Spokesperson - Snippet from TRAPPED for #WeWriWa #SciFiRom

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 continuing my new story, Trapped on Vkani, book 3 in my series Atrapako on Eden. You can read about the planets and their inhabitants in my Blog Post HERE.

Maya and her team had planned to explore the ruins of an ancient civilization in the radioactive Deadlands of Vkani. But a sandstorm buried their shuttle under a thick layer of sand, and they had to dig to the surface to call for help. Maya was pulled out of the sand by a blue scaled alien with curved claws. Jack, is dead, but the two other members of her team are alive.  

Some people were confused about the colors. Blue scales indicate a leader. Greens have technical skills, massively built Reds are laborers and warriors. Everyone else has Yellow scales.

You can read last week’s snippet at https://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2019/03/enemies-lurk-everywhere-snippet-from.html

The snippet ended with the blue scaled alien asking Maya, “Was he your Blue?”  I’ve skipped a few lines, and re-punctuated to fit.

     She glanced at her friends. Their wrists and ankles had been tied, and the Red loomed over them; Felix glared, while Hong whimpered. They were out of action, and she had become the spokesperson for the team; she must do her best to placate the Blue leader and keep her team alive.

     Facing the Blue, she straightened and said, “My name is Maya Pandita; I am the leader of this expedition to study the ancient cities in the Deadlands.”

     “Green or Blue?”

     “We do not have those terms.” Hesitantly, she asked, “What is your name?”

     “Sa Vittaran Viktu.”

      Male, she deduced, and made a mental correction. His cloak had given no hint of his gender, while hers was obvious even under the padded suit.

Marooned on a desolate planet, joining forces with the enemy is their only hope.

     Maya Pandita spent years preparing for an expedition to the Deadlands. But her dreams of unearthing ancient artifacts are shattered when her shuttle is buried by a violent sandstorm, and her team is abducted by the scaled inhabitants of the planet. Maya and her companions must try to outwit their blue captor and call for help before they die in the toxic atmosphere.

     Sa Vittaran has a problem in his claws. Along with treasures from the ruins, he has retrieved three smooth-skinned foreigners. They will die if he leaves them in the desert. He cannot leave them to die in the desert. Yet the puny creatures have little value as workers, except perhaps for the impudent woman who claims to be their leader. Her knowledge of the ancient script will be an asset if she can survive the long trek to his house. 

     An attack by marauders forces Maya and the Blue leader into a wary alliance. They must work together to thwart the bandits and reunite their company. Can Maya convince Sa Vittaran to help her team? If she fails, they are doomed to a short unpleasant life on the desolate, war-torn planet.

Trapped on Vkani at Amazon  Apple  B&N  Kobo  GooglePlay

The first book in this series 

The Lady is Blue, Book 1, Amazon  iBooks  B&N  GooglePlay

SciFi Romance. Feisty scientist solves puzzle of scaly aliens. 

Final day at 99c

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Enemies lurk everywhere - Snippet from TRAPPED for #WeWriWa #SciFiRom

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 continuing my new story, Trapped on Vkani, book 3 in my series Atrapako on Eden. The settings are two remote planets: Eden, a terraformed planet with a colony of humans; and Vkani, an inhospitable planet with scaled human(oid) aliens. You can read about the planets and their inhabitants in my Blog Post HERE.

Maya and her team had planned to explore the ruins of an ancient civilization in the radioactive Deadlands. But when a sandstorm buried their shuttle under a thick layer of sand, they had to dig to the surface to call for help. Maya was pulled out of the sand by a blue scaled alien with curved claws. Jack, who had led the way out, is lying on the ground near a massive Red Atrapako.  

You can read last week’s snippet at https://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2019/03/unnatural-sound-snippet-from-trapped.html

I’ve skipped a few lines in which the Blue binds May’s wrists and orders the Red to pull her other teammates out of the sand dune. 

     Clambering awkwardly onto her feet, Maya stumbled over to where Jack lay. She stared at his motionless body in disbelief; his neck was twisted at an unnatural angle, and behind the goggles, his eyes were wide and blank. Choking back a cry of horror, she knelt and attempted to remove his glove to check for a pulse. With her wrists bound together, her clumsy efforts failed; obscured by the mask, tears streamed down her cheeks and she sobbed. 

     Someone tapped her shoulder; she swung round in alarm.

     In a chilly tone, the Blue said, “Only a fool would attack a Red.”

