The Blue Queen
David Piper
- Divorced,
- discouraged
- and
- drinking
- before
- lunch,
- Elizabeth
- Graham
- is
- ripe
- for
- a
- new
- job,
- a
- new
- city,
- and
- a
- new
- lover.
- She
- moves
- to
- Austin,
- a
- city
- straining
- to
- retain
- its
- carefree
- identity
- in
- the
- face
- of
- explosive
- growth
- and
- gentrification.
- Elizabeth's
- new
- boss,
- Juliet
- Andro,
- self-medicates
- in
- a
- geologically
- unstable
- cave
- using
- a
- chemical
- produced
- by
- a
- colony
- of
- blue
- salamanders.
- The
- chemical
- enables
- humans
- to
- transcend
- death,
- but
- the
- process
- exacts
- a
- shocking
- price.After
- a
- mysterious
- tragedy
- forever
- alters
- Elizabeth's
- future,
- she
- uncovers
- clues
- that
- implicate
- Juliet,
- who
- is
- scheming
- to
- attain
- immortality
- by
- developing
- the
- chemical.
- Elizabeth
- teams
- up
- with
- a
- biologist,
- an
- Army
- captain,
- and
- a
- tech
- entrepreneur
- to
- challenge
- Juliet's
- gang
- in
- its
- urban
- greenbelt stronghold.
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