Nance, Kathleen - Day of Fire

Title: Day of Fire
Author: Kathleen Nance
Series: Book 2 of the 2176 series
Pub: Love Spell
Pub Date: May, 2004
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Hero: Lian Firebird
Heroine: Day Daniels

Summary:

Canada: For over a century it's been closed off, quarantined. Now, in 2176, its people thrive. The country still needs peacekeepers, though-and the Mounties are there. Be It All. Do It All. Those are the high-tech police force's twin mottos. They're Day Daniels's mottos, too.

But things are heating up. Someone or something called the Shadow Voice is broadcasting treason, and Day's determined to stamp it out. Seeking the source of the threat, Day enters the techbar, Flash Point.

There she meets Lian Firebird, an enigmatic government operative and shaman. He offers-no, insists-upon joining her trek to the legendary Citadel.

Well, Day decides, Mounties work alone, but she can still do and be it all-even with the sexy hunk at her heels.

Excerpt:

     The techbar decor was a throw back--all chrome, black tile, and twisted tubes of colored neon. The only modern touches were the moving nanowall advertising the Can-Ook Pride concert next week and the games. The games at Flash Point were top of the heap technology.
     Day Daniels opened her coat and leaned one elbow against the slick bar. Music throbbed from the floor in a driving monotone of synthesizers and screeches. Four-foot fans pulled in cold air from outside and circulated the mix, keeping the machines from overheating. The industrial-sized breeze tugged her braid, and she ran a hand to smooth the hair. Damn, but she missed her hat.
     She eyed the customers at the panels of computers and immersed in the virtual games. Which one was her snitch?
     “What’ll you have?” The bartender matched the decor-dark hair tied back, black leather, chrome gray eyes with less softness than metal, and two spots of color in the electric blue glass rings piercing the top of his ears.
     On him, she liked the look.
     “Root beer with a double shot of caf blend. Lian,” she added, noting the name tag.
     Lian lifted one thick brow. “Double shot? Never seen a lady your size who could handle that much buzz. Not enough body fat.”
     “You’ve never seen a lady like me.”
     His easy, practiced glance ran from her braid to her boots, then lingered at her eyes. Most people found them disturbing, being different shades and all.
     He didn’t. “That an invitation? I get off at midnight. Thirty minutes.”
     She met him square. “Not a chance. Just give me the R-Beer.”
     He laughed, not the least offended by her refusal. “It’s your nervous system.”
     With deft skill, he twirled the bottles of root beer and caf, shaking them into a precise fizz as he assembled her drink. She paid, then sipped, savoring the cold contrast of sweet beer, bitter caffeine, and bubbles.      “Perfect.”
     “We do it all,” he said, pocketing the tip she’d added.
     At the familiar phrase, she gave him a sharp look. Be it All; Do it All, the unofficial motto of twenty-second century Mounties. Did he know?

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The 2176 series

Book 1: The Legend of Banzai Maguire - Susan Grant
Book 2: Day Of Fire - Kathleen Nance
Book 3: The Shadow Runners - Liz Maverick
Book 4: The Power of Two - Patti O'Shea
Book 5: The Scarlet Empress - Susan Grant