Dark Tempest

The greatest of the best,the least of the worst:both stand alone in a future divided. 4,000 years from the present day, the human race survives divided into a ruling genetic elite and a genetic underclass with neither the intelligence nor the will to revolt. Jed of the Shamrock is a 'star Archer', descendant of one of the highest Blood lineages in existence, and she carries with this a heavy responsibility and an adherence to a strict code of solitude and discipline. Gerald Wolff is a petty criminal and a halfBlood, a bastard resulting from the rape of a person of the lowest caste by a Blood aristocrat, shunned by both the low castes and those of the Blood. Thrown together by a hijack, Jed and Wolff must work together to keep their freedom when Jed's ship becomes the focus of sinister interests. Torn between the Code and her feelings for Wolff, Jed takes the Shamrock where she knows no man dares follow, where she must face her deepest fears and make a terrible choice. Hijacking a woman's spacecraft is definitely not the way to win her heart. Gerald Wolff is a convict blackmailed into hijacking the ship belonging to Jed, a star Archer and descendant of one of the highest Blood lineages in the known galaxy, while he is but an outcast half Blood. Jed has found Equilibrium by adhering to a strict code. Wolff's intrusion into her ship and her life upsets the balance of her obsessively controlled world. His very presence confuses her, yet they must work together in order to discover why they are being hunted, and to stay one step ahead of their pursuers. Content Warning:Violence, sex, foul language, science85,686 Words