num_pages: 313
description: What do a wayward mercenary and a vexed arcanist have in common? Neither of them signed up for this crap . . . It's been fifteen years since the raknoth made a smoldering heap of Earth. But for some survivors the problems are just getting started. Jarek Slater is a sword-slinging nomad with a powerful exosuit and a mean vigilante streakor was until his exosuit was stolen. He wants it back.Rachel Cross is an energy-bending arcanist who wants nothing more than to find her brother and bring him home safely.When their paths collide Jarek and Rachel are reluctantly pulled into a race across the nuclear wasteland to reclaim his suit and save her brother. All that stands between them and their goals is a vicious alien warlord some grating interpersonal tension and a whole bunch of violent marauders. Oh and a mysterious alien device that may bring on the second apocalypse.Together they might just be strong enough to pull it off. Assuming they don't kill each other first . . .----------------------------------Red Gambit is the first book in the Harvesters Series a post-apocalyptic sci-fi adventure complete with blood-sucking aliens power armor and energy-bending arcanists. If you like Star Wars Halo or the likes of Neal Asher E.E. Knight and Michael Anderle you'll love this series for its fast-paced adventure compelling characters and wonderfully wise-cracking dialogue.
language: English
title: Red Gambit
publisher: None