num_pages: 416
description: In his electrifying debut The Mirrored Heavens  David J. Williams created a dark futuristic world grounded in the military rivalries terror tactics and political wrangling of our own time. Now he takes his masterful blend of military SF espionage thriller and dystopian cyberpunk one step furtherto the edge of annihilation . . . .Life as U.S. counterintelligence agent Claire Haskell once knew it is in tattersher mission betrayed her lover dead and her memories of the past suspect. Worse the defeat of the mysterious insurgent group known as Autumn Rain was not as complete as many believed. It is quickly becoming clear that the groups ultimate goal is not simply to destroy the tenuous global alliances of the 22nd centurybut to rule all of humanity. And theyre starting with the violent destruction of the Net and the assassination of the U.S. president. Now its up to Claire with her ability to jack her brain into the systems of the enemy to win this impossible war.Battling ferociously across the Earth-Moon system and navigating a complex world filled with both steadfast loyalists and ruthless traitors Claire must be ready for the Rains next move. But the true enemy may already be one step ahead of her.
language: English
title: The Burning Skies
publisher: Spectra