     Her grief slid into rage; jumping to her feet, she balled her fists and spat an accusation, “You killed him!”

     “Enemies lurk everywhere.” After this dispassionate excuse, the Blue’s gaze flicked up and down her body, lingering on her face, “Was he your Blue?” 

Another misunderstanding?  

Marooned on a desolate planet, joining forces with the enemy is their only hope.

     Maya Pandita spent years preparing for an expedition to the Deadlands. But her dreams of unearthing ancient artifacts are shattered when her shuttle is buried by a violent sandstorm, and her team is abducted by the scaled inhabitants of the planet. Maya and her companions must try to outwit their blue captor and call for help before they die in the toxic atmosphere.

     Sa Vittaran has a problem in his claws. Along with treasures from the ruins, he has retrieved three smooth-skinned foreigners. They will die if he leaves them in the desert. He cannot leave them to die in the desert. Yet the puny creatures have little value as workers, except perhaps for the impudent woman who claims to be their leader. Her knowledge of the ancient script will be an asset if she can survive the long trek to his house. 

     An attack by marauders forces Maya and the Blue leader into a wary alliance. They must work together to thwart the bandits and reunite their company. Can Maya convince Sa Vittaran to help her team? If she fails, they are doomed to a short unpleasant life on the desolate, war-torn planet.

Now released! 

Trapped on Vkani at Amazon  Apple  B&N  Kobo  GooglePlay

The first books in this series are:

The Lady is Blue, Book 1, Amazon  iBooks  B&N  GooglePlay

SciFi Romance. Feisty scientist solves puzzle of scaly aliens. (Still 99c until March 31)

Dragons of Vkani, Book 2  Amazon  iBooks  Kobo  B&N  GooglePlay

As always, I’ll be happy to reply to your comments.  
Please return to www.wewriwa.com to sample the works of the other writers.

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Two Planets, Two Possible Futures for Humanity - Atrapako on Eden - #SciFi Adventure & Romance

My series, Atrapako on Eden, offers different scenarios for our future.

Earth/Terra is overcrowded, polluted and people rely on virtual entertainment.

Eden

The remote planet of Eden lies in a solar system near the edge of the galactic arms. Eden has two moons, called Mars and Venus. The planet has been terraformed and many native species from Terra were transplanted into large uninhabited regions. A colony of Terran-born humans live in the major city of Riverside and smaller rural communities. Society is supported by a high level of technology, although not overtly. The people enjoy festivals and a variety of “non-virtual” leisure activities. A small spaceport lies just outside Riverside for shuttles from rare visiting spaceships. The Space Traders visit every few years.

Book 1, The Lady is Blue, is set on Eden.

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Vkani

Vkani’s solar system is partially obscured by a dust cloud. The planet has a single moon called the Red Child. The planet Vkani has a desolate environment and post-apocalyptic society. A thousand years ago, a nuclear catastrophe destroyed civilization and devastated the environment. Cities were buried under radioactive sand in extensive desert regions called the Deadlands. The humanoid survivors mutated, or possibly were engineered, to adapt to the new environment. Atrapako have protective scales and a rigid, color-coded society. Blues are the dominant caste, Greens are scientists and technologists. Reds are laborers and soldiers. All others, including children, are Yellows.

During a brief technological renaissance about a hundred years ago, the Atrapako built spaceships to seek a more hospitable planet (see Book 1). Unfortunately, conditions on the planet haven’t improved since they left (see Books 2 & 3).

Book 2, Dragons of Vkani, has action on both planets. 

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My latest addition to this series, Book 3, Trapped on Vkani, is set on Vkani

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Unnatural sound - Snippet from TRAPPED for #WeWriWa #SciFiRom

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

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 continuing my new story, Trapped on Vkani, book 3 in my series Atrapako on Eden. The settings are two remote planets: Eden, a terraformed planet with a colony of humans; and Vkani, an inhospitable planet with scaled human(oid) aliens. You can read about the planets and their inhabitants in my Blog Post HERE.

Maya and her team had planned to explore the ruins of an ancient civilization in the radioactive Deadlands. But when a sandstorm buried their shuttle under a thick layer of sand, they had to dig to the surface to call for help. Maya was pulled out of the sand by a blue scaled alien with curved claws.  

