With Unclean Hands by Adam-Troy Castro

Author:Adam-Troy Castro [Castro, Adam-Troy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-625671-09-7
Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Published: 2014-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Appendix:

Andrea Cort Chronology

The Andrea Cort stories are part of what I now call the “AIsource Infection” universe, which details a substantial alteration in the nature of humanity.

As the stories in this larger universe take place over a period of many years, and in fact begin approximately a century from now, some stories merely use this history as background and others are more important to the grander story being told. Andrea Cort is one woman whose life is especially touched by the critical events.

Most stories now being written take place at the beginning of her career. This chronology is current as of November 2017.

“With Unclean Hands” (ANALOG, November 2011) is likely to remain her first recorded adventure. She is still an unformed thing of very little personal influence, though this will change as it becomes clear to her superiors how very formidable she is.

“Tasha’s Fail-Safe” (ANALOG, April 2015) In this story, she is still suffering the political fallout from her extreme actions in “With Unclean Hands.”

“The Coward’s Option” (ANALOG, March 2016) Once again trusted enough to be sent on a mission, though she’s not expected to be much more than a rubber stamp. As frequently happens with Andrea, there are complications.

There is now a gap of several years, into which almost all new short fiction will be inserted. During these years she is continuing to work on various missions, some of which cement her ruthless reputation. She also zealously maintains her social isolation, a situation that will not improve for her until the novels.

Following the gap, we are introduced to her again with the first Andrea story I wrote, “Unseen Demons” (ANALOG July / August 2002), by which time she is a well-known controversial figure in the Diplomatic community, and widely recognized as a force to be reckoned with. In this story, she receives her mission in life, reaching the epiphany that leads into the trilogy of novels.

About a year later, she appears in the first novel, EMISSARIES FROM THE DEAD, which changes her status quo, changes her agenda yet again, and introduces her to the great love of her life, the linked man and woman with one personality, Oscin and Skye Porrinyard. They remain with her for the rest of the series so far.

This is followed by the second novel, THE THIRD CLAW OF GOD, in which she travels to the planet Xana and learns something she never suspected about her past.

The story finished yet still to be published, “A Stab Of The Knife” (ANALOG, 2018) takes place after she returns from Xana, and is in part driven by the relationships formed there. She in fact still has the very un-Andrea hairstyle she obtained in that novel, though she didn’t like it at the time; maybe the Porrinyards do.

The final Andrea Cort novel for now, WAR OF THE MARIONETTES, the one currently available in English only as an Audiobook, but planned for an upcoming e-book, wraps up the trilogy and ends with her making a very personal decision that will change her forever.

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