The Secret Humankind by Gloria Oliver

The Secret Humankind by Gloria Oliver

The Secret Humankind by Gloria Oliver

She keeps her head down and cleans up messes. When the body count starts rising, will trying to make a living get her flushed?

Julia Xero is stuck in survival mode. After losing the only person she loved, the introverted orphan longs to escape her toxic employment for the zen of crime and trauma scene decontamination. But when she lands her dream job and is called to a bloody rooftop with a decapitated corpse, she’s horrified to come face to face with an otherworldly shark-toothed assassin.

Furious to learn she’s been enlisted by a clandestine race of beings against her will, Julia’s dismay fountains when she finds out they implanted her with a neck bomb to ensure her lips stay tightly sealed. Fit to be tied and her thunderous confrontation with her boss hitting a dead end, the stubborn young woman begins plotting ways to leave the energy-powered entities in her dust.

Can she outwit an ancient civilization before her carotid goes boom?

The Secret Humankind is the gritty first book in The Discoveries of Julia Xero’s urban fantasy thriller series. You’ll love Gloria Oliver’s multi-faceted mystery if you like fish-out-of-water heroines, complex worlds, and dark truths.

Read The Secret Humankind to match wits with monsters today!

The Secret Humankind by Gloria Oliver

About the Author

Gloria Oliver lives in Texas, staying away from rolling tumbleweeds while bowing to the never-ending wishes of her feline and canine masters.

Her previous works include fantasy, urban fantasy, science fiction, and, recently, historical cozy mystery novels. Several contain romantic and mystery elements. Her short speculative fiction stories, which cover everything from the fantastic and strange to a Bubba Apocalypse, can be found in many anthologies.

Gloria is a member in good standing with BroadUniverse, though she has yet to make the list for Cat Slaves R Us. In her spare time (what’s that?), she watches TV shows, movies, anime, plays PC games, and reads books.

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