I did it. At the age of ten, I killed my father. It was an accident, but it was still my fault. Nothing I do can ever make up for the heinous mistake. But I will spend the rest of my life trying . . .
The canopy blew away from the flyer. A spring-loaded mechanism punched her out into open air. Brooke plunged and spun out of control. Rushing air pummeled her in the face. Gravity shoved the terror-stricken screams back down her throat.
The automatic parachute blew open, jerking her body upward. Her orientation righted, and her descent slowed. The Little Angel disappeared over the nearest mountain, but she couldn’t locate her father’s chute anywhere in the sky. Where is he? Didn’t he jump out? Did his seat malfunction?
The wind whipped through her hair. Water trickled through a stream far below her hanging feet. A flock of birds glided past her. A thunderclap jolted her heart. An explosion mushroomed upward from behind the mountain, burning the image into her memory forever.
“Daddy!”
Beyond Cloud Nine Description:
Ace star fighter pilot Brooke Davis lives for pushing hundreds of gees in orbital combat, but she’d give it all up in a moment to become the first human to fly faster than light. When Brooke stumbles upon a conspiracy involving terrorists, aliens, and the highest levels of government, she finds their goals seductive but their methods abhorrent. With the moral core of human civilization hanging in the balance, she must risk her shot at history, her family, and her life to prevent the schemers from forcing their nefarious brand of salvation upon the solar system.
