Bonds of Steel (Law and Crucible Saga Book 3) (4 page)

Acknowledgements

 

 

This is another story that wasn’t initially
included in the main Law and Crucible story arc. If you check my writer resume,
you’ll see I often write for Romanian sci fi and fantasy anthologies, and it
just happened one of this year’s themes involved robots. I groaned a little
when I first saw the announcement because I was already juggling three series
at the time and I had no time for something completely different, but I really
wanted to write for that anthology. Then it came to me. I already had two
robots, Del and Vee. Why not write a story from their point of view, showing
their allegiances and the way their minds work? Sienna’s rescue would have to
wait a little longer, but even that worked for the main plot just fine.

As usual, many thanks go to my editor, Beth Blair, and my
illustrator, Gil Geolingo.

Thank you to my readers and reviewers, too. If you got this
far, please take the time to leave a review on Amazon and Goodreads to show
your support. I will be forever grateful.

And let’s not forget Mom, Dad, little brother, grandma, and
the cat.

All right, see you in the next book!

 

About the Author

 

 

Award-winning writer Ioana Visan has always dreamed about
reaching the stars, but since she can’t, she writes about it.

After fighting the apocalypse aftermath in
Human
Instincts
, she played with shapeshifters in
Blue Moon Café Series: Where
Shifters Meet for Drinks
,
she dealt with vampires in
The Impaler Legacy
series, she designed prosthetics in
Broken People,
and she helped wingless fairies in
The Weight of a Wing
before
tackling a space opera saga.

Aside from publishing short stories in various Romanian
magazines and anthologies, she published a Romanian short story collection,
Efectul
de nautil,
and the Romanian edition of
Human Instincts
.

She received the Encouragement Award from The European
Science Fiction Society at Eurocon 2013.

 

For more information, go to

http://www.ioanavisan.tk

 

 

Connect with Ioana online

Blog:

http://weirdvision2001.blogspot.com

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/AuthorIoanaVisan

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/weirdvision

 

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Books by Ioana Visan

 

ENGLISH
BOOKS

 

Human
Instincts

 

Blue
Moon Café Series:

Where
Shifters Meet for Drinks

 

The
Impaler Legacy Series:

The
Impaler’s Revenge

Sweet
Surrender

A
Victory that Counts

Casualties
of War

Order
Restored

The
Third Wheel

The
Impaler Legacy Omnibus

 

Broken
People Series:

The
Nightingale Circus

Broken
People

Broken
Hearts

 

The
Stolen Wings Series:

The
Weight of a Wing

 

The
Devil You Know Series:

Breaking
the Chains

 

Law
and Crucible Saga:

No
Port to Land

Point
of Origin

Bonds
of Steel

 

 

ROMANIAN
BOOKS

 

Efectul
de nautil

Instincte
umane

 

 

ROMANIAN
ANTHOLOGIES

 

Dansînd
pe Marte şi alte povestiri fantastice

Steampunk:
A doua revoluţie

Venus
– povestiri erotice science fiction

Cele
1001 de scorneli ale Moşului SF

Zombii:
Cartea morţilor vii

Călătorii
în timp. Antologie de povestiri SF

Ferestrele
timpului. Antologie de ficţiuni speculative

Bumerangul
lui Zeeler. Antologie Gazeta SF 2014

Best
of Mystery & Horror #1 - Revista de suspans

Xenox.
Contact între civilizaţii

Argos
Doi. Proză Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Dincolo
de orizont. Povestiri science fiction, vol.1

 

www.ioanavisan.tk

 

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