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Mainline: A Science Fiction Thriller
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SOLVED: Adult Fiction > SOLVED. An alien girl from a water planet has the ability to transfer to alternative outcomes or "lines" of her life as it lays out before her. I thought it was called "Down Shift" but that doesn't seem to be the case. [s]

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Caine Dorr (cainedorr) | 12 comments The protagonist is an alien girl who has the ability to change probability (and by extension reality it self) by simply stepping through to another. If the building she was in was on fire then she could simply "walk" to another time line/reality where the building wasn't on fire - or any other outcome. The book has three parts to it and in each part the protagonist changes (once pretty drastically if I remember correctly). In the second phase she's a mercenary and assassin. She plugs a "Supercharger" into a citizen's "cool suit" and freezes him to death in the streets. She won't accept currency as payment since she never knows if she'll be able to spend it later with all the line shifting she does. She takes things like diamonds and drugs as her payment because she knows she can unload them later for currency. I thought it was written by Nancy Kress but I've been researching that and I can't find it in her bibliography. I also thought the book was called "Down Shift" but a search of that isn't bringing up any books either. :( Thank you for your time and consideration in helping me with this.


Bryan457 | 285 comments Sounds like it could be a Science fiction book called Mainline.
Mainline by Deborah Teramis Christian


Caine Dorr (cainedorr) | 12 comments That's it! Thank you so much. The members of this group have never failed me. Thank you. Consider this one solved. :)


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Krystal (00krystal) | 132 comments don't forget to move this to the Solved section. Glad you found it, it sounded interesting and now I can check it out. :)


Caine Dorr (cainedorr) | 12 comments Do I need to move it? I will I just am not sure how.


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Ann aka Iftcan (iftcan) | 6917 comments Mod
Caine--click on the SOLVED heading, it will let you edit it. Just change which topic it's in and it will move.


Caine Dorr (cainedorr) | 12 comments Okay. Thanks


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