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!
I’m back
after Thanksgiving to run another snippet from Jupiter, Book 3 in Taxyon Space.
Nikki is recording the marine life when Kiron gets a message from their
hostess, Sora.
You can
read my snippet from last week here: https://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2018/11/an-audience-in-pearl-pyramid-snippet.html
I’ve
skipped again to the scene where an attendant is taking Nikki and Kiron to
their audience with Tol-Jadel.
Excuse my minor misuse of punctuation to fit.
A trio of
luma, otter-like animals with sleek gray fur and flat scaled tails, scampered
out of the natatorium and ran to rub their flanks against Nikki’s bare ankles.
Like all Rishalt’s vertebrate animals, they were truly amphibious with gills as
well as lungs. The three luma sniffed at Kiron, and the largest one rose on its
hind legs to paw at his hand.
He smiled
and scratched the fur behind its small ears.
“I think
they like you,” Nikki whispered.
The
attendant opened the gates and beckoned, “Enter. Supreme Tol-Jadel awaits you
in her garden.” Bright light flooded the exit, and a warm breeze wafted a
fragrant medley of flowers and herbs into the cool interior space.
The luma
circled around their feet, herding them in the correct direction.
As they
walked toward the light, Kiron grasped her hand again. Stepping through the
gates, Nikki blinked, half blinded by the sunlight.
JUPITER:
A simple hop across hyperspace turns deadly,
crushing hopes for a 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. They must return to the oceans of Europa
and prevent this anomaly from severing the hyperroutes between Earth and
Rishalt. 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?
You can
learn how the couple met in Book 1, EUROPA.
EUROPA is 99c until Jupiter releases.
As always, I’ll be happy to reply to your
comments.
This is a wonderful snippet. I always enjoy reading about what the animal and plant life on other planets might be like.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I enjoy imagining the flora and fauna of other worlds
DeleteThe luma sound so cute, but I'd be afraid to trip over one. Great descriptions in this snippet! :)
ReplyDeleteNikki thinks luma are cute, although in the previous book, another human character called them rats.
DeleteI love this insight in the early lives of cute little alien species.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Alien animals are one of my specialities.
DeleteAlways up to mischief; a woman of many talents.
ReplyDeleteDo you mean Nikki or Jadel?
DeleteI love those little critters. Beautifully developed scene, Aurora.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Nikki and Kiron will be given a pet luma.
DeleteExcellent snippet and the scifi 'otters' were a fun detail!
ReplyDeleteThanks. A luma will star in the rest of the story.
DeleteYou always create such great - and often cute - creatures! I wonder what awaits them now?
ReplyDeleteThey're not always cute. The luma are cute and intelligent.
DeleteThe luma are so cute, but I think they might have a different task--one of great importance. Great world building.
ReplyDeleteOne of them will accompany Nikki and Kiron on their mission for Jadel.
DeleteGreat snippet with interesting life! :D
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteSeeing the flora and fauna of other worlds makes these places so real.
ReplyDeleteI hope it does, especially for people who love nature.
DeleteGreat descriptions. enjoyed the snippet.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteLove the little critters!
ReplyDeleteMe too!
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