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Breakaway

Verdant String, Book 1

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Breakaway

By: Michelle Diener
Narrated by: Natalie Beran
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Summary

She's the key to everything . . .

Sofie has a choice--she can eke out an existence in the shadow of Felicitos, the tethered way station where she works on the breakaway planet of Garmen, or she can try to bring it crashing down. When she teams up with Leo, a man who's dedicated his life to fighting her enemies, her choices start to narrow, until her secrets are the only thing keeping her alive.

Leo is all too aware he doesn't know enough about Sofie, something his own security detail is not slow to point out, but he can't keep away. When Sofie reveals her links to the resistance, and shows him those in control of Garmen have begun swimming in even more dangerous waters, he realizes his plan to overthrown them in a careful operation of a thousand cuts is no longer workable.

The time has come for a single, lethal strike--and that will not be without consequences . . .

BREAKAWAY is science fiction romance at its action-packed best.

©2018 Michelle Diener (P)2025 Michelle Diener Action & Adventure Science Fiction Space Opera
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Michelle Diener’s Verdant String series is excellent so it is good that it is now being produced in Audiobook format. There are two novellas that precede this story but now we see the Verdant String from the standpoint of the population of a planet that has eschewed the fairness of the Verdant String peoples. The story relates the struggle of those resisting the domination of the Cores. The plot developments are enjoyable. So is the romance between Sofie and Leo. Natalie Beran interprets the story well. A few little niggles with pronunciation do not detract from the overall excellent production. I’m looking forward to the next one now.

Excellent rendering of the novel

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