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Odd Alien Senses - Snippet from Cosmic Wars for #WeWriWa #SciFi Fantasy Adventure

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 weekend, I’ll begin giving you snippets from my WIP. Cosmic Wars is Book 5 of the Grand Masters’ Galaxy, and continues the adventures of Violet and Athanor Griffin, the super psychic Grand Masters.
Draft BlurbViolet and Athanor Griffin reunite with their baby son after escaping from the world beyond the fiery Cosmic Rift, but they find no respite from troubles. Hordes of bloodsucking Ixioth slavers threaten galactic civilization, and a new enemy has emerged from the alternate universe, an enemy immune to the Grand Masters’ psychic powers. Soon, the dynamic couple are swamped by pleas for help. Athanor swears to crush the insectoid Ixioths and expel the Nulls from the galaxy, while Violet has vowed to save the captive children of Cinerea. Can the two Griffins reconcile their divergent promises, or must they separate to rescue the prisoners and defeat the invading armies?
I’m continuing the first part of the story (unpolished and may change.) Any suggestions to improve my blurb and initial lines are especially welcome. You can read last week’s snippet here: https://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2018/05/peaceful-family-at-start-of-cosmic-wars.html
Athanor drew Violet to the sofa and slipped his arm around her. “I had hoped for a respite of three or four days after our ordeal across the Cosmic Rift. However, news of my return has already reached our allies. I have received felicitations from old Hanuman Pashtari, and Amarylla Threeleaf wishes to taste my presence.” Amused by the oddities of alien senses, Violet leaned her head on his shoulder, and suggested, “Mother Tingu must have told them of our escape.” “By Odin’s eye, she might have waited a day,” Athanor grumbled. “Don’t blame her; you were missing for many weeks, and we were afraid you were dead, or as good as dead.”  “Brightness Amarylla pleaded her news was urgent, and I’ve invited her to visit us this evening. She can inform us of any significant occurrences during our absence.” His sapphire gaze flicked to Varan, “Assuming our energetic son will go to sleep.”

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New Release - Arrival: TITAN by Liza O'Connor #SciFiRom

Escaping imminent deathThere were a great many people who didn’t want the colony of scientists to succeed. In fact, they concocted fifteen sabotages to prevent the team from reaching Titan. And due to some extraordinary efforts by the soldiers, the scientists, and the students, and their AI, all fifteen attempts to stop them failed. 
The ship quantum leaped into the nearby space of Titan, only the captain of the ship intended to dump all the brilliant teens into space, and torture Colonel Lancaster to death. The remaining scientists and soldiers would have become slaves.  While the captain believed all the students and scientists were safely locked in their tiny rooms, the little bots quickly released them and lead them to the hold, where their animals were being kept. The scientists sent their little bots into ceiling ducts to locate the wiring for the main controls of the ship, so they could take control of the ship from the hold.
Then a bot was sent into the ceiling ducts searching for the scent of Colonel Lancaster. It quickly located the room Lancaster was lock in and unlocked his door. Then the bot moved ahead, checking for dangers, as it led him to the hold. 
When Lancaster arrives in the hold, he discovers Scarlett, their fabulous AI, has taken control of the ship and everyone not in the hold is taking a nap. 

