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November 4, 2022
Gratitude
You and I are here. We’ve survived almost three years of an ongoing global pandemic thus far. And that is a feat to be celebrated, to be cherished.
Is the world perfect? No. (smiles) Of course, it isn’t perfect. Are our lives perfect? Again, that’s likely a no. But we’re alive. You have me and I have you. (big hugs) We’re not alone. And we have great stories to read, awesome conversations to engage in.
I’m grateful for you. (more hugs) And I’m grateful to be here, to be alive, to have the honor of spending another day on the best planet in the universe.
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Grin And Bare Him
This cyborg will be the warrior his female requires.
Cyborgs are designed to fight. That is their primary purpose and 98.2356 percent of the manufactured warriors enjoy battle. Tremendously.
Grin, a K model, is one of the rare exceptions. When he escaped his cruel creators, he set down his sword and allocated his processors to less violent pursuits. He projects he’s left his war-waging planet rotations behind him forever.
Then he meets his beautiful, beguiling female, the one being he’s destined to protect, to claim, to love for all eternity, and his plans for peace are completely decimated.
Mohini needs a ship.
She has a dangerous mission to complete and the first step in that assignment is arranging transport to an enemy-controlled planet. The vessel she has set her sights on is guarded by the sexiest cyborg she’s ever seen.
To gain access to his ship, Mohini is prepared to kiss, caress, seduce the muscular male. The mission is her focus. The pleasure she experiences will merely be a bonus.
A female has to do what a female has to do to save the universe.
Grin And Bare Him is a Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a humanoid female undertaking a dangerous mission, a cyborg intent on keeping her alive, and an enemy with enough firepower to blow up an entire sector.
Pre-order Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/grin-and-bare-him/id1622100495
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grin-and-bare-him-cynthia-sax/1141413965
November 3, 2022
Holiday Shopping
I’ve almost completed all of my holiday shopping. Woot!
(The only presents left are the perishables.)
I like doing this shopping early for a number of reasons.
One reason is… my Awesome Mom is a gifts of love person. (smiles) She shows and receives love by giving and receiving gifts. Having a pile of presents in her home waiting to be opened makes her feel loved. She looks at those gifts every dang day and it gives her happiness. So hey, why not grant her that joy?
The biggest reason, however, is I’m concerned yet again this year about the supply chains. With the COVID variants floating around and the climate change disasters happening, supplying and transporting goods on a timely basis might become extremely iffy.
I ordered gifts at the beginning of October and some of those gifts took mere days to arrive. Some of the gifts haven’t yet arrived over a month later. I suspect as we near the height of the North American holiday season, delivery will become more sporadic.
Anyhoo… if you can order presents early (and I realize not everyone can do this), please consider doing so. It will take some of the stress out of the holiday season.
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Grin And Bare Him
This cyborg will be the warrior his female requires.
Cyborgs are designed to fight. That is their primary purpose and 98.2356 percent of the manufactured warriors enjoy battle. Tremendously.
Grin, a K model, is one of the rare exceptions. When he escaped his cruel creators, he set down his sword and allocated his processors to less violent pursuits. He projects he’s left his war-waging planet rotations behind him forever.
Then he meets his beautiful, beguiling female, the one being he’s destined to protect, to claim, to love for all eternity, and his plans for peace are completely decimated.
Mohini needs a ship.
She has a dangerous mission to complete and the first step in that assignment is arranging transport to an enemy-controlled planet. The vessel she has set her sights on is guarded by the sexiest cyborg she’s ever seen.
To gain access to his ship, Mohini is prepared to kiss, caress, seduce the muscular male. The mission is her focus. The pleasure she experiences will merely be a bonus.
A female has to do what a female has to do to save the universe.
Grin And Bare Him is a Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a humanoid female undertaking a dangerous mission, a cyborg intent on keeping her alive, and an enemy with enough firepower to blow up an entire sector.
Pre-order Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/grin-and-bare-him/id1622100495
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grin-and-bare-him-cynthia-sax/1141413965
November 2, 2022
Throwback Thursday – The Cyborg’s Secret Baby
The Cyborg’s Secret Baby is a nod to the origins of the Secret Baby trope – when soldiers had one last sexy times before departing for war, leaving their partners’ with cute little remembrances of those moments and no reliable way to communicate with their soldiers. The soldiers would return home months, years later and meet the children they didn’t know they had.
