Saturday, February 15, 2020

The Abyss Beckoned - Snippet from COSMIC LOCK - Science Fantasy for #WeWriWa



Welcome to another Sunday with WeekendWriting Warriors. Meet writers in various genres and read 8-10 sentence snippets of their stories. Find a new author and sample their work. Enjoy!

Thanks for your encouraging comments on the beginning of my new story, Cosmic Lock, the 6th book in the Grand Masters’ Galaxy. I have already added a little to explain the characters. Even though I expect most people to have read the earlier books in the series, a reminder might be useful.
This series stars Violet Hunter and Athanor Griffin. In the Cosmic Trilogy, books 4-6, they are both Grand Masters with immense powers, including teleporting interstellar distances. By this time, their son, Varan, is about 13-months old. They had left him in the care of their old tutor, the White Mother Tingu, while they crossed the Cosmic Rift to rescue some abducted children.

This snippet follows the previous one with minor punctuation changes to fit. Athanor speaks first, or rather transmits a mental message, and Violet replies in the same manner.
Feb 16:  
   “If you’ll teleport to Tingu’s cottage and secure our son, I’ll reopen the portal.”
   “Instantly,” she focused on the familiar white-walled cottage, tapped her enhancer and spun into the eerie whirlwinds of the quantum vortices.
   She popped into normal space by the white picket fence; the gate swung on its hinges, squeaking in a blustery gale. Dense gray smoke and orange flames exploded from the thatched roof of the cottage. The roses climbing over the porch had shriveled into ashes, and as she watched in horror, fragments of window glass shattered onto the flagstone path.
   “Varan,” she yelled, “Mother Tingu, where are you?”
   No reply; only the crackle of fire and hot gusts of wind battering against her body. Had she fulfilled her promise to rescue the children of Cinerea at the expense of her son’s life?
   Despair darkened her mind; her baby son was dead, burned by the fire. She teetered on the edge of a black precipice; the abyss beckoned; she fell.  

 Lock

Draft Blurb
Grand Masters Violet and Athanor Griffin return from beyond the Cosmic Rift with two shiploads of rescued children and escaped slaves, but their enemies have not been idle in their absence. Avalon is in flames and their little son is missing. Finding him may be the easiest problem for the powerful couple. They must unite the fractious Grand Masters, stop the bloodsucking Ixioths from enslaving sentients, and seal the Rift to prevent new incursions of the vindictive Nulls. Can they overcome the challenges and secure peace for the galaxy?

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I hope to release it well before the listed date.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0848W8DHV

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28 comments:

  1. Oh that's heartbreaking. Good snippet, Aurora.

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    1. Yes - maybe too much for the beginning of the story, but it highlights the stakes.

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    1. Devastating, especially after a difficult passage through the Rift.

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  3. What a horrible situation. Not for her son but because of the guilt she's feeling.

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    1. Guilt sent her on the rescue attempt. Even the powerful must make difficult choices.

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  4. oh no! her heart must be broken.

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  5. I have a feeling all will be okay. Or maybe not!

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    1. He is alive, but his safety will occupy his parents' minds for the rest of the story.

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  6. They are - not much of a spoiled since we find out quite soon.

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  7. How vividly you've captured her pain (and quickened our sympathies). Now the quest to find him.

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  8. Oh DEAR, quite the grim moment and I understand her reaction. The snippet was impossible to stop reading, for sure...I hope she's wrong about the fate of her child.

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  9. How tragic, and you captured it vividly. Great job!

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    1. Thank you. Although it's not a bad as she believes.

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  10. What a moving and tense snipet, one hopes her son has survived but her feeling of despair and guilt are understandable and beautifully conveyed.

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  11. What a horrific scene to come into! I'm hoping all is not actually lost. Perhaps the child has been abducted to use as a bargaining chip? Exciting snippet!

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    1. Thanks. Not quite. They left their son in what they believed was a safe place.

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  12. She feels terrible, but she has not thought it through.

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  13. How terrifying! You do a great job conveying a mother's greatest fear.

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    1. Thanks. Now I'm wondering if it's too much drama too early.

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  14. So heartbreaking! I'm still hoping this isn't so.

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    1. You'll find out soon, especially if you were reading the story.

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  15. So sad! I hope he is all right after all.

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