I’m taking snippets from my most recently released scifi romance KIERCE: A Badari Warriors SciFi Romance Novel, the next book in the award winning series.
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!)
Punctuation may be wonky to comply with our guidelines here. May be edited a bit from published version.
If you haven’t read any of my Badari Warriors books, here’s the background:
Genetically engineered soldiers of the far future, the Badari were created by alien enemies to fight humans. But then the scientists kidnapped an entire human colony from the Sectors to use as subjects in twisted experiments…the Badari and the humans made common cause, rebelled and escaped the labs. Now they live side by side in a sanctuary valley protected by a powerful Artificial Intelligence, and wage unceasing war on the aliens.
The excerpt – I skipped ahead a few sentences. Elianna sees a small door on the back wall of the cell and while the beast is savaging the Khagrish guard, she heads for the door.
The wood swung open easily, causing her to tumble through.
Stunned, she gaped at her new location in an outdoor enclosure. The yard was fairly large, bounded by sparkling force barriers rising high into the sky, and a spindly tree grew in one corner. Desperate, Elianna ran to the tree and scrambled up the trunk using low hanging branches as handholds. She crouched in the fork of the trunk, about twenty feet from the ground, and tried to control her breathing so she wouldn’t pass out. The barrier walls rose high above her head, leaving no possibility of leaping from the tree to escape.
The beast could probably climb better than she could, being a feline, but in her panic she sought out any chance of prolonging her life even for a few more minutes. She wondered what was happening inside the cell but she wasn’t planning to go find out.
A few minutes later, the flap of the opening lifted, and the cat flowed through the space to stand in the yard. Immediately, he fixed his golden-eyed stare on her, and he padded over to the tree to sit on his haunches and contemplate her.
Like a bird in a tree.
The blurb:
Elianna McNamee, spaceship engineer, is far from her home in the human Sectors, kidnapped along with all her shipmates to be used for horrifying experiments conducted on a remote planet by alien scientists.
Her captors decide to toss her in a cell with a ferocious predator, expecting him to kill her…but Kierce, the Badari warrior in question, has too much honor to mistreat a human woman. The trouble is, he’s trapped in a form drastically different from his own as a result of twisted genetic meddling and hiding dark secrets to save other Badari lives.
Able to become a man again briefly with Elianna‘s help, he and Elianna bond over their mutual hatred for the enemy but when rescuers finally arrive, the pair are separated by well-meaning Badari authorities.
Kierce struggles to overcome flashbacks from the torture and drugs the alien scientists inflicted on him. He and Elianna despair over whether he’ll ever be able to regain his rightful place as a man and a soldier in the pack, much less be ready to claim a mate.
Elianna accepts a risky but essential assignment far away from where Kierce is being held, working with another man who’s more than professionally interested in her. Her heart belongs to Kierce and she can’t forget their two nights of shared passion but will that be enough to lead them to a happy reunion?
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BADARI WARRIORS: SECTORS NEW ALLIES BOOKS 1-3 by Veronica Scott
VS Note: I don’t usually mention box sets but since this is my blog and my box set – Ta Da! There’s no new material included, other than a brief recap of why I wrote each book (which appeared in previous blog posts) But I thought it was time to put the books together!
This Badari Warriors box set gathers the first three science fiction romance novels from this award winning series into one collection.
Hopefully the guard satisfied the cat’s hunger so she has a bit more time to get out. Such a suspenseful scene!
Well I don’t exactly have him eat the guard, although the Khagrish is certainly dead. But yes, the ‘tiger’ was in charge when he attacked!
her situation hasn’t improved much. hopefully the beast’s hunger is satisfied for teh moment.
Your snippet is dynamic. You bring to life a serious situation. Fingers crossed for your spunky woman. Hugs, my friend. Raining hard in NY
My first thought was that the tree probably wouldn’t be enough to save her if he really wanted to get to her. 🙂
Well, at least she’s bought some time to try and figure out a way to escape. Although the cat certainly seems too interested in her. Can’t wait to see what happens next! Tense snippet!
I’ll send in a helicopter to save her! 😀 This is such a wonderfully written scene, Veronica! I’m on the edge of my seat. Great job!
I don’t know what’s more unnerving – that it ate the guard or that it contemplates her like a sentient being. Great snippet, Veronica.
Very vivid descriptions. I could picture this scene perfectly!
I yelled out, somebody needs to help her! Haha. Great snippet indeed!
If I were her, I’d be panicking waaaaaay more. XD
I did skip over some of her more panicky moments LOL.
She’s in a tight spot for sure. I’d be scared of the cat.
She has to be so scared. No matter where she goes, the cat can follow.
At least the beast is not attacking her yet. I’m curious to know how she’ll get out of this.
She’s still in a lot of danger. I can’t wait to see what happens.
Well, shit, that didn’t go as I had hoped it would. Now I’m really rooting for her to make friends with the cat somehow. Wishful thinking maybe, but… One can hope.