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HalfLight: An Urban Fantasy Romance
What if a detective had a way to see impossible clues? And what if that was only the beginning?
Dylan has a secret - she sees the final thoughts of the dead. It's only in the few minutes after they pass, then they fade. How she does it is impossible - she fades, and as she does, their messages appear. Fading, ghosting she calls it, helps in her work as a Black Market Courier. She has a reputation as untraceable, not minding that it makes her a target to other couriers, the police and customers alike until she realizes she's losing her identity. Her only choice is to get away, change her name, and pretend she's normal.
She changes her name to Simone and enlists the help of a former police officer turned Private Detective. He has no idea what her secret is but as someone who's given him solid investigation leads in the past, he helps. He assigns her a babysitting job - work at a cafe so she can surreptitiously keep a guarding eye on its owner, Carol. It's only until she gets herself established, he explains, but Simone suspects it's busy-work.
She can't resist her abilities. It's like an itch she has to scratch. She knows it's a mutation, but she wants to know why it happened. Turning to smoke or vapour would seem like a good thing when it happens in dark and dangerous places, but she's losing herself to it. She can't remember anything that happened while she's "ghosted".
When you can do the impossible, catching murderers and stopping crime seems to be a natural choice. Rumours start calling her The Grey Ghost, saying she's the world's first super-powered hero. She likes the sound of that, and it seems at least possible.
When Simone meets a man who also defies reality - attracting light instead of dispelling it, she is intrigued. The origin of their abilities seem linked, but the mysteries deepen when she finds out it's not coincidence. They compliment each other, and as they start to team up, they find out they're still being tested and changed. They want to know why they lived, when so many other have and are dying.
Her past pulls her back when she learns much of her life has been manipulated by someone called Parallax. Between her real life where she works as a waitress, and her other life, innocents are being threatened and she is still being experimented on.
Simone has two choices - fail and lose herself to the darkness, or stop trying to fix everything on her own. Going after Parallax won't be a problem, but at the end of it, will she be a hero, or just another villain? There's really only one way to find out.
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This is the third story behind a new group of heroes as they find their place in Ember City and the first Super-Powered hero.
Dylan has a secret - she sees the final thoughts of the dead. It's only in the few minutes after they pass, then they fade. How she does it is impossible - she fades, and as she does, their messages appear. Fading, ghosting she calls it, helps in her work as a Black Market Courier. She has a reputation as untraceable, not minding that it makes her a target to other couriers, the police and customers alike until she realizes she's losing her identity. Her only choice is to get away, change her name, and pretend she's normal.
She changes her name to Simone and enlists the help of a former police officer turned Private Detective. He has no idea what her secret is but as someone who's given him solid investigation leads in the past, he helps. He assigns her a babysitting job - work at a cafe so she can surreptitiously keep a guarding eye on its owner, Carol. It's only until she gets herself established, he explains, but Simone suspects it's busy-work.
She can't resist her abilities. It's like an itch she has to scratch. She knows it's a mutation, but she wants to know why it happened. Turning to smoke or vapour would seem like a good thing when it happens in dark and dangerous places, but she's losing herself to it. She can't remember anything that happened while she's "ghosted".
When you can do the impossible, catching murderers and stopping crime seems to be a natural choice. Rumours start calling her The Grey Ghost, saying she's the world's first super-powered hero. She likes the sound of that, and it seems at least possible.
When Simone meets a man who also defies reality - attracting light instead of dispelling it, she is intrigued. The origin of their abilities seem linked, but the mysteries deepen when she finds out it's not coincidence. They compliment each other, and as they start to team up, they find out they're still being tested and changed. They want to know why they lived, when so many other have and are dying.
Her past pulls her back when she learns much of her life has been manipulated by someone called Parallax. Between her real life where she works as a waitress, and her other life, innocents are being threatened and she is still being experimented on.
Simone has two choices - fail and lose herself to the darkness, or stop trying to fix everything on her own. Going after Parallax won't be a problem, but at the end of it, will she be a hero, or just another villain? There's really only one way to find out.
***
This is the third story behind a new group of heroes as they find their place in Ember City and the first Super-Powered hero.
- GenresParanormal
250 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 30, 2016
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February 13, 2018
1.5*
I stopped reading not because it wasn't interesting, I believe it has a potential.
I stopped because I felt like the book need some prof-reading, too many times sentences seems to jump, like something is missing or that only half of the idea is written.
I stopped reading not because it wasn't interesting, I believe it has a potential.
I stopped because I felt like the book need some prof-reading, too many times sentences seems to jump, like something is missing or that only half of the idea is written.
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