Escape from Conatus
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One assassin will risk everything to prove it.
Anara has never questioned an order. As a covert operative for the Democracy, she eliminates threats to the interstellar state. Cleanly, quietly, without hesitation. Her latest mission should be no different: encounter a man on his morning walk, poison him, jog away.
But her target is a middle-aged college professor. An Incepti, like her—one of a scattered people whose homeworld was destroyed in the Cataclysm, the worst war crime in galactic memory. And he's a survivor of it.
How could he be a threat?
The answer shatters everything Anara believes. Now she must keep him alive long enough to share a truth that could reshape the galaxy. The Democracy's forces hunt them across star systems. Squadrons at every jump point. Soldiers on every transport. Spies on every world.
One mistake could doom billions. Because if the professor dies, the truth dies with him‥. and the lies that started the last interstellar war will ignite the next one.
For readers who love Arkady Martine's political intrigue, Lois McMaster Bujold's resourceful protagonists, and the galaxy-spanning stakes of Peter Hamilton. Look inside to meet Anara.
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About the author
Raymund Eich is a science fiction and fantasy writer whose middle American upbringing is a launchpad for journeys to the ends of the universe.
His most popular works are military science fiction series The Confederated Worlds (novels Take the Shilling, Operation Iago, and A Bodyguard of Lies) and the Stone Chalmers series of science fiction espionage adventures.
He has over ten other published book-length works and more than forty published short stories. His short fiction has appeared in Analog, Odyssey, Boundary Shock Quarterly, and the anthology Surviving Tomorrow, and has earned honorable mentions and a semi-finalist award in the Writers of the Future contest. His works are available worldwide in ebook, trade paperback, and audiobook editions.
After circling the world by age five, he grew up in the Ozark Mountains of southwest Missouri. He earned a B.A. and a Ph.D., both in biochemistry, from Rice University. Though he’s no longer a working scientist, hundreds of papers cite his graduate research.
In addition to his writing career, he's worked in patent law, won a national quiz bowl championship, is a husband and father, and agrees with Robert Heinlein that specialization is for insects.
He lives in Houston with his wife, son, and daughter. His last name has one syllable and is pronounced “eye-sh.” He can be found online at https://raymundeich.com.
