Whispers of the Skyborne (Devices of War Book 3)
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I frowned. “What?”
“It’s what I’m calling our military force. We have so many types of military, from land to water to air. It seemed a good name for it.”
I raised my eyebrows and sipped the wine in my cup. It had a heady scent and a full pallet that left a taste of rambleberries. “And what do you want me to do with this military force?”
“Prepare them,” she said, her dark gaze blunt. “Our world is too naïve for peace.”
Skah sank onto the pillow opposite me.
“The other programmer is still out there. The Skyborne are still dying, and they know how to destroy our planet to suit their needs. We destroyed their tools, but they will make more. We will be ready.”
I nodded. “And when I am not preparing for war or when we are not facing a foe? What then?”
She smiled and saluted me with her cup. “Then you maintain your peace.” She sipped her wine. “After all, you fought so hard to get it.”
I had.
To sail under a sky of peace, to have the luxury to study the stars as I once had.
Yes. I would maintain the peace for as long as I could manage it.
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Table of Contents
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT
Table of Contents
OTHER WORKS
DEDICATION
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
CHAPTER 30
CHAPTER 31
CHAPTER 32
CHAPTER 33
CHAPTER 34
CHAPTER 35
CHAPTER 36
CHAPTER 37
CHAPTER 38
CHAPTER 39
CHAPTER 40
CHAPTER 41
CHAPTER 42
CHAPTER 43
CHAPTER 44
CHAPTER 45
ABOUT THE AUTHOR