writing for myself, and making enough scratch at a video game website to buy a few used games here or there.
Then, in 2014, I wrote my first novel, We Are Watching. Currently, I have begun a draft for a book in a second, unrelated fantasy series, and have laid the groundwork for two sequels to We Are Watching.
Stay tuned!
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March 23, 2015
I don't usually read cyberpunk, but I was in a mood for a novella.
This was great. Though short, the depth of the world is distinct. There was no long prologue, trying to get the reader into speed. Stewart simply throws you inside, lets you swim. The details are in the descriptions, the bits of dialog, the characters' actions.
The story keeps playing in your mind after you're done reading, which is all you could really ask for.
This was great. Though short, the depth of the world is distinct. There was no long prologue, trying to get the reader into speed. Stewart simply throws you inside, lets you swim. The details are in the descriptions, the bits of dialog, the characters' actions.
The story keeps playing in your mind after you're done reading, which is all you could really ask for.
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