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Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Newsletter My October newsletter went out today. If you haven't subscribed yet, now's a good time. Next one is due out at the end of November. View all posts ». Series by Karen Traviss. Karen is Currently Reading. Karen Traviss is currently reading. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. Aug 12, AM. Apr 28, PM. Aug 15, AM. Karen Traviss wrote a new blog post. Likewise, will we get a Ringer book?

I know nothing about them, I'm afraid. I wouldn't even know where to start. I don't actually keep an eye on what's going on in publishing, even in my own genres, partly because I prefer to operate in a vacuum fear of ideas contamination but also be See Full Answer. Karen Traviss made a comment on Chillizilla.

I'm not into hot ones these days anyway. But I cook a lot of Japanese food and I thought the shishitos were wort No, I've never grown chillies before. But I cook a lot of Japanese food and I thought the shishitos were worth a try. It's something I'd never be able to find in a grocery store where I live. I can buy padrons, which are almost identical in flavour and heat, but I'm a bit of a purist with ingredients.

Karen Traviss made a comment on Question for pepper growers out there. They're a lot taller than I expected, but still manageable on a windowsill. The weird thing is how competitive they see They're done very well in pots. The weird thing is how competitive they seem to be. I bought three plants after the seeds I planted failed to germinate, bar one seedling. I didn't have room for three it was the minimum order I could place so I put one in the recommended size pot, and rather than dispose of the other two and the seedling, because I can't bear killing healthy plants, I put them in another pot of the same size.

I didn't expect them to do as well. But the crowded pot of three grew faster, taller, and produced more flowers than the one on its own. It was a race to reproduce in stress conditions, I think. Karen Traviss made a comment on We're getting there. Which is why I say three times the average novel, but someone said it was more like four times as long given the number It's just over , words.

Which is why I say three times the average novel, but someone said it was more like four times as long given the number of short novels out there now.

It's been a challenge to set the print versions within the printer's upper page limit. But the designer has done a brilliant job of tinkering with margins and fonts to limit the physical books to a size you can pick up without a forklift and still find the text easy to read.

It really is an amazing skill. I can use InDesign, but when you see someone who's a real virtuoso with it, it's quite something. Karen Traviss made a comment on Mother Death. And having left it alone for so long, I suspect the story will be very different to what I did in the first draft. But added to this.. Catherine Hasley is now presumed dead… there is still a lot plotting going on also from the good guy perspective The raging Clone Wars illuminate dark motives and darker destinies until one question must be answered: Does the end ever justify the means?

As the Clone Wars rage, victory or defeat lies in the hands of elite squads that take on the toughest assignments in the galaxy—stone-cold soldiers who go where no one else would, to do what no one else could On a mission to sabotage a nanovirus research facility on a Separatist-held planet, four clone troopers operate under the very noses of their enemies.

The commandos are outnumbered and outgunned, deep behind enemy lines with no backup—and working with strangers instead of trusted teammates. For the isolated clone commandos and stranded Jedi, a long, dangerous journey lies ahead, through hostile territory brimming with Trandoshan slavers, Separatists , and suspicious natives.

Related Articles. Be the first to know! We are experiencing technical difficulties. Please try again later. Today's Top Books Want to know what people are actually reading right now? Stay in Touch Sign up. Torrent Company's Captain Rex agrees to relieve Anakin Skywalker of his ubiquitous-and insatiably curious-Padawan, Ahsoka, for a while by bringing her along on a routine three-day shakedown cruise aboard Captain Gilad Pellaeon's newly refitted assault ship. But the training run becomes an active-and dangerous-rescue mission when Republic undercover agent Hallena Devis goes missing in the middle of a Separatist invasion.

Dispatched to a distant world to aid a local dictator facing a revolution, Hallena finds herself surrounded by angry freedom fighters, and questioning the Republic's methods-and motives. Summoned to rescue the missing operative who is also his secret love, Pellaeon-sworn to protect the Republic over all-is torn between duty and desire.

And Ahsoka, sent in with Rex and six untested clone troopers to extract Hallena, encounters a very different Jedi philosophy, which shakes the foundation of her upbringing to the core. As danger and intrigue intensify, the loyalties and convictions of all involved will be tested. A former defense correspondent and TV newspaper journalist, Karen has also worked as a police press officer, an advertising copywriter and a journalism lecturer.

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