If anything goes wrong, the universe is doomed.

His mission is to ensure Eva doesn’t succeed at hers. But first, she has to defeat the known: mercenary Tito Santiago, whose idea of a clean fight is a shower before kill time. Harper Voyager, 16. With the crew of La Sirena Negra, a score of psychic cats, a feline-phobic robot, and a superweapon she has no clue how to use, Eva prepares to battle the unknown. Surrender to whom? Exterminated when? And how is Eva, commander of a beat-up cargo ship, supposed to prevent it? As panic spreads, a mystery message sends Eva to find answers, in a system that hasn’t been explored in all of recorded history. Hundreds of monoliths have suddenly materialized in space, broadcasting the same looped message: surrender or be exterminated. The sequel, Prime Deceptions, was published in September 2020. Her debut novel Chilling Effect was named one of Library Journal’s best SF/fantasy novels of 2019, and was shortlisted for the 2021 Arthur C. Nothing wrecks Captain Eva Innocente’s vacation plans quite like an anonymous threat to vaporize billions of people. Valerie Valdes’s work has been featured in Uncanny Magazine, Time Travel Short Stories, and Nightmare Magazine. 304 Published: 2022 Prime Deceptions Valerie Valdes Valerie Valdes The lovably flawed crew of La Sirena Negra and their psychic cats return in this fast-paced and outrageously fun science-fiction novel, in which they confront past failures and fac. From the author of the critically acclaimed Prime Deceptions and Chilling Effect, the hilarious new novel about the adventures of Captain Eva Innocente and the crew of La Sirena Negra.

Prime deceptions by valerie valdes