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
week, I’m switching to my new story, Alarik, book 4 in my
series, Taxyon Space. This
series stars alien mermen who’ve been observing humans from the oceans of
Europa. Their secret is exposed in the first Book, Europa.
Here are the
first lines of the new book. Please remember, they are from an unedited,
incomplete draft.
“An alien craft was discovered on
Mars earlier today.”
Alerted by the chirpy voice of
the announcer, Alarik frowned at the image. Orange stains surrounded great
holes in the roughened surface of the six-sided spacecraft. The metal-eating
microbes, originally engineered to oxygenate the Martian atmosphere, were
eroding the ship’s hull. The camera lowered through an irregular gap and the
view switched to the interior. Yellow blotches of microbes stained the interior
surfaces and obscured the details. Under the lumpy coating, he distinguished
the edges of hexagonal control panels set in the stippled metal walls.
The reporter, a young woman with
a bouffant of purple hair, continued in a more subdued tone, “The spacecraft
was found by a couple of teens on a joyride out of Mars 4. Microbes had eaten
much of the hull, and the mangled remains of a crab-like creature were found
inside. After our staff took this footage, the local security force closed off
the site for evaluation.”
Note: If you are interested in the microbes, you can read my short story at https://books2read.com/u/bowMxL
Free
for the First Time:
Europa, Book 1 of Taxyon Space – SciFi Thriller and
Romance
Dr. Nikki Bell’s plan
to discover intelligent life on Jupiter’s moon hits a rocky start when her
spaceship crashes on the icy surface of Europa. 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?
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A very intriguing beginning! Great description!
ReplyDeleteMetal-eating microbes sounds really scary. It's like if they propagate, they won't be able to build anything there.
ReplyDeleteNormal pathogens often take iron from their host's blood.
DeleteI've already described the scary part in my short story Lonely Hearts on Mars, which is set some years prior to this story.
Wonderful description. Bad possibilities with those metal-eating microbes? This could be interesting! SO, they are trapped there, now with a ship full of holes?
ReplyDeleteI really liked the first book in this series. Now that you're writing more, I'd better get caught up!
I'm glad you liked the first book.
DeleteThe microbes appeared in my short story Lonely Hearts on Mars - https://books2read.com/u/bowMxL
You know how to stir this reader every time.
ReplyDeleteGood. Stories are supposed to stir emotions.
DeleteTerrific beginning and I'm wondering what his reactions will be. Loved the snippet!
ReplyDeleteThanks. It's the event that will throw the hero and heroine together.
DeleteThe beginning sucks the reader right in--just like the microbes! I'm definitely intrigued and want more! Great job!
ReplyDeleteGreat. There will be more.
DeleteI was expecting this to be the hulk of a human ship, but you sure proved me wrong.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to disappoint you. The first book in the series does start with a human ship crashing.
DeleteAs others have said, this is a very intriguing beginning, I feel sorry for the alien spaceship's crew though - or am I rooting for the wrong side?
ReplyDeleteIt's a mystery - lol
DeleteGreat beginning. I like the story already.
ReplyDeleteGreat beginning. Makes this reader ask all kinds of questions.
ReplyDeleteGood.
DeleteGreat descriptions and an interesting start to your new story.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteIntriguing story.
ReplyDeleteSounds like Mars now has its own "Area 51."
Good idea!
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