Greta van der Rol

This is what a fellow writer said about my newly finished book, 'The Admiral's Choice'.  Just finished another ms by an unpublished author. I couldn't put the thing down except for sleep, meals and family conversations.

I was inspired recently to finish the book after having left it for many months. Yes, I wrote some brand new stuff - that exciting, pivotal part where all the threads come togather and form an explosion. But also resurrected work I'd written a long time ago and discarded. Sometimes writers are too close to their own work.

What's it about? I'm sure I heard you ask.

Well, the Galaxy has settled down. This is the sequel to 'The Iron Admiral', in which Allysha Marten, systems engineer, meets Grand Admiral Chaka Saahren. Allysha has inadvertently aided in the resurrection of a killer which could threaten the Ptorix, the dominant intelligent species in the Galaxy. That threat is averted but Allysha has not reconciled herself to the fact that the man she fell in love with under another name turned out to be the bane of the Ptorix - the man who killed her father.

Peace - or perhaps a cold war - reigns supreme. But Allysha still doesn't want a bar of Grand Admiral Saahren. He's at his wit's end to come up with some way of winning back her love. A few other people are interested in Allysha as well, for different reasons. The Galactic People's Republic, those who eschew the Confederacy's use of cranial implants, have developed a weapon. But they need Allysha's skills to get it ready for deployment. Allysha's estranged husband, Sean, is recruited to deliver Allysha into GPR hands. If he doesn't, he's dead.

The race is on. When Allysha finds out what her skills will be turned to, she faces mind-numbing choices. And Grand Admiral Saahren must make the hardest choice of all.

Coming soon to a web site near you.