In The Cyborg’s Secret Baby, Zebrina believes her soldier, her cyborg Stealth has died on the battlefield. She is struggling to raise their child on her own and is being pursued romantically by someone else.
That makes Stealth’s return from the dead EXTREMELY complicated. (grins)
The Cyborg’s Secret Baby
A fierce cyborg warrior and his curvy human female share a no-longer-so-little secret.
Stealth, a K Model cyborg, knows his passion for Zebrina, the commander’s human daughter, is forbidden, yet he can’t resist the curvy female. He craves her touch, cherishes her sounds of pleasure, would do anything to keep her safe.
When he’s faced with the choice of protecting his fragile human or living to see the next sunrise, he chooses her, always her, sending Zebrina halfway across the universe to safety. He doesn’t realize their stolen moments had consequences neither of them believed possible.
After hearing her warrior died in battle, Zebrina focuses on the last gift he gave her. Doing what is right for their child is her sole priority. She will put their son’s happiness first, even if that means choosing another male over the love of her life.
The Cyborg’s Secret Baby is a STAND-ALONE story loosely connected to the Cyborg Sizzle series.
It is also a Second Chance Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, often-violent universe.
Buy Now:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Cyborgs-Secret-Baby-Stars-ebook/dp/B07F2NK6D4
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cyborgs-Secret-Baby-Stars-ebook/dp/B07F2NK6D4
Amazon AUS: https://www.amazon.com.au/Cyborgs-Secret-Baby-Stars-ebook/dp/B07F2NK6D4
Apple : https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-cyborgs-secret-baby/id1404800721
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-cyborgs-secret-baby-cynthia-sax/1128976169
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-cyborg-s-secret-baby
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/870968
November 1, 2022
Grin And Bare Him And Loving Beings With Faults
Grin, the cyborg hero of Grin And Bare Him (releasing this month!), has two best buddies – Strive and Raw. Neither of these males are perfect. They both have faults.
Grin sees these faults. And they see his faults. The three cyborgs are so comfortable in their caring and their mutual respect they can tease each other about their foibles. (smiles)
And, that, I believe, signals the trust they have in each other. The Humanoid Alliance, their cruel manufacturers, would have decommissioned them, killed them for their faults. But the three males are so secure in their caring for each other they don’t try to hide their weaknesses when they are together.
I think that’s wonderful.
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Grin And Bare Him
This cyborg will be the warrior his female requires.
Cyborgs are designed to fight. That is their primary purpose and 98.2356 percent of the manufactured warriors enjoy battle. Tremendously.
Grin, a K model, is one of the rare exceptions. When he escaped his cruel creators, he set down his sword and allocated his processors to less violent pursuits. He projects he’s left his war-waging planet rotations behind him forever.
Then he meets his beautiful, beguiling female, the one being he’s destined to protect, to claim, to love for all eternity, and his plans for peace are completely decimated.
Mohini needs a ship.
She has a dangerous mission to complete and the first step in that assignment is arranging transport to an enemy-controlled planet. The vessel she has set her sights on is guarded by the sexiest cyborg she’s ever seen.
To gain access to his ship, Mohini is prepared to kiss, caress, seduce the muscular male. The mission is her focus. The pleasure she experiences will merely be a bonus.
A female has to do what a female has to do to save the universe.
Grin And Bare Him is a Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a humanoid female undertaking a dangerous mission, a cyborg intent on keeping her alive, and an enemy with enough firepower to blow up an entire sector.
Pre-order Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/grin-and-bare-him/id1622100495
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grin-and-bare-him-cynthia-sax/1141413965
October 31, 2022
Muse Food – Butterflies, Moths And Variations
When I find myself being…well… boring (grins) regarding alien worlds, I look to the vast variations of life here on Earth for inspiration.
Look at the variations of colors and shapes in this (dead) moth and butterfly display in the Museum of Science in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Even with the tiniest moths/butterflies, there are exquisite details on the wings.
And the ranges of sizes are wonderful.
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Grin And Bare Him
This cyborg will be the warrior his female requires.
Cyborgs are designed to fight. That is their primary purpose and 98.2356 percent of the manufactured warriors enjoy battle. Tremendously.
Grin, a K model, is one of the rare exceptions. When he escaped his cruel creators, he set down his sword and allocated his processors to less violent pursuits. He projects he’s left his war-waging planet rotations behind him forever.
