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On a government sponsored mission to
catch a PHF traitor, Hallie Clearwater, a human with
cellular enhanced robotics, knew the prisoner she was sent
to receive was only a means to an end. At first glance
Daniel Highcliff doesn’t look like the convicted killer he
is but Hallie can tell there is more to him than the
darkened bruises covering his body. Framed for a crime he
didn’t commit Daniel is less than enthusiastic to assist the
people responsible for the hell he’s gone through. Not a
fool he grasps a new chance to clear his name and if he has
to use Hallie to do it, then oh well. As Hallie and Daniel
go back to an Earth continually ravished by the politics of
bigotry, this time non-enhanced humans against enhanced.
Daniel and Hallie will have to get past issues of distrust,
hidden and seen enemies if they both plan on making it
through this investigation alive.
In a scientifically enhanced world where some humans no
longer just accept deformities but allow advancements in
science to allow them to lead lives their predecessors could
never imagine, the story of Hallie, a woman on a mission and
Daniel, a man who’s spirit couldn’t be extinguished even in
the most heinous of situations, is one that I found
gripping. Desperate Alliance is an
interesting mix of suspense and science fiction. Robie
Madison did an excellent job of creating an interesting
story that was seductive but not so that you couldn’t see
past the passion to the actual plot. Ms. Madison’s story is
just a reminder that a great storyline is just as valuable
as the addictive lure of amorous copulating. |
