Welcome
to another Sunday with Weekend Writing
Warriors. Meet writers in
various genres and read 8-10 sentence snippets of their stories. Find a new
author and sample their work. Enjoy!
This
weekend, I’m switching to my WIP, Jupiter, Book 3 of Taxyon Space. Due to the
unexpected success of my “cunning” plan for promotion of this series, I have
set the book up for pre-order and have a fixed deadline to finish the
revisions/polishing. The first book, Europa, was accepted for an international
Bookbub, possibly based on my comment: “The Shape of Water mixed with Star
Trek.” Okay, my hero is an alien “merman”, but he looks like a normal human
apart from his green skin, six-fingered hands and gills. The heroine is a
marine biologist, and she quickly realizes he isn’t native to the ocean of Europa.
JUPITER:
Blocked hyper-routes cripple prospects for
human-Warrish alliance
Nikki and
Kiron Ramis Bell are studying the marine life of Rishalt when they are summoned
for an audience with the Prime. Tol-Jadel sets them the task of investigating a
hyperspace perturbation near Jupiter. This anomaly threatens to sever the
routes connecting Earth and Rishalt. They must return to the ocean of Europa to
identity the cause of the disruption. But, tensions are rising between Warrish
Watchers and the humans on Galileo Station, and Earth’s governments are
squabbling over the proposed alliance with the aliens. Can Nikki and Kiron
erase the obstacle before their home planets are separated forever?
My
snippet is the first lines of Jupiter.
A dozen lengths below the rippling
surface of the sea, Kiron Ramis Bell rotated in a full circle, alert for
predators or the transparent threads of stingers. As he spun through the water,
he slowed to admire Nikki’s slim figure, her curves accentuated by the wetsuit
she wore, and her dedication to studying the marine life of Pallivan Preserve.
She crouched five paces away, her camera aimed at a sedentary triale. Its
slender stalk thinned below the three-petaled magenta top. As he watched, the
imitation flower broke away from its stalk and rose toward the surface. They
had discovered this phenomenon only yesterday, and she had woken him before sunrise
to record the budding.
His qtel vibrated. He descended to
plant his feet on the seabed, carefully avoiding the triales, and read Sora’s
message, “Come as fast as you can swim.” One of the Prime’s daughters, Brisa Sora
Tarlin Galamis had no need to justify her summons, and he guessed she preferred
to explain in person.
Nikki looked at him and raised
her eyebrows in a question.
You can
learn how the couple met by reading EUROPA.
Daredevil scientist and abused alien in perilous alliance.
Daredevil scientist and abused alien in perilous alliance.
Europa is 99c this
month.
(99c from
the 5th for Kobo and Googleplay)
Naïve
colonists fight to survive on planet of giant arthropods
As always, I’ll be happy to reply to your
comments.
Well written, fascinating snippet.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteOops! Sounds like he was caught.
ReplyDeleteNo. Sora is their host, but the message is serious.
DeleteYou always provide the most wonderful details to make the scenes and settings 'real' for the reader! Another excellent excerpt...
ReplyDeleteThank you - the details are critical for scifi on another world.
DeleteThis sounds like such a cool world. And I love that cover!
ReplyDeleteDouble thanks! Unfortunately, they'll be leaving this planet sooner than they expected.
DeleteGood snippet and cool covers!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I asked for something different and got "Eye-catching" new covers.
DeleteSorry for showing up so late. I loved the setting that opened this book. The details, movements, and colors all cam alive for me.
ReplyDeleteThank you - I wanted readers to understand they weren't on Earth.
DeleteGreat descriptions. You really ground the reader right away.
ReplyDeleteThanks That was my goal.
DeleteGreat descriptions !
ReplyDeleteThank you
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