Welcome to another Sunday
with Weekend Writing Warriors.
Meet writers in various genres and read 8-10 sentence snippets of their
stories.
I’m posting snippets from
my latest release, Cosmic Rift, Book 4 in the Grand Masters’ Galaxy.
Note, I’m visiting the UK
and may be late reading your snippets.
Blurb
Empath
Violet embarks on a new and desperate mission to find her missing lover.
Violet’s
happy family is shattered when Athanor Griffin vanishes. The formidable Grand
Master might have teleported anywhere in the galaxy. Violet strives to find her
psychic partner, while looking after their baby and fulfilling his duties on
the Council. Her frantic search uncovers a new threat to galactic civilization
along with resurgence of the infamous Ixioth slavers. The Council dithers in
response to her call for action, and even her former allies believe the Griffin
is dead. She must risk her son, her psi-powers, and her life to rescue her
beloved mate in the hope they can unite to fight the menace.
Informal
Tag line: Even galaxy-trotting heroines
need a babysitter.
Violet
and Grand Master Ravaleen have discovered the Ixioths are kidnapping the
inhabitants of Ravaleen’s planet. I’m introducing another character in this
snippet: Flatipus. Violet befriended the huge sea creature with tremendous
psychic powers in Grand Master’s Mate. Flatipus has lived alone on the bottom
of the ocean and is happy when Violet visits because she can understand its
telepathic conversation. I named it Flatipus because it reminded me of the
Cheshire cat – nothing but a vast smile and ambiguous remarks.
You
can read the snippet from last week here: http://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2017/07/steel-cold-minds-snippet-from-cosmic.html
The final
sentence was: Nearby, two Ixioths were intent on
stoking the drive. Italics indicate telepathic communications.
“Flatipus,” Violet
called, “I need your help to smash the
foe.”
The huge sea creature offered, “Flatipus can rock the island.”
“No, you will hurt the
innocent as well as the guilty. I wish to harness your power for a delicate
operation.”
“What?”
“Funnel your psi energy to
me. I’ll focus our combined beam on the ship’s drive.” The tremendous power
of the gigantic creature surged into her. Engorged with psi energy, Violet
staggered a step backward. Gathering her amplified power into a psi weapon, she
speared into the drive.
Cosmic Rift, Book 4 in the
Grand Masters’ Galaxy is
$2.99 until July 12th at: Amazon iBooks Kobo B&N
You
can read how Violet discovered Flatipus in the Grand Master’s Mate, Book 3
As
always, I’ll be happy to reply to your comments.
That's a lot of power to harness. I sure hope it works! Great snippet! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's certainly more power than she's used to.
DeleteI"m glad she is able to control that much power. It does seem dangerous.
ReplyDeleteShe is dangerous.
DeleteI hope it doesn't make the drive explode. That could get messy -- and harm the innocents as well.
ReplyDeleteShe is well aware of the innocents.
DeleteThat's a nice way to go, I just hope so much power is not going to knock her down.
ReplyDeleteViolet has been trained to control her own powers, although combining with Flatipus is a new experience for her.
DeleteI hope her head doesn't explode with all that extra psi energy. Lol. You create some interesting creatures.
ReplyDeleteThanks - I try to create unusual aliens.
DeleteOkay, I want sea creatures to talk to me! Great snippet, Aurora. :)
ReplyDeleteThere are more talking sea creatures in Grand Master's Mate.
DeleteOoh, I like the image of the psi energy as a focused weapon. Cool.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteWow, that sounds like a lot of dangerous power!
ReplyDeleteOh Yes.
DeleteWow, she can take in a lot of power.
ReplyDeleteA powerhouse!
DeleteCool idea, to add the creature's power to her own. A very suspenseful snippet!
ReplyDeleteThanks! She and Athanor have merged their powers on occasion.
DeleteShe must be very strong to be able to control all that power.
ReplyDeleteI suppose she is.
DeleteFlatipus sure didn't need much convincing, and that's good for Violet.
ReplyDeleteFlatipus likes Violet. She's the only person who can understand it.
DeleteIt's nice to have powerful friends who share! Hope she can control it!
ReplyDeleteAcquiring powerful allies is Violet's forte.
DeleteThat's a lot of power. I'm betting she'll be successful.
ReplyDeleteIt is, although the range is limited.
Delete"Hurting the innocent as well as the guilty." Reminds me of a Michael Connelly novel. Although Connelly writes thriller, he once wrote a line that said, "The best lawyer can make even the innocent look guilty." (or something along those lines. #wewriwa
ReplyDeleteNo lawyers in this series!
DeleteShe seems like a very strong person.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your trip to UK.
Thank you - I'm back now.
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