Then he meets his beautiful, beguiling female, the one being he’s destined to protect, to claim, to love for all eternity, and his plans for peace are completely decimated.
Mohini needs a ship.
She has a dangerous mission to complete and the first step in that assignment is arranging transport to an enemy-controlled planet. The vessel she has set her sights on is guarded by the sexiest cyborg she’s ever seen.
To gain access to his ship, Mohini is prepared to kiss, caress, seduce the muscular male. The mission is her focus. The pleasure she experiences will merely be a bonus.
A female has to do what a female has to do to save the universe.
Grin And Bare Him is a Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a humanoid female undertaking a dangerous mission, a cyborg intent on keeping her alive, and an enemy with enough firepower to blow up an entire sector.
Pre-order Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/grin-and-bare-him/id1622100495
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grin-and-bare-him-cynthia-sax/1141413965
October 30, 2022
Grin And Bare Him – Second Scene Of The First Chapter
I’m sharing scenes from the first chapter of Grin And Bare Him as we wait for its release on November 22nd.
You can read the first scene from the first chapter of Grin And Bare Him here:
http://tasteofcyn.com/?p=10131
This week I’m sharing the second scene of that first chapter.
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“We’ll determine whose projectile placement is better while we test your panels.” Strive’s eyes glittered. “What are the parameters?”
“We’ll test three panels each.” Grin selected the most viable candidates. “Fifty projectiles in each sheet. Random formation. No repeats. From a distance of four strides away.”
“Even a human could hit a panel from four strides away.” His friend moved that distance from a panel. “Increase the difficulty level, cyborg. Delete that random formation spec and insert a—” He tilted his head. “—floral-formation requirement in its stead.”
“You’ll win that challenge.” Grin hadn’t Strive’s artistry with projectile placements. “But I’ll win also. The panels will be tested.”
“And they’ll be beautiful.” His friend’s head dipped. “Let’s do this.”
Grin searched his processors for an image of a flower that would fill the entire space and test every part of the panel. He then shot in rapid succession, outlining the petals, stem, and leaves.
The projectiles pierced the metal.
Fraggin’ hole. His lips flattened. That material wasn’t usable.
He moved to the next panel, utilized the same image. The projectiles pinged off the surface of the sheet.
That panel would progress to the second stage of testing.
The third sheet, decorated with the identical floral design, also passed the projectile test.
Strive continued to shoot.
Grin inspected the two panels remaining under consideration. The projectiles had dented one of them deeper than the other.
He waited for his friend to complete his testing.
And waited. And waited.
The shooting didn’t stop.
Grin walked to Strive’s side and looked at his target.
The K Model remained on the first panel.
Strive had utilized hundreds of projectiles. Each one had punctured the metal.
The material wasn’t usable, but the result was a work of art. The flowers, leaves, and stems swirled in an elaborate design.
“You won the challenge.” Grin’s design was crude in comparison.
“I discarded the parameters of the test.” Strive’s tone was edged with guilt.
“Maintaining the parameters of the test wouldn’t have changed its results.” Grin shrugged. “I won’t be utilizing that metal on the exterior of a structure.”
He moved to Strive’s second panel, unloaded fifty projectiles into it, shifted to the final panel, did the same.
One of the panels passed the durability test.
“Three materials have made it to the next round of evaluation.” Grin was satisfied with that number.
“Are we blowing the panels up now?” Strive tilted his head and gazed at his design for a heartbeat. He then pressed one of his triggers again.
“Testing them against space debris would be more effective.” Grin grasped one of the winning panels, held it upward, at eye level. “We could attach them to a ship, fly that vessel between the Homeland and one of the unoccupied planets in the sector, evaluate the panels’ conditions when we land.”
“And if they fail that test?” Strive lifted his panel also. Light shone through the puncture marks. “The ship would implode and everyone on board will die.”
“That’s unlikely to happen.” Grin frowned. “There’s a mere 5.1236 percent probability of catastrophic failure.”
“That’s not zero.” His friend’s eyes sparkled. “Only a reckless warrior would volunteer to pilot that ship.”
A being appeared on their internal monitoring systems.
They exchanged a humor-laden glance.
That reckless warrior had presented himself.
