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Last weekend, I took a post-Thanksgiving break. Today as promised, I’m returning to snippets from my new SciFi Romance story, ALARIK, book 4 in Taxyon Space. The first part of this story switches between Alarik on Earth to Phoebe on Mars. Actually, I’ve rewritten parts of the beginning since they were posted here.
Blurb:
When an alien
spacecraft crashes on Mars, the repercussions sweep throughout the solar system
and endanger the fragile new alliance with the Warrish mermen.
Alarik Kenton Tallis,
First of his Triad, is forced to infiltrate human society on Earth as a spy to
insure his injured brother receives proper medical care. But when his
transmissions are detected, he must flee the planet.
On Mars, Phoebe Wong, a
veterinary scientist with dubious family connections, is desperate to escape
the underworld gangs terrorizing the domed city. She jumps at the chance to
join the colonists bound for a distant exoplanet.
Their paths intersect
on a space ferry bound for the outer planets. Trouble created by the mysterious
spacecraft pursues them to Jupiter. Will they find the answers in the oceans of
Europa, the hyperspace gateway to the stars protected by three diverse species?
Introduction to snippet: Alarik, a Warrish spy on Earth,
saw the news report about the alien spacecraft and recognized the crab-like alien
as an Eekrepisth. He sent a quantum message to Triarch Webale.
Less than a sixth of an Earth
hour elapsed before the reply came. A short pulse from his qtel preceded a shimmer
in the air at the foot of the bed. The hazy column resolved into the blurry
figure of Triarch Webale, his contact in the Warrish base on Europa. The red
trident under his left eye made a vivid contrast to his pale wrinkled face and
white hair. His flowing white robes, the traditional garment of the Triarchs,
seemed quaint and outmoded; Alarik’s unconscious mind must have adapted to
modern customs on Earth.
Jumping off the bed, Alarik dropped
onto one knee on the cold floor in the formal protocol. He bowed his head and
intoned the correct greeting, “Noble Triarch, I am honored by your presence.”
Webale said, “You may stand, Overagent
Tallis.”
As Alarik obeyed, the Triarch
continued, “Your message was the first to note this spacecraft. Do you have any
further information before I contact the Earther authorities?”
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