In last week’s snippet, Maya’s ungloved hand was being examined by the blue scaled hero of the story - https://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2019/03/give-me-proof-snippet-from-trapped-for.html

In fact, I had skipped a few lines for better continuity in these short snippets. Maya’s teammate Jack had preceded her to the surface of the sand. Before she answered the Blue, she had seen Jack’s body lying by a Red. Reds are the laborer caste and are massive, all muscles and rust-red scales, and never speak to other classes. [You can find a couple of noteable exceptions in the second Book in this series.]

Please excuse minor misuse of punctuation to fit.

     While her interrogator was examining her hand, she pointed at Jack; “Is my comrade injured?”

     “Your Green attacked my Red,” an ice-cold, implacable answer.

     She swallowed hard; was Jack dead?

     The beeps of an incoming call rang from Jack’s com.

     The Blue swung toward the unnatural sound and snapped an order. Instantly, the Red plucked the com from Jack’s belt and crushed it between clawed finger and thumb.

     “No,” Maya cried. Too late. The Blue merely scowled at her.

Marooned on a desolate planet, joining forces with the enemy is their only hope.

     Maya Pandita spent years preparing for an expedition to the Deadlands. But her dreams of unearthing ancient artifacts are shattered when her shuttle is buried by a violent sandstorm, and her team is abducted by the scaled inhabitants of the planet. Maya and her companions must try to outwit their blue captor and call for help before they die in the toxic atmosphere.

     Sa Vittaran has a problem in his claws. Along with treasures from the ruins, he has retrieved three smooth-skinned foreigners. He cannot leave them to die in the desert. Yet the puny creatures have little value as workers, except perhaps for the impudent woman who claims to be their leader. He plans to keep her. Her knowledge of the ancient texts will be an asset if she can survive the long trek to his house. 

     An attack by marauders forces Maya and the Blue leader into a wary alliance. They must work together to thwart the bandits and reunite their company. Can Maya convince Sa Vittaran to help her team? If she fails, they are doomed to a short unpleasant life on the desolate, war-torn planet.

Pre-order Trapped on Vkani at Amazon  Apple  B&N  Kobo  GooglePlay

for release on March 22nd

The first books in this series are:

The Lady is Blue, Book 1, Still 99c Amazon  iBooks  B&N  GooglePlay

SciFi Romance. Feisty scientist solves puzzle of scaly aliens. 

Dragons of Vkani, Book 2  Amazon  iBooks  Kobo  B&N  GooglePlay

St Patrick’s Day Special:

Meet Irish heroine, Katrina Sligo aka Mistress Trina, daughter of Ambassador Sligo, aka Grey Kat, code thief. Sparks fly and spaceships crash when she is captured by pirate Captain Black Hawk.

Watch for the lucky Shamrock near the end of the tale!

Captured by the Hawk is 99c at Amazon  iBooks  Kobo  B&N

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Give me proof - Snippet from TRAPPED for #WeWriWa #SciFiRom

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 continuing my new story, Trapped on Vkani, book 3 in my series Atrapako on Eden. The settings are two remote planets: Eden, a terraformed planet with a colony of humans; and Vkani, an inhospitable planet with scaled human(oid) aliens. You can read about the planets and their inhabitants in my Blog Post HERE.

Maya and her team had planned to explore the ruins of an ancient civilization in the radioactive Deadlands. But when a sandstorm buried their shuttle under a thick layer of sand, they had to dig to the surface to call for help. Maya was pulled out of the sand by a blue scaled alien with curved claws.  

In last week’s snippet, Maya was able to communicate with the blue scaled hero of the story - https://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2019/03/worm-snippet-from-trapped-for-wewriwa.html

He (actually she doesn’t know its gender yet) doesn’t believe Maya comes from another world. The last sentence was: The Blue growled, “Impossible.”

I’ve skipped a few lines.

     Fixing her gaze on the Blue, she pointed at the ruddy clouds in the sky, and tried to explain, “Our world lies far beyond the moon, the Red Child.”

     The Blue rocked back onto its heels. The hood fell back, exposing its prominent brows of thick blue scales and tall crest of blue spikes. Its nose and mouth were covered by a strip of blue cloth. It lowered its ridged brows and narrowed its eyes as if considering her statement. Finally, it demanded, “Give me proof of your claim.”

     She couldn’t risk removing her mask in the dusty air. Instead, she unfastened one glove and revealed her brown hand without scales or claws.

     The Blue pressed the tip of one claw on her palm, creating a dimple, but not piercing her skin. It rotated her hand and tapped a claw on her fingernails.

