Our
guest today shares some details and an excerpt from Winter’s Kiss, the second book in her Amethyst Chronicles series.
The
story:
Amethyst is a secret team of genetically enhanced humans which is Earth’s greatest defensive weapon. Leading the team of super soldiers is Ember Wilson, a tough woman with a huge chip on her shoulder. The team gets their name from the after effect of the Genesis Project which turned their eyes and even their blood purple.
For decades, Earth has been ravaged by unpredictable weather which began to cause crops to fail. Most of the planet’s food sources have deteriorated. Dr. Clayton Rudo has proclaimed he has the means to save the soil. He has created a weather machine to regulate and help replenish. But Ember knew the truth. He didn’t want to save the planet. He wanted to control it. Amethyst destroyed the machine, but was placed in stasis. Two years later, Rudo recreated the device and has frozen Washington, DC and the west coast of the United States.
General Tom Blanchard brought Amethyst out of stasis to work with an elite Air Force team, led by Major Liam Ross. Tensions between Ember and Liam rise as they butt heads. Can they work together before Earth is completely under ice?
For decades, Earth has been ravaged by unpredictable weather which began to cause crops to fail. Most of the planet’s food sources have deteriorated. Dr. Clayton Rudo has proclaimed he has the means to save the soil. He has created a weather machine to regulate and help replenish. But Ember knew the truth. He didn’t want to save the planet. He wanted to control it. Amethyst destroyed the machine, but was placed in stasis. Two years later, Rudo recreated the device and has frozen Washington, DC and the west coast of the United States.
General Tom Blanchard brought Amethyst out of stasis to work with an elite Air Force team, led by Major Liam Ross. Tensions between Ember and Liam rise as they butt heads. Can they work together before Earth is completely under ice?
Excerpt
"General Blanchard, sir."
Major Ross saluted.
"At ease, Major." The
General offered his hand.
"Thank you, sir." Ross
shook it.
"You're probably wondering why
you're here," Blanchard said.
"Yes, sir."
“Walk with me.”
General Blanchard pulled a large
painting of him and his daughter, Laura, from a wall and revealed a security
key pad. He punched in a security code and motioned Ross over. A portion of the
wall gave way to reveal a secret room. The room looked like a lab with white
walls, a gray marble floor, and various computers and equipment he didn't
recognize. Against the back wall were four pods with people asleep in stasis.
The General stood in front of the
first pod, stroking his unkempt bearded chin. The sleeping man had extremely
short black hair and was the shortest and skinniest of the four in the tubes.
As they approached, a holographic image appeared on the glass next to the man’s
face. The picture was of a smiling man with wire-rimmed glasses on his thin
nose, brown eyes, and longer hair.
"This is Bryan Morris,"
the General introduced. "Best tech man I've ever seen. Smart, quick on his
feet, and crafty."
Liam looked at the General
curiously, but he didn't elaborate further. Blanchard moved down to the next
pod. The man inside was slightly taller than Morris and had curly red hair. The
holographic picture displayed another smiling man with light blue eyes and hair
sticking out everywhere.
"Alexander Nova. He was the best
pilot Earth had to offer. And this," the General pointed to the third
tube, "is Michael Lewis. Brilliant military mind. He was
second-in-command."
Ross wrinkled up his nose as he
gazed upon the strong specimen of a man. Lewis was tall and clearly well-built
with brown hair that stopped just above his eyebrows. The image displayed was
of a serious man with brown eyes.
"Command?" Ross
questioned, but the General didn't address it.
He moved down to the last pod which
had a woman in it. Ross looked at the tall woman with jet black hair who was
somehow scowling even though she was asleep. The picture showed a strikingly
beautiful blonde woman with blue eyes.
"Ember Wilson," General
Blanchard softly said. "She's the leader of this team known as
Amethyst."
His voice pulled Liam’s attention
away from her. "Amethyst, sir?"
"A group of genetically
enhanced super soldiers. They were Earth's greatest defense."
"I've never heard of
Amethyst."
"Nor would you. The gene
program was top secret. They were named after a side effect of the genetic
manipulation causing the quartet's eye color to change to a brilliant shade of
dark purple."
"Gene program? Purple eyes?
Sir, this is a little unbelievable."
"They had it all," General
Blanchard continued, still not answering the Major's questions. "Super
strength, speed, endurance, skill, stamina, healing, and intelligence. They
could withstand several kill blaster shots before they even felt a twinge to
their central nervous system. Their natural talents increased tenfold."
Liam let out a low whistle.
"What happened? What led them here?"
"You remember two years ago
when the weather computer designed by Clayton Rudo was destroyed?"
Liam nodded. Of course he
remembered. Rudo was proclaimed a hero when he introduced a super computer that
could control Earth's climate.
"Ember came to me and said Rudo
had plans to control Earth, but I didn't believe her. As a result, Amethyst
attacked Rudo’s lab in Abilene and destroyed the system.”
“They
were the ones behind the assault? Sir, I helped designed the security protocol
for Dr. Rudo’s base myself.”
“I’m aware, Major. I haven’t met a security
platform which Amethyst couldn’t disable. Because of their actions, they were
on trial for treason and convicted. Due to the team's enhanced abilities, it
was decreed they would remain in stasis until they could be
rehabilitated."
"But we later found out she was
right."
"Yes. Of course it would take
us two years to realize. It took, but Rudo rebuilt his machine. I even assigned
several top scientists to help speed the process along after Amethyst
thoroughly destroyed all of his work. And now ..."
And now Rudo used his weather system
to bring the world to its knees. Washington, D.C., New Mexico, and Texas were
now completely under ice. Everything was frozen solid.
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Author bio:
K.G. Stutts is the author of several
sci-fi romance series as well as a few romance stories. She has a degree in
massage therapy. When she's not weaving words, she enjoys reading, playing
RPGs, hockey, wrestling, and football, and is a big sci-fi and Disney nerd.
Currently she resides in North Carolina, USA with her husband, Brad.
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