“I projected you’d be here.” Raw swaggered into view. “The cyborg council has granted the three of us authorization to trek to Mercury Minor.”
“You’re claiming your female.” Grin was happy for the male.
Raw was one of the thousands of cyborgs who’d been matched with beings rescued by the Rebel faction. Their friend had heard a female’s voice and had processed she was designed for him.
The K model was worthy of that honor. He was a skilled warrior and a good being.
“I’m claiming my female.” Raw’s chin lifted.
Grin swallowed his envy. “You’re a lucky bag of bolts, my friend.” He slapped the male’s right arm.
“You deserve happiness.” Strive punched Raw’s left shoulder. “Frag. We all do.”
His gaze met Grin’s.
They both processed they were unlikely to have genetic matches.
“There are different types of happiness.” Grin summoned a smile. “I’m happy to have an opportunity to further test the panels.”
***
Read the next scene (available November 7th) here:
http://tasteofcyn.com/?p=10135
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Grin And Bare Him
This cyborg will be the warrior his female requires.
Cyborgs are designed to fight. That is their primary purpose and 98.2356 percent of the manufactured warriors enjoy battle. Tremendously.
Grin, a K model, is one of the rare exceptions. When he escaped his cruel creators, he set down his sword and allocated his processors to less violent pursuits. He projects he’s left his war-waging planet rotations behind him forever.
Then he meets his beautiful, beguiling female, the one being he’s destined to protect, to claim, to love for all eternity, and his plans for peace are completely decimated.
Mohini needs a ship.
She has a dangerous mission to complete and the first step in that assignment is arranging transport to an enemy-controlled planet. The vessel she has set her sights on is guarded by the sexiest cyborg she’s ever seen.
To gain access to his ship, Mohini is prepared to kiss, caress, seduce the muscular male. The mission is her focus. The pleasure she experiences will merely be a bonus.
A female has to do what a female has to do to save the universe.
Grin And Bare Him is a Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a humanoid female undertaking a dangerous mission, a cyborg intent on keeping her alive, and an enemy with enough firepower to blow up an entire sector.
Pre-order Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/grin-and-bare-him/id1622100495
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grin-and-bare-him-cynthia-sax/1141413965
October 26, 2022
Throwback Thursday – Warlord Reunited
If I was to recommend one of my stories to a lover of Second Chance Romances, that story would be Warlord Reunited.
Alien Warlord Berke and Human Bounty Hunter Elle have history. Wowsers, do they have history! (shakes head) They fought. They loved. They broke up. BADLY. Now, Elle plans to sever their connection…permanently. With her daggers.
Warlord Reunited
This barbarian warrior’s cold demeanor hides the warmest of hearts.
* * *
Solar cycles ago, Berke, a savage Chamele Warlord, found his gerel, the one being he is destined to be with for all time…except he couldn’t embrace that fate. He was fighting a series of brutal wars.
To protect his little human female, he conveyed her far from the Chamele sector. He then returned to the endless battles, concealing his pain, his anguish, his need, under a thick layer of ice.
His gerel was safe. That was all that mattered to him.
When Elle was a young bounty hunter, she bonded with an arrogant warrior on a distant planet. She was deliriously happy…for a while. Then he dumped her in a strange settlement far from his home and left, never to return.
Their parting caused her excruciating pain—both physical and emotional. She endured it, earned the esteemed role of head bounty hunter of an academy, salvaged a bit of a life from the disaster her primitive warrior had made of it.
Now, two of her bounty hunters have made the same terrible mistake. Elle is determined to rescue her friends and break their connections with their Chamele Warlords.
While she is in the sector, she plans to kill the warrior she’d once considered hers. Elle is ending her relationship with Berke…permanently.
* * *
Warlord Reunited is based on a much shorter story sharing the same title.
It is a STANDALONE Alien Barbarian SciFi Romance featuring a warrior hero and a take-charge heroine set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B082RM76RF
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B082RM76RF
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B082RM76RF
Apple:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/warlord-reunited/id1491702046
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/warlord-reunited-cynthia-sax/1116110455
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/warlord-reunited-1
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/995680
October 25, 2022
Grin And Bare Him, The Humanoid Alliance And Rebuilding
I think it is important to talk about how the Humanoid Alliance forces, the big baddies in the cyborg world, haven’t been defeated. Not at all.
