NEWLY PUBLISHED IN 2023 BY ODESSA MOON
#4 in the Steppes of Mars series!
Continuing the story begun in “The Vanished Pearls of Orlov,” Lannie DelFino is free from her overbearing, grasping noble family and a dangerous marriage to the daimyo of Orlov, but she faces an uncertain future.
She’s escaping north with Fen HighTower, the youngest son of his demesne’s ruling family. Although he willingly helped spirit her out of the capital city of Barsoom, they’ll be riding away from civilization and into the open country where the horse lords rule. Is he up to protecting her? Does he want to? And what will happen at night if their attraction to each other leads to something more?
The DelFino and Orlov families are frantic. They’re worried about Lannie, but for different reasons. Charlton DelFino wants to rescue his sister. The Orlovs want to avenge themselves on the woman who held them up to ridicule.
Worse, Lannie stole the fabulous Pearls of Orlov, the family treasure that ensnares the soul of anyone who sees them. Failure to recover them could throw the Orlov family out of power. They’ll hire any thugs and commit any crimes to find them.
The Pearls worry Lannie the most. She’s hidden them from Fen. Out on the steppes, alone with a man she knows nothing about, what will happen to her if he discovers them?
“Escape to HighTower” is the fourth book in Odessa Moon’s “Steppes of Mars” series set on a terraformed Mars in the far-flung future.
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