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 discovered the Ixioths are stealing the inhabitants
of Ravaleen’s planet.
You
can read the snippet from two weeks’ ago here: http://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2017/06/kill-them-snippet-from-cosmic-rift-for.html
The final
sentence was: Her tone rising in fury, Ravaleen
hissed, “Kill them!”
(Apologies
for creative punctuation to fit into 10 sentences.)
“Wait,” Violet urged, “we must stop the spaceship. The holds are
full of miserable slaves; your people snatched from your domain. If we kill the
slavers, the ship’s crew will take alarm and lift off with their wretched
cargo.”
“You cripple the ship; my power is inadequate for such a task.”
“I’ll try; you stall those guards.” Shutting her eyes, Violet
probed inside the ship. She veered away from the steel cold minds of the
Ixioths and searched for the ship’s propulsion system. If only she had
Athanor’s skill at detecting metals, sensing inanimate objects was not her
forte. Swinging her mental probe from the raised prow to the base of the ship,
she located a pulsing source of energy. Nearby, two Ixioths were intent on
stoking the drive.
Cosmic Rift, Book 4 in the
Grand Masters’ Galaxy is
$2.99 for the next two weeks at: Amazon iBooks Kobo B&N
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As
always, I’ll be happy to reply to your comments.
Looks like she found it! Now, does she know how to disable it?
ReplyDeleteShe has a few tricks of her own although she misses Athanor's skills.
DeleteIntense moment. I'm hoping she will be able to disable it.
ReplyDeleteShe survives to the happy ending.
DeleteLeave us hanging? Intense scene.
ReplyDeleteOf course - I only had 10 sentences.
DeleteSounds like quite a difficult task. I'm curious as to whether she'll succeed without alerting others. Great snippet! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's not as difficult as finding Athanor.
DeleteGripping snippet, I hope she'll succeed - you've left us on a nice cliffhanger!
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'll continue this scene next week.
DeleteIntense. Looks like they might succeed, though. Great snippet.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteAn interesting challenge for her, enjoyed the snippet and the vivid description of his she uses her abilities.
ReplyDeleteShe has several more challenges ahead.
DeleteWell done. It's hard to make action where there is no action, only thoughts, exciting.
ReplyDeleteThanks - praise indeed!
DeleteWhat a nice cliffhanger. We want to know if she is successful or not.
ReplyDeleteI specialize in cliffhangers, although not at the end of the story.
DeleteI love the details on how she does this- hopefully she pulls it off!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteI love all this sci-fi-ness! :D
ReplyDeleteIt's fun, but not "hard" SciFi because of the psychic effects.
DeleteLooks like she has it all in hand, but I'm betting it won't be so easy.
ReplyDeleteShe will find many difficulties on her journey.
DeleteIncredible world building, Aurora. I wonder what they're stoking the drive with. :-)
ReplyDeleteIt sounds good, but I have no idea what fuel they're using.
DeleteGreat detailed writing!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
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