Ghost Cell
An Ander Rade Novel
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- USD 16.99
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- USD 16.99
Descripción editorial
Blade Runner meets John Wick in this sci-fi action adventure following a super-soldier whose very existence has been outlawed by the same society that created him
Ander Rade is doing his best to stay under the radar after the mess in Atlanta when he’s contacted by the Special Activities division for the Genetic Compliance Department.
The mission: infiltrate a secret organization of rogue mods known as the Ghost Cell in order to find out what they’re doing and who they are doing it for. The catch: Rade’s old team leader, Sevrina Fox, is a member. But Rade’s been searching for her since his liberation from the fight pits, and he refuses to betray her now. So in exchange for his cooperation, the GCD agrees to extend their promise of an official pardon for his rogue status to her as well.
As if gaining acceptance into the Ghost Cell isn’t challenging enough, Rade is forced to walk a tightrope between avoiding suspicion and minimizing collateral damage from the organization’s violent and unsanctioned operations. But as his investigation gains steam, he soon realizes that the Ghost Cell’s true ambitions are far more dangerous than anyone thinks, and that the time to act is running out.
With powerful forces out to stop him, Rade must decide if there are limits to his loyalty to Sevrina, and whether that line has already been crossed, and above all, how far he’s willing to go for a pardon he’s not likely to live long enough to see.
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Picking up where Topping's Rogue Sequence left off, this relentless redemption tale of a genetically modified bad guy going straight mixes an emotional exploration of lifetime regrets with cutthroat bladework. Operative Ander Rade is on the run and trying to live a peaceful life after a government-sponsored mission gone wrong. Then he's contacted by the Special Activities division for the Genetic Compliance Department and asked to infiltrate a Ghost Cell of fellow mods employed by a shady billionaire who promises the modified safety from both internal and external threats in exchange for their mercenary services. Rade has no choice but to comply. Among the cell members, he's surprised to find his former team leader, Sevrina Fox, to whom he remains fiercely loyal. To prove himself to the cell, Rade takes on more wetwork even as he repudiates his old life. In muscular prose, Topping adds much emotional detail to the lives of his mercenary supersoldiers and gives their martial exploits both political and personal consequences. Bonds that form under fire become the ligaments that hold Rade's world together. Readers looking for military SF that leans away from the hand and toward the heart will be rewarded.
