My Six Sunday Lines

Here are 6 lines from my (unpublished) SF military thriller, Road to Hell. Road to Hell is out in the submission world to publishers, so hopefully it will soon not be unpublished [image error]

Does the end always justify the means? After the invasion of her home planet during a war her side is losing, Captain Katherine Francis decides that they do. Only, what the catch-phrase doesn't say is what happens afterwards.

(Context of the excerpt: Katherine has just awaken from a coma. The situation is grim and news keeps getting worse. And, to make matters worse, her second-in-command just announced that she'd called someone named "Patricia").

"I am angry with you. How dare you call her?" Katherine clenched her fists until the pain flashed white stars across her eyes.

"You were in a coma. Even if you aren't on speaking terms right now, she is your wife." Lori snapped, though she drawled out the last word.

Road to Hell isn't a romance. However, I find that so few books with a female leader have women that aren't sleeping with one of their crew. So, to make sure that didn't happen, I made my heroine gay, married her off, and gave her marriage troubles. Because, really, that's just how I roll. :p (All right, there's lots of other reasons why I did, but that's the fun reason)

I hope you enjoyed the lines!