Threading the Needle Audiobook

A NEW STARTOR AN OLD CALLINGTalia Merritt a former military sniper once known as Deaths Handmaiden is a woman haunted by her past Her cybernetic arm and her phantomthe implant that allows her to control itserve as a constant reminder of what shes lost But Talia is hoping to leave her past and her reputation behind and start anew on the colony world of Goruden a hardscrabble planet of frontierminded people seeking a better life And shes finally earned enough to start to make that dream come trueIn the bucolic town of Tsuri she interviews for a job as a marksmanship instructor for local bigwig Signore Ferran Contesti But Contesi is not what he seems A recent arrival on Goruden he hopes to mold the colony world in his own imagean image at odds with the unencumbered life free of government and corporate meddling that Talia has come to findSoon Talia finds herself thrust into the start of another conflict Talia desperately wants to stay out of it but she may not have that luxuryWith the fate of a planet and her own peace of mind hanging in the balance Talia must decide whether or not to once again take up the mantle of Deaths Handmaiden