Miranda Chase Origin Books

(Previously published as Galaxy in USA Today bestselling anthology Origins of Honor.) A C-5 Galaxy, the premier heavy transport jet in the US military, and its secret cargo lie shattered across one of America’s largest military bases: Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Some say it crashed. Others say domestic terrorism… Or a declaration of war? They need answers and they need them fast. Miranda Chase—air-crash genius, high-functioning autistic, and the National Transportation Safety Board’s newest investigator—gets the call. But unraveling the real cause could cost her honor or her life.

Home for the holidays, with friends, should be worry free… For the first time in years, Miranda has invited guests to her San Juan Islands cabin for Christmas—her NTSB air-crash investigation team. She’s not sure it was the best decision. When more of her past flies in on Christmas Eve, it proves to be an even greater challenge than she expected. But, with the help of her past and her team, perhaps she can find the feeling of that true Christmas spirit.

When it’s time to leave the team, can they actually go? Jeremy’s skills make him ready to leave Miranda’s air-crash investigation team and start his own. But neither Jeremy nor Miranda are prepared for it when the time comes. Jeremy must take the lead. Miranda must stay behind. The change forces each member of the team to grapple with their own challenges. Does the answer lie in the black box of a flight data recorder? Maybe it does.