They lost the core portion of their forces when the cyborgs mass rebelled. They no longer had ‘machines’ (as they viewed cyborgs) to fight their wars, to expand their empire.
It would be like the US military temporarily running out of soldiers. The officers, the commanders would still remain but there wouldn’t be enough people to fight wars.
The Humanoid Alliance lost the wars they hadn’t yet won. If there were enough locals left to retake planets, those planets are being reclaimed by the original inhabitants.
But the Humanoid Alliance is holding the planets they have completely conquered. They have human forces (but not nearly enough of these ‘fragile’ beings for expansion). They’re building armies of the undead and armies of robots. And they are searching the universe for more ‘weapons.’
The Humanoid Alliance remains and they are a threat to the happiness of all cyborgs everywhere.
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Grin And Bare Him
This cyborg will be the warrior his female requires.
Cyborgs are designed to fight. That is their primary purpose and 98.2356 percent of the manufactured warriors enjoy battle. Tremendously.
Grin, a K model, is one of the rare exceptions. When he escaped his cruel creators, he set down his sword and allocated his processors to less violent pursuits. He projects he’s left his war-waging planet rotations behind him forever.
Then he meets his beautiful, beguiling female, the one being he’s destined to protect, to claim, to love for all eternity, and his plans for peace are completely decimated.
Mohini needs a ship.
She has a dangerous mission to complete and the first step in that assignment is arranging transport to an enemy-controlled planet. The vessel she has set her sights on is guarded by the sexiest cyborg she’s ever seen.
To gain access to his ship, Mohini is prepared to kiss, caress, seduce the muscular male. The mission is her focus. The pleasure she experiences will merely be a bonus.
A female has to do what a female has to do to save the universe.
Grin And Bare Him is a Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a humanoid female undertaking a dangerous mission, a cyborg intent on keeping her alive, and an enemy with enough firepower to blow up an entire sector.
Pre-order Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/grin-and-bare-him/id1622100495
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grin-and-bare-him-cynthia-sax/1141413965
October 24, 2022
Muse Food – Travelers
Many beings in my Cyborg Romances are undergoing huge shifts in their lifespans. Often, they are not only undergoing emotional changes but they are also undergoing changes in physical location. They are relocating. They are escaping from a planet under siege or searching the universe for a place where they belong or leaving their birth planets for some other reason.
Sometimes when I’m looking for inspiration for these stories, I trek to an airport or bus terminal or pier, places where people are constantly arriving and departing.
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I spotted this monument in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and we had a good chuckle. It is supposed to depict the hardship of immigrants having to leave their families temporarily behind as they search for new homes. But the guy looks so dang eager to leave. (grins) He’s outta there!
This sculpture was situated near the first one. This man isn’t trying to hide his glee. (grins)
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Grin And Bare Him
This cyborg will be the warrior his female requires.
Cyborgs are designed to fight. That is their primary purpose and 98.2356 percent of the manufactured warriors enjoy battle. Tremendously.
Grin, a K model, is one of the rare exceptions. When he escaped his cruel creators, he set down his sword and allocated his processors to less violent pursuits. He projects he’s left his war-waging planet rotations behind him forever.
Then he meets his beautiful, beguiling female, the one being he’s destined to protect, to claim, to love for all eternity, and his plans for peace are completely decimated.
Mohini needs a ship.
She has a dangerous mission to complete and the first step in that assignment is arranging transport to an enemy-controlled planet. The vessel she has set her sights on is guarded by the sexiest cyborg she’s ever seen.
To gain access to his ship, Mohini is prepared to kiss, caress, seduce the muscular male. The mission is her focus. The pleasure she experiences will merely be a bonus.
A female has to do what a female has to do to save the universe.
Grin And Bare Him is a Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a humanoid female undertaking a dangerous mission, a cyborg intent on keeping her alive, and an enemy with enough firepower to blow up an entire sector.
Pre-order Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/grin-and-bare-him/id1622100495
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grin-and-bare-him-cynthia-sax/1141413965
October 23, 2022
Grin And Bare Him – First Scene Of The First Chapter
I love it when I start posting excerpts. (grins) It means release day is fast approaching!
While we wait for the release of Grin And Bare Him, the second core story in the Cyborg Unity series, here is the first scene from the first chapter.
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Chapter One
Cyborgs were designed for breeding and for war.
