Cirrus@Austlit

'How much are you willing to sacrifice to save someone else’s life?

'Meka: Bioorganic life forms that can look like anything, be anything, and are bonded to one person forever. Some might be cute and fluffy, others are warriors. It is your DNA that decides.

'Since Squall rescued Phyre and Eli from Nightshop, she hasn’t been sleeping well. Nightmares of that day continue to haunt her, and it’s affecting her ability to focus. To make things worse, the annual meka exhibition is only weeks away, and to compete Squall and Eli need a squad of four. The situation is already impossible, but at the exhibition’s gala dinner Viridis Morelia, the woman who kidnapped Phyre, is introduced as Lifesphere Inc’s new media liaison officer.

'Drant Ellis tries to warn Squall that if she and her new team compete, she isn’t just going to lose. She’s going to die in an ‘accident’ and Viridis will escape blame-free.

'When Drant goes missing, Squall realizes the cost for protecting her is going to be his life. Time is running out for Squall to escape Viridis’ plan. And time is running out for Drant.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.