Close Encounters: An Alien Affairs Novel, Book 1
By (Author) Katherine Allred
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Harper Voyager
6th August 2010
United States
General
Fiction
FIC
Paperback
368
Width 106mm, Height 171mm, Spine 23mm
175g
Kiera Smith is not like ordinary Genetically Engineered Persons ...The Bureau of Alien Affairs needed a special GEP agent with empathic abilities to handle their most extraordinary assignments-and a rogue geneticist saw to it that Kiera fit their specifications. But she turned out stronger, faster, smarter, and more impervious to harm than anyone anticipated. A reluctant "superhero," Kiera wishes she were normal, but it is not to be. On Orpheus Two, the indigenous Buri race faces extinction, a prospect the powerful Dynatec corporation welcomes and, in fact, may be actively hastening. It is Kiera's job to protect these beautiful, exotic aliens ...and to discover what there is on Orpheus Two that Dynatec feels is worth killing for. But the magnetic allure of Thor, the breathtaking Buri leader, is proving a dangerous distraction. And now, to save Thor's people, Kiera will need a power she's never before possessed-something hidden in the unexplored recesses of her heart.
Katherine Allred is a mother of three and grandmother of four. She is a member of Romance Writers of America and has a BS in journalism. She lives in Arkansas with her husband, two Australian Shepherds and a cat named Fuzz.