by Joshua James
The generals walked out of the room, still talking quietly among themselves.
Lucky looked over at Jiang.
She was nodding. “It didn’t close. The Great Corridor.”
“Lucky Lane!” slurred Malby.
Jiang ignored him. “And it doesn’t look like it’s going to.”
Epilogue
They came tentatively at first.
There was terrible destruction here.
Desolation.
But rumors flew faster than facts or fear.
There was something else here, they whispered.
A lucky accident.
A cosmic mistake.
An ancient power had been released, and a window into another place had been thrown open.
What kind of place?
The rumors would not say.
The reasonable scoffed.
There was nowhere to run from the Da’hune and their endless war.
But rumors need no rest, no destination.
They just fly, growing as they go.
Soon, the rumors were facts.
A barren universe with abundant resources.
A place to start over.
And so they came, ready to try their luck.
And then more followed.
And more still.
The kind and the hateful, the scared and the powerful.
To a pristine new place, far from the war.
Space to find peace at last, surely.
A lucky universe.
To Be Continued
“It didn’t look anything like you. We altered it. Excessively.”
General Artimes scowled. “You saw how he reacted in there.”
“It doesn’t matter,” said Lewis. “The Orton clone served its purpose. We learned a valuable amount in a short period of time.”
“We learned that we were being double-crossed,” shot back Artimes.
“I beg to differ.”
The two generals turned to their superior counterpart, Commandant Apollo.
“It could not have worked out better,” he offered.
Lewis and Artimes exchanged glances.
“The plan failed, Saul.”
“Spectacularly.”
“We gave them everything they asked for—everything—and instead of delivering on the weapons they promised, they were planning to turn everything we gave them against us.”
The Commandant shrugged. “We were planning to do the same to them.”
All agreed on that front.
“The Emperor won’t be amused when he figures out what we are up to,” said Lewis.
“And what are we up to, Tim?”
Lewis fell silent.
“Without proof, the Senate won’t let the old man act. His hands are tied.”
“And this disaster has cleared itself up nicely. We still have the Elites. We have plenty of their weapons. And we don’t have them to worry about.”
“For now.”
“For now,” agreed Apollo. “We’ll deal with that when the time comes.”
“I’m the presiding overseer of the Society, Saul. It’s easy for you to be so … positive. They won’t come for you first.”
Apollo shrugged. “Rightly so.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Lewis shot back bitterly. “The Society has been working with those agents for a hundred years. Your father. My father. Your grandfather. My grandfather. How can you possibly call this my fault?”
“You preside over the Society. This is your responsibility.”
“They’ll hang you, too.”
“They’ll hang us all eventually.”
Lewis ran his hand through his hair and exhaled deeply. “So how do you suggest I proceed?”
Apollo looked back at the hospital room where Lucky, Jiang and Malby were still talking.
“You start by taking care of the loose ends.”
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A Word From Joshua
If you’ve made it this far, I’m guessing you enjoyed meeting our friend Lucky. (That, or you just have a masochistic need to finish books you dislike!)
If you’re looking for more Lucky, then look no further.
The story continues in a series of fast-paced thrillers that take Lucky (and you) all around the universe.
First up, if you haven’t picked up the free prequel, LUCKY SHOT (Reader Crew exclusive), I encourage you to do so. In it, we take a trip back in time to meet Lucky when he was just a green private, still trying to find his place in the universe—and trying not to get humiliated by his far-more-accomplished sister.
In LUCKY LEGACY, the direct sequel to the book you just finished, we find Lucky and Co. dealing with the fallout from the opening of the Great Corridor—and racing to stop a conspiracy that could bring the entire Empire to its knees.
In LUCKY EMPIRE, Lucky faces his greatest challenge yet: A ghost from his past that may hold the key to clearing his name—or turn all of mankind upon itself.
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