Emma J for Joy Pearce is at her editorial offices on the twenty-second floor of Three Embarcadero in downtown San Francisco when the long-dreaded next Great Earthquake devastates the Bay Area. Amid horrific destruction, she rescues a man trapped in the rubble. In the heat of survival, she swiftly bonds with him, causing her to question her possible marriage to her long-time boyfriend.
But Jason Gibb is not the charming photojournalist he pretends to be. As Emma discovers his true identity, his mission in the city, and the terrible secrets behind the catastrophe, she finds the choices she makes may mean the difference between her own life or death.
A sexy science fiction thriller, SHAKEN, is a major expansion of Deus Ex Machina, a novelette first published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, republished in the anthology Transcendental Tales From Asimov’s (Donning Press), and translated and republished in Europe and South America.
All rights to SHAKEN are owned by Lisa Mason. Rights available: U.S. and foreign print rights, audio rights, dramatic and film rights, book club rights, graphic novel rights, and merchandising rights. Contact Lisa Mason for further information.
