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In the Shadow of the Starships

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When Jennisa delivers a spaceship database to a suspicious group, she covertly takes a copy of the group's files when she helps them connect it. She gets far more than she bargained for when the young spaceship AI figures out how to use her Bluetooth implant to communicate with her. 

To further complicate matters, the AI wants nothing to do with the suspicious group and finds her work absolutely fascinating. And the group isn't happy about that...

Standalone novella. Spinoff of A Starship Called Starsong.

ONC prompt #82: You wake up on a seemingly ordinary day to discover that your thoughts are not private. There is someone else in your head with you.

A huge thank you to WingedAlpha for helping me with my cover background, and SayWatt74 for the cover font and alterations!All Rights Reserved

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