First Line Fridays: 2023.07.21

First Line Fridays is a meme hosted by Reading is my Superpower where we share the first lines of books that catch our interest.

Destry could smell the smoke long before she saw its improbable source.

SUMMARY (from Goodreads)

Destry is a top network analyst with the Environmental Rescue Team, an ancient organization devoted to preventing ecosystem collapse. On the planet Sask-E, her mission is to terraform an Earthlike world, with the help of her taciturn moose, Whistle. But then she discovers a city that isn’t supposed to exist, hidden inside a massive volcano. Torn between loyalty to the ERT and the truth of the planet’s history, Destry makes a decision that echoes down the generations.