Tal knew this because he’d had her last night. She had a powerful contralto voice that dropped to a sultry, sexual purr when she was satisfied. Melode´, the singer, was a flashy redhead with a throaty voice, glittering makeup and breasts which threatened to burst from her shimmering green gown. Tal liked music, and he liked it loud, but he couldn’t carry on business if he couldn’t make himself heard, and in his business a mistaken word or phrase could make enemies, even start a firefight. Tonight’s selections were purple and black. The volume was softened by the mute screen hanging around Tal’s area, pulsing in waves of energy visible only as occasional shimmers of color. Attractive, scantily costumed beings on small hoverpads skated over the crowd, shooting small projectiles that showered partiers with neon sparks and the occasional prize. Above their heads a singer belted out a powerful, bluesy tune while she danced sinuously to the beat of the band behind her, backup singers gyrating in counterpoint. Crowded every night with New Seattleites hungry for music and a few hours of bliss fueled by alcohol or legal synthetics that might even include sex in one of the cubbies in the back hallway, the club pulled credit into his accounts like a nuclear-powered spacevac.ĭancers crowded onto the floor so tightly they could barely move, but no one seemed to care. Matter of fact, no one entered the club without his okay and one jerk of his head could have them ejected.įlash wasn’t the classiest nightclub in New Seattle, but it was the edgiest and the hottest. No one challenged him for it, and no one sat here without his okay-ever. Tal had the biggest and best table in the place, where he could see all comers and all could see him. A few feet away, a huge Mau stood guard to keep the curious and hostile at bay. He had a woman on each arm, his lieutenant flanking him and other members of his gang arrayed around his table.Īgainst the backdrop of laser lightshows and throng of nightclubbers, scantily clad barmaids hovered. Tal Darkrunner slouched in his chair, back to the wall of the huge, busy nightclub. Breakout the ice water and strap yourself in for one sizzling hot ride. Tal can count the number of people he trusts on 3 fingers but the new sexy Serpentian is starting to slither into what passes for his heart.Ĭaution this story has a sexy as sin tatted bad boy, a sensual Serpentian, and a couple of sexually adventurous crew members. She is smart, sexy and bad to the bone but she isn’t ready for the chemistry between her and Tal. Scala Raj has made some mistakes and is recruited to work and spy on Tal in exchange for a full pardon. Tal is the head ganger in New Seattle, New Earth II. In Dark Runner we get to know sexy bad boy Tal Darkrunner a bit better. These are part of a sexy fun Space Opera and I love them all. It can be read standalone but you would get more out of it if you’ve read the previous books as the characters in this story have played a part in Stark Pleasure the Space Magnate's Mistress (LodeStar, #1) but takes place after Captive of Pleasure: The Space Pirates Woman (LodeStar #3). “This terrific tale takes place in the world of Cathryn Cade’s LodeStar series.
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