Introduction

Dusty Carmichael works for UNSEC as an MP and a Detective with her partner and husband, James. In January of 2098, they were reassigned from their jobs on Luna to a special task force. There is also a secret to their success.

They are not ordinary people anymore.

This story covers their adventures investigating a crime syndicate that spanned more than one solar system. As per usual, Dusty’s curiosity got her and James into trouble.

Her dad often joked that ‘Trouble’ was her middle name.

Copyright:

Copyright © 2024 Kris Me - All rights are reserved.

This story is the work of Kris Me. Before you copy more than one page or ten percent of the content, you must contact me as per the Copyright Act 1968, Australia.

First Published by Storiesonline World Literature Company: 2018-07-23 as Dusty: #2 – The Next Mission.

Latest update: 2024/05/30.

This is now the third book:

It was the second book in the series, but the new story – 2 Zaps, is best read before this book to preserve the timeline.

For those who have read the original version, I apologise. When I wrote this story, I got my timeline screwed up. This story was originally set in mid-2095. However, some of the characters who came to visit from some of my other books jumped the timeline.

Hence, I had to smack their arses and write them out of the story and fix the timeline. I also then wrote the new, second book in this series.

The Dusty Series is part of the Keltrian Universe. Some references to events or information about a character, place or event might not be explained fully if mentioned or introduced in a previous book.

Chronologically, this story starts after the Delta and Amity series’. It can be read as a separate entity from those series’ since it centres around a different planet and solar system.

However, there are links to events and characters who first appear in the Delta series, the Amity series, and the stand-alone story At a Price. If you have read those books, you will have better foreknowledge if some of the background information isn’t repeated in this book.

Declaration:

~~ Adult Themes ~~

This book is part of an erotica science fiction series. It is NOT recommended for people under the legal age to access such stories, depending on the reader’s country of origin.

The books may contain what some people consider vulgar language, references to religious icons, violence, coercion, murder, and-or rape scenes. Some scenes may describe intimate heterosexual, bisexual, gay and-or group sexual activities. In most cases, these scenes are integral parts of the story.

Some of the books include imaginary races capable of changing their gender and/or form into other animals. Copulation, while the characters are in their alternate animal forms, may be described.

This book DOES NOT contain descriptions of bestiality or coitus between humans closely related by blood.

Editing:

If you find any of my assumptions fabricated, I would like to remind you this is a work of fiction, and I have probably taken liberties with reality, as you know it. The humanoids in this story are not based on anyone I know or have read about.

Australian-based dictionaries were used for reference, and Grammarly was used as part of the editing suite. The story was written in Microsoft Word.

If you find grammatical or spelling errors, they are not the fault of my editor or proofreaders who did try to fix my work. However, some mistakes are missed, so all errors are my own.

If my Australian colloquialisms or terms need clarification, or you just wish to correspond, I’m more than happy to answer your emails. You can send them to: kris.me2@inorbit.com

The Wiki:

https://keltria.fandom.com/wiki/

The Wiki contains more information about the Keltrian people, wizards, magical items, colloquialisms and adapted words that have been created for this universe. Maps, character lists and other information related to this book could be found.

To make life easier, I’ve added some colloquialisms here and some basic knowledge about the magical disciplines.

Did You Know:

Bickies - cookies in the US

Bingle - generally used to describe an accident involving a vehicle

Budgie smugglers - also known as dick-togs or Speedos

Buggies - four-wheeled vehicles with rollbars but no roof or full doors. Some have a version of a solar panel added onto the rollbars

Camla - a type of two-toed mammal similar to a lama

Catalo - a type of big cat

Emu - an Airbus that seats twenty-eight people in nine rows of two seats on one side with one on the other, plus a space to lock in a mobility chair. They were used for flights of short duration, less than two hours (It is also a very large flightless bird in Australia that runs fast, and the dumb birds like to play chicken with traffic)

Esky - portable cooler for beer and whatever, used for picnics and camping

Dust-up - a fight

Fat-attack - go ballistic, rant, rave, and be generally upset

Greyhound - an Airbus that seats sixty comfortably in fifteen rows of four seats. They only need very short runways, and they can fly fast at high altitudes

Gunna – going to

Gonna – dying or dead

Hopper - Flying version of a motorcycle with fans and wheels for ground use

Kinda – kind of

Lanky - a type of horse

Linger - invented in 2070, Lingers have electric motor-driven fans that provide the levitation. They have a set of wheels for parking or slower driving on land, making them an all-terrain vehicle for flying at altitudes restricted to less than 10m.

Lucked in – got lucky