From a desert of sand to a desert of ice…
Avizeh Fatah is about to be married off to a local warlord in western Afghanistan when she suddenly finds herself outside a top-secret American military base in Antarctica. From there, hardened troops teleport instantly to danger zones around the world to combat terrorism.
Yet as an Afghan national who doesn’t speak a word of English, she is a dangerous liability to the army presence there. Confined to the base for days that last years, Avizeh makes tentative friends and hones her burgeoning skills in hacking.
Desperate for real human connection and news of her family, she makes a mistake that sets her life on a course she never imagined. Wholly at the mercy of the U.S. government, Avizeh travels from New York to India to Australia, uncovering secrets, a new way of looking at the world, and love.
And just maybe, a way to fight back.
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Gary Girod was born in the woods of Oregon sometime during the last century. He fell in love with stories, true and fiction. After a decade of publishing fiction stories of all genres. In January 2019, he founded the French History Podcast, which covers the history of France from three million years ago to present. In 2020 Brain Lag published his first book, The Maiden Voyage of New York City. In 2021 he received his doctorate in European history from the University of Houston, writing about the origins of the mass domestic surveillance states in Britain and France.He currently divides his time between writing fiction, world-travelling and wearing a suit while monologuing about the deeds of dead people.