Destiny

Deviations #3

by Elissa Malcohn

Unrest simmers in the region. Repeated acts of sabotage threaten Promontory's Destiny supply, while Crossroads teeters on the brink of bankruptcy.

Bent on destroying Destiny Farm, TripStone arrives in Promontory as an advance scout for Gria's forces. But the more she learns about that city and its history, the more she doubts her mission. And the more she learns about BrushBurn, the more her feelings for him tear her apart.

Unaware of the mission, Ghost fears TripStone dead as he struggles to protect his new family. The very people hiding them are under pressure to unlock Destiny's secrets, giving Masari control of the drug…

… while back in Crossroads, HigherBrook must find a way to save his people as they face certain invasion.

Genres: Fantasy

347 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Elissa Malcohn was a 1985 John W. Campbell Award finalist for best new science fiction writer of the year, and made preliminary ballot for a 1989 Nebula Award. Her stories have appeared in Hugo Award winners Asimov's and Electric Velocipede , Bram Stoker Award winner Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet (Dark Scribe Press), IPPY Silver Medalist Riffing on Strings: Creative Writing Inspired by String Theory (Scriblerus Press), and elsewhere. Her story "Hermit Crabs" (EV #14) is on the recommended reading list in The Year's Best Science Fiction, 26th Annual Collection. Her novelette "Flotsam" (Asimov's, Oct./Nov. 2009) is on the recommended reading list in The Year's Best Science Fiction, 27th Annual Collection.

You can find her Deviations series as free e-book downloads on her website and in multiple formats on Manybooks and Smashwords. The complete series is now available for download here on Goodreads! Watch for forthcoming short fiction in the Raven Electrick Ink anthology Jack-o'-Spec: Tales of Halloween and Fantasy ; and for poetry in Mythic Delirium , Dreams and Nightmares , and the Dark Scribe Press anthology A Sea of Alone: Poems For Alfred Hitchcock. Her website contains more info, including blogs and social networking links.

When not writing, Elissa can sometimes be found crouched in compromising positions to photograph insects or standing up at open mics, where she sings extemporaneously and gives spoken word performances. She is honored and humbled to be a participating author in Operation E-Book Drop, delivering free e-books to service members in the coalition Armed Forces; Books For Soldiers (ships books and more to deployed military members of the U.S. armed forces); and Shadow Forest Authors (a fellowship of authors and supporters for charity, with a focus on literacy).

Reviews

[Kayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I enjoyed this book most out of the series so far. Having read the cautionary note at the beginning before reading, I constantly had my eyes open for a shocking issue and kept thinking "this must be it. it's not so bad." but then I reached it and thought "Aha! This...this is it. I understand." I had to step away from the book for a few minutes before I could continue.