Arrival: TitanByLiza O’Connor BlurbCaptain Drake has his own agenda, and it doesn’t include Colonel Lancaster, or the students being alive for much longer. Fortunately, the scientists and students are a formidable group to go against. The attempted takeover is stopped with only one death.
When Scarlett lands the ship on the north pole near the methane lake, they discover several sentient life forms. They also learn that the moon, Pan, is actually a ship called the Death Star, mining minerals in the outer rings of Saturn. Even more shocking—Jupiter is not a planet, but a disguised ‘eye in the sky’ watching over the mining interests of a superior sentient planet.
ExcerptCaptain Caesar Drake pointed to a chair. “Strap in and avoid movement.” He then took his captain’s chair and spoke in his com unit. “Prepare for transport, at mark of ten.” 
As the numbers counted down on the monitor, Drake glared at Lancaster. “Sorry, but you’re going to have to miss your court-marshal, because destiny awaits me.” 
At the count of one, a bright light flashed before Lancaster. He held his breath waiting for reality to return. For a very long moment, he seemed to be in the same instant of time. Then with another flash of light, all seemed normal, except for the image before him. 
On the monitor was Titan, a little over seven-hundred and fifty-nine thousand miles away from its massive, ringed planet, Saturn. 
Titan, a moon most like early Earth, and now the future of mankind—if they could do what nature had done on its own to Earth. Otherwise, they would simply die here. But they had a chance, albeit slim, to succeed, and that was better odds than those left on Earth. 
Given the brilliance of the scientists and kids that were in this ship, Colonel Lancaster believed it possible. 
The captain wasted no time admiring their orange fuzzy home or the beauty of Saturn and her lovely rings. Instead, he engaged the engines and headed straight towards Titan. After three seconds, he disengaged the engines and let the ship continue on its own momentum. 
“Will that be sufficient?” Colonel Lancaster asked. 
His former friend and presently annoyed captain responded. “Are you capable of flying this ship?” 
“No, I’m not. However, I do outrank you, so let’s not start a pissing war. Survival will require all of our brilliance. I just wanted you to share your thoughts with me, because you are now a part of this team…unless you had orders to return to Earth.” 
Drake sighed. “No. This is a one-way journey. No do-overs. We, hopefully, will have sufficient fuel to search for an optimal landing spot. Otherwise, we’ll land where we can until your scientist can create some form of fuel that this ship can use. Fortunately, the gravity pull is quite mild here. So, we won’t need to waste fuel on landing if we land somewhere that allows for a long runway drift-down.Sales LinksDestination: TitanAMAZONArrival: TitanAmazonAll books are free for KU subscribersAbout the AuthorSocial NetworksFOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUTLIZA O'CONNORInvestigate these sites:Liza’s Multiverse BlogLiza's Blog and Website   Facebook   TwitterAll the Many Books Liza has written

Peaceful Family at Start of Cosmic Wars - Snippet for #WeWriWa #SciFi Fantasy

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 weekend, I’ll begin giving you snippets from my WIP. Cosmic Wars is Book 5 of the Grand Masters’ Galaxy , and continues the adventures of Violet and Athanor Griffin, the super psychic Grand Masters.
Draft BlurbViolet and Athanor Griffin reunite with their baby son after escaping from the world beyond the fiery Cosmic Rift, but they find no respite from troubles. Hordes of bloodsucking Ixioth slavers threaten galactic civilization, and a new enemy has emerged from the alternate universe, an enemy immune to the Grand Masters’ psychic powers. Soon, the dynamic couple and their allies are overwhelmed by pleas for help. Athanor swears to crush the insectoid Ixioths and expel the Nulls from the galaxy, while Violet has vowed to save the captive children of Cinerea. Can the two Griffins reconcile their divergent promises, or must they separate to rescue the prisoners and defeat the invading armies?
First lines of the story (unpolished and may change.) Any suggestions to improve my blurb and initial lines are especially welcome.
At home in the Griffin’s Eyrie, Violet’s happiness blossomed in lilac sparks of psychic energy. Her precious family was reunited after their trials in the lands beyond the Cosmic Rift. She sat on the sofa, and watched Athanor crawl around the rug with their baby son perched on his back. Athanor’s long black locks draped over his face like a horse’s mane. His short hair as jet black as his father’s, little Varan giggled and kicked his legs. Only Athanor’s psi tether prevented him from tumbling onto the ground. Amused by their antics, she joked, “Your horsie is missing a tail.” Shaking the hair off his face, Athanor smiled at Violet. His eyes blazing with sapphire light, the potent mark of a Grand Master, he pleaded, “Sweet Violet, relieve me of my enthusiastic rider. We must talk of the future.”
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Escape into the wilderness - Snippet from RISHALT for #WeWriWa

