The First Chapter of a New Story
Explore the literary realm of T.G. Reed Books. Venture into A Dance on a Knife’s Edge to navigate a complex investigation with Detective Celia Vance as she reveals truths hidden behind layers of deceit, blood, and forbidden knowledge. In this future, synthetic minds govern civilization, every action is logged, and the concepts of anonymity and cold-blooded homicide have been nearly eradicated.
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A Dance on a Knife’s Edge
In the year 2301, murder is almost impossible to get away with.
So when researcher Dr. Elara Voss is found dead in a Jacksonville park, Detective Celia Vance is handed the city’s first true homicide in more than a decade. The evidence should make finding her killer inevitable. Every movement can be traced. Every weapon leaves a signature. Every digital trail leads somewhere.
Except this one.
What begins as a seemingly impossible murder soon draws Celia into a trail of missing evidence, hidden research, and technology that should not exist. And the deeper she digs, the more the case seems determined to point her toward an answer she doesn’t believe. Someone wants Elara Voss remembered as something she wasn’t. Someone wants the investigation closed. And someone is willing to kill to make sure it stays that way.
But Elara wasn’t murdered simply because of what she knew. She was murdered because of what she discovered.
And that discovery began on Mars.
Buried inside Elara’s research is evidence of technology humanity did not create, technology someone is determined to see completed no matter the cost.
Now Celia is running out of time to uncover the truth, because this case is no longer about bringing one woman’s killer to justice. The forces behind Elara’s murder threaten far more than one city, and a detective who refuses to stop may be all that stands between humanity and oblivion in a winner-take-all fight for survival.
A Dance on a Knife’s Edge is a science fiction mystery thriller that begins as a classic detective investigation and accelerates into a high-velocity race against time, blending corporate conspiracy with the technologies of a transformed twenty-fourth century in a story where one impossible murder leads toward a truth no one was meant to uncover.
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About the Author
T.G. Reed was born and raised in Tennessee during what was objectively the greatest decade ever created: the 1980s. Raised on a steady diet of Star Wars, Star Trek (more Trek than Wars, if we’re being honest), Space: 1999, and The Six Million Dollar Man, he developed an early love for science fiction, adventure, and stories that made the universe feel bigger than it really was.
He also survived the era of Miami Vice and Magnum P.I. There may or may not still be photographic evidence floating around of him wearing a Don Johnson-style white linen suit with a pastel T-shirt underneath. No apologies will be made. He still binge-watches Magnum P.I. on a regular basis.
T.G. has been married for over thirty years now to his best friend. Together they raised three sons, all now grown and making their own way in the world.
Before turning seriously toward writing, he spent years as a software developer after earning a degree in Computer Science. He even owned his own software company for a time, then decided entrepreneurship involved entirely too many meetings and not nearly enough spaceships.
His storytelling is influenced by two things: Roger Zelazny and Dungeons & Dragons. What he likes about Zelazny is the way a story is carried almost like a script playing out in your mind. Being a Dungeon Master taught him the other half—how to tell a story that stays open to change, even when the narrative was carefully prepared. He started running games as a kid and never really stopped. When schedules cooperate, he still runs the occasional campaign. Favorite module: Tomb of Annihilation.
For nearly two decades he practically lived on Xbox. His gaming loyalties remain firmly planted with the Halo and Elder Scrolls series. Oblivion was the best of them. There is no debate about it. A particular note from those years: Perfect Dark Zero, which left its mark and became an influence on the Celia Vance series.
He never turns down a good bourbon and cigar, believes the worst steak still beats the best burger on most days, considers lemon pie a gift from God, and can survive on Dunkin’ Donuts alone for an alarming amount of time—preferably pink glaze, no sprinkles.
Thanks for stopping by. Feel free to reach out with questions, comments, or just to argue about Star Trek versus Star Wars.
Cheers,
T.G. Reed
Committed to bringing you stories that resonate.
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