Here’s the link to the Weekend Writing Warriors central page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts today…a fun way to sample new books and find new authors! (Also welcome to the Sunday Snippet visitors!)
Sharing now from my newest scifi romance Jadrian (A Badari Warriors SciFi Romance Novel): Sectors New Allies Series Book 3.
Punctuation may be wonky to comply with our guidelines here. May be edited a bit from published version.
The excerpt:
As a toughened combat veteran, Jadrian of the Badari wasn’t subject to anxiety, but he had to admit moving through a Khagrish lab, and even worse a Khagrish prison block, brought up bad memories. He’d spent time as a younger man undergoing their tortures, kept in isolation from his pack, and the experience had left its scars on him.
The smoke bothered his eyes and lungs less than it might other beings, but it didn’t make for a pleasant environment. He and his teammates swept hastily through the place. The records indicated no human prisoners were kept here, and the force barrier doors had gone down, so it was a quick step into each cell space, checking the corners for any occupant then moving on. Purely an effort to be thorough.
Two Khagrish guards charged into the corridor from the far end, and Jadrian and his teammates scattered, taking cover where they could, returning fire. A cut off scream from the direction of the enemy indicated Jadrian or his compatriots had hit their targets. He grinned fiercely. The Khagrish bred the Badari to possess uncannily powerful vision, even in obscured environments, and now the aliens’ cleverness was coming full circle to bite them.
Next week Jadrian and Taura will meet…
The story:
Taura Dancer has been pushed to her limits by alien torturers known as the Khagrish and is ready to die when suddenly the lab where she’s held as a prisoner is taken down by an armed force of soldiers.
The man who rescues her from a burning cell block is Jadrian of the Badari, a genetically engineered alien warrior with as many reasons to hate the Khagrish as Taura has. This set of shared past experiences and the circumstances of her rescue create an unusual bond between them.
Safe in the hidden base where Jadrian and his pack take her, Taura struggles to regain her lost memories and overcome constant flashbacks during which she lashes out at all who come near. Only Jadrian can recall her from the abyss of her visions and hallucinations.
As the war against the Khagrish continues, it becomes increasingly critical to find out who she really is and how she can help in the fight. Until she can control her terrors and trust her own impulses, Taura’s too afraid to pursue the promise of happiness a life with Jadrian as her mate might offer.
When he’s captured by the dreaded enemy, will she step forward to help save him, or will she remain a prisoner of her past?
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Book 1 of the series is on sale for $.99 at the moment:
Kidnapped by alien scientists, Jill’s only hope is AYDARR, the genetically engineered warrior who’s claimed her as his mate…
Always an exciting moment to read your snippet, my friend. An unending pleasure of another world. Thanks. Big Hugs to you so far away.
Such an intense snippet! You write these scenes so well! 🙂
I love irony when it’s effective, so I love this passage.
Great snippet. Interesting little bit of backstory.
Gotta love when things backfire on the bad guys like that. 😉
I just started reading Aydarr yesterday. 🙂
Ooh, thanks! I hope you’ll enjoy the story :)!
I did! 🙂
The Khagrish have bred their own nemesis! lol.
Very nice blurb, it entices me to read more with the hint of a back story and I love it when the villains create the ones that will be their downfall.
Thanks for visiting and all the comments! Much appreciated 🙂
I like getting his view point and learning some backstory, which makes me very curious to find out why the Khagrish created them and how they came to turn against their creators. Great snippet.
Nice visual scene with lots of insight into his character. Well done, Jean!
What an intense snippet! Interesting backstory too.
Now the Khagrish will be sorry! I’d love to know why they created them in the first place and how they slipped from their control.
Careful what you wish for (and develop). Great snippet, Veronica. 🙂
Ooh, I’m right on the edge of my seat! Your tension is killing me. I so want to know what happens next! i read the blurb, but I still want to know the details. 🙂
I’m with Jenna, can’t wait to find out how he meets Taura – and I love the way the Khagrish seem to have been the instigators of their own downfall!
Great snippet. Very intense.
Lots of sensory info, makes a very powerful snippet. I especially like that last bit of a snark.
That’s a nice action scene. Quite tense.
Love this whole snippet!
Heh! I bet they’re wishing they hadn’t bred that trait into them.
I love this, esp. the last line about full circle. So glad the Khagrish are getting it back.
Great description! I like how they are searching the cells and being thorough instead of ploughing through them, so much suspense!