A Desperate Gamble

Book excerpt: Clones. A step above droids in the humanoid hierarchy. Guided by the matrix, a set of rules and responses all clones must follow or perish. Emotionless as droids, highly specialized translator clones mediate negotiations galaxy-wide. Failure to close the deal means a certain–and immediate–termination. Whisked from assignment to assignment, few survive more than a few years. When clone T564 cannot break the impasse between two parties who refuse to compromise, her owners give her twenty-four hours to find a solution or die. In a galaxy where clones are little more than slaves . . . What happens when a clone defies her owners and goes off script? The first book in an exciting new sci-fi series, A Desperate Gamble introduces an unlikely hero: a clone who dares the unthinkable.