(OK, it’s November so maybe news this month re the submission….)
Set in the same universe as my WRECK of the NEBULA DREAM. Andrianda (Andi) Markriss, a planetary representative for Loxton Galactic Trading, has been spending a lazy summer with her best friend in the highly exclusive summer compound of the planet Zulaire’s ruling nobility, networking. On a day when a number of strange and disturbing things have already happened, Captain Tom Deverane, Sectors Special Forces, unexpectedly shows up with a troop of soldiers and demands she leave with him. Immediately.
Andi doesn’t take this very well….in fact, she refuses to go. Later in the evening, all hell has broken loose, as the captain predicted.
Trying to avoid spoilers here, after certain “events”, she and the soldiers are on the run.
Finding a massive roadblock ahead of them, they’ve taken shelter in a rock formation, and are fighting a gallant last stand. Andi is under a psychic attack from an enemy alien and Tom is attempting to teach her a mental defense technique. Andi isn’t getting it but he won’t let her give up…small word of explanation here – early in the novel, Andi encountered a herd of near-mythological creatures of Zulaire, gazelle-like, three horned animals known as urabu…
She was in the vision but her peripheral hearing caught snatches of what was going on around her.
Leave me alone. Andi didn’t know if she said that or merely thought it, but the sound of the men’s voices faded. Swinging their heads from side to side, the three urabu bucks made a circle around her, shaking their impressive antlers in open challenge. The Betang’s inexorable mental pressure remained steady on her chest, accompanied by pounding in her head. Dark clouds ringed the urabu circle, swirling around all of them.
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Great world building, Veronica, and exciting 6. I have every faith in Andi getting out in one piece. 🙂
This situation is getting more and more tense. I hope the mythical urabu that she has summoned? Created? will help her escape.
I agree! I hope she makes it out okay!
Very intriguing — I love that he’s helping her learn this technique. Nice six. 🙂
Very cool… I love the way you describe them. They feel so real. And how do you come up with these great names? 🙂
Nice six! Very intriguing!
Ooh, a mental attack. Neat! The antlers was a great description!
Very intriguing six!
The tension here is palpable. Well done.
Wow, that’s some incredible tension!
Great world building. I’m hooked.
Wonderful world-building.
I think she’s finally getting the hang of it. I hope you get this pubbed soon so I can buy it!!
Thank you very much LOL re the getting this published! Me too!!!
Interesting worldbuilding!
Very exciting six. I can’t wait to read this one. It’s in my Nook! Thanks for sharing this one, Veronica.
I find myself increasingly intrigued by the world building in this one. Well done!
You’re realising a fascinating and complex world there.
Beautiful imagery of her mental defense.
So creative, as always. I admire anyone who can write sci fi. It takes extra creativity to craft entire worlds and creatures.
Crossing fingers for good news! I love this world and the characters. It sounds like she’s fighting back, and maybe will be able to win. I hope she turns those urabus against the Beltangs!
Wonderful Six! I love that he’s teaching her to defend herself.
So visual that’s great! awesome six!!
Very intense six! I hope they get out of this situation safely.
This is terrific stuff, but six sentences really isn’t enough to satisfy.
Amazing tension. I feel like I’m right there!