Marooned on a desolate planet, joining forces with the enemy is their only hope.

     Maya Pandita spent years preparing for an expedition to the Deadlands. But her dreams of unearthing ancient artifacts are shattered when her shuttle is buried by a violent sandstorm, and her team is abducted by the scaled inhabitants of the planet. Maya and her companions must try to outwit their blue captor and call for help before they die in the toxic atmosphere.

     Sa Vittaran has a problem in his claws. Along with treasures from the ruins, he has retrieved three smooth-skinned foreigners. They will die if he leaves them in the desert. Yet the puny creatures have little value as slaves, except perhaps for the impudent woman who claims to be their leader. He plans to keep her. Her knowledge of the ancient texts will be an asset if she can survive the long trek to his house. 

     An attack by marauders forces Maya and the Blue leader into a wary alliance. They must work together to thwart the bandits and reunite their company. Can Maya convince Sa Vittaran to help her team? If she fails, they are doomed to a short unpleasant life on the desolate, war-torn planet.

Pre-order Trapped on Vkani at Amazon  Apple  B&N  Kobo for release on March 22nd

The first books in this series are:

The Lady is Blue, Book 1, Amazon  iBooks  B&N  GooglePlay

SciFi Romance. Feisty scientist solves puzzle of scaly aliens. (Still 99c on Amazon)

Dragons of Vkani, Book 2  Amazon  iBooks  Kobo  B&N  GooglePlay

As always, I’ll be happy to reply to your comments.  
Please return to www.wewriwa.com to sample the works of the other writers.

Find a catalog of my published stories HERE.

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Worm! Snippet from TRAPPED for #WeWriWa #SciFiRom

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 continuing my new story, Trapped on Vkani, book 3 in my series Atrapako on Eden. The settings are two remote planets: Eden, a terraformed planet with a colony of humans; and Vkani, an inhospitable planet with scaled human(oid) aliens. You can read about the planets and their inhabitants in my Blog Post HERE.

Maya and her team had planned to explore the ruins of an ancient civilization in the radioactive Deadlands. But a sandstorm buried their shuttle under a thick layer of sand. Their air supply is low, and they have to dig to the surface to call for help.  

In last week’s snippet, Maya met the blue scaled hero of the story. You can read their dramatic first encounter here - https://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2019/02/large-blue-claws-snippet-from-trapped.html

Excuse my misuse of punctuation as their interaction continues.

     It barked a word, an incomprehensible command. Stretching a blue-scaled hand with clawed fingers toward her face, it gripped the neck of her mask.

     “No!” she cried, jerking into a sitting position and raising her flattened hand to stop it. Fear sharpened her memories of lessons in the Atrapako language, Kavkani, and she said in halting tones, “Need to breathe.” Not quite correct, but she couldn’t remember their word for nose filter, if such a term existed.

     Gripping the hilt of its sword, the Atrapako crouched on one knee at her side and grated, “Worm.” Its voice was as harsh and arid as the landscape of the Deadlands; “Worms crawling out of the dunes; what are you?”

     Mentally, she translated the accented Kavkani, and her confidence rose. Looking into the shadowed eyes, she said with improved fluency, “We are not Atrapako; we traveled from another place, a world far from Vkani.”

     The Blue growled, “Impossible.”

Marooned on a desolate planet, joining forces with the enemy is their only hope.

     Maya Pandita spent years preparing for an expedition to the Deadlands. But her dreams of unearthing ancient artifacts are shattered when her shuttle is buried by a violent sandstorm, and her team is abducted by the scaled inhabitants of the planet. Maya and her companions must try to outwit their blue captor and call for help before they die in the toxic atmosphere.

     Sa Vittaran has a problem in his claws. Along with treasures from the ruins, he has retrieved three smooth-skinned foreigners. They will die if he leaves them in the desert. Yet the puny creatures have little value as slaves, except perhaps for the impudent woman who claims to be their leader. He plans to keep her. Her knowledge of the ancient texts will be an asset if she can survive the long trek to his house. 

     An attack by marauders forces Maya and the Blue leader into a wary alliance. They must work together to thwart the bandits and reunite their company. Can Maya convince Sa Vittaran to help her team? If she fails, they are doomed to a short unpleasant life on the desolate, war-torn planet. 

Book 3 of Atrapako on Eden

Pre-order on Amazon  Apple  B&N  Kobo for release March 22nd

As always, I’ll be happy to reply to your comments.  
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