Stealthy Steps: 1 (Nanostealth)

My name is Gemma Keyes. Other than my name I am utterly forgettable--so those who never paid much attention to me in the first place havent exactly noticed that Ive disappeared. Vanished. Oh its much more complicated than it sounds. Ive had to learn the hard way: Invisibility comes with its own set of problems. I should tell you about Dr. Daniel Bickel world-renowned nanophysicist. We used to work together but Ill be candid with you: Hes supposed to be dead. Well hes not. (Imagine my surprise.) Instead of the proverbial six feet under hes subsisting in an abandoned devolution cavern beneath the old Manzano Weapons Storage Facility on Kirtland Air Force Base here in Albuquerque. I need to show you what Im protecting here Gemma he insisted. I stared into the clear glass case. I could hear . . . humming clicking buzzing. A faint haze inside the box shifted. Dissolved. Came back together. Reminded me of how mercury when released on a plate will flow and form new shapes. Only this this thing was flowing and forming in midair. Do you see them? Dr. Bickel asked. Them? I was confused. My mouth opened to a stunned o as the silver haze resolved into blue letters. H E L L O Dr. Bickel hadnt pressed any buttons. Hadnt said anything to them. Hadnt gestured. He grinned. Ah. Theyve noticed you. They know they havent seen you before. Well I wish they wouldnt notice me! I choked on the words my eyes fixed on the glass case. And I need to warn you about General Cushing. The rank and name likely conjure images of a lean but muscled old soldier posture rigid face cemented in unyielding lines iron-gray hair cut high and tight. Let me disabuse you of that impression. General Imogene Cushing is short and a tiny bit plump. She wears her silvered hair in an elegant braid knotted at the nape of her neck and she knows how to smile sweetly. With the deadliest of sharks.. You wouldnt suspect a two-star general an Air Force O-8 of being a traitor would you? Nanostealth Book 1: Stealthy Steps Book 2: Stealth Power Book 3: Stealth Retribution Book 4: Deep State Stealth