Shifting Cargo

Book 1: A Shift in Space

by Danielle Forrest

Genres: Military Romance; Science Fiction Romance; Shifters; alien romance

Synopsis

Can you live with yourself if others die?

 

Ellie loves the freedom of space. She works alone, takes jobs as she pleases, and tolerates her friends butting into her life.

 

It does have its downsides, though. Like not being able to go to the corner grocery store for snacks. And God forbid something breaks down... like now.

 

But with her not-so-helpful AI, she's confident she can handle this as well, and they land her ship on a seemingly uninhabited planet for repairs. But almost immediately after landing, an alien soldier barges on board and holds her at gunpoint, demanding use of her ship.

 

Ah, hell, no...

 

She fights back with all her might and manages to escape, but as he chases her through the wilderness, gunshots from a new threat ring through the air, causing her to duck and hide. As the soldier stands tall and fires back, she can't help but wonder...

 

Am I running from the wrong threat?

 

Shifting Cargo is Book 1 in the A Shift in Space series. A steamy Sci-Fi romance with an independent, self-conscious heroine, an alien soldier worried about his missing unit, epic stakes, and lots of action and suspense. Being the adventure today!

 

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Release date: June 22, 2021

Publisher: Eternal Scribe Publishing.

Print pages: 294

Sample

Chapter 1

Zee ducked behind cover, an explosion blowing past him, his ears ringing in the aftermath. Covered in anonymizing dust, his compatriot turned to him, giving him a quick nod as he pulled his weapon to his body, ready for another round. Zee nodded back, checking the power cell on the rifle. Twenty-five percent charge. This battle needed to end. Fast.

With synchronized movement, they escaped cover and fired, the noise deafening, and the dust and debris in the air blinding. He didn’t think. He just reacted. If he fell today, it wouldn’t be the first time. It wouldn’t be the last either. If it saved his people, saved his men, it was worth it.

Ahead, a man dressed in black, like him, grunted and fell. Zee clenched his jaw, resisting the urge to go to him, to help him. Needless sentimentality. He would be fine. Zee returned fire, the kick from the rifle jamming into his shoulder with each round. Each time he fired, he advanced. In his peripheral vision, more of his men, his unit, advanced with him.

But with each moment the fight dragged on, more and more of his men fell. Smoke burned his eyes, assaulted his nostrils, and a shot came out of nowhere, nearly spinning him around as it struck his shoulder. He grunted, taking a shaky breath as he tried to breathe through the pain, before lifting his rifle back to his good shoulder and firing.

“Hacht,” his captain cursed over the comms.

“Captain?”

“Surrounded.”

Zee blinked, trying to clear his eyes, which blurred and watered from the smoke. He whirled around, his gun at the ready, but a dense fog surrounded him, dropping visibility to zero. He moved into formation, back to back with the soldier closest to him.

Then someone shouted. Instinct took over. He jumped to the side as the explosive detonated.

Everything went dark.