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 novel set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa.
Tag line: What alien creatures lurk under the ice
crust of Europa?
After Nikki’s lifepod crashed on Europa, she tumbled into a
hole in the ice and saw a man’s face in the water below.
You can read my last snippet here: https://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2017/10/man-beneath-ice-snippet-from-europa-for.html
I have skipped some sentences and added punctuation to fit
into 10 sentences.
Kiron Arqin Ramis stared through
the thin plate of ice at the space-suited body. The Earther lay with the
faceplate of the suit touching the ice and one gloved hand with five fingers
flattened against the sheet. He pondered the dilemma posed by the stray Earther:
her people must never learn of the Watchers’ existence, yet, she would die
without his help.
Her eyes flicked open and focused
on him, blue eyes in a pleasantly contoured face. Her fingers scraped the ice
sheet between them, and her mouth opened in a soundless exclamation. He leaned
closer and smiled in greeting. Her mirrored smile transformed her pale face
with an alien beauty. Within a second, her lovely smile faded and her eyes
shut.
Kiron punched his fist through
the thin ice.
The Earth woman slid headfirst
into the water.
Blurb
Dr. Nikki
Bell’s plan to discover intelligent life in the oceans of Europa hits a rocky
start when her spaceship crashes on the icy surface. Seconds before she blacks
out, she spies a man’s face in the water beneath the ice. When she wakes on the
submarine Station, nobody believes her story. Convinced the mysterious stranger
saved her life, Nikki searches for him while she explores the ocean and its
alien inhabitants.
Kiron
Arqin Ramis chose exile as a Watcher on a remote outpost to redeem his family’s
honor. He never expected to find an attractive Earther woman close to death. He
violates the prime policy by rescuing her. Despite suffering the penalty, he
strives to warn her about his hostile leaders.
Nikki’s
unexpected meeting with Kiron triggers a chain of disasters in Europa’s
perilous oceans. Can the daredevil scientist and scarred Watcher forge a new
alliance despite their people’s antagonism?
Book 1 in a
new SciFi series, Taxyon Space.
The book is available for Pre-order
for only 99c
International: http://authl.it/B0764DFSDM/?d
I am running two other special discounts.
The 3 books in my Secret
Supers series are 99c this week or free with kindle unlimited.
Superheroes at college,
snarky animals, and devious aliens living among us.
My science fiction story, A Tale of Two Colonies, is discounted to 99c this month.
The giant alien spiders
make it fit for a Halloween read.
Fight for freedom.
Fight to survive - For refugees from an overcrowded Earth, dreams of a better
life on an alien planet transform into a terrifying battle for survival.
As always, I’ll be happy to reply to your comments.
His desire to save her definitely overruled the need to keep his people's existence a secret. Curious to know what happens next. :)
ReplyDeleteMaybe he abducts her! lol
DeleteOK wow, a lot packed into this snippet and of course I want to keep reading! Terrific excerpt...
ReplyDeleteThanks. The book releases in less than a month.
DeleteVery cool meet!! Love the visual and his dilemma.
ReplyDeleteThis scene was one of the first that I imagined for the story.
DeleteAwesome visual as always!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteOh the dilemma and the decision! Great snippet, Aurora. :)
ReplyDeleteHe tries to do the right thing.
DeleteOh this is such a tense snippet. I hope he can save her without any repecussions, but I suspect it won't be that easy.
ReplyDeleteOf course it won't be easy. This is just the start of a series of complications.
DeleteAmazing teaser!
ReplyDeleteOf course - it's a key moment in the story.
DeleteGreat description. I'm not sure that "drowning" counts as "rescuing" so I'm hoping he has something in mind other than hoping she grows gills.
ReplyDeleteDrowning is not an immediate prospect. She is wearing a spacesuit with oxygen because the moon's atmosphere is too thin and cold to survive without a suit.
DeleteHe knows better, but he saves her anyway. Tense situation.
ReplyDeleteHe follows his principles, not the rules.
DeleteWhat a difficult decision for him. Glad he did the humane thing.
ReplyDeleteHe tends to value life over laws.
DeleteHaha! This snippet did it. I just pre-ordered this book. :-)
ReplyDeleteOh - great! He might be my most romantic hero yet, but his culture has no place for love.
DeleteGreat visual!
ReplyDeleteThanks. That's the trick - translating the vision into words.
DeleteHis idea of helping isn't an obvious solution!
ReplyDeleteSorry for being tardy to comment. Blame *#@!@ LAX for getting me home a day late.
Blame the short snippet! There's more.
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