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!
Here’s the next snippet from Rishalt, Book 2 of Taxyon Space. In May, I hope to introduce you to my WIP.
BlurbFollowing the conventions of Warrish society, Kiron’s parents have betrothed him and his brother to young women of superior rank. Unfortunately, Kiron would prefer the “primitive Earther” Nikki. He was given three days to reflect. You can read last week’s snippet here – https://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2018/04/exile-on-obelle-snippet-from-rishalt.htmlI have compressed several paragraphs into this snippet. 
Kiron paced around the interior of the enclosure, considering his options. If he stayed inside the stockade, he would wallow in misery, regretting Nikki and fretting over his lack of freedom. The ocean did not attract him; he knew its hazards too well. His first triad, his true and voluntary triad, had come here for their purification ritual; their attempt to catch fish had nearly ended in disaster. He must hike over the arid hills rising from the shore and cross a jungle to reach his destination…. the camp he had built with his triad brothers. After six days, Kiron flipped off the forcefield and tossed his heavy pack over the stockade; he hooked a strap over the top rail, braced his booted feet against the posts, and climbed the fence. Dropping onto the rocky ground beyond the stockade, he looked around warily. Nothing moved, except for the dust devils spinning in the wind. He slung the pack over his shoulders and sprinted toward the range of low hills. Behind him, the forcefield shimmered into life, cutting off his retreat.

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Exile on Obelle - Snippet from RISHALT 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 took a break last weekend, but I'm back today with another snippet from Rishalt, Book 2 of Taxyon Space.
Blurb
Following the conventions of Warrish society, Kiron’s parents have betrothed him and his brother to young women of superior rank. Unfortunately, Kiron would prefer the “primitive Earther” Nikki. He was given three days to reflect. You can read the snippet from two weeks ago – https://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2018/04/forget-that-primitive-earther-snippet.html
I have skipped to the next chapter so you can learn the outcome of Kiron’s three days of reflection. The snippet has been edited to fit, mostly by inserting semicolons.
On the third planet of a distant solar system, Kiron stood within a stockade of tall metal posts, and stared at the expanse of green ocean. His triad of guards had left him alone in the bleak enclosure on the wilderness planet, Obelle. During the past half year, he had spent intervals locked in a cell without a triad or anyone else; the judges often deemed it the severest penalty for disobedience, but he had become inured to solitude, and had learned to take comfort in his own company. Life alone was preferable to being forced into another triad and unwanted union. He thought of his Earther lover, the marine biologist, Dr. Nikki Bell; she must have been devastated when he did not appear with the Warrish delegation. He had been summoned to Rishalth, not in disgrace, but to what his family deemed an honor and a promising future. He had obeyed, not eagerly, rather in hope of reconciliation and perhaps, their acknowledgement of his worth. Instead, his hexath of parents had insisted he comply with their scheme; they had sent him into exile as punishment when he pleaded for time. Overwhelmed with emotion, he dropped onto his knees and buried his head in his arms; how could he persuade his family to release him from this unwanted match and allow him to return to Nikki on Europa? He had no solution, except to endure his exile for the present.


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Book 1, Europa, is on sale for 99c at: Amazon   iBooks   B&N   GooglePlay
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Forget that Primitive Earther - Snippet from RISHALT 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 still posting snippets from Rishalt, Book 2 of Taxyon Space. Also, I've switched to a new cover. 
BlurbFollowing the conventions of Warrish society, Kiron’s parents have betrothed him and his brother to young women of superior rank. Kiron’s brother Bassath has shown him pictures of the lovely ladies. As youngsters, the brothers were close companions, but they have grown apart during the four years Kiron served as a Watcher on Europa. You can read last week’s snippet here – https://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2018/03/lovely-ladies-snippet-from-rishalt-for.html Bassath insinuated, “Have your four years in the masculine enclave of Watchers dulled your appreciation of female company?”Note: Minor abuse of semicolons to fit.
Kiron replied bluntly, “I thank you, but I prefer to choose my own mates.” Would Bassath appreciate his dilemma? He could not decide. As if he suspected the truth, Bassath asked, “What is the source of your reluctance? Why don’t you welcome this match with the beauteous granddaughters of noble Rostras?” “I met an Earther woman in the waters of their moon, Europa.” Kiron stumbled through an explanation, “Saved her from death on the ice; we met in secret; she’s sweet and brave, and she became precious to me.”  “You became intimate with a two-breasted alien?” Bassath groaned, “Oh Kiron, you are worthy of a better mate than a primitive Earther.” He gestured to the images. “Our union with Rostras’s granddaughters offers prestige and resources. If you wish, you can bring your Earther woman to Rishalt; give her a landhouse on Pucklerakt, and slip out to visit her without the knowledge of your legal mate.”

RISHALT Two alien worlds. Two lovers torn apart. Twist the hyperthreads into unity. Amazon   iBooks   Kobo   B&N   GooglePlay
Several of my books are discounted for the first week in April. 

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