Grin could easily defeat a human in battle. He had the fighting skills to accomplish that feat. But he didn’t enjoy killing. It made him…grumpy.
As a result, he didn’t train sufficiently to master the ending of lifespans. He couldn’t vanquish his brethren in mock combat. Their abilities and their love for the skirmishes far surpassed his.
He was admittedly no warrior, and he had no desire to ever become one.
Breeding wasn’t an option for him either. He hadn’t yet met his genetic match, the one being in the universe he was destined to bond with.
That special individual might not exist. Not for him, a cyborg operating out of spec.
He might never enjoy that connection with another being.
Processing that possibility, he focused on a skill he excelled in – designing structures.
He absorbed knowledge from every database he could access; experimented with techniques, styles, and materials; was constantly looking for ways to improve the construction of buildings.
His expertise was greatly needed. The cyborgs had escaped the Humanoid Alliance, their cruel manufacturers, and had claimed several planets as their own.
Domiciles and other spaces had to be erected in vast quantities. And he preferred for those structures to last.
Cyborgs had unlimited natural lifespans. Their buildings should have the same longevities.
They should be fabricated from durable materials.
Grin studied the six panels set before him. The metals had been sourced from planets situated all over the universe.
He was alone in his contemplation but not physically solitary.
Strive, his friend and fellow K-model cyborg, stood beside him. The male stared down at the shadows cast across the floor tiles. “Focus on the shapes.” His voice was soft as he chattered to himself. “Find the calm.”
Around them, warriors perfected their battle skills. Mock gunfire echoed. Bodies thumped against walls. Cyborgs exchanged gibes.
“Find the calm.” His friend’s voice gained an increasingly hard edge. “Find the calm. Find… Fraggin’ hole. Would all of you be blasted quiet?” Strive yelled at their brethren. “Some of us are trying to fabricate art.”
Grin smothered his mirth. The K model was seeking to manage his overly active emotional system by expelling energy creatively.
“Relocate to a different chamber if you want quiet.” North, a visiting D Model, relayed that unwelcomed advice as he passed by them.
The training chamber was the ideal site for Grin to test materials. The space was designed for rough usage.
“Frag all the way off, D Model.” Strive cursed at him.
Truth, another visiting cyborg, laughed.
“Find the fraggin’ calm.” Strive returned to studying the shadows on the floor. “Find it.”
Grin shifted his full attention back to his tasks also. He crouched by one of the panels to examine it closer.
It appeared strong, but he’d seen the strongest of beings crumple under strain.
Moments passed.
“Frag finding calm.” Strive gave up on serenity. “It’s completely lost for me this planet rotation.” He looked at Grin. “Do you have something you want me to blow up? How about one of your panels?”
That was a fast and efficient way to test materials, and it would soothe his friend.
Grin glanced around them. The space remained crowded with warriors.
“If we set off an explosive now, the medic team would fry our processors.” He straightened. “The last time we did that, every cyborg in the chamber had to have their limbs reattached. The medics were fully occupied for three shifts.”
“I lost both of my arms and one of my legs in that detonation.” Strive’s good humor resurfaced. “That was fun.”
“It was…illuminating.” None of those panels had shielded warriors. The exterior of a structure should do that, should keep its inhabitants safe. He had discarded those materials. “We’ll utilize guns for this first test.”
Grin drew two weapons.
Strive did the same. “Can you hit the panel?” His friend lifted his eyebrows. “Its aim is suboptimal.” He mimicked the disapproving tones of their former Humanoid Alliance trainer.
“At least I aim at targets.” Grin returned the teasing. “You press your triggers before you process where the targets are.”
“Aiming is for offspring.” Strive rolled his eyes.
“Aiming is also for mature beings.” Grin laughed.
They were both battle-impaired.
If they hadn’t escaped their manufacturers during their training programs, they would’ve been decommissioned. They would’ve been killed in the most painful way possible, stripped for parts while still alive.
And they would never have reached the Homeland. They would never have processed freedom.
Grin braced his booted feet apart. He was never leaving the cyborg-controlled sector, would never risk that fate again.
There was no reason to do that. He had several human lifespans’ worth of structures to construct on the planets situated within that space.
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Grin And Bare Him
This cyborg will be the warrior his female requires.
Cyborgs are designed to fight. That is their primary purpose and 98.2356 percent of the manufactured warriors enjoy battle. Tremendously.
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