The Dark Quasar rises again

Before Sun Spot Remover, I published the first book in which Vanti is the star: Dark Quasar Rising. In that book, Vanti travels with Arun, Elodie, and Leo–and Apawllo the cat, of course–to Gargarin. Well, now the team is back at it–this time they're headed for Lewei. I'm about 60% done with the story, and it's shaping up nicely. Here's a tiny snippet:

I cross my arms and lean back as far as the co-pilot’s chair will allow. “Your turn. Why don’t you want me working for you?”

Arun's face goes pink, and he looks away.

I don’t want to have a “define the relationship” discussion—now or probably ever—but I’m not going to let him get away with telling someone else he won’t hire me. Even if that someone else is technically my boss and she just begged him to take me on. In fact, maybe especially in that case. “Well?”

He sighs, heavily. “I don’t want to hire you because— Well, the truth is you’re a terrible pilot.”

Is Vanti really a terrible pilot? Will she still speak to Arun after he tells her this? And why is Elodie trying to get Arun to hire Vanti away from her?

You'll have to wait until the book is live to find out. Dark Quasar Ignites is due this summer.

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