Covert Citadel - Jensen, Rodney J

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Résumé :
Agent Sam (Samantha) Mitchell has exploded an alien stronghold, deep in Outback Australia. The reprisals have killed her husband and all her associates. Sam can either give up or try to save Earth's entire human population from conversion to andronic slaves. Sam's quest to save Earth from alien invasion is aided by cryptic advice from a cosmic intelligence network, however there is another competing network. Sam's boundless resourcefulness brings together an unusual resistance team of blacksmiths, retired academic, security guard and managing director of a former cutting-edge tech company. Despite winning many skirmishes, Sam's forces face defeat. Their only chance of survival is to drive their campaign into the aliens' covert stronghold. But the last time this was attempted it ended in disaster. Will they make it out alive this time? Covert Citadel is the second of a series of novels set in near future outback Australia, where pandemic contagion has wiped out 80% of the population and wrecked the economy. If you like a heady mix of alien invasion, human courage and fledgling romance confronting an alien precipice, then you won't put down Rodney Jensen's fast-paced sci-fi page turner.

Biographie:
Rodney has written three speculative fiction novels and an anthology of short stories with future themes based on traditional stories that are targeting both adult and young adult readers. He has also contributed to six compilations of short stories through his writers group (Northern Beaches Writers Group based in Sydney).He has written extensively in the Australian media, beginning with travel and boating magazines then moving on to feature articles on urban design and property. He began screenwriting, and producing short films during the last two decades.His first novel (re-written and newly published as 'Covert Messages') has been a springboard for his interest in speculative fiction. Themes coming into sharp focus have included: artificial intelligence, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, global pandemic and the worsening effects of global warming. His 'Covert Trilogy' is similarly based in the near future in a dystopian world.Rodney belongs to the Northern Beaches Writers' Group, is a member of Mark Dawson's 'Self Publishing Formula' program, the Australian Writers' Guild and belongs to the MEAA Australian writers' union as a journalist member. Besides writing, his other passions include playing classical guitar, landscape photography, bushwalking, and travel to historic quarters in various corners of the globe.