BOOK BLURB:
They were coming.
It wasn't so much the sound that revealed them. It was the subtle
vibration of the ground beneath his feet, like the percussion of a distant
explosion. It was their march.
The dead tread of stone against sand. A ghostly gait of menace.
Alone in a desert
world...a world he once called home, Zak is now a damaged man. Reckless in his
battle against the creatures that destroyed his family, he roams under the
glare of the two suns, seeing phantoms--seeing Aimee.
Five years had passed
since Aimee Patterson left the man she loved. For five long years she traveled
the path of life, always waiting--always looking to the stars, knowing, hoping,
that one day he would return for her.
And today was that day...
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Author
bio:
Maureen's illustrious
writing career began in the fourth grade with the blockbuster hit, Super
Watermelon Man. Many years later, she evolved into a full-fledged Romantic
Suspense author with her first novel, WIDOW'S TALE, which was nominated for a
Golden Heart by the Romance Writers of America. A fan of the old Gothic
romances, Maureen enjoys the formula of danger, romance, dark cliffs, and
sinister houses. All these elements can be found in her romantic thriller,
ENDLESS NIGHT.
Recently, Maureen
broadened her horizons, literally, by venturing into young adult science
fiction with the BEYOND series, featuring BEYOND and the soon to be released,
BEYOND: TWO SUNS.
Find Maureen at
www.maureenamiller.com
EXCERPT:
PROLOGUE
Less than two days after her high school graduation, Aimee
Patterson walked her Cocker Spaniel along the pond on her parent’s farm. When
Ziggy charged into the woods on the other side, Aimee was paralyzed with
indecision. The forest was scary, a dark lair she had avoided since childhood.
But she was not a child anymore, and something had caught the dog’s attention.
Trailing after him into that bleak stockade...Aimee disappeared from this
planet.
She woke up on a spaceship so grand and so far from Earth,
never imagining that her adventure in space would last five years. In that time
she learned new technology, visited a foreign planet, battled aliens,
encountered disease—and cured it. Most importantly, though, she fell in love.
When the adventure was over, Aimee was twenty-two years old
and confronted with a monumental decision. Should she remain in the stars with
Zak and start their life together, or should she return to Earth to lead a
normal existence and comfort the parents who never knew the fate of their
missing daughter?
Aimee’s heart yearned for one future, but the burden of
responsibility argued for another. The truth was that in order for her and Zak
to spend a life together without regrets, they both needed to evolve—to mature.
For half a decade, Aimee walked the routine journey of life—always
waiting—always looking to the stars—knowing, hoping, that one day he would
return for her.
Today was that day…
***
Five years.
Five long years.
Aimee stared through her hands at the pine needles
blanketing the ground below. Beneath her loafers, the packed earth altered,
transitioning from brown, to gray, to obsidian−until finally the turf was gone
and her leather shoes reformed atop a marble floor.
For a moment she was afraid to look up.
Five years.
Five years ago today she had stood in this exact same spot,
saying goodbye to the man she loved. It was a moment filled with anguish barely
diminished over time. In that period, doubt grew into a behemoth monster that
warned daily that she would never see him again. To protect her heart she had
tried to move on, but no man could connect with her as he did. And, every night
the pendant around her neck burned his memory into her dreams…
Five years.
Only moments ago, she stood in the woods behind her pond as
her heart drilled with the fear that he would not come back for her—and yet,
the beam had appeared from above. A sign of faith. A sign of love. He was back.
He wanted her. She bled happiness at the thought of being with him.
Zak.
Yes, time had passed, but in space the hands of the clock
grew fuzzy. Here she was, once again aboard the Guardian Ship, Horus, about to
be reunited with the man of her dreams.
At last, Aimee lifted her head.
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