THE LEGEND OF BANZAI MAGUIRE
The
2176 Freedom Series, Book 1
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New York Times/USA Today Bestselling Author
RITA
Winner
Susan Grant
About The Legend of Banzai Maguire:
The year:
2016. While flying a peacekeeping mission over North Korea, Air Force pilot
Bree "Banzai" Maguire is shot down. Instead of the North Korean
troops she expected, she finds herself captured by a mad scientist and put in
bio-stasis. When she wakes, everything has changed. It's 2176, the world is in
crisis, and she is a hotly contested prize. Once, Banzai's job was to protect
democracy; now a mysterious voice claims she must bring it back.
The year:
2176. U.C.E. Commander Ty Armstrong is a decorated SEAL, combat veteran, and
part-time treasure hunter. Seeking one elusive prize has become a personal
obsession for him: Banzai Maguire, who was never found after her mysterious
disappearance 160 years earlier. His quest to find her remains takes him into
enemy territory where he discovers that not only is she very much alive, he
might have already fallen in love with her. But before he can bring her to
safety, they are captured by the charming, yet ruthless, Emperor of Asia. Ty
vows to escape with Banzai at his side. But his captor has other plans for
him—and for Banzai Maguire.
Praise for The Legend of Banzai Maguire:
“If Grant’s faithful fighter jet descriptions
don’t snag readers from the outset, her fierce, funny, tough-as-nails heroine
will. With its cliffhanger conclusion, awe-inspiring characters and droll
humor, this book is a strong launch for a very promising series.” — Publishers Weekly
The Legend
of Banzai Maguire excerpt:
Prologue
If you have the chance to live life to the
fullest, do it. Don’t hold back, don’t be afraid, take the absolutely biggest
bite out of this existence that you can. The rewards are immeasurable, the
eventual fulfillment soul-deep. I know. I guess you could say that I’m an
expert on the subject. I’ve lived two lives, both of them to the hilt.
My name is Maguire, Bree Maguire. But you know me
as Banzai, even now, after years of accumulated titles, honors, and a marriage
have lengthened my legal name to the point where I can’t help sighing long and
silently at official events attended by those who expect and actually enjoy
that sort of pomp, pageantry those closest to me know I’d rather avoid—the same
people who know I never would.
Ceremony is a small sacrifice to make, you see.
Once, I gave up everything that is important to a person. But, I would have
died for my country, if asked. Instead, I was reborn into something better,
something stronger. The United States was, too.
My quest took me to places I never imagined—not
only geographical, but of the heart. It was how I first met the man who would
be everything to me.
Now that I’m one hundred years into this winding
path called life, my children tell me that I should record my memoirs before I
pass on and leave the chore to the official biographers, who’ll no doubt use
the opportunity to make me into more of a legend than I already am—to my
dismay, because the men and women I consider the true heroes went on with their
lives after their deeds were done, some quite humbly and certainly without the
idolization directed toward me and my husband. They are the ones who deserve
our remembrance, those men and women. And now, here in this record of what
happened, they will receive recognition.
You may wonder if our pasts were as colorful as
they seem, if our adventures were truly as fantastic and wild as you learned in
school. Why, yes, they were. They were all that, and more…
Preorder links:
BANZAI:
Amazon:
available November 15th
Author Bio:
When
NY Times/USA Today bestselling author
and Air Force veteran Susan Grant isn’t driving an 18-wheeler (AKA a 747 jumbo
jet) she loves writing romantic, action-packed stories featuring gutsy woman
and honorable men. Flying to exotic places and trying every kind of food imaginable
helps Susan bring her sci-fi worlds alive for readers. She is a winner of the
prestigious RITA award for her book Contact, an alien abduction sci-fi romance.
Social media links:
Twitter: @flyerdreamer
Website: www.susangrant.com
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