Nova
by Margaret Fortune
Release Date: June 2nd
About the Book
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The clock activates so suddenly in my mind, my head involuntarily jerks a bit to the side. The fog vanishes, dissipated in an instant as though it never was. Memories come slotting into place, their edges sharp enough to leave furrows, and suddenly I know. I know exactly who I am.
My name is Lia Johansen, and I was named for a prisoner of war. She lived in the Tiersten Internment Colony for two years, and when they negotiated the return of the prisoners, I was given her memories and sent back in her place.
And I am a genetically engineered human bomb.
Lia Johansen was created for only one purpose: to slip onto the strategically placed New Sol Space Station and explode. But her mission goes to hell when her clock malfunctions, freezing her countdown with just two minutes to go. With no Plan B, no memories of her past, and no identity besides a name stolen from a dead POW, Lia has no idea what to do next. Her life gets even more complicated when she meets Michael Sorenson, the real Lia’s childhood best friend.
Drawn to Michael and his family against her better judgment, Lia starts learning what it means to live and love, and to be human. It is only when her countdown clock begins sporadically losing time that she realizes even duds can still blow up. If she wants any chance at a future, she must find a way to unlock the secrets of her past and stop her clock. But as Lia digs into her origins, she begins to suspect there’s far more to her mission and to this war, than meets the eye. With the fate of not just a space station but an entire empire hanging in the balance, Lia races to find the truth before her time—literally—runs out.
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About the Author
Margaret Fortune wrote her first story at the age of six, and has been writing ever since. Her short fiction has been published or is forthcoming in Nth Zine, Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine, and Space and Time. She has a BA in psychology from the University of Minnesota – Morris. NOVA is her first novel.
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Giveaway Details
2 winners will each receive a hardcover copy of NOVA. US only.
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During each giveaway, we ask entrants a question pertaining to the book. Here is the question they’ll be answering in the comments below for extra entries: What is the name of the colony Lia lives in?
Tiersten Internment Colony
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It’s Tiersten Internment Colony. This sounds so good, I can’t wait to read it! 😀
Lia lives in the Tiersten Internment Colony.
What is the name of the colony Lia lives in?
She lived in the Tiersten Internment Colony for two years.
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She lives in Tiersten Internment Colony.
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I’m actually not clear about this question – where did she live, or where is she now? It sounds like she’s NOW at the New Sol Space Station, but the person for whom she’s a doppelganger was at the Tiersten Internment Colony. Am I overthinking this :-)?
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Lia lived in the Tiersten Internment Colony for two years.
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