To Do or Die (A Jump Universe Novel)
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VICKY PETERWALD: TARGET
FIRST IN A NEW SERIES BY MIKE SHEPHERD!
Her Imperial Grace, the Grand Duchess Victoria Maria Teresa Inez Smythe-Peterwald, daughter of wealth and power, was raised to do little except be attractive and marry well. Then everything changed: Her brother—her father’s favorite and the heir apparent—was killed in battle by Lieutenant Kris Longknife, daughter of the Peterwalds’ longtime enemies. Vicky vowed revenge, but her skill set was more suitable for seduction than assassination, and she failed. Angry and disappointed, her father decided she needed military training and forced her to join the Navy.
Now Ensign Vicky Peterwald is part of a whole new world, where use of her ample charms will not lead to advancement. But her father is the Emperor, and what he wants he gets. What he wants is for Vicky to learn to be efficiently ruthless and deadly.
Though the lessons are hard learned, Vicky masters them—with help from an unexpected source: Kris Longknife.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mike grew up Navy. It taught him early about change and the chain of command. He’s worked as a bartender and cabdriver, personnel advisor and labor negotiator. Now retired from building databases about the endangered critters of the Pacific Northwest, he’s having a lot of fun reading and writing.
Mike lives in Vancouver, Washington, with his wife, Ellen, and close to his daughter and grandchildren. He enjoys reading, writing, dreaming, watching grandchildren for story ideas, and upgrading his computer—all are never-ending.
He’s hard at work on the first of three Iteeche War novels as well as the next books in the universe of the Jump Points: Kris Longknife: Tenacious and Vicky Peterwald: Target.
You can learn more about Mike and all his books at his website mikeshepherd.org, e-mail him at Mike_Shepherd@comcast.net, or follow Kris